Mumbai invented eating standing up. The city’s own food is street food — vada pav, bhel, frankies, sandwiches, kebabs — and it is organised into khau gallis, eating lanes that belong to a particular street and keep particular hours.
Every area has one. The lanes below are the ones people travel for, but the stall outside your own station is usually as good, and the queue tells you which one it is.
South Mumbai
Colaba · Fort · Ballard Estate · Churchgate · Kala Ghoda · Nariman Point · Kemps Corner| Name | Where | What it is known for |
|---|---|---|
| Girgaon Chowpatty | Chowpatty | Bhel, sev puri, pani puri, kulfi, on the sand at sunset. |
| Khau Galli, Churchgate | behind Churchgate station | Sandwiches, frankies and juice for the office lunch trade. |
| Mohammed Ali Road | Mohammed Ali Road | Kebabs and grills; the biggest street kitchen in the city during Ramzan. |
| Kala Ghoda and Fort carts | Fort | Sandwich and vada pav carts serving the offices. |
| Zaveri Bazaar and Bhuleshwar lanes | Kalbadevi | Chaat, juice and farsan in the market lanes. |
Central Mumbai
Lower Parel · Worli · Prabhadevi · Dadar · Mahalaxmi · Byculla · Matunga| Name | Where | What it is known for |
|---|---|---|
| Dadar station stalls | Dadar | Where vada pav is generally agreed to have been invented. |
| Ladu Samrat | Lalbaug | Misal and Maharashtrian snacks near the Lalbaugcha Raja pandal. |
| Lalbaug khau galli | Lalbaug | Busiest in the Ganpati season, when the queues become impossible. |
| Matunga and Sion lanes | Matunga, Sion | South Indian street snacks and filter coffee. |
Western Suburbs
Bandra · Khar · Santacruz · Vile Parle · Juhu · Andheri · Versova| Name | Where | What it is known for |
|---|---|---|
| Bandra Hill Road and Linking Road | Bandra West | Shawarma, frankie, sandwich and chaat counters. |
| Carter Road and Bandstand | Bandra West | Sea-facing stalls; corn, chaat, ice cream. |
| Juhu Beach chaupati | Juhu | Bhel, pav bhaji and ice gola on the sand. |
| Lokhandwala khau galli | Andheri West | An evening lane serving the television trade. |
| Vile Parle station lanes | Vile Parle East | Gujarati farsan and snack counters. |
Eastern Suburbs
Powai · Chembur · Ghatkopar · Vikhroli · Bhandup · Mulund| Name | Where | What it is known for |
|---|---|---|
| Ghatkopar khau galli | Ghatkopar East | Entirely vegetarian; one of the largest eating lanes in the city. |
| Chembur lanes | Chembur | Sindhi and South Indian street snacks. |
| Mulund khau galli | Mulund West | Gujarati and Jain street food. |
Far Western Suburbs
Goregaon · Film City · Malad · Kandivali · Borivali · Dahisar| Name | Where | What it is known for |
|---|---|---|
| Borivali and Kandivali station lanes | Borivali, Kandivali | Vegetarian street food; long evening queues. |
| Malad Mindspace stalls | Malad West | Office-hours street food. |
What to order
- Vada pav, which Mumbai invented in the 1960s outside Dadar station
- Bhel, sev puri and pani puri at Chowpatty at sunset, which is the point
- A frankie — the Mumbai roll, invented here in 1967
- The Bombay sandwich, with its layer of green chutney, cut into triangles
- Ragda pattice and dahi puri, the two most underrated things on any chaat counter
Other cuisines
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