Vada pav is a signature dish of India; we have verified places to eat it in Mumbai. A deep-fried spiced potato fritter (vada) inside a soft white pav with red garlic chutney and a fried green chilli. Start with where to eat Vada pav in Mumbai.
Vada pav · Mumbai
A deep-fried spiced potato fritter (vada) inside a soft white pav with red garlic chutney and a fried green chilli. The Mumbai mill-worker sandwich, invented 1966.
Ashok Vaidya ran a snack stall outside Dadar railway station selling poha, batata vada and tea to mill workers and commuters. In 1966 he slipped the deep-fried potato vada inside a pav with red garlic chutney and a fried green chilli. The format spread across the city within years; Mumbai now counts more than 20,000 vada pav stalls.
Where to eat in Mumbai:
- Ashok Vaidya Vada Pav
- Fort Vada Pav Stalls
- Sardar Pav Bhaji
Where to eat Vada pav in Mumbai: the editor picks