The best Vada Pav in Mumbai
Also spelt vadapav, wada pav, vada pao and batata vada pav. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.
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Number 1.Ashok Vada Pav (Kirti College)
- Open
- 11am to about 9.30pm daily
- Where
- Kirti College Lane, off Cadell Road (Kashinath Dhuru Marg), Prabhadevi, Dadar West, Mumbai 400028
The Kirti College pavement stall that most Mumbaikars name first. Get the vada pav with chura scattered in and one fried green chilli. It opens late morning, so an early breakfast trip is wasted.
What to orderVada pav with chura and a fried green chilli
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Number 2.Aaram Vada Pav (opposite CSMT)
- Open
- 9am to 11pm daily, vada often gone by 10.30pm
- Where
- Capitol Cinema Building, 126 Dr Dadabhai Naoroji Road at M Cama Road, opposite CSMT, Fort, Mumbai 400001
Sit-down room opposite CSMT, so it feels less like a stall. Order the butter-grilled cheese vada pav. The counter keeps going after the tables close, and the vada usually runs out before eleven.
What to orderButter-grilled cheese vada pav
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Number 3.Gajanan Vada Pav (Naupada)
- Open
- 7.30am to 10pm daily
- Where
- Chhatrapati Sambhaji Road, Naupada, Thane West 400602
Thane's benchmark since 1978, and the reason is the yellow besan chutney. Order one vada pav plain so you taste it. Teatime brings a scrum on the footpath, so aim for mid-morning.
What to orderVada pav with the yellow besan chutney
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Borkar Vada Pav
- Open
- Until about 9pm, shut Sundays
- Where
- 3, Kanbai Vidyarthi Bhavan, Khadilkar Road, opposite Navakal Press, Girgaon, Mumbai 400004
Sixty years in the same Girgaon lane, now run by the grandchildren. Take the classic rather than the cheese burst. They shut on Sundays and close by nine, and there is nowhere to sit.
What to orderClassic vada pav
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Graduate Vada Pav (Byculla station)
- Open
- About 7.30am to 10.30pm daily
- Where
- Shop 29, Haji Ghani Building, Byculla Station Road, opposite Byculla station, Mumbai 400027
A station stall doing thousands a day, so the vada is never sitting around. Ask for the garlic and tamarind chutneys together. Cash is quicker than fiddling with an app in that crush.
What to orderVada pav with garlic and tamarind chutney
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Shankar Vada Pav (Bandra Talao)
- Open
- 9am to 9pm daily
- Where
- Shop 1, Panchsheel Apartment, Guru Nanak Road, near Bandra Talao off Turner Road, Bandra West, Mumbai 400050
Started by a mill worker in 1975 and still by Bandra Talao. The masala vada pav with a moong dal bhajia is the order. Timings are unposted, so treat it as an evening stop.
What to orderMasala vada pav with a moong dal bhajia
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Parleshwar Vada Pav Samrat
- Open
- Until about 9pm
- Where
- Maratha Bhuvan, Subhash Road, opposite Mahila Sangh School, near Parleshwar temple, Vile Parle East, Mumbai 400057
Parle's other stall, quieter than the college crowd across the tracks. The vada has chopped coconut through the potato, which is the point. Shutters come down around nine and there is no seating.
What to orderCoconut vada pav
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Bhau Vada Pav (Bhandup West original)
- Open
- 9am to 10pm daily
- Where
- S Pratap Singh Road, Valmiki Nagar, near Gadhav Naka, Bhandup West, Mumbai 400078
The Bhandup original, older than the Mulund and Ghatkopar branches that copy it. Order the jumbo vada pav and ask for extra dry chutney. Go to Valmiki Nagar, not the newer shops.
What to orderJumbo vada pav with extra dry chutney
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Laxman's Om Vada Pav (Garodia Nagar)
- Open
- 9am to about 9.30pm
- Where
- Shop 19, Building 104, Garodia Nagar, near Lions Club hall, Ghatkopar East, Mumbai 400077
A Garodia Nagar counter where Ghatkopar goes for buttered vada pav. Order the plain one first, then the Maggi version if you are curious. Closes about half nine, and nothing here is subtle.
What to orderButtered vada pav
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Kunjvihar Vada Pav Shop (Jambli Naka)
- Open
- 6am to 11pm daily
- Where
- Prabhavati Bhavan, Station Road, opposite Ashok Talkies, Jambli Naka, Thane West 400601
Opens at six, which makes it the Jambli Naka breakfast stop. Take the jumbo vada pav, since they bake their own pav for it. Two vadas is a meal, so do not over-order.
What to orderJumbo vada pav
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Jai Maharashtra Vada Pav (Andheri West)
- Open
- 8am to 9pm daily
- Where
- Shops 1 and 2, beside Apna Bazar, JP Road, Azad Nagar, Andheri West, Mumbai 400053
Plain counter beside Apna Bazar on JP Road, no cheese, no schezwan. Ask for the aloo vada pav with both pudina and garlic chutney. It closes at nine, earlier than most of Andheri.
What to orderAloo vada pav with pudina and garlic chutney
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Ladu Samrat (Lalbaug)
- Open
- About 7am to 10pm, packed after 5pm
- Where
- Shop 1 and 2, Habib Terrace, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, Ganesh Gully, Lalbaug, Parel, Mumbai 400012
Lalbaug mill-country cooking with a sweet counter at the front. Have the vada pav and a dahi misal beside it. After five the tables get shared and the wait runs long, so come earlier.
What to orderVada pav
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Pipasa (Borivali station)
- Open
- 10am to 10pm daily
- Where
- 70, Goyal Shopping Arcade, Swami Vivekananda Road, opposite Borivali station, Borivali West, Mumbai 400092
Right outside Borivali station, and the queue moves fast. Get a vada pav with a Punjabi lassi, which is what regulars pair. Ten to ten daily, and expect to eat standing on the pavement.
What to orderVada pav with a Punjabi lassi
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Shri Krishna Batatawada (Dadar West)
- Open
- About 7am to 10pm daily
- Where
- 7A, Radha Niwas, Chabildas Road, near Dadar station west, Dadar West, Mumbai 400028
Two minutes from Dadar station on Chabildas Road, and busiest when the trains empty. Order a batata vada pressed into pav with the dry garlic chutney. Standing room only, and the chaat is skippable.
What to orderBatata vada in pav with dry garlic chutney
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