A wrap of spiced filling (chicken, mutton, paneer or vegetable) rolled in a thin flatbread, with masala onion and house spice mix. Mumbai's answer to the kati roll, invented in 1969 and still a city staple.
The Frankie was invented in 1969 by Amarjit Singh Tibb at Tibb's Frankie in Bombay. He adapted the Lebanese shawarma format into a Mumbai-style wrap with masala onion, a thin maida-based flatbread and his own house spice mix. The format spread to street counters and chains across the country, but Tibb's still runs across Mumbai and remains the most recognised name on the dish.
3 editor picks for Frankie in Mumbai, ranked by editorial score. All Mumbai signature dishes · Frankie across every city.
Bademiya ★ 4.5
colaba · Tulloch Road, Apollo Bandar, Colaba, Mumbai 400001
Bademiya has run kebabs on charcoal behind the Taj since 1946. The street stall on Tulloch Road still pulls midnight queues for baida roti and chicken.
Indigo Delicatessen ★ 4.2
colaba · 5 Ground Floor, Pheroze Building, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Marg, Apollo Bandar, Colaba, Mumbai 400039
Rahul Akerkar's Indigo Deli runs all day off Colaba Causeway, two minutes from the Gateway: eggs benedict at breakfast, burger at lunch, sticky toffee any.
Cream Centre ★ 4.2
chowpatty · 25/B Chowpatty Seaface, Chowpatty, Girgaon, Mumbai 400007
Cream Centre opened at Chowpatty Seaface in 1958 as a vegetarian sweets and snacks counter. The channa bhatura is the canonical dish; the hot fudge sundae.