Pure Vegetarian & Jain in Mumbai

A very large part of Mumbai eats no meat at all, and an entire restaurant economy exists for it. Pure vegetarian here does not mean a vegetarian section of a menu — it means a kitchen that has never cooked meat, usually says so on the board outside, and often keeps a separate Jain menu.

Jain food goes further: no onion, no garlic and no root vegetable, because pulling up a root kills the plant. During Paryushan, the Jain festival period, a large number of restaurants across Ghatkopar, Mulund, Borivali and Vile Parle change their menus entirely.

Name	Where	What it is known for
Shree Thaker Bhojanalay1945	Kalbadevi	Unlimited Gujarati thali; Jain on request.
Friends Union Joshi Club1920s	Kalbadevi	One of the oldest bhojanalayas in the city.
Swati Snacks1963	Tardeo	Gujarati street food served seated; panki, pav bhaji, dahi puri.
Soam2004	Babulnath	Gujarati and Jain a la carte.
Chetana1946	Kala Ghoda	Gujarati and Rajasthani thali.
Samrat	Churchgate	Thali and Gujarati snacks.

Name	Where	What it is known for
Prakash Shakahari Upahar Kendra1980	Dadar West	Maharashtrian vegetarian; thalipeeth, sabudana, piyush.
Aaswad	Dadar West	Misal and Maharashtrian snacks, entirely vegetarian.
Matunga Udupi rooms	Matunga, King’s Circle	Vegetarian by tradition; Cafe Madras, Ram Ashraya, Cafe Mysore.
Rajdhani Thali	Lower Parel	The chain thali.

Name	Where	What it is known for
Borivali and Kandivali thali houses	Borivali, Kandivali	Most kitchens here are pure vegetarian by default; Jain menus standard.
Malad Jain kitchens	Malad West	Jain-adapted cooking across cuisines, including Italian and Chinese.

Name	Where	What it is known for
Ghatkopar khau galli	Ghatkopar East	An entirely vegetarian street-food lane, busiest in the evening.
Mulund and Ghatkopar farsan shops	Mulund, Ghatkopar	Khaman, patra, fafda by weight.

Name	Where	What it is known for
Vile Parle vegetarian kitchens	Vile Parle East and West	A strongly Gujarati suburb; thali houses and farsan shops throughout.
Little Italy1997	Juhu and Andheri	Pure-vegetarian Italian.
Jain counters	Khar, Santacruz, Andheri	Jain menus across cuisines, marked on the board.

What to order

• Any Kalbadevi bhojanalaya thali — lunch only, upstairs, no sign
• Jain pav bhaji, made without onion or potato, which sounds impossible and is not
• Farsan by weight from a Ghatkopar or Vile Parle counter
• Undhiyu in winter, and shrikhand through the summer
• A Matunga Udupi meal, vegetarian by tradition rather than by declaration

Other cuisines

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