Food Trotter: Where To Enjoy Authentic Onam Sadhya Feasts In Mumbai

South of Vindhyas, The Orchid Hotel, Vile Parle

Adipoli Onam Sadhya by Masterchef Bala puts forth an opulent 56-dish Onam Sadhya buffet. Festive starters of banana chips, jackfruit chips, airy coconut-flavoured achappam, and unniappam. A colourful palette of chutneys, tangy pachadis, and vibrant pickles, leading into the heart of Kerala’s flavours: creamy avial, coconut milk-scented olan, the golden warmth of erissery, and mango curry. Kerala red rice, lacy appams, flaky Malabari parathas, and delicately flavoured lemon and coconut sevai is followed by the royal finale of ada pradhamam, golden nei payasam, pal payasam, Kozhikodan halwa, and traditional indulgences like pazham puri and panchamrutham.

Dates: 3^rd to 7^th September 2025

Price: Rs.2499++ (Buffet Lunch) per person

Malini’s Health Kitchen, Powai

The restaurant located in Hiranandani Powai-Vikhroli Link Road, Onam Sadhya is a month-long affair here. The menu runs with just 4hours cook-to-order notice for take-aways. 19 authentic home-made Sadhya specials which include aviyal, olan, erissery, pachadi, kichadi, koottu curry, sambar, rasam, kaalan, puli inji, pickles, sakravaraty, chips, papad, pal payasam, paruppu pradhaman. The USP is the health factor – all the dishes are made using fresh ingredients only, are preservative-free, no added colours, no reused oil. It is deliciousness with a wholesome Sadhya tag.

Dates: 27^th August to 27^th September 2025

Price: Rs.800 per leaf (2 persons)

TAT, Vikhroli

A three-day celebration of Kerala’s most loved festival through food that is festive, traditional, and rooted in heritage can be savoured at TAT Restaurant. The vegetarian feast with 19 authentic items that capture the essence of the season awaits. Each dish showcases the Kerala heritage, meant to be relished together in the spirit of community.

Highlights from the menu: Banana chips, sharkaravaratti, pappadam. Inji puli, mango/lemon pickles on the side. Olan, avial, thoran, kootu curry, erissery, kaalan, theeyal with mains of Kerala Matta rice, sambar, rasam, moru curry. Desserts contain Palada payasam, Parippu payasam.

Dates: 29th to 31st August 2025

Slots: Lunch - 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM. Dinner - 7:00 PM, 9:00 PM

Price: ₹1100 + taxes per person

Kamat’s Legacy

This Onam, Kamat’s Legacy brings the grand flavours of Kerala with an Unlimited Onam Thaali featuring 26 traditional delicacies served on a banana leaf. Relish unlimited refills of classics like Vazhakkai Upperi, Sharkara Varatti, Pulinji, Avial, Kaalan Curry, Olan Curry, Erissery, Theeyal, Sambar, Parippu Curry, Rasam, Pulissery, Kootu Curry, varieties of Pachadi, Matta Rice, Papadam, Ada Pradhaman, Semiya Payasam, Curd and Banana – alongside many more festive favourites.

Dates: 29th August Onwards

Cost: ₹899 + taxes

Kari Apla, Khar

Apla Onam has Chef Mathew Varghese bring his Keralite roots and Syrian Christian heritage to the table. A 22-dish non-vegetarian banana-leaf sadhya blends traditional Onam favourites with Kerala’s much-loved meat and seafood specials – Suriani squid roast, Mutton cutlet, Chicken pepper roast and Kappa-meen curry. The feast will be served for lunch only, from 5–7 September. Reservations open 26 August. The experience is available by prior reservation only.

Date: 5^th to 7^th September 2025 – Lunch only will be served across four seatings starting 11:30 AM.

Price: Rs.2100 per person.

Hotel Sunny, Chembur

Jacob Varghese and Jibin Jacob, owners of Hotel Sunny, offer Sadhya parcel take-aways. The festive spread features around 24 authentic preparations ranging from curries, pachadis, thorans, upperis to an array of pickles. It includes brown rice, sambar, aviyal, beans mezhukkuperatty, kalan, olan, to kondattam, pulissery, injicurry, and pavaka pal curry. Expect a variety of lipsmacking payasams like Ada pradhaman, Semiya pal payasam and Parippu payasam. Each parcel contains 2 banana leaves and 2 papadams.

Date: 5^th September 2025 only for lunch

Price: Rs.1200

Published on: Sunday, August 24, 2025, 07:30 AM IST