Indian Accent

The story

Crafted with passion, served with love

Where India's Most Celebrated Indian Restaurant Comes to Mumbai

When Indian Accent first opened in New Delhi in 2009, it quietly redrew the boundaries of what Indian food could be. The restaurant earned wide acclaim for an unconventional approach that weaves global ingredients and techniques into the deep flavour traditions of the subcontinent. A New York outpost followed in 2016. Now the same vision has arrived at one of Mumbai's most striking addresses: the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre at Jio World Centre, BKC — a setting that matches the ambition of the food.

A Menu Built on Familiarity and Surprise

The kitchen's philosophy is straightforward: combine fresh seasonal produce and unusual ingredients from across the world to excite the adventurous while still satisfying traditional tastes and evoking nostalgia. Dishes that have become signatures elsewhere — meetha aachar pork ribs with green apple, ghee roast soya boti with roomali roti pancake, and the delicate daulat ki chaat with rose petal chikki and roast almond — sit alongside creations conceived specifically for Mumbai, including gunpowder prawns with red rice, smoked chilli and raw mango curry, guchhi matar, asparagus and kashmiri morel pulao, and burrata chaat with lotus root papdi and mustard tomato jam.

The menu structure is equally considered. Alongside vegetarian and non-vegetarian tasting menus, the restaurant offers dedicated vegan, gluten-free and Jain options — a rare level of care in fine dining. For those who prefer to explore at their own pace, an à la carte menu and a brunch format are also available.

The Chef Behind the Plates

Cluster Executive Chef Rijul Gulati spent eight years at Indian Accent New Delhi before taking the helm in Mumbai. Rising from Senior Sous Chef to leading a team of over twenty, he has represented the restaurant at pop-ups and collaborations in Italy, Austria, Israel, New Zealand and Riyadh. His work earned him a Knife Award at The Best Chef Awards 2025 in Milan and a place at No. 47 on Culinary Culture's Next30 Chefs 2025 list — recognition that reflects the restaurant's standing as a benchmark for contemporary Indian cooking.

That standing extends to the wine programme, which holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence (2024), underscoring the care given to pairings across the tasting menus.

Private Dining and a Broader Purpose

Two private dining rooms cater to gatherings of different scales: one seats up to eighteen guests, while the smaller Centurion room accommodates ten and features an attached interactive show kitchen. Both are available for private parties and intimate celebrations.

Beyond the table, Indian Accent Mumbai has adopted two girl child shelter homes of the Salaam Baalak Trust, pledging to serve over 150,000 meals annually — a commitment that gives the restaurant's hospitality a dimension that extends well past the dining room.