BEST PASTAS IN MUMBAI

Different Pasta cuisines have travelled across the world and eventually to India today with its diverse nature, and have adapted to every single thing. Be that as may be, it is totally fun to try all these varieties, especially when you can grab a plate in a single place itself. Thankfully, you can taste around more than 300+ pastas right in Mumbai and without traveling outside! Not limited to these places only, but here goes the top best places to try authentic Italian pastas around Mumbai!

1. Poetry By Love & Cheesecake

Must Try - Risotto Pasta – al dente

This creamy and comforting risotto is available at “Poetry By Love & Cheesecake” in chembur, Mumbai, which certainly deserves the first seat as the best place for pasta in Mumbai (also for the healthiest and most authentic continentals!).

Coming to the best pasta available here, it has to be their chestnut+mushroom one, which is made to be extremely tender with a mouth-watering chicken. The risotto rice with chicken stock and the wine in it gives it a luscious flavor inside out. Tingle your tongue with its Pesto and a dash of truffle oil that takes it to a whole new level. This is one of the best selling recipes at Poetry By Love & Cheesecake. If you have not tried this yet, then it is time to try this rich, flavoursome, and creamy risotto, and find out what you have missed all these years.

Location: Chembur, Mumbai

2. Out of The Blue

Must Try - Penne Arrabbiata – Pasta La Vista

A penne recipe can be made into as you like it, but nothing beats this classic Italian pasta garnished with tomato sauce. The smell of this flavoursome recipe at Out of The Blue is enough to catch all your senses at one grasp. This place serves the people of Mumbai with the most delicious Mediterranean, pizzas, desserts, and along with that, rich, creamy, and authentic pastas.

Arrabbiata means angry, which indicates that it is a pack of garlic and rich tomato puree. This rises the heat to another level with the spices and stretchy cheese added to it to balance the spiciness of the dish. Also, herbs like basil incorporated in the dish gives a divine aroma to the arrabbiata. Try this best selling pasta in Mumbai’s Out of The Blue restaurant, thank us later!

Location: Off Carter Road, Bandra Area, Mumbai

3. Gustoso

Must Try - Lasagne All Bolognese – Pasta al forno

Ah, this is a classic and perhaps the most elegant innovation in the world of pastas that needs to be totally explored with all flavors. This beautiful, delicious looking lasagna is actually a pasta recipe popular as Pasta al forno at Gustoso, located at Bandra West, Mumbai.

The recipe involves the arrangement of layers of pasta and the lamb ragu which is officially Ragu alla Bolognese. The pasta is combined with a deliciously prepared browned lamb meat, the sautéed pancetta, and other veggies, alongside wine. When this is reduced, tomatoes are added, followed by milk, letting it simmer.

Pretty tempting to know about the making right! This is one such al forno which is baked in an oven for around 40-50 minutes. Baked pasta or the mouth filling lasagna alla Bolognese is definitely not as easy to make as impressive but it is much savoury than you could ever imagine.

Location: Bandra West, Bandra Area, Mumbai.

4. Mia Cucina

Must Try - Tagliatelle Al Pesto Pasta – A Ligurian Treat

Mia Cucina is another popular choice in the Powai region that serves only Italian food and beverages, but undoubtedly stands out of all restaurants that serve pasta. The Tagliatelle Al Pesto is the one of the best pastas you could try in Mumbai, available at Mia Cucina, located at Hiranandani Business Park, Powai.

Pasta with pesto has become very popular in almost all the countries and the tagliatelle pasta is widely used in different recipes of pasta. The Pesto sauce is the key ingredient and gives it the flavor of taste. This pesto is religiously made out of roasted pine nuts, basil leaves, and a variety of cheeses like parmesan and pecorino, and finally with a dash of olive oil and some black pepper to make it into smooth paste. Making the pesto is actually fun, unlike other sauces, but isn’t more fun than to taste this incredible recipe.

If you are ever in Mumbai badly craving some authentic Italian pastas, blindly reach out to Mia Cucina, order the above pasta, and you will understand why it is the best selling dish out there!

Location: Hiranandani Business Park, Powai Area, Mumbai.

5. Salt Water Café

Must Try - Tomato, Olives, Garlic & Smoked Chili –Spaghetti

The Salt Water Café is one of the best restaurants serving pasta in Mumbai, the Spaghetti being their best selling pastas in the whole of Bandra West. Salt water café serves European, Italian and American pastas, salads and the juices, which are nothing less than incredible.

The best selling Spaghetti with tomato, olives, garlic & smoked chilli is incredible with the arrabiata sauce used in it. It’s hot, smokiness of garlic and red chilies is just lip-smacking and has that zing of flavors added through olives and other condiments. Try this place’s other popular dishes too and spread the word to us on what you loved the most!

Location: Bandra West, Bandra Area, Mumbai.

6. Fuel Up

Must Try - Hungry Jack (semi Dry) Pasta

The most hot favorite place for pastas in Mumbai, the Hungry Jack on their menu has to be the topmost choice if you ask any Mumbaikar. They serve every savory dish and are worth every inch of hype about this place. Healthy foods, juices, keto, pizzas, pastas, and Italian salads - nothing you can think of in Italian dishes that isn't on the menu.

The Hungry Jack pasta is basically a wheat pasta sautéed with golden onion, mushrooms, and olive oil. This is added with grilled chicken breast and topped with multi grain seeds (you can also add some yum shrimps to it!). Finally, it is topped with black olives making it incredible and the best selling dish here at Fuel Up. This recipe will also take care of your health because of the wheat pasta and the good-for-health olives in it.

7. Seven Seven

Must Try - Napolitano Pasta

One must definitely try this Napolitano pasta made up of only a handful of ingredients, but a huge hit among Mumbaikars. It mainly involves the penne pasta, with onion, garlic, tomatoes, and few basil leaves that makes the luscious Napolitana sauce. The Seven Seven restaurant, located near SIES College, Mumbai provides a variety of pastas to calm your senses.

They mostly serve Italian, Chinese, and other continentals, other than fast foods. The penne is topped with the napolitana sauce and extra parmesan and basil leaves. This is one authentic cuisine of Italians that Seven Seven makes it possible for residents and non-residents of Mumbai to have within India.

Location: SIES College, Sion Bhakti Park, Mumbai

8. Leles

Must Try - Michaelangelos Pasta

Located inside Macronells compound Pali Hill, Bandra West, you can undoubtedly call the Leles as a pasta paradise for all continental lovers. They give foodies the biggest chance to taste the best Italian pastas in Mumbai (not to mention their pastas), plus a large variety of snacks, beverages, desserts, even some special Goan and Tibetan food.

Coming to the best selling dish of Leles, it is undoubtedly their Michaelangelos pasta with its dreamy creamy house sauce, and german bratwurst strip sausages served alongside Goan masala pork sausages. The American corn is added to the dish with smoked bell peppers to bring out the flavor of the entire meat and corn preparation. It is a wholesome recipe and is extraordinarily delicious. Try this Michaelangelos pasta if you haven't yet, and the next time someone wants a pasta suggestion, you will know exactly what to spell.

Location: Macronells compound Pali Hill, Bandra West, Mumbai.

9. Smoke House Deli

Must Try - Cheesy Alfredo Pasta

Smoke House Deli is actually an Indian restaurant that churns out savory European, Italian, American, Pastas, and salads. Their creamy pasta made of different vegetables served with alfredo sauce mainly uses butter and cheese but it does not contain any cream. Interestingly enough, SHD also gives us an option to throw our own creativity by choosing toppings of our own choice. Doesn’t that sound great for an all time fun party?!

Location: BKC, Bandra Area, Mumbai.

10. SBARRO

Must Try – Veg Milano Pasta

The last one on the list but definitely no less than the others, SBARRO also makes it a great stand for foodies all around Mumbai to try some of the most authentic pasta recipes with purely Italian taste. It is located at Marol Sakinaka, Andheri East, Mumbai, and basically provides pizzas and Italian food. Veg Milano pasta is one such recipe at SBARRO to try and enjoy it with every bite. This is among the best pasta restaurants in Mumbai that provide you with authentic Italian spaghetti, linguini, and many more.

Veggies include bell peppers, capsicum, ginger, corn, green chillies, that add diverse flavors to it. The mozzarella cheese makes it too yummy with the ragu sauce. Thus, the pasta with veggies and the mozzarella makes it unique.

Location: Marol Sakinaka, Andheri East, Mumbai.