The best Prawn Koliwada in Mumbai
Also spelt prawns koliwada, kolivada prawns, koliwada and jhinga koliwada. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.
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Selected from published food guides and local reporting. How the list works
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Number 1.Hazara Restaurant & Bar (Sion Koliwada)
- Open
- Noon to 1am daily, the fryers get going after dusk
- Where
- Shop 15, Plot 353(E), Guru Arjun Nivas, Hukumchand C Julka Chowk, Sion Koliwada, Mumbai 400022
Order the prawns koliwada by weight at the counter outside and watch them fry. The rawas version is better still. Ground floor is a drinkers' room, so ask for the mezzanine.
What to orderPrawns koliwada, by the quarter kilo
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Number 2.Trishna (Kala Ghoda)
- Open
- Noon to 3.30pm and 6.30pm to 11.30pm, daily
- Where
- 7, Sai Baba Marg (off Rope Walk Lane), Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai 400001
Koliwada prawns first, then the butter pepper garlic crab if the bill allows. Tables sit almost on top of each other and the dinner queue starts before the doors open, so book.
What to orderKoliwada prawns
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Number 3.Jai Jawan (Linking Road stall
- Open
- Evenings only, about 7pm to past midnight, daily
- Where
- Opposite National College, Linking Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 400050
A pavement counter between the shoe stalls, open evenings only. Buy prawns koliwada by the kilo and eat standing, because the crust goes soft in a takeaway box. Staff can be brusque late on.
What to orderPrawns koliwada by weight, with the mint chutney
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Gajalee (Vile Parle East original)
- Open
- 11.30am to 3.30pm and 7pm to 11.30pm, daily
- Where
- Kadamgiri Complex, Hanuman Road, Vile Parle East, Mumbai 400057
The Vile Parle original, not the branches. Koliwada prawns with sol kadhi make the right opening, then the crab. Weekend evenings fill up early and the clams disappoint out of season.
What to orderKoliwada prawns with sol kadhi
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Mini Punjab (Sion Koliwada original)
- Open
- Noon to 1am, every day
- Where
- Panjabi Camp, GTB Nagar, Sion Koliwada, Mumbai 400037
The Singh family sold fish koliwada here from a coal stove in 1958; prawn koliwada came later and is the thing to order. The Sion original is small, so expect a wait.
What to orderKoliwada prawns
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Mahesh Lunch Home (Fort)
- Open
- 11.30am to 3.45pm, 6pm to 11.30pm, open daily
- Where
- 8-B, Cawasji Patel Street (Merwan Building), Fort, Mumbai 400001
Ask for prawns koliwada and the surmai gassi with neer dosa. Regulars grumble that the kitchen coasts on its name now, and the ceiling is low with tables pushed tight together.
What to orderPrawns koliwada
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Soul Fry (Pali Naka
- Open
- 12.30pm to 3.30pm and 7.30pm to midnight, daily
- Where
- 1-2, Silver Croft, Pali Mala Road, opposite Pali Market, Bandra West, Mumbai 400050
Prawn koliwada with a beer before the karaoke starts. Portions are modest for the price and the sol kadhi is inconsistent, so stick to the fried plates and the bombil.
What to orderPrawn koliwada and the crispy bombil
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A-1 Fish Koliwada (Grant Road West)
- Open
- 5pm to 1am, seven days a week
- Where
- Petit Compound, Low Level (South), Zoroastrian Colony, Grant Road West, Mumbai 400004
Named for the dish and open only from five in the evening. Prawns koliwada is what to order; ignore the long Chinese and Mughlai list. The shopfront is genuinely hard to find.
What to orderPrawns koliwada
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Koliwada Chicken Stall (Charkop Gaon
- Open
- Evenings only, about 5pm to midnight, seven days
- Where
- Stall 1, Charkop Gaon Fish Market, MG Road, near Sector 2, Kandivali West, Mumbai 400067
A stall in Charkop village fish market, cooked by the fisherwomen themselves. Prawns koliwada, eaten off a paper plate with bhakri. No seating, evenings only, and cash is safest.
What to orderPrawns koliwada with rice-flour bhakri
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