What to eat at Dadar, Mumbai
Dadar is best for vada pav, batata wada, misal, maharashtrian brunch. Go morning to early evening. Our guide picks 4 spots here: Ashok Vada Pav, Shri Krishna Batata Wada, Bastian At The Top, Aaswad.
Central Mumbai's Marathi heartland around Shivaji Park, where the city's vada pav and misal debates get settled.
Where to eat at Dadar
Ashok Vada Pav Kirti College Lane, Dadar West
The most famous vada pav in Mumbai stands outside Kirti College in Dadar, and it's also the most argued about. Fans queue for a vada smothered in chutneys and the crunchy fried batter crumbs called chura; critics say the wait is longer than the flavour deserves. Try it once and pick a side.
- Order: Vada pav, Chura pav
- Price: ₹ (Under ₹150 a person)
- Best time: Off-peak afternoons (the queue is the catch)
- Popularity with locals: Local Favourite (2 of 3 hearts)
- “Tops the vada pav category on r/mumbai's 494-upvote 'top 3 of everything' list.” r/mumbai thread
- “'Ashok vada pav is the best,' one regular insists in a 2025 best-vada-pav thread.” r/MumbaiFood thread
Shri Krishna Batata Wada Dadar West, near Chhabildas School
A small Dadar counter near Chhabildas School that does one thing. The batata wada here is so good, one local wrote, that it doesn't need a pav or even chutney, just a few fried chillies on the side. It really is the wada alone: there's no pav, and nobody misses it.
- Order: Batata wada, Fried green chillies
- Price: ₹ (Under ₹150 a person)
- Best time: Whenever you're in Dadar
- Popularity with locals: Hidden Gem (1 of 3 hearts)
- “'So good that it does not need a pav or chutney. Just some fried chillis' (19 upvotes).” r/MumbaiFood thread
- “Named again in a 2026 vada pav hunt, with the note that it's 'only vada though'.” r/MumbaiFood thread
Bastian At The Top Kohinoor Square, Dadar West
Mumbai's see-and-be-seen seafood name, now down to one address: a rooftop 48 floors up at Kohinoor Square in Dadar, after its Worli and Bandra outposts closed. Locals once summed Bastian up as 'trendy, cute and great food', and one regular sent a crab-hunting visitor here as the cheaper alternative to Trishna. These days the view is the headline, so book it for the occasion.
- Order: Crab, Cocktails with the view
- Price: ₹₹₹₹ (Over ₹900 a person)
- Best time: Sunset dinner (book ahead)
- Popularity with locals: Local Favourite (2 of 3 hearts)
- “'Trendy, cute and great food', on a 2026 list for a first-time visitor.” r/mumbai thread
- “On a 2025 list of dinner picks for a visiting executive: 'Bastian (for view)'.” r/MumbaiFood thread
Aaswad Opposite Shiv Sena Bhavan, Dadar West
Dadar's Maharashtrian brunch house, known locally for an award-winning misal. Regulars come for misal pav and kothimbir wadi, crisp coriander fritters, in a clean, simple room opposite Shiv Sena Bhavan. It's light, homely food, and on busy mornings the queue can stretch onto the footpath.
- Order: Misal pav, Kothimbir wadi
- Price: ₹₹ (₹150–400 a person)
- Best time: Brunch
- Popularity with locals: Local Favourite (2 of 3 hearts)
- “Number two on a 65-upvote list of the city's best misal.” r/mumbai thread
- “'Really good for a proper Maharashtrian brunch. Kothimbir wadi is highly recommended.'” r/mumbai thread
Last checked: October 2026