The best Bhel Puri in Mumbai
Also spelt bhelpuri, bhel, sukha bhel and Chowpatty bhel. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.
Editorial picks
Selected from published food guides and local reporting. How the list works
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Number 1.Ram & Shyam
- Open
- 3pm to 10pm daily
- Where
- Ram & Shyam, junction of North Avenue and Central Avenue Road, near R D Burman Chowk, Santacruz West, Mumbai 400054
Four generations on the same corner, and Eater put it among the city's essential places. A plate costs far more than a street cart charges. Expect a crowd from about six.
What to orderBhel puri
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Number 2.Swati Snacks
- Open
- 11.45am to 10.30pm daily
- Where
- 248 Karai Estate, Tardeo Road, opposite Bhatia Hospital, Tardeo, Mumbai 400007
The Gujarati reading of bhel, in air conditioning with sugarcane juice alongside. Weekend lunches mean a wait of half an hour or more, so eat early or on a weekday afternoon.
What to orderBhel puri
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Number 3.Elco, Hill Road
- Open
- 9.30am to 11.30pm daily
- Where
- 2/A, 46 Elco Market, Hill Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 400050
Stand at the pavement counter for the bhel rather than climbing to the air-conditioned floors. Everything is made in house. The menu now runs past a hundred dishes, so ignore the pizza and pasta.
What to orderBhel puri
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Golden Bhelpuri House
- Open
- Noon to 9pm daily
- Where
- 138 V P Road, E Block, Sikka Nagar, behind the clock tower, Girgaon, Mumbai 400004
Trading since 1960 on its own channa-and-turmeric golden chutney, tossed through beaten rice rather than murmura. Ask for extra chutney. It sits tucked behind the Sikka Nagar clock tower, so allow time to find it.
What to orderGolden bhel
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Sea Lounge, The Taj Mahal Palace
- Open
- 7am to 11.45pm daily, book for afternoon tea
- Where
- Sea Lounge, first floor, Palace Wing, The Taj Mahal Palace, B K Boman Behram Marg, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai 400001
Bhel with a view of the harbour, on white linen, at roughly six hundred rupees a plate. Ask for a window table when you book, because the inner ones see nothing.
What to orderBhel puri
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Sharma Bhelpuri House
- Open
- Opens about 2.30pm, shuts 10.30pm
- Where
- Shop 6, Kamala Bhuvan, M G Road, opposite Municipal Garden, Vile Parle East, Mumbai 400057
Running since 1965, and the bhel arrives with slivers of raw mango through it. Shut until mid-afternoon, so do not turn up at lunchtime. Seating is a bench or two at most.
What to orderBhel puri
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Jacky Bhel Puri
- Open
- 4pm to 10pm daily
- Where
- B-4 Gulmohar Road, MHADA Colony, Juhu Scheme, Mumbai 400049
A pavement stall in a Juhu side lane, worked by the same family since the sixties. Ask for the golden bhelpuri. It opens late afternoon, and the wait can run to fifteen minutes.
What to orderGolden bhelpuri
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Soam
- Open
- 11.30am to 10.30pm daily
- Where
- Sadguru Sadan, ground floor, Babulnath Road, opposite Babulnath temple, Chowpatty, Mumbai 400007
Vir Sanghvi rates the bhel here above every other in the city. The room opposite Babulnath temple is small and fills at lunch, so come off-peak. The undhiyu is the weak link.
What to orderBhel puri
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Gupta Chat Centre
- Open
- 11am to 10pm daily
- Where
- Shop 3 and 4, LBS Market, S M Jadhav Road, Matunga East, Mumbai 400019
Winner of a Times of India bhel contest, and still a station-side counter with no seating. Order the sukha bhel. Ignore the chocolate sandwiches and Nutella pizza that now crowd the board.
What to orderSukha bhel
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Gupta Bhelpuriwala
- Open
- 3.30pm to 10.30pm, Monday to Saturday
- Where
- Dalia Industrial Estate, opposite Yash Raj Studios, off New Link Road, Veera Desai Industrial Estate, Andheri West, Mumbai 400053
Pankaj Gupta starts at four in the morning frying puris and pounding three chutneys, then sets the red cart up opposite Yash Raj. Closed Sundays. Nowhere to sit, and no shelter if it rains.
What to orderGheela bhel
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Vithal's Family Restaurant (Vithal Bhelwala)
- Open
- Noon to 10.30pm daily
- Where
- 13/15 A.K. Naik Marg, near Mukta Cinema (formerly Excelsior), Azad Maidan, Fort, Mumbai 400001
The 1875 shop that claims to have invented bhel is shut; the family restaurant next door serves the recipe. Order the special bhel. Prices are steep for chaat, and the room looks tired.
What to orderSpecial bhel
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Jai Jawan Stall
- Open
- Late morning until about 11.30pm, busiest at sunset
- Where
- Jai Jawan Stall, Bhel Plaza, Chowpatty Beach, near Birla Krida Kendra, Girgaum Chowpatty, Mumbai 400007
This is the beach version, mixed to order and tipped into a paper cone. The board now reads gola, kulfi and falooda, so ask for bhel. Cash only, and nowhere to sit.
What to orderBhel puri
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Mehul Shreeji Ice Bhel
The Borivali cart row has been going five decades and this one freezes its chutneys. The ice bhel is the reason to come. Skip the blowtorched fire sev puri, which is a novelty.
What to orderIce bhel
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