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Mumbai cafes in heritage buildings you can work from

The other half of the heritage answer. These are newer cafes that took over old rooms — stone arcades, mill buildings, Ranwar bungalows — and kept them workable. You get the building and a plug.

6 cafes · ranked by overall score

1. 1Taj Mahal Tea HouseSt John Baptist Road · Bandra3.4Heritage buildingForty teas, eighty seats and soft light in a Bandra bungalow. Does dates and deadlines equally well.
2. 2Kala Ghoda CafeKala Ghoda · South Bombay3.4Heritage buildingWhite walls, enormous glass doors, and the calm that Kala Ghoda's lanes are supposed to have.
3. 3Blue Tokai — New ExcelsiorFort · South Bombay3.4Heritage buildingSpecialty coffee inside a 1930s cinema, with a terrace. The best-value work cafe in Fort.
4. 4Araku CoffeeApollo Bunder · South Bombay3.4Heritage buildingAn 1897 building, a modbar, and a reading area someone actually curated. Behind the Taj, and worth finding.
5. 5Starbucks — Horniman CircleHorniman Circle · South Bombay3.4Heritage buildingIndia's first Starbucks, in a colonial-era banking hall. The building is the reason to choose it.
6. 6Subko Coffee — Mary LodgeChapel Road · Bandra3.2Heritage buildingThe reference point for Indian specialty coffee, in a Ranwar bungalow that refuses to hurry you.