A traditional feast that offers an amalgamation of twenty-four plus dishes sprawled across a banana leaf, Onam Sadhya offers a symphony of flavours. To experience a slice of Kerala and take part in this vibrant cultural celebration, we bring you eight spots around Mumbai offering the best Onam Sadhya meals!
1. Kari Apla
Get a taste of a traditional Onam Sadhya at this beautiful South Indian restaurant in the neigbourhood of Khar West. You can enjoy a staggering twenty-two different dishes, including meat-based courses for lunch across three days. Curated by Chef Ebaani Tewari and Mathew Varghese, the meal offers equal parts tangy and sweet inji chutney, delicious kootu curry, Kerala mutton cutlet, chicken pepper fry, fish curry, and so much more.
📍Shop no 5, Mangal Bhavna, Khar Pali Rd, Khar West
📅September 5, 6 & 7
📞Prior reservation required, call 8433706258 to book
2. Kerala Cafe
Offering a lavish Onam Sadhya with twenty-six authentic vegetarian dishes, Kerale Cafe brings flavourful rasam, crunchy papaddam, spicy pulissery and tangy mango pickles among other offerings. This restaurant has further released bookings for two kinds of sadhya: mini sadhya, accompanied by 18 dishes, and a full sadhya offering 26 dishes. You can order the mentioned meals for either dine-in or takeaway.
📍Vasai | Chembur
📅September 1-4 (Mini Sadhya) | September 5-7 (Full Sadhya)
📞You can reserve your seat here
3. Nair on Fire
Adopting a slightly different way, this restaurant offers vegetarian, chicken and seafood options– combining Hindu, Islamic and Suriani recipes. From Kaima rice and prawn mango curry to pineapple curry and banana chips, they bring you authentic Keralan dishes- crafted with fresh ingredients and long-established tenchinques- to feast on. They further offer doorstep delivery of their sadhya boxes that serve 2.
📍Peter Apartment, Rebello Rd, Mount Mary, Bandra West
📅Until September 7
📞Prior reservation required via 9324059522 or you can DM them on Instagram
4. South of Vindhyas, The Orchid Mumbai
Among gorgeous dark wood interiors, a delicious feast brings a slice of Kerala right to your plate (well, a banana leaf in this case). Taste 56 varieties of Kerelan dishes from the crunchy Nendrankai chips to Thakkali Rassam at Orchid’s grand Onam feast.
📍T1, 70-C, Nehru Rd, near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Navpada, Vile Parle East
📅September 3- 7
📞Prior reservation required via 7506010316
5. Saffron, JW Marriott
It cannot get more authentic than this! Saffron at JW Marriott presents a perfect amalgamation of traditional decor, live music and authentic meals. With enticing aromas, gorgeous presentation, and unparalleled taste, a visit here rewards one with classics like avial and pappadum, along with twenty-five-plus dishes.
📍Lower Lobby, JW Marriott, Juhu Tara Rd, Juhu
📅September 5
📞Prior reservation required via + 91 22 6693 3344 | +91 90046 16506
6. Fifty-Five East, Grand Hyatt
Serving twenty-five authentic dishes, all crafted with quality ingredients and impeccable presentation, Fifty-Five East comes bearing a lavish Onam feast. Their gorgeous ambience only elevates the charm further as you dig into the spread, steaming with Thoran and Rasam to delicious Payasam.
📍Grand Hyatt, Off, Western Express Hwy, Santacruz East
📅September 5
📞Prior reservation required via +91 7045950135
7. Sesame, Hyatt Centric Juhu
From Sambar and Avial to Thoran and Pachadi, every dish speaks for itself here. Indulge in an authentic Onam Sadhya here featuring comforting delicacies served on a classic banana leaf.
📍Juhu Tara Rd, Shivaji Nagr, Juhu
📅September 5-7
📞You can book via the link here
8. Tanjore Tiffin Room
Curated by Chef Preetha Iyer, this celebrated South Indian restaurant offers a delicious feast studded with beetroot khichadi, pineapple pacchadi, banana chips and payasam, among many others.
📍Versova | Bandra | Goregaon Nesco
📅September 3- 5
📞Prior reservations required via 7770028609 – Versova outlet, 7303021212 – Bandra outlet and 9975152575 – Goregaon Nesco
9. Sorozaie
This restaurant brings a grand feast courtesy of home chef Reshma of Vannu Tinnuka and Sorozai’s in-house Chef Santosh Kumar. While the traditional vegetarian feast features classics like avial, rasam, sambar, thoran, payasam and more, Sorozaie also offers non-vegetarian add-ons. From fiery Kerala Surmai Fry to flavourful Chicken Chukka, and soulful Mutton Pepper Roast, the feast is easily one-of-a-kind in the city. The celebration further offers a diya-making and colouring workshop for guests.
📍Versova, Andheri West
📅September 5; 12 noon – 4 pm & 7 pm – 11 pm
📞Prior reservations required via 87798 59450