Hotels in Mumbai

Eat fresh fruit readily available at the markets... the strawberries are amazing, and all the fruit is so fresh and tasty. For dinner, I usually choose The Symphony, located conveniently in Kemps Corner. There's also Tulips, which is a bread and patisserie cafe that specialises in Indian and Weatern style food. My favourite eating place is Moshe's, located upstairs in the Crossword Book Shop at Kemps Corner. They serve good coffee, great snacks and delicious little fresh salads, perfect for vegetarians. You can walk anywhere safely in Mumbai, I have never seen nor experienced crime of any kind. The people are so beautiful... friendly, humble, happy people who want to share their love of life and their city with travellers. On my next trip I'll ensure I always have a purse full of smaller denomination notes, because there aren't many market sellers that can provide change for 500r and 1000r notes.

Mumbai was a whirlwind of noise and chaos and beautiful people. The contrast between the affluent and the poor was quite surprising. As we drove from the airport to our hotel, we passed through slums and crumbling buildings. The entrance of our hotel was like entering a compound. Hotels and nice restaurants all seemed to be situated amongst undeveloped areas and roads with broken paths. It was a weird feeling staying in lovely hotels for really affordable prices, then stepping out on the streets of Mumbai. The people were very friendly and trustworthy. Of course you come across a lot of people who beg. However it is better to give your money to a charity to ensure you do not encourage adults exploiting young children to beg. I would highly recommend going on the Reality tour of the Dhavali slums. This is a non profit organisation who use the money made from the tours to build on the community in the slums. i.e. teaching English. It is an eye opening experience.

This was my fifth trip to the city and with every visit I have explored it a little more. This time, I spent more time visiting famed places of South Mumbai that have the old-world architecture. Browsing through books in Kitaab Khana, followed by a brisk walk to and a quick bite at Cafe Mondegar made my Friday special. The cafes are decorated in Christmas finery and you can expect some stellar bakes. Challenge as a tourist: travelling around, specially if you aren't keen on taking the local (like me). Avoid staying in East side of the city, which is mostly an industrial area and wears a deserted look after 9 pm. Stick to lodging in West part of the city as most good restaurants and hotels are situated here. Plus, travelling is easy.

First of all my family & I have great regards for the Gujarati Restaurant "Tosa" in Virle Parle East. It was most enjoyable. My son, age 42, was very impressed. In Virle Parke East all things are near & people helpful. More clean than other locations. A very satisfactory visit. We were also picked from the hotel by a taxi to our main area of visit: Sirdhi. We had a good trip/darshan of our deity. In Nasik we by chance met a taxi operator who was very good & am sure will recommend him to others. May His Blessings be on him & his family. We spent 2 nights in Nasik one each way for rest. It was most helpful & restful. Overall we enjoyed our stay in Mumbai/Nasik & Sirdhi. But we will return to Bangalore again & again!!!!!

Mumbai remind me more a Jungle than a City. Extremly poor higiene and dangerous driving. There is a nice medium class with educated persons... But DON'T GO OUT OF THE TOURISTIC AREAS without local company. We went to buy some specific products for costume creating and basically... It was traumatic and unsafe!! South Mumbai has nice things as the COLABA STREET where we bargain amazing presents for family, friends and ourselves for perfect prices. Restaurant Zaffran has nice food and the Zaffran close to the area of the 5star Hotel "St. Regis" has amaaazing bars, restaurant and lounges in a vintage ware house styling!! And reasonable prices! The ELEPHANTA CAVES ISLAND was such an experience!!!! For only 7 euro, you got a 1 hour trip on a ferry to an island populated by Monkeys, Donkeys and Cows. The caves are impressive! Has sculpted figures of local Gods on the walls, in a giant size! Be careful, and very humble :) Do not trust anybody and plan our trip ahead a time. Is not the kind of city where you can just walk around and enjoy the streets. Has nice sunsets, but as very poluted, the sky is not very blue in the mornings

Tour of the Dharavi Slum was an amazing experience that our kids learnt from. Also did a walking tour around Mumbai with a guide who took us to a local eating house and took us on a local train and bus. The Phoenix Mall which was a 5 minute taxi ride or 20 minute walk away was a great place to eat and shop and also grab a movie. Recommend negotiating a taxi ride as many drivers offer you twice to three times the actual price. Request a meter taxi for your first few trips to get an idea of the actual price then you can negotiate from then on. Also make sure the taxi drivers understand English and understand where you want to go. I took photo's from Google Maps on where we wanted to go and showed this to the drivers. One driver told us he knew where we wanted to go but actually didn't. We ended up getting out of the taxi and walking 1km to where we wanted to go which wasn't fun at night with two kids.