Easter Eats: Revel with delicious food at these Mumbai restaurants this weekend

Diners can enjoy an elaborate Easter feast at O Pedro in Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East). Photo: O Pedro

Easter in Mumbai is going to be special this time around as many from the Catholic community are going to make the most of the opportunity to celebrate the festival like they would every year before the pandemic. Given that more people are choosing to dine out more frequently than they did in the last two years, city restaurants are putting together something for every person who wants to celebrate over the long weekend.

The menus - both traditional and innovative - include a wide variety of dishes made from chicken, pork, turkey and lamb. Obviously, Easter is incomplete without its fair share of desserts in the form of Easter eggs, puddings, tarts and the traditional Goan sweet bebinca too.

Here is a glimpse of the elaborate tables restaurants plan to set in the city:

Among the many specialities, Lotus Café will serve a delicious carrot cake as a part of their Easter menu. Photo: JW Marriott Mumbai Juhu

Easter brunch
Head out early in the afternoon to enjoy a delicious brunch at the Lotus Café in Juhu's JW Marriott Mumbai. The restaurant will be serving diners devilled eggs, roasted lamb, ham, carrot cake, chocolate Easter eggs and bunnies. Parents can unwind while their children are occupied in fun activities at the specially designated Kids' Zone at the five-star property.

Where: Lotus Café, JW Marriott Mumbai, Juhu
When: April 17
Time: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Price: Rs 3,050 (non-alcoholic) and Rs 4,400 (alcoholic) per person (plus taxes).

St Regis Mumbai is hosting a scrumptious meal include dishes such as porchetta, turkey roulade and more. Photo: St Regis Mumbai

Delectable delights
For an Easter brunch with your friends and family in and around Lower Parel, head to St Regis Mumbai. The specially curated menu by city-based executive chef Paul Kinny and his team includes scrumptious porchetta, followed by a roast lamb terrine, turkey roulade, a delicious Easter deep dish meat pie along with hot cross buns and, last but not the least, irresistible Easter eggs and babka. While parents enjoy their meal, kids can stay busy in an exciting Easter Egg hunt.

Where: Seven Kitchens, St Regis Mumbai, Lower Parel
When: April 17
Time: 12:30 pm - 4 pm
Price: Rs 3,300 (non-alcoholic), Rs 4,750 (alcoholic), Rs 7,760 (premium alcohol) - plus taxes per person.
Call: 8657522956 / 022 61628422 / 022 61628000 for reservations.

While diners can feast on the main course, Perch Wine & Coffee Bar also has desserts such as the hot cross bread and butter pudding. Photo: Perch Wine & Coffee Bar

Lazy brunch
If you don't want to travel too much within the suburbs, enjoy a brunch at Perch Wine & Coffee Bar. The city restaurant is dishing out an interesting Easter menu that is perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon. Sip on a chilled Coffee Sangria, gin-based cocktails such as the Forbidden Berry or Reverse Martini 2.0 or the bourbon-based Kentucky Smack to get the party started. The menu includes dishes such as spring chicken pot pie, salmon with greens and gribiche dressing, kale, mushroom, potato and Montasio strudel, pineapple glazed ham pottliker gravy and half a roast chicken too. For dessert, diners can feast on a warm hot cross bread and butter pudding and a chocolate egg baked tart.

Where: Perch Wine & Coffee Bar, Bandra (West)
When: April 17
Time: 12 pm - 4 pm
Call: 93213 75915 for reservations.

The celebrations at JW Marriott Mumbai in Sahar will not only have a delicious main course but also a dedicated dessert station. Photo: JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar

Festive meal
At the JW Marriott Mumbai in Sahar, newly-appointed executive chef Dane Fernandes and his team have put together an elaborate meal for Easter. The menu has dishes that give the authentic experience like hot cross buns as well as Spatchcock chicken, bourbon glazed ham and lamb pot pies. The five-star property will also have a dedicated Easter Egg-themed dessert station for diners to choose from after their meal.

Where: JW Café, JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar, Andheri (East)
When: April 17
Time: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Price: Rs 2,800 + taxes (non-alcoholic), Rs 4,000 + taxes (alcoholic), Rs 1,550 + taxes for kids between 5 -12 years.


Chef Freny Fernandes has made an innovative version of the Easter Egg and Ferrero Rocher to create the Fernandes Rocher. Photo: Monèr - Bistro & Dessert Bar

East Indian feast
If you want to enjoy Easter like a ‘true Mumbaikar', head to Monèr - Bistro & Dessert Bar for an East Indian feast, which is had by the East Indian community, considered to be among the original inhabitants of the city. Chef Freny Fernandes, the founder of the restaurant, hosts a ‘Festa' menu, curated by her mother for the occasion. Hailing from the community herself, Chef Fernandes will be serving traditional stuffed roast chicken, Indyal, or Vindaloo, as it is more popularly called, and an innovative version of the Easter egg and Ferrero Rocher, called Fernandes Rocher too to celebrate the occasion.

Where: Monèr - Bistro & Dessert Bar, Bandra (West)
When: April 17
Time: 12 pm - 11 pm
Call: 7770014123 for reservations.

A Goan Easter celebration
If you love Goan food and want to celebrate Easter the Goan way, head to O Pedro for a delicious treat. Called ‘Nana Cardoz's Easter Feaster', the special menu at the restaurant is available for two days along with innovative cocktails. Diners can sip on a vermouth-based Sing the Blues or a Strange G&T while listening to city-based live band - The Vindaloos, who will be singing and playing English, Hindi and Konkani music too. They can also feast on dishes such as prawn fry, pork belly pica pau, Pedro's suckling pig, Easter roast chicken, choriz fried rice, and black jaggery toffee pudding for dessert.

Where: O Pedro, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East)
When: April 16 and April 17
Time: 12 pm - 1 am
Price: Starts from Rs 450 in the a-la carte menu
Call: 022 6534700 or 75065 25554 for reservations

Doolally Taproom has curated a menu with dishes from Goan, Mangalorean and Anglo Indian cuisine this Easter. Photo: Doolally Taproom

Traditional affair
Why enjoy just one kind of cuisine when you can feast on delicious dishes from a variety of cultures like Goan, Mangalorean and Anglo Indian? Doolally Taproom in Khar is serving a traditional spread with dishes for breakfast and lunch. For starters, diners can enjoy dishes such as Cafreal chicken tenders, Angamali pork belly and Mangalorean chicken tenders. In mains, choose from Goan specials such as xacuti and fish curry, Kerala vegetable stew, neer dosa with chicken nadan curry, Mangalore Pork Bafat and more. For your sweet cravings, enjoy the Easter chocolate eggs, Blueberry creme brulee and bebinca too. Diners can also use the code EASTER200 to get a 10 per cent off on their meal.

Where: Doolally Taproom, Khar (West)
When: April 17
Time: 11 am - 4 pm
Price: Rs 1,980 (alcoholic), Rs 1,530 (non-alcoholic), Rs 765 (for kids).