Why Indian Accent matters.
Indian Accent is a pioneering contemporary Indian restaurant where Bandra Kurla Complex's international business culture meets Rohit Khattar's hospitality vision, Manish Mehrotra's culinary legacy and Rijul Gulati's inventive interpretation of India's regional food traditions.
Positioned within the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre at Jio World Centre, near the intersection of G Block Road and the district's principal commercial avenues, the restaurant occupies a prominent ground-floor setting within Mumbai's expanding financial and cultural district. Its entrance opens through a marble-lined passage with gold-accented detailing, establishing a formal architectural transition between the surrounding cultural complex and the dining rooms. Inside, London-based Russell Sage Studio developed an Art Deco-inspired interior incorporating polished surfaces, geometric detailing, gilded furnishings and references to Mumbai's celebrated twentieth-century architecture. Black-and-white photographs by Rohit Chawla portray historic theaters and distinguished city buildings, connecting the restaurant's contemporary interiors to the architectural character of colonial and early modern Bombay. The result is a sophisticated dining destination whose carefully composed interiors, distinctive photographic collection and location within a major cultural institution connect contemporary Indian gastronomy to Mumbai's international commercial development.
What defines Indian Accent.
Indian Accent is best known for transforming contemporary Indian fine dining through restaurateur Rohit Khattar and chef Manish Mehrotra's development of a culinary approach that brought regional Indian ingredients into sophisticated international tasting menus. Khattar established Old World Hospitality in 1990, beginning with Chor Bizarre, a restaurant devoted to regional Indian cooking whose success provided the foundation for an expanding hospitality enterprise. His professional relationship with Mehrotra developed through their shared interest in presenting Indian food through innovative techniques and carefully constructed restaurant formats. Mehrotra, born in Patna, studied hotel management in Mumbai before building a professional career that included extensive experience with Asian cooking and international culinary influences. Their partnership produced the original Indian Accent at The Manor in New Delhi in 2009, introducing a restaurant devoted to modern interpretations of familiar Indian preparations. The kitchen developed a distinctive combination of regional flavors, international ingredients and contemporary presentation, contributing to a broader reconsideration of Indian fine dining. Its early recognition strengthened through appearances on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants and the extended World's 50 Best Restaurants ranking, establishing the Delhi restaurant as an important representative of Indian gastronomy internationally. Indian Accent expanded to New York in 2016, extending the concept to an American dining audience and strengthening its reputation beyond India. The Delhi restaurant subsequently relocated to The Lodhi in 2017, entering a more substantial architectural setting suited to its established tasting-menu program. Time magazine included Indian Accent among its World's Greatest Places in 2018, adding international recognition to its growing collection of culinary distinctions. The development of a Mumbai location followed the creation of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, whose performing arts facilities and exhibition spaces provided a major new institutional setting for the city's cultural activities. Khattar's EHV International established the third Indian Accent within the complex in August 2023, bringing the restaurant to Mumbai fourteen years after the original Delhi opening. The interior was designed by Russell Sage Studio in collaboration with Incubis Consultants, connecting the restaurant's architectural character to the city's substantial Art Deco heritage. The opening culinary team included Mehrotra as culinary director and Rijul Gulati as head chef, with Gulati bringing eight years of professional development within Indian Accent's Delhi kitchen. The Mumbai restaurant introduced an independent tasting menu alongside established preparations from the wider Indian Accent repertoire, giving the new location a distinct culinary direction. Mehrotra departed the organization in 2024, marking a major transition in the leadership of the restaurant group he had helped establish. Gulati subsequently advanced to cluster executive chef, assuming responsibility for a kitchen team of more than twenty professionals and strengthening the Mumbai restaurant's independent culinary development. His international work included collaborative events in Italy, Austria, Israel, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia, extending the restaurant's professional relationships across several continents. The Best Chef Awards recognized Gulati with a Knife Award in Milan in 2025, and Culinary Culture placed him forty-seventh on its Next30 Chefs ranking that year. Indian Accent Mumbai introduced another tasting-menu development in 2026, continuing its exploration of regional Indian cooking through seasonal ingredients and contemporary techniques. Its evolution connects Khattar's entrepreneurial development, Mehrotra's influence on international Indian cuisine and Gulati's advancement from a senior kitchen position in Delhi to leadership of the Mumbai restaurant.
