Restaurants & Bars

With its orchard-to-glass beverage menu, Citrus Garden Project celebrates the richness of indigenous communities and local produce

And now his family eats here too. Meet Framroz Langrana, Kala Ghoda Cafe’s first customer, as he shares his family’s daily rituals, a coffee-obsessed WhatsApp group, and the best thing about the Kala Ghoda Shuffle

Spread over three levels, this retro-futurist bar by the Lair team has a museum of ingredients, a listening lounge, and a 21ft omakase-style cocktail counter

The latest Japanese eatery in town feels more high-energy night out than solemn dining

An Onasadya everywhere you look, seafood buckets upended on tables, and scoops of cheesecake round off a stacked month

At Pankaj Balachandran’s Quinta Cantina, Portuguese and Mexican fare go down as well as the cocktails and conversations

The newest culinary outpost at Nilaya Anthology serves comfort classics, perfect for a little OOO lunch

Inside Middle Room, an intimate listening bar where records lead and everything else follows

In this Indian-Mexican restaurant by chefs Megha Kohli and Noah Louis Barnes, the push and pull between the two cultures comes via a 12-course menu where mezcal is paired with kokum and guacamole scooped up by bhakri

After smoking meat and hosting supper clubs, Kohima’s Ati Aier brings a taste of Naga cuisine to a cosy, fuss-free eatery in Panjim

From lunch on a sushi conveyor belt to a tequila infused with Doritos and salsa, there’s plenty of surprise on our plates this month

For 30 years, the F&B veteran has introduced Mumbai to a tally of restaurants and bars, each defining a specific era in its dining and drinking scene. With Miss Margot, he predicts the city’s return to slower, quieter night-outs