This is the first time we've entered a cheap bar named after a woman. At the risk of sounding like pseudo feminists or even sexists for that matter, we found it really cool and unique that the place is named ‘Surabhi Bar & Restaurant’, since most cheap bars in Mumbai bear very 90's male names like Vijay, Sagar, Adarsh and the likes. We reached ‘Surabhi’ at a very defining hour of the day when it comes to cheap bars; it was 11:30 pm on a Tuesday evening and the place was packed to the rafters. Sigh!
Enter Surabhi and you realise that the uniqueness of this place was confined only to its name and nothing beyond that. It was an exciting new story that was waiting to fizzle out, because it doesn't take you time to realise that it's like any of the bars we mentioned above, in fact, worse (or better, depending on your mood)
There's a clear demarcation between the AC and Non-AC space, and they've very smartly kept the AC door open to serve as a heads-up as to what to expect inside. The smoke overpowered our visuals, but it seemed like a shady dungeon filled with explicitly intoxicated people (intoxicated in more ways than one). We decided against entering that section only so that we can “see” things and bring this piece to you.
This was one of the more cramped cheap bars we've been too, which means that bad breath is on your face, and cuss words become background music. With two gigantic mirrors that are completely unavoidable, they gave us a reflection of where we really were at that point in time, almost like a reality check. It is at this point that we wanted to do our shit in there and fuck off as quickly as we could. Where?Near Andheri Subway, Nagardas Cross Road, Andheri East Food you must try:Chicken Tikka, Chicken Reshmi Kebab, Paneer Tikka. Let us know if you end up trying their supposedly Mangalorian dishes. Alcohol you must try:Pretty much anything you want Price:Rs 450 per head