Gulati's cooking develops Indian Accent's established culinary foundations through an inventive relationship between regional Indian preparations, international ingredients and precise technical execution. The kitchen organizes its menu around the recognizable flavors of Indian home cooking, street food and ceremonial meals, introducing new textures and carefully selected accompaniments that expand the character of familiar preparations. Meetha achaar pork ribs demonstrate this approach through the combination of slowly cooked meat and the concentrated sweetness and acidity of Indian pickle. Green apple contributes a contrasting freshness, sharpening the richness of the pork and extending the traditional relationship between fruit preserves and savory cooking. Ghee roast soya boti draws on the spice combinations associated with coastal Karnataka, using browned clarified butter to develop aromatic depth around the protein. A roomali roti pancake accompanies the preparation, connecting its concentrated seasoning to the delicate texture of a traditional thin Indian flatbread. The Mumbai kitchen's gunpowder prawns develop a related relationship between coastal cooking and regional grain traditions, bringing assertively seasoned shellfish together with red rice, smoked chilli and raw mango curry. The prawns contribute natural sweetness, and the mango's acidity balances the deeper roasted character of the spices. Guchhi matar introduces prized Kashmiri morel mushrooms into a preparation incorporating peas, asparagus and morel pulao, connecting the earthy concentration of wild mushrooms to the sweetness of fresh vegetables. The morels' porous structure absorbs surrounding cooking liquids, developing substantial flavor within the rice preparation. Burrata chaat provides another distinctive example through its combination of Italian fresh cheese and the contrasting textures associated with Indian street food. Lotus root papdi supplies a crisp foundation, and mustard tomato jam introduces sweetness, acidity and pungency around the burrata's delicate dairy richness. The kitchen's treatment of paneer extends traditional Indian cheese preparations through elaborate layering and carefully controlled cooking, creating variations in texture that complement concentrated vegetable sauces. Braised pork kofta develops a richer interpretation of familiar meat preparations, incorporating Punjabi lobia and bacon chilli glaze to connect legumes, slow-cooked meat and aromatic heat. Pulled lamb dumplings accompanied by aab gosht and rice puffs draw on Kashmiri cooking, combining the tenderness of braised meat with contrasting crisp grains. The restaurant's daulat ki chaat preserves a connection to the delicate winter dessert associated with northern India, whose aerated milk preparation acquires additional complexity through rose petal chikki and roasted almonds. The fragile texture of the milk contrasts with the crisp sweetness of the nut confection, creating a carefully balanced conclusion to the meal. Gulati's tasting menus organize these preparations into successive courses, developing relationships between acidity, spice, richness and delicate textures across vegetarian and nonvegetarian selections. The beverage program extends the kitchen's culinary interests through cocktails and wine pairings selected to complement the varying intensity of individual courses. Indian Accent Mumbai's culinary distinction develops through this sustained engagement with Indian regional cooking, preserving familiar flavors within compositions shaped by international ingredients and advanced kitchen technique.
How Indian Accent fits.
Indian Accent works as the concluding destination for a Bandra Kurla Complex itinerary connecting Mumbai's contemporary performing arts institutions, the preservation of Indian craftsmanship and the development of one of the city's principal public commercial spaces.
Begin at Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, the major performing arts and exhibition institution developed through the philanthropic initiatives of Nita Ambani and the Reliance Foundation. The center opened on March 31, 2023, introducing a substantial complex devoted to Indian and international performing arts, visual exhibitions and cultural programming. Its Grand Theatre incorporates a seating capacity of 2,000 and a programmable stage designed to accommodate large theatrical productions, concerts and other performances. The Studio Theatre provides a smaller theatrical environment, and The Cube accommodates intimate performances and experimental productions. The Art House extends the institution's activities into visual exhibitions, presenting work across multiple levels within a dedicated gallery building. Its inaugural programming included The Great Indian Musical: Civilization to Nation, a theatrical production examining major periods of Indian cultural development through music, dance and stagecraft. Continue to Swadesh, the Indian craftsmanship destination developed through Reliance Foundation's initiatives to support traditional artisans and regional production techniques. The project brings together textiles, decorative objects, jewelry and handcrafted furnishings associated with established craft communities across India. Its collections incorporate techniques such as handloom weaving, embroidery, metalworking and woodcarving, connecting specialized artisanal knowledge to contemporary retail presentation. The initiative emphasizes relationships with craftspeople whose skills developed through longstanding regional traditions, preserving methods that depend on manual precision and extensive professional training. Swadesh's presence within the Jio World Centre precinct connects the district's international commercial development to the preservation and promotion of Indian decorative craftsmanship. Conclude at Jio World Drive, the retail and entertainment complex whose development formed part of the wider transformation of Bandra Kurla Complex into an international commercial district. The destination opened in October 2021, introducing a substantial collection of retail establishments, restaurants and entertainment facilities within the Jio World Centre development. Its architectural organization incorporates landscaped outdoor areas, covered walkways and contemporary commercial interiors designed around the surrounding business district. The complex includes an extensive retail collection alongside restaurants and a multiplex cinema, extending the district's activities beyond its established concentration of financial and corporate offices. Its development reflects the transformation of Bandra Kurla Complex from reclaimed marshland into one of Mumbai's principal concentrations of commercial architecture and international business activity. The progression moves from Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre's performing arts facilities through Swadesh's preservation of Indian craftsmanship and culminates in Jio World Drive's contribution to contemporary commercial development, placing Indian Accent within the cultural and economic transformation of Bandra Kurla Complex.
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