If
you are on road in late night whatever be the reason (night show movie
watching etc.) and you started to feel hungry, the saying 'money can get
you anything' comes true (including love) in Mumbai city.
Salt 'N' Pepper (Ambassador Hotel): The service is 24-hour, and there
are two kinds of menu. The 'fixed time menu', for the time when most of us
are up and about, and the 'midnight menu', for the denims of the dark.
Coffee Shop (Centaur, airport): This shop serves
sandwiches, burgers, pizzas, omelettes and, of course, soup, which should
be a welcome relief after a wet evening. There is also curry rice, but no
rotis. Right now this seems to be the place to be eating at, since they
also have a 33 percent discount going. The crowds are of the airline
variety.
Shoreline (Centaur, Juhu): They serve the usual
sandwiches, snacks and burgers, Shoreline also offers fried fish items and
grilled prawns at this outrageous hour. There is also biryani, liquor is
served.
The monsoon has slackened the crowds, but the disco
crowds still strong.
Manhattan (Guestline): One can find
here soups, sandwiches, burgers, fish, chicken stroganoff, Chicken
Nebraska and cheese cutlets. There is also Indian food for the hungry.
Beer is served till 2 am. There is apparently a lot of foreign crowd
besides the disco gores, the airline crowd and the cost is reasonable.
Sidewalk (Holiday Inn): They serve sandwiches and pizzas etc. On the
Indian side of the menu, there is rice, chicken, biryani. Naans can also
be available. A popular joint with the discogoers.
Waterfall
Cafe (Leela): Easily the most picturesque locale to be spending your
time in preferred company. Soups, desserts and beverages is the routine
here, there is also a regular continental and Indian menu to choose from.
Their
speciality is in seafood, they serve their catch of the day well beyond
mid-night. Alcohol is available till 1 am, and beer till 4 am. They also
keep milkshakes and coffee.
The Bay View (Marine Plaza):
This coffee shop, is already a rave among the night-time movers and
shakers.
The Palms (Oberoi Towers): This is for the
well-heeled, and of course, the really well-pursed. Both Continental and
Indian foods are available, and this is also the only place where the
tandoor range is available for all 24 hours. They also keep the usual
chicken, burgers and the rest. There is also lasagne.
Trattoria
(Hotel President): They serve Italian cuisine. It is not that they
don't have other stuff like sandwiches and burgers, they do.
There
are two kinds of menu, one is the normal one and the restaurant serves
accordingly, then there is the restricted one, which comes into play
around midnight.
Make Waves (Retreat): They serve snacks
after midnight. It means sandwiches and burgers. Rice is also available,
Biryanis too.
Shamiana (The Taj): Pizzas, and the rest
are served here. No dosas, etc. Spaghetti is on, and fewer rice items than
one sees on the regular menu. No roti, no liquor.
