Olive Bar & Kitchen

It’s no small feat to stay culturally relevant in Mumbai – where restaurants open and shut at tidal intervals, practically – since 2000. As bizarre as it feels for ‘00 trends to trickle into the 2020s, dot com boom be damned, it speaks volumes about the consistency of quality at Olive.

Founded by restaurateurs AD and Sabina Singh, the Mediterranean-inspired restaurant feels coastal. Clean. Unjumbled and expensive (it is, indeed, expensive). The blue door, the blue-and-white decor, the pebbled courtyard, the biophilic shade – they all have a sort of timeless charm, helped along by the candles they light at dusk.

After clocking 25 years in 2026, under the culinary stewardship of Executive Chef Alessandro Piso, the menu refresh has propped up a new set of dishes, but their thin-crust pizzas remain a benchmark for the city, while the delicate gnocchis and risottos continue to draw in crowds. The bar menu mostly sports botanical-forward cocktails that make drinking here feel like being on a holiday. And the wine list here is as exclusive as its clientele.  

With its expansion to two more outlets in the city – BKC and Borivali – Olive is now positioned strategically in the golden triangle of Mumbai’s dining scene. Great for every occasion – brunch, date night, anniversary dinner. You name it.