Top 10 Parsi Restaurants In Mumbai to Must Try

Parsi cuisine occupies an outsized place in Mumbai’s food culture relative to how small the community actually is, a legacy of Irani immigrants and Zoroastrian settlers who built cafés, bakeries, and restaurants across the city that shaped how Bombay ate long before the term “heritage dining” existed. Berry pulao, dhansak, and bun maska are as much a part of the city’s culinary identity today as vada pav, and these ten addresses are where to actually taste it properly.

1. Britannia & Co.

Operating in Ballard Estate since 1923, Britannia & Co. is the single most famous Parsi restaurant in the city, run for generations by the same family and still serving its signature berry pulao, sweet and tangy with imported barberries, alongside patra ni machhi and a caramel custard regulars order without needing to look at the menu. It keeps notably limited hours, open only for lunch on weekdays, and that scarcity has only added to its legend.

2. Jimmy Boy

Tucked near Horniman Circle in Fort, Jimmy Boy has built its reputation on the full Lagan Nu Bhonu, the traditional Parsi wedding feast served on a banana leaf, alongside classics like dhansak, salli boti, and berry pulao. The cosy, heritage building setting and personal service have made it a genuine favourite for both first time visitors and Parsi families marking a special occasion.

3. Kyani & Co.

Opened in 1904 in Dhobi Talao, Kyani & Co. is one of the oldest continuously operating Irani cafés left in Mumbai, all ebony chairs, chequered tablecloths, and slow ceiling fans that make it feel like a genuine step back in time. Come for the bun maska and chai, the akoori on toast, or a plate of kheema pao, and expect to sit for considerably longer than you planned.

4. Ideal Corner

A small, unassuming spot near Khadi Bhandar in Fort, Ideal Corner has been serving home style Parsi cooking since 1985, chicken farcha, mutton salli boti, and a rotating daily special that regulars check before ordering anything else. It occasionally hosts workshops on the history of Mumbai’s Irani cafés, run by food anthropologists who treat the menu as seriously as the history behind it.

5. Cafe Military

Serving Fort since 1933, Cafe Military carries the same old world charm as its Irani café contemporaries, unfussy decor, a menu that has barely changed in decades, and a clientele that treats it less as a restaurant and more as an extension of home.

6. SodaBottleOpenerWala

The modern counterpoint to the rest of this list, SodaBottleOpenerWala reimagines Parsi and Irani café culture across several locations citywide, leaning into vibrant, deliberately kitschy decor while still serving genuinely well made versions of patra ni machhi, lagan nu custard, and berry pulao. It is the easiest entry point on this list for a first timer who wants the flavours without needing to know exactly which century old address to seek out.

7. Yazdani Bakery

A Fort institution since the 1950s, Yazdani Bakery is better known for its bread than any single dish, brun pav and other loaves still baked the traditional way, alongside Irani chai and a small selection of café classics. It remains one of the last places in the city where the ritual of a coal fired oven and a decades old recipe genuinely still holds.

8. Bawi Bride Kitchen

Based out of Andheri, Bawi Bride Kitchen takes a more personal, almost home catering approach to Parsi food, dishes made to order with the kind of individual attention a home cook gives a family meal rather than a restaurant kitchen serving a full dining room. It has become a favourite specifically for diners chasing the closest thing to an actual Parsi home cooked meal without an invitation to one.

9. Cafe Universal

Another Ballard Estate veteran dating back to 1921, Cafe Universal blends genuine Irani café heritage with a slightly more contemporary bar and dining room feel, making it a solid pick for an evening meal rather than only the classic breakfast or lunch rush most Irani cafés are built around.

10. Cafe Excelsior

A reliably affordable, no frills option for genuinely home style Parsi cooking, Cafe Excelsior earns its place on this list for consistency rather than spectacle, the kind of everyday spot regulars return to specifically because it has never tried to be anything other than exactly what it is.

A Note On What’s Already Been Lost

It is worth knowing, before setting out on this list, that Mumbai’s Irani café scene has been shrinking for years, and one of its most significant names did not survive to see this article written. B. Merwan & Co., a 112 year old bakery near Grant Road station famous for its mawa cake and bun maska, closed permanently on 1 January 2026, done in by rising costs, staff shortages, and new civic regulations phasing out traditional wood and charcoal fired ovens. Fewer than twenty five Irani cafés are believed to still be operating citywide, down from several hundred at their peak. Every name on this list is a genuinely living piece of that same fragile tradition, worth visiting sooner rather than assuming it will simply always be there.

Planning The Rest Of The Trip

Parsi food is only one thread in Mumbai’s much larger, louder food story, and it is worth pairing a visit to any of the above with the city’s other culinary identity. Real Shee Power’s own guide to the city’s top street foods, from vada pav to late night kebabs, covers the other, considerably noisier end of how Mumbai actually eats, and if celebrity spotting is part of the appeal of a Mumbai food trip, the roundup of where Bollywood’s biggest stars actually eat is worth reading alongside this list for an entirely different, considerably glossier side of the city’s dining scene.