Kala Ghoda Arts Festival ★ 4.6
Mumbai's biggest cultural festival spans late January into early February, taking over the Kala Ghoda district for nine days.
Focus: Mumbai street food and pop-ups
Food festivals in Mumbai worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Ganesh Chaturthi Modak Festival ★ 4.7
Mumbai's most beloved festival runs 10 days from new moon. Sweet shops across the city sell steamed coconut-and-jaggery modak, Lord Ganesh's favoured.
Focus: Modak (steamed sweet dumplings), Maharashtrian sweets
Eid al-Fitr at Mohammed Ali Road ★ 4.5
Eid celebrations on Mohammed Ali Road peak with sweetmeats and the full biryani menu at every stall. Sheermal bakers fire ovens through the night; sevaiyan.
Focus: Biryani, sheermal, kebabs, sevaiyan
Ramadan Iftar Food Street ★ 4.7
The 30 nights of Ramadan transform Mohammed Ali Road and Bohri Mohalla into an iftar food street. Stalls open at sundown and run until suhoor with smoked.
Focus: Iftar specials, biryani, kebabs, sheermal
Diwali Sweets Season ★ 4.4
Diwali in early November brings out the full sweet-shop counter at Tewari Brothers, Chheda and Bhagat Tarachand: shrikhand, ghari, mawa peda and ladoos.
Focus: Indian sweets: shrikhand, ghari, mawa peda, chivda
Alphonso Mango Season ★ 4.5
Mumbai's Alphonso (Ratnagiri and Devgad) season runs April to mid-June. APMC Vashi gets the crates first; Crawford follows. Editor's TableJourney pick.
Focus: Alphonso mango, aamras, kulfi
Navratri Garba Thali ★ 4.3
Navratri's nine nights bring out the Gujarati faraali (fasting) thali at temples and cultural halls: sabudana khichdi, kuttu rotis and sabudana vadas.
Focus: Faraali (fasting) thali, sabudana