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Bombay Bustle is an Indian restaurant at 29 Maddox Street in Mayfair, London, just off Regent Street. The Michelin Guide lists it as Recommended (2026), and its menu draws on Mumbai street food and family recipes, from small plates to tandoor-fired mains.
The Good Food Guide singles out pao buns stuffed with lamb keema, peppery spiced scrambled eggs with truffle oil and naan, and crispy new potatoes with Tulsi chilli chutney. Heavier dishes come from the tandoor, the biryani pot and the curry list, including Goan-style stone bass tikka with chilli paste and a Malabar lamb. Dhals and vegetable sides are built to share.
The January Winter Specials bring Sprouts Sundal with mustard seeds, curry leaves and coconut, Dhokla Chaat with fresh mint and tamarind, and a Chamber's Tomato Soup slow-cooked with garlic and black pepper. For Valentine's, The Bombay Duo paired a Rose Rum Old Fashioned, warmed with jaggery and cinnamon smoke, with a cardamom Raspberry Cheesecake. Both menus change with the season, so check the current listings before you go.
The dining room takes its Art Deco look from the first-class railway carriages of Mumbai, and the atmosphere is lively. The bar leans toward east-west cocktails, including a signature gin and tonic made with Nagpur orange bitter and gin distilled in a 100-year-old copper pot. Indian beer and a global wine list cover the rest of the drinks menu, and a Sunday brunch bundle is a local favourite.
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Anyone who has seen the movie The Lunchbox will know about the ‘dabbawalas’ who bike thousands of tiffin tins to office workers across Mumbai and other Indian cities. This casual sibling of Jamavar brings some of that homespun subcontinental spice and flavour to central Mayfair, with plenty of (Bombay) bustle and noisy chatter to go with the smoky aromas. Against a slick Art Deco backdrop inspired by the city’s first-class railway carriages, the kitchen doles out dishes full of up-front punch and invigorating freshness, with touches of glamour and panache thrown in for good measure. Some of the best things are the small plates – pao buns stuffed with lamb keema, peppery spiced scrambled eggs with truffle oil and naan, crispy new potatoes with Tulsi chilli chutney. If something more substantial is required, look to the line-up of tandoor-fired dishes, biryanis and curries – from Goan-style stone bass tikka with chilli paste to Malabar lamb or a version of chicken Madras involving coconut milk and ‘southern spices’. Dhals, vegetables and sides will please all palates and persuasions, while dessert might bring masala chai panna cotta with strawberries and figs. On Sunday, the Bombay Bustle 'brunch bundle' is a local hit. To drink, east-west cocktails are quite the thing here, (try the signature G&T made with Nagpur orange bitter and gin distilled in a 100-year-old copper pot); otherwise glug a bottle of Indian beer or something from the global wine list.
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