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Colaba Causeway, Mumbai

Retail street trading at the southern tip.

The Causeway was built in 1838 to join Colaba to Bombay island. It is now the best-known shopping street in the city: a pavement market of clothes, jewellery, bags, curios and books running past old arcaded buildings, with Leopold Cafe, the Taj and the Gateway at its southern end.

9named shops and sections
4things to know
4trades listed
2026snapshot year

Inside the market

The sections, the shops and what each one sells
NameWhereWhat is there
The pavement marketColaba CausewayClothes, silver jewellery, bags, curios, secondhand books.
Arcaded shopsCauseway, both sidesTextiles, handicraft, brass, antiques.
Leopold Cafe1871Colaba CausewayThe landmark cafe at the centre of the stretch.
Cafe Mondegar1932Colaba CausewayMario Miranda murals and a jukebox.
Theobroma2004Colaba CausewayThe patisserie that started here.
Bademiya1946Tulloch Road, off the CausewayThe late-night kebab stall behind the Taj.
Phillips Antiques1860opposite the RegalDocumented antiques, prints and maps.
The Bombay Store1905Fort, a short walkHandicraft and home, since the Swadeshi movement.
Sassoon Dock1875ColabaThe fish dock at the southern end, busiest at dawn.

Worth knowing before you go

  • Bargain on the pavement; the arcaded shops are fixed-price.
  • Silver jewellery here is largely genuine silver but check the stamp.
  • It is walkable end to end in twenty minutes, and worth walking rather than driving.
  • Mondays are quieter; several shops shut.
Named shops

Readymade Garments

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Named shops

Imitation Jewellery

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4shops
Named shops

Footwear and Bags

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3shops
Named shops

Antiques and Second-Hand Goods

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4shops

Named houses

12 named here, each opening a search in a new tab; the trade pages below carry more
NameWhereWhat they carry
Metro Shoes 1955Colaba CausewayThe first Metro store; the chain is now Metro Brands Limited, listed in 2021.
KhubsonsColaba CausewayLeather bags and goods; one of the old stores of the Causeway.
Stoffa6/12, Grants Building, 1st Floor, Arthur Bunder RoadMojris and Kolhapuri chappals.
Curio Cottage19, behind Regal Cinema, Mahakavi Bhushan MargCostume and antique-style silver jewellery, with custom design.
Silver HouseColaba CausewaySilver jewellery.
AquamarineColaba CausewayCostume jewellery.
Good Earth2, Reay House, beside the Taj Mahal HotelHome and clothing; the design store of the street.
Le MillPheroze Building, 1st Floor, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj MargDesigner wear; international and Indian labels.
Payal KhandwalaGrants Building, 1st Floor, Arthur Bunder RoadThe designer’s own store.
The Oak Tree18, Cusrow BaugClothing and accessories.
Bombay ElectricColaba CausewayFashion and design store.
Phillips Antiques 1860opposite the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, ColabaAntiques, prints, maps and furniture since 1860; the oldest antique house in Mumbai.

What is traded here, trade by trade

Footwear and BagsImitation JewelleryReadymade GarmentsAntiques and Second-Hand Goods

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