Mumbai’s Papa’s Named Among TIME’s World’s Greatest Places 2025
The exclusive 12-seater restaurant redefines fine dining with its innovative 13-course menu and personal chef-led experience.
- Papa’s, located in Bandra West, Mumbai, is a 12-seater fine-dining restaurant offering a 13-course tasting menu blending Indian flavors with global techniques.
- The restaurant is helmed by Executive Chef Hussain Shahzad and is designed to feel like an intimate dinner party at the chef’s home.
- Papa’s pays tribute to the late Indian-American chef Floyd Cardoz, Shahzad’s mentor, who was affectionately called 'Papa-ji.'
- Signature dishes include 'Bugs Bunny' (wild rabbit with weaver ants), korma-style Lamb Wellington, and a South Indian rasam with cured trout and watermelon.
- The restaurant, part of Hunger Inc. Hospitality, has become one of India’s most sought-after dining spots within a year of its opening, with reservations filling up within seconds each month.