Best Restaurants in Matunga, Mumbai
The 7 best restaurants in Matunga, Mumbai: South Indian, Udupi, Vegetarian, Breakfast, Cafe. Ratings, price ranges, opening hours and what to order.
About Matunga
Mumbai’s South Indian quarter, settled by Tamil and Udupi families from the 1920s and still the place the city comes to for a dosa it will argue about afterwards. A dozen institutions sit within a few streets of Matunga Central station and King’s Circle, most of them non-airconditioned, several of them older than eighty years, and almost all of them shut by eight in the evening.
- Getting there
- Matunga on the Central line or Matunga Road on the Western line. King’s Circle on the Harbour line is the closest stop to the Bhandarkar Road cafes.
- When to go
- Early morning. The best rooms open between 5:30 and 7 AM and the queues build by eight.
Known for
- Udupi breakfast counters and filter coffee
- Banana leaf thali halls
- The flower and produce market near the station
- Asthika Samaj temple and the Tamil streets around it
Tip. Check the closing day before you travel. Most of these places take a different weekday off, so the one you came for may be the one that is shut.
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