14 editor picks in Mumbai.
Street food is Mumbai's defining cuisine, built on vada pav, pav bhaji and the beachside chaat carts. The Ashok Vaidya stall outside Dadar Station claims the invention of vada pav in 1966 and is still run by the family, while Sardar at the Tardeo bus depot has set the pav bhaji benchmark for decades. At sundown the Chowpatty Beach carts fire up bhel puri, sev puri and pani puri, and Mohammed Ali Road in Bhendi Bazaar runs as a continuous kebab and biryani street late into the night.
14 street food places in Mumbai we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Mumbai · Street Food across every city.
Order Two vada pavs with red garlic chutney and a fried green chilli.
The Vaidya family stall outside Dadar Station has sold vada pav at the same platform since Ashok Vaidya invented the format in 1966.
Order Cheese pav bhaji with extra butter and a glass of solkadhi.
Sardar at the Tardeo bus depot has been the Mumbai pav bhaji benchmark for decades.
Order Mutton seekh in a baida roti and a chicken tikka roll for the road.
The original Bademiya street stall on Tulloch Road has cooked seekh kebabs over charcoal since 1946.
Order A round of bhel puri followed by pani puri.
Chowpatty Beach sunset means dozens of bhel and chaat carts firing up.
Order Ragda pattice and a round of dahi puri.
Juhu Beach's evening chaat strip runs from sundown until past midnight.
Order Pani puri with sweet and spicy waters, then a ragda pattice.
Elco on Hill Road has been the Bandra chaat benchmark for decades.
Order Seekh kebabs at Surti's, baida roti at Noor Mohammadi, sheermal from the corner bakery.
Mohammed Ali Road runs as a continuous food street: kebab stalls, biryani houses, sheermal bakers and the Bohri community kitchens.
Order Smoked mutton with kheema pav and a glass of fresh lime soda.
Bohri Mohalla off Mohammed Ali Road runs Dawoodi Bohra street kitchens at sundown.
Order A bhutta (roasted corn with lime and chilli) and a cutting chai.
Marine Drive at sundown means chai-walas, bhutta carts and roasted peanut sellers along the promenade.
Order A vada pav with garlic chutney and a samosa pav.
Fort's vada pav circuit runs Horniman Circle, DN Road and Flora Fountain at office-lunch hours.
Order Smoked mutton biryani with a sheermal and a mawa jalebi.
Mohammed Ali Road's stalls run until 02:00 most nights; during Ramadan iftar through suhoor stays open.
Order Two vada pavs with red garlic chutney.
The original vada pav stall outside Dadar Station charges INR 25 a piece.
Order Pav bhaji with extra butter and a sweet lassi.
Sardar charges INR 150 for the canonical Mumbai pav bhaji.
Order A vada pav with garlic chutney and a samosa pav.
Fort's vada pav stalls along Horniman Circle and DN Road price at INR 30 a piece.
