The Beer Cafe.
• Cafe Sundance, the all-day restaurant in Churchgate, has been replaced by a branch of The Beer Cafe. This outlet of the chain offers free wi-fi. The food and beer menus are the same across the branches in Kurla, Mahim, Andheri West and Andheri East. Open daily, from 11am to midnight. The Beer Cafe, Ground Floor, Eros Cinema, Churchgate. Tel: 022 6615 3510.
• Z Luxury Residences, the serviced apartments hotel in Juhu, has a new Awadhi restaurant called Jal. The menu lists paya shorba; choosa bhatti (chicken cooked in a tandoor); galouti kebab; Purane Chowk ki nihari (Lucknow-style braised lamb shanks); Awadhi gosht biryani; and Kabul-e-raan. Open daily, from 7pm to 1am. Jal, Z Luxury Residences, J. R. Mhatre Road, Iris Park, near PVR Cinema and Villa 69, Juhu. Tel: 022 6623 8888.
• The Bandra outpost of Tea Villa Cafe is slated to open by mid-February. At the vegetarian tea salon, you can nosh on pancakes, waffles, dim sum, pastas, burgers, sandwiches, one-pot meals, sizzlers and fondues. The tea and food menu, which is the same across its branches, will feature banana and caramel waffle; peanut butter pancake; chilli cheese toast; peri peri hummus wrap; grilled mushroom burger; baked lasagne; spinach and corn sandwich; sizzling brownie with ice cream; Kashmiri kahwa; chamomile tea; rose oolong; rosehip and hibiscus tea; and lapsang souchong. Open daily, from 8am to 1.30am. Tea Villa Cafe, opposite