Get off the eaten path with our delicious tour of Mumbai’s best street food!
Mumbai is famous across India for its outstanding street food, but discovering the best hygienic eateries in the big city is not always easy. Not to worry, that’s where we come in! We’ll help you experience the city’s flavours that please the taste buds and go easy on the stomach, guiding you through three of Mumbai’s most renowned street food areas.
We have 16 different items (9 veg, 2 non-veg, 3 desserts, 2 drinks) plus water/cold drinks for you to enjoy and we’ll keep feeding you until you are full!
After a short train ride, we’ll start at Mumbai’s most famous beach, Chowpatty, where we’ll try an array of Mumbai’s best vegetarian street food as we watch the sun set. We’ll have classics such as sev puri, pani puri and pav bhaji. Then we’ll take a short taxi ride to the lively Bhuleshwar area, a Gujarati and Rajasthani area with local specialities such as ukala (saffron milk), kachori, sabudana and pudla as well as more well known treats such as masala dosa and lassi. As well as eating, you’ll be walking through its busy streets and khao gallis (eating lanes) soaking in the atmosphere and learning about the food.
We’ll then head to Mohammed Ali Road, a predominantly Muslim neighbourhood where your guide will introduce you to the local culture and, of course, the delicious food such as chicken kebabs and for the vegetarians, baida (egg) rotis.
And don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten those of you with a sweet tooth (and with space in your stomach)! We’ll eat rabdi with gulab jamun, jalebi and kulfi.
Note: We’ll be sampling many different dishes and a few items in the Mohammed Ali Road area are non-vegetarian. However, there are plenty of options for vegetarians: for example, all snacks at Chowpatty Beach and Bhuleshwar are vegetarian. We don’t recommend this tour for vegans.
A foodie’s visit to Mumbai is not complete without a stop at Chowpatty Beach – the best place to taste Mumbai’s (vegetarian) favourites such as pav bhaji and pani puri.
Munch on this classic Mumbai street food while you watch the sun set over Chowpatty Beach. It’s potato, herbs, chutneys, and sev (thin strips of fried chickpea flour) served on round discs. Add some dahi (yoghurt) for extra flavour!
Still on Chowpatty, sample Kulfi, a frozen dairy dessert very similar to ice cream, but much denser and creamier. Popular flavours include rose, mango, pistachio, cardamom and saffron.
Walk through the busy streets and food alleys of Bhuleshwar – a Gujarati and Rajasthani area with local specialities such as ukala (saffron milk), kachori, sabudana and pudla as well as more well known treats such as masala dosa and lassi.
Witness the buzz of activity surrounding Mohammed Ali Road, an area with several important mosques and the epicentre of the city’s Ramadan celebrations. Taste the mouthwatering chicken kebabs and egg rolls and try some organs if you dare!
Make sure you leave room in your stomach for the delicious Indian bread and butter equivalent of rabdi, with added gulab jamun. If your blood sugar levels allow, you can also try the super sweet but super scrumptious jalebi!
We eat food at Chowpatty Beach and Bhuleshwar as well as at the Mohammed Road area.
Churchgate Railway Station (See “A” in Map below)
Zam Zam Sweet and Bakery, Mohammed Ali Road (See “B” in Map below).
