Top Mumbai Classes & Workshops

Whether you’re arriving in or departing from Mumbai, this private transfer makes it easy to get between the airport and the city. Your driver will meet you at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport or your hotel or other location in the city and take you straight to your destination. There’s no need to haggle with taxi drivers or navigate uncomfortable public transport.

Experience authentic Indian vibes, the warmth of local hospitality, and the magic of chai and pakoras in a family home. Be welcomed with a traditional Indian greeting, complete with a tika and mala. Learn about Indian spices, teas, and ingredients used in chai and pakora preparation. Discuss the benefits of seasonal Indian teas and enjoy a little chat about traditions, culture, and the fascinating stories of how tea became part of Indian life. Step into the home kitchen and prepare masala chai and pakoras with the beloved green chutney. Enjoy your chai and pakoras in a cozy, traditional setup while sharing stories and laughter. Depart with cherished memories and the confidence to recreate this experience for your loved ones back home. Whether you're a tea lover or new to chai, you’ll leave with a piece of India in your heart.

First-time visitors to Mumbai will enjoy this private, comprehensive overview of the city’s cultural, historic, and spiritual highlights. From the grand railway station to bustling markets, Islamic mosques to Jain temples, this private tour includes diverse attractions and convenient hotel pickup for a seamless experience, with upgrade options to also include the Dharavi Slums or Elephanta Caves, as well as driver-only option.

Learn to cook Indian food during a private cooking class in a local’s home. Discover methods, ingredients, and cultural significance of regional cuisines from a home chef. Cook dishes like chicken tikka masala, fish curry, biryani, and chapati, customizing the menu to your taste. Enjoy a hearty lunch of your cooked delicacies with your host, with roundtrip hotel transportation included.

During this cooking class in Mumbai, get a hands-on experience of every step in the food-making process so you can recreate Indian dishes back home. Visit the local outdoor market and get a chance to pick fresh ingredients. Then, head to your instructor’s home to be shown how to prepare up to three Punjabi dishes. The lesson will be followed by a sit-down meal.

What sets this experience apart is the opportunity to cook a complete North Indian meal from scratch in a real Mumbai home, guided step-by-step by Bijal. Guests don’t just follow a recipe, they learn how to confidently use Indian spices, understand flavour balance and recreate dishes back home. The class is intentionally small and highly interactive, so every guest gets personal guidance in Bijal’s home kitchen. Even after the experience, guests can reach out for recipe support and cooking tips, making this a practical, skill-building experience that stays with them long after their trip to Mumbai.

Punjabi cuisine is one of the best-known and most popular around the world, and you’ll learn all about it during this private cooking class in Mumbai. Your instructor is an enthusiastic home cook, and will share her love of Punjabi food with you. Learn to make vegetarian dishes the traditional way, and then enjoy eating them afterwards. Your instructor knows the best flavor combinations for every dish you make, so you’re sure to leave with a satisfied appetite.

Get to know Mumbai on a deeper level by taking a private tour of Dharavi, where the popular film “Slumdog Millionaire” was based. The informal settlement, one of the largest in the world, is a hub of innovation and creativity, and you can meet the people and visit the businesses that thrive in challenging circumstances. Ideal for first-time and regular visitors to Mumbai alike.

While visiting Mumbai, join Chef Reshma at her home to learn to prepare a thali meal. Visit the market with your host to discover the main ingredients in Indian dishes, then cook 2-3 Maharashtrian dishes together in her kitchen, concluding with dessert and coffee or chai. You'll experience warm hospitality and authentic cuisine during this private half-day experience that concludes with a delicious dinner.

Join our unique Neapolitan pizza-making workshop in Mumbai! Learn to craft authentic, stone-fired pizzas with traditional techniques. Perfect for food enthusiasts seeking a delicious, hands-on culinary experience.

Learn to cook Indian food from your home with this private virtual class live from Mumbai. Interact in real time with instructors based in Mumbai, choosing one main course and one dessert to prepare. A list of ingredients is provided beforehand so you can cook along during the class, enjoying a personalized experience with hotel pickup included.

We run a small studio within our residential apartment in Mumbai where we conduct a two-part guided tour. The first part of the guided tour involves taking guests through the private collection of dolls, masks, and figurines. About 300 of these pieces are on display at the Studio. We talk about the historical, geographical, social, and cultural significance of the pieces and craft forms. We also talk about folk stories, legends, indigenous tribes, and textiles and share interesting anecdotes from our travels. Crafts form an intrinsic component of culture and given India's diverse heritage, this tour touches upon history, art, cultural norms, traditions, and beliefs. The second part is a walkthrough of drawings on different themes - from motherhood to the explosiveness of the mind, isolation experienced during the recent pandemic, and drawings inspired by our travels through rural pockets of the country. Our collection has been lauded by PM Narendra Modi's Office.

