Tasting Room
An evening of seven courses, served at one table, in the back room of the canteen. The room seats sixteen.
One Table. One Kitchen. One Evening.
The same four fillings of the canteen — potato, paneer, chicken, beef — taken slow, plated to order, and paired with care. Reserve for two, or for the table.
Sixteen Seats
One long brass-railed table runs the length of the room. We seat sixteen each night and no more — never two services in one evening.
Half Past Seven
Doors open at seven-fifteen. The first course arrives at seven-thirty. The room closes at half past ten. Wednesday through Sunday.
Plated to Order
Three, five, or seven courses — pick your length when you arrive. The kitchen pairs each dish to a Nashik wine or a house-blended cardamom arrack.
Three, Five, or Seven Courses
Every program is built from the same evening menu. Pairings are added by the half-glass; service is included throughout.
Three Course
- Choice of two openers
- Choice of three mains
- One closing sweet
- Optional pairing — +28
Seven Course
- Sev puri, brass-cup style
- Chicken tikka, charred
- Paneer, slow-pressed
- Two mains from the kitchen
- Bombay duck, brass pan
- Saffron kulfi, hand-cut
- Cardamom arrack, finishing
Chef's Table
- Eleven courses, pass-side
- Wine pairing throughout
- Two seats only, Wed & Thu
- Conversation with the kitchen
The Back Room of the Canteen
The room was the canteen's old storeroom until the spring. The walls are now peacock teal lacquer; the banquette is oxblood velvet; the floor is the original chequerboard terrazzo, restored. A single brass chandelier — sourced from a flat in Empress Court — sits at the centre of the table.
We do not photograph the room, and we ask that guests refrain from doing so as well. The evening is for the people in it.
The Menu Changes Weekly
A taste of how an evening reads — printed on parchment and pressed into your hand at half past seven.
A Few Quiet Notices
The most considered Indian dinner in the city — and the only one you have to lean in to find.
A back-room dinner that feels less like a tasting menu and more like a long, candlelit conversation about Bombay.
Sixteen seats, four fillings, and a brass chandelier — somehow, that's all it took.
May, MMXXVI
Behind the Canteen, in Bandra West.
Enter through the canteen on Hill Road. Walk past the kitchen pass. The brass-handled door at the back is ours.
Reserve a TablePast the pass.
The third door on the right.
An Evening,
at Your Table.
Tables open eight weeks ahead and re-release each Tuesday at noon. Two-seat parties book the longest. Larger parties — write to us.