Mumbai
Stylish indie-leaning bars; the city's most-loved cocktail rooms. Save this neighbourhood guide before your next night in Mumbai.
Neighbourhood pick · $$$$
Aer is the Four Seasons Mumbai 34th-floor rooftop with sunset views over the Arabian Sea — Mumbai's most-photographed rooftop programme and a serious cocktail b
Bandra · $$$$
Bastian draws a steady local crowd in Bandra. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
Neighbourhood pick · $$$
Bawri is the Khar modern Indian-themed cocktail bar — a serious Indian-spirit programme with celebrated regional-cocktail innovation.
Neighbourhood pick · $$$
Boilermaker is the Lower Parel speakeasy hidden behind an unmarked door inside the Indiabulls Centre. Push the door, into a dim 60-seat room with brass fittings
Neighbourhood pick · $$
Bonobo is the heritage Bandra rooftop cocktail-and-club venue — a long-running Mumbai institution with a serious cocktail-and-music programme.
Bandra · $$
Bonobo draws a steady local crowd in Bandra. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
Bandra · $$
Bottoms Up Bar draws a steady local crowd in Bandra. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
Neighbourhood pick · $$$
Cafe Zoe is the heritage Lower Parel converted-mill cocktail-and-wine bar with a deep Mediterranean kitchen — Mumbai's most-loved café-and-cocktail-bar institut
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Cardinal is the BKC luxury cocktail-and-restaurant with a serious classical-cocktail programme — Mumbai's most-polished modern hotel-bar standard.
Bandra · $$
Doolally Tap House draws a steady local crowd in Bandra. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
Bandra · $$$
Firefly Bandra draws a steady local crowd in Bandra. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
Bandra · $$$
Foo Pan Asian draws a steady local crowd in Bandra. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
You'll find Cocktail Bars here, all tightly clustered enough to walk between in a single evening. That's the value of a neighbourhood guide: pick a starting room, end up four bars in, and never get in a cab. Every recommendation below is independent — barsforKings doesn't take payment for editorial placement, ever.
The order below is a working ranking, not gospel. Read the notes, pick the room that fits the night you're planning, and treat Bandra like locals do — start early, walk between rooms, end somewhere quieter than you started.
A working editorial ranking. Walkable in a single evening — pick your starting room and let the neighbourhood do the rest.