Step into a local Mumbai home and experience Indian culture through its food. This hands-on cooking class is designed for travelers who want more than just a recipe you’ll cook, eat, and connect like a local. Under the guidance of a friendly local host, learn how traditional Indian dishes are prepared using fresh ingredients, aromatic spices, and time honored techniques passed down through generations. You’ll actively participate in cooking multiple dishes, understand the balance of spices, and discover everyday Indian kitchen secrets. After cooking, sit down together and enjoy an unlimited home-style Indian meal, freshly prepared by you and the host. Guests are welcome to take second servings and truly enjoy the flavors at a relaxed pace, just like an Indian family meal. This experience is perfect for food lovers, cultural explorers, couples, families, and solo travelers looking for an authentic and memorable Mumbai experience.

Rewind to Mumbai’s pre-colonial days on a private half-day tour of the Elephanta Caves. With a private guide, ride a ferry to Elephanta Island in Mumbai Harbor, and explore its UNESCO-listed caves and rock art, believed to date from the 500s. Explore the main Shiva Cave with its huge sculptures of Shiva and Hindu mythologies, and admire the smaller Buddhist caves as your guide shares their history. Ferry and entrance tickets at own expense and option to include a family lunch.

Some of these pickles and chutneys are easy to learn and replicate with ingredients that are locally available across the world. You get to learn a new skill and surprise your friends and relatives when you reach back home.

Parsis are one of the smallest minority groups in India, and through this fun, hands-on cooking class you can learn more about their culture than you possibly could alone. Your instructor is an experienced home cook, and she’ll teach you how to make a variety of meat and seafood-heavy Parsi favorites. Afterwards, sit down with her to enjoy the dishes you made. Choose between lunch and dinner for extra flexibility.

Set sail for Elephanta Island, known for its ancient Hindu and Buddhist cave temples, with your own private guide. You'll take a ferry out to the island from the Gateway of India, where you'll have time to explore the caves and learn about their significance with the help of your guide. Boat tickets are included and tour packages with and without hotel pick-up are available.

See the highlights of Mumbai without the stress of navigating the city alone by opting for a guided tour in your own private, air-conditioned vehicle. You'll visit iconic spots such as the Gateway of India and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus with stops at a variety of Hindu and Jain temples. You'll also spend time at Dhobi Ghat, the city's famous open-air laundromat.

Vegetarian cooking classes can be hard to come by, especially when you’re looking for one to do from home. This Indian vegetarian cuisine virtual cooking class is a great choice for anyone looking to add some delicious Mumbai-inspired dishes to their plate. Connect with your instructor live on Skype, straight from our home kitchen in Mumbai's largest slum, and learn the ins and outs of whipping up popular favorites such as mattar paneer. Meet our family, learn about our culture, our home, and our delicious food.

You will get to eat dishes that you can never eat outside a traditional South Indian home. No restaurant serves this kind of food, and most ingredients we use would surprise you! We are a vegetarian household preserving traditional recipes, and the experience can be accommodated to people who are plant-based. You will also get to use unique tools for coconut cutting, coconut shaving, steaming, etc. Given our global experiences, we will also help you make connections between our cuisine and your own, and help you adapt what you learn to where you live. We want you to learn our recipes and re-create them in your homes!

Learn to layer spices and flavors like a professional with a private Indian cooking class in Mumbai. Whip up classics such as paneer and paranthas—plus chicken and fish for non-vegetarians—while your teacher provides insight into local customs and culture. Enjoy your meal at the end of the class, and then transfer back to your Mumbai hotel or the port with included transportation.

Enjoy a cultural exchange with an Indian family during a private class in a local home. Learn about fragrant spices and traditional cooking techniques. Take home recipes so you can recreate your experience any time. Choose from a menu of classic dishes, including paranthas, sag paneer, chapattis, raita and masala. Sit down to a meal with your hosts before returning to your hotel.

Kajal is the chef and she’s based in Mumbai. Coming from a traditional Indian family, she learned cooking these authentic recipes from her mother and her older sister. In 2017 she started food tours. In this cooking class, you’ll learn how to make a traditional paratha and masala tea. Indian tea also known as chai is milky & rich, deeply colored, very hot, and boldly flavourful with a need for sugar to offset the toasty bitterness. The Masala Tea (Chai) is delicious Indian milk tea made with a blend of spices such as ginger. Parathas are the highly popular unleavened flat-breads made with flour, salt, butter, and water and are eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner in India. As we are bringing this authentic experience to you from our small home in India, we hope you understand that we are not able to deliver professional-level videography, but will do our absolute best to bring you an incredible cooking experience and share our culture with you!