The Bombay Canteen Wine Program is a wine bar in Lower Parel, Mumbai.
The Bombay Canteen runs one of the city's leading wine programs alongside the kitchen, focused on natural Indian wines from Sula, Fratelli and Charosa.
Must order: A sommelier flight of three Indian natural wines and the seabass sev puri.
Food program: Modern Indian small plates
Tip: Counter-bar seats at the back are walk-in; main dining room books out.
Address: Unit 1, Process House, Kamala Mills, Senapati Bapat Road, Lower Parel, Mumbai 400013
Slink and Bardot inside a refurbished colonial bungalow in Worli Village runs modern French small plates plus a sommelier-driven wine list and bar program.
Signature pour: Sommelier flight of three Loire wines
Wine focus: French and modern European wines
Food: Modern French small plates
Order: Sommelier wine flight and the burrata with stone-fruit conserve.
Tip: Bar seats are walk-in; dining room reservations needed at weekends.
Chef Alex Sanchez's Americano in Kala Ghoda runs a separate wine-bar list across the bar counter, with Italian-leaning pours and sommelier-led flights.
Signature pour: Sommelier-led Italian flight
Wine focus: Old and new world by the glass, Italian-leaning
Food: Italian-American small plates
Order: An Italian sommelier flight and the burrata with stone fruit.
Tip: Walk-in at the bar before 19:00 for the best seat under the fluted-glass windows.
Ekaa's separate bar runs a snack tasting paired with sommelier-led wines for guests who can't get the full tasting reservation. Editor's TableJourney pick.
Signature pour: Wine pairing with the snack tasting
Wine focus: Sommelier-curated old and new world, sustainable
Food: Chef Niyati Rao tasting snacks
Order: Snack tasting with the wine pairing.
Tip: Bar walk-ins accepted before 21:00; later, full reservation.
Niyati Rao and Sagar Neve's Bombay Daak in Bandra is a music-and-chatter dive that runs Indian regional liqueurs (feni, mahua. Editor's TableJourney pick.
Signature pour: Indian feni and natural wine flights
Wine focus: Indian regional liqueurs and natural wines
Food: Daaru chakhna snacks from across India
Order: A feni cocktail flight and the Coorg pandi curry chakhna.
Tip: Live DJ Friday and Saturday from 22:00; book a booth for groups of four and up.
Slink and Bardot inside a refurbished colonial bungalow in Worli Village runs modern French small plates plus a sommelier-driven wine list and bar program.
Signature pour: Sommelier flight of three Loire wines
Wine focus: French and modern European wines
Food: Modern French small plates
Order: Sommelier wine flight and the burrata with stone-fruit conserve.
Tip: Bar seats are walk-in; dining room reservations needed at weekends.