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Of the scores of bashes being held across the city to welcome 2016 on the night of Thursday, December 31, here are some for which it might be worth enduring the crowds.
BARS
Asilo
Level 38, St. Regis Hotel, next to Palladium Mall, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6162 8031.
Wear your vintage best to the rooftop bar, which will host a burlesque-themed soiree where guests can sip and snack on unlimited alcohol and appetisers.
Price: Rs8,500 per head and Rs15,000 per couple.
Time: 8pm onwards.
Blue Frog
Mathuradas Mill Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.
DJs Denzyl and Gary will play a mix of house, hip hop and retro.
Price: The cover charge is Rs4,000 per head and Rs7,000 per couple for standing room; and Rs5,000 per head for a table.
Time: 9pm onwards.
Copa
Lanna Building, 13th Road, opposite Juhu Gymkhana, next to Natural Ice Creams, Juhu. Tel: 022 2620 7733.
The all-white New Year’s Eve celebrations at the Juhu bar will feature flair bartenders plus unlimited food and alcohol.
Price: Rs3,000 per head and Rs6,000 per couple.
Time: 7pm onwards.
Hoppipola
757, Ramee Guestline Hotel, off S. V. Road, Khar. Tel: 022 3015 1106. Also at: First Floor, Todi Building, near Zaffran, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 3203 8653 / 97024 70734. And: 136 & 138A, Galleria Shopping Centre, Hiranandani Gardnens, Powai. Tel: 022 2570 4485.
The colour-filled bar chain will have a black and white theme for its NYE party, which might be the most pocket-friendly celebration in the city.
Price: Rs500 per head, entitles you to a cocktail.
Time: 9pm onwards.
Radio Bar
Ground Floor, Hotel New Castle, next to Satguru’s, Linking Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 99305 56683.
A Mardi Gras-like masquerade party and a cover charge that gets you unlimited starters, spirits and cocktails are among the selling points of the radio-themed bar’s bash.
Price: Rs4,000 per head and Rs6,500 per couple.
Time: 7pm onwards.
Sante
C’est La Vie, Ground Floor, 164 Hill Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 98204 36666.
The Bandra bar will serve unlimited appetisers and alcohol including special cocktails such as the Dairy Milk martini, Liquid Tiramisu and Goan sangria at its party. The playlist will span retro, house and Bollywood.
Price: Rs2,500 per head for single women and Rs6,000 per couple. The cover charge for stags, who can only enter if accompanied by a couple, is Rs4,000 per head.
Time: 10pm onwards.
St. Regis
Next to Palladium Mall, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6162 8000.
Li Bai and Exo, the bar and nightclub of the hotel, will serve unlimited premium alcohol. Guests can also choose to dine at either Mekong, the hotel’s South-East Asian restaurant or The Sahib Room, the Indian restaurant, which will serve prix fixe menus.
Price: Rs8,500 per head, including alcohol and food at either restaurant.
Time: 10pm onwards.
The Daily Bar & Kitchen
Ground Floor, behind Shoppers Stop, S. V. Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 99204 46633.
Jagerbombs will be sold at the discounted price of Rs250 per shot, between 11pm and 1am during the Bandra bar’s bash. The cover charge will get you unlimited alcohol and appetisers.
Price: Rs4,000 per head and Rs7,000 per couple.
Time: 10pm onwards.
The Irish House
At outlets in Lower Parel, Kala Ghoda, Andheri West, Malad, Kurla and Bandra West. See here for details.
An open bar, unlimited appetisers and a round of champagne at midnight are on offer at the NYE ‘hat parties’ being held across the chain’s six outlets to which you can carry your own chapeau or use one from the party kits they will hand out to revelers.
Price: Rs3,500 per head and Rs5,500 per couple for standing room, Rs4,500 per head or Rs6,500 per couple for a table.
Time: 9pm onwards.
The Lalit
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Road, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6104 3145.
Electronic music star Nucleya aka Udyan Sagar will headline the Eleventh Hour, Andheri fiver-star The Lalit’s mansion-themed party that will feature three stages. A seven-course meal, unlimited alcohol and kids’ zone are among the other incentives.
Price: Rs4,200 per head and Rs7,200 per couple for a gold ticket; Rs6,300 per head and Rs11,400 per couple for a platinum pass, which gets you premium alcohol and access to the poolside area.
Time: 8pm onwards.
Tilt All Day
Ground Floor, Oasis Compound, Kamala Mills, next to IDBI Bank, Gate No.4, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 2492 7200.
The Lower Parel bar and restaurant will throw a New York-themed party at which customers will be entitled to unlimited alcohol and appetisers.
Price: Rs3,500 per head and Rs6,000 per couple.
Time: 9pm onwards.
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RESTAURANTS
Bungalow 9
9 St. John Baptist Road, near Salt Water Cafe, Mount Mary Steps, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 6117 9999.
Dance to EDM, feast on a buffet and indulge in unlimited rounds of alcohol.
Price: Regular passes (which entitle you to food and alcohol but no seating) are priced at Rs5,500 per head and Rs10,000 per couple. VIP passes are priced at Rs15,000 per couple (inclusive of a table with a butler).
Time: 9pm onwards.
Café Haqq Se
Kamala Mills, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6952 3333.
Kartavya, a Dehradun band that plays Sufi and Bollywood music, will perform. In addition to its regular menu of drinks and modern Indian food, the eatery will offer special mocktails such as The Mirchi Lychee, a mix of lychee juice and chilli, and The Chocolate Dalchini, a blend of chocolate, cinnamon and caramel.
Price: There is no entry fee.
Time: 8.30pm onwards.
Eddies
Ground Floor, Silver Croft Building, 16th Road, opposite Mini Punjab, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2600 2637.
Nosh on an a la carte festive menu of roast chicken with gravy; lamb stew; and poached figs and caramel creme fraiche. The gastropub will also offer unlimited sangria for Rs999 per head.
Price: There is no entry fee.
Time: 8pm onwards.
Ellipsis
B1, Amarchand Mansion, Madame Cama Road, Colaba. Tel: 022 6621 3333.
The restaurant will offer a special package that includes unlimited alcohol and food. The menu will have festive specials such as grilled lobster, lamb tenderloin, spinach roulade and a fig and red wine dessert.
Price: Rs7,500 per head.
Time: 9.30pm onwards.
Hakkasan
Krystal Building, above ICICI Bank, Waterfield Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2644 4444.
The fine-dining Chinese restaurant’s unlimited food and drinks package will include festive desserts such as dark chocolate mousse with mandarin sorbet; blueberry cheesecake with pineapple and cinnamon ice cream; and mango and coconut iced truffle.
Price: Rs5,000 per head (inclusive of unlimited food) and Rs8,000 per head (inclusive of unlimited food and alcohol).
Time: 7pm onwards.
Jeon
Hotel Sea Princess, Juhu Tara Road, Juhu. Tel: 022 2646 9500.
You can wash down a multi-cuisine buffet meal with unlimited rounds of alcohol.
Price: Rs5,000 per head and Rs8,000 per couple.
Time: 8pm onwards.
The Leela
Andheri Kurla Road, near the International Airport, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6691 1234.
Splurge on a six-course spread at the hotel’s French and Italian fine-dining restaurant Le Cirque Signature. Alternatively you could party at the bar 6 Degrees, which will serve unlimited alcohol and appetisers.
Price: Rs9,999 per head (excluding taxes) for the six-course wine-paired meal at Le Cirque Signature and Rs7,999 per head (excluding taxes) for the meal without alcohol; Rs6,999 per head (excluding taxes) at 6 Degrees.
Time: 8pm onwards at Le Cirque Signature and 9pm onwards at 6 Degrees.
The Table
Ground Floor, Kalapesi Trust Building, Apollo Bunder Marg, Colaba. Tel: 022 2282 5000.
The restaurant will offer an alcohol package that includes unlimited sparkling wine, imported red and white wines and select cocktails. The food menu will have a few special surprise additions.
Price: The alcohol package is priced at Rs3,000 per head. Diners opting for it must pay an advance of Rs1,000 to confirm their reservation either at the venue or via a bank transfer, the details for which they can get by calling the restaurant.
Time: 7pm onwards.
Yauatcha
First Floor, Raheja Tower, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East). Tel: 92222 22800.
The dim sum restaurant is bringing in the New Year with prix fixe food and alcohol menus.
Price: Rs5,000 per head for a five-course meal and four select cocktails, Rs2,500 per head for a five-course meal without alcohol and Rs2,500 per head for four select select cocktails.
Time: 7pm onwards.
Prices include taxes unless otherwise specified.