Reviews for Mumbai Local Restaurant in Vancouver, BC

Came across this place while walking down the street and could not stop ourselves from entering. A vada pav, a chaar sampler and... cutting chai is all you need to validate the Mumbai ness of this quaint eatery. The food was authentic and the music reminiscentof college days… thoroughly enjoyed Mumbai Local and am fairly certain I’ll be back Read more

Went first time with family for dinner. We had For starters: - CHAAT SAMPLER. It was nice and delicious, the only downside was... the spicy water wasn’t made in restaurant, it felt more like togo mix that was put in water and served. For dinner, we had 1.Lacha Parantha: 2/5 because it was not properly cooked. Attached picture 2. Masala Papad: - 1/5 it was super soggy with thesalsa. And it was also very hard to believe a simple papad was $4.5. 3. CHICKEN AMRITSARI: - 2/5. Chicken was fresh and wellcooked, on the other hand the sauce wasn’t cooked. 4. CHICKEN HANDI: - 2/5. Same as chicken amritsari. Overall service wasnice, staff was friendly. Cooking and food flavors were not upto mark. Also the place is bit pricey than expected. Read more

Dahi Puri is to die for! Haven’t had this good dahi puri in North America!! Vada pav was also good.. Misal is good but lil on... oily side. Although I'm blown away by the fact that this place serves Misal! I’m definitely visiting again and having pavbhaji and bhel next time. Also the song selection is BRILLIANT???????????? Read more

I think this place has the foundation to be something special. They just miss the mark on a few things but important things. ... The difference between an amazing restaurant and one that's pretty good. This is a Indian street food restaurant. Street foodflavors should be over the top and in your face. The wings were good but a bit dry. The khichdi had no salt. The bhel puriwould have been so much better if it wad crispy. The soya chaap was a bit bland. The best thing was the pav bhaji which waswonderful. Everything tasted decent but could have been so much better. Read more

In authenticity emerges the story - We went quite unassumingly into the dainty corners of Davie. This area is filled with Indian... restaurants promising you *unabashedly* the flavors of the sub-continent but ending up delivering short. Bombay local pulledthe evergreen trick of sticking to what it knows best and just consistently transporting us to our sweet-savory-salivating daysin Mumbai. Starting from excellent suggestions and a suave ownership laden service from Kabir, we thoroughly enjoyed the chickenlollipop, a dish that is hard to construct given the evolutions it has been within the south indo chinese /(or chinjabi)cuisine. The crispy coating (and chutney) had that signature rustic but not overpowering umami flavor, with the fresh and juicychicken tenders delicately attached to their bones. With their weekend specials in play we also got the pleasure of taskingtheir chicken manchurian done closest to chinjabi expectations. The crispy vada in the vada-pav packed the flavor punches withthe chewy bun texture most places don’t even consider. The bhaji in the pav bhaji (and masala pav) teleported us to ourfavorite roadside stalls thickly butter creamed and mashed to perfection. We also order masala colas that packed the traditionaljal jeera digestive allowing us to go further exploring - resetting the palate with each sip. Oh then how could we not thinkdaily about the bombay chilli cheese breads toasted to perfection done in with a stuffing you can only call an indo-italianmarriage? This is what being bilingual would taste like! Given all this, the icing on the cake was the house made kesar malaikulfi gently peppered with rose petals and pistachios that couldn’t have been replaced with any other sweet of the samecaliber. There are no places we’re aware of in downtown that can package all of this authenticity into a 45 minute dine-instory. We’re certain you’d feel the same. Read more

I’ll start by saying that for someone that’s not from Mumbai and hasn’t grown up eating these dishes (like my partner) the... food was good. Now I’m from Mumbai, born and raised, so at the risk of sounding like an (unqualified) food critic, I have theadmit, I found the food lacking the authenticity that I was hoping for based on the reviews. It’s all about the small things,I wish the garlic and chilli chutney served with Vada Pav packed a bit more heat, I would have loved to see a deep fried wholegreen chilli on the side, there was too much lentil in the Missal and the lentils were simply cooked / pressure cooked insteadof sprouted. The gravy was a bit too thick. The Vada (bread) was a bit dry and under toasted instead of the buttery golden browntoast that one would expect with Missal / Pav Bhaji. The cutting chai was lovely, would be great to have a sugarfree option, butit was lovely nonetheless. Overall, I don’t think they need to reinvent their dishes, the basics are all there, they just needto take it up a notch. I understand a lot of Indian dishes are “toned down” if I may, to service a larger crowd, but I thinkwhat makes Mumbai street food so special is the burst of flavour in each bite and I hope they don’t stray away from that. Theplace was nice, clean. Good choice of music. We were looked after by Kabir who was absolutely lovely, 10/10 service. I’ve beenwaiting for an authentic Mumbai street food restaurant and I really hope they can get there, they have the makings of it. Sorryabout the long post, I got carried away. Read more

We had such a fun time trying various items on their menu. As someone new to the flavours their menu offered, I found everything... tasty and unique. The staff was courteous and patient with our many questions. We started with two items and eventually workedour way to ordering another dish and 3 sides. We even drank some of the flavoured water that we’re quite sure wasn’t meantto be drank straight. Price was reasonable too. It did take 4 attempts to finally find the restaurant open. We found out at theend that we didn't order any of their most popular dishes, so I guess we'll aim to make a return visit for those... Read more

Went in for the chaat menu. Pav Bhaji was the best - crispy Pav and tasty Bhaji. Vada Pav was very authentic both in terms of... the Pav and the stuffing. Better than most places where they try pass off the burger bun as Pav. Bhel Puri could have been a bitless soggy, but it was still very good and authentic. The staff was very courteous and the music and ambience had a chill vibe.Definitely a good spot to hit if you're planning a visit to English bay/sunset beach. Read more