Leopold Cafe has been on my places to visit list ever since I read "Shantaram". It has probably become more famous nowadays because of the Terrorist attack, but from the locals I found that it has always been a popular place. But, now tourists who don't like Cafes and Continental food visit the place too. Leopold Cafe is a restaurant cum bar located in Colaba market in the heart of the Posh South Mumbai. It is located behind Taj hotel and is an easy place to miss, unless you know where it is. The best way to locate it is to stop wherever you find a hungry looking crowd waiting on the footpath and look around you.
The Ground floor is almost too crowded to sit, but somehow the waiters manage to reach your table with the dishes and drinks you order. First Floor is probably a better place to sit (and a bit more expensive too). Though it is still crowded with you almost sitting on the
lap of someone on the next table (If they happen to be pretty young things you should probably tip the waiter well). The Cafe has a nice
Old Authentic ambience and when I was having my dinner nice Classic Rock and Oldies were being played in the background. The volume of the
Music is not as loud as of the New-age pubs and you can probably manage to have a chat while enjoying the food, drinks and music. The best thing about Leopold Cafe is that you would find people of all ages and races enjoying themselves, there was a group of fifty year olds guzzling
Beer on my right and a pretty young lady sipping cocktails on my left.
Now coming to the most important thing, the food and drinks. I found the cocktails to be well made and the Pasta perfectly cooked and seasoned. We had ordered one white sauce based pasta and one with Red wines sauce, the white sauce based pasta was really tasty. We had also ordered a Beef Steak, but I wouldn't recommend it.
The quantity of the dishes is adequate and the cocktails we had were also well mixed. I would highly recommend this place to anyone visiting Mumbai and love eating at the Old places which have managed to retain their character over the years.
Average Cost for a meal for two (with drinks) : Rs. 1000
Advance booking: Not entertained
Cafe Leopold
Colaba Causeway, Bhagat Singh Road
Next To Regal Cinema
Colaba, Mumbai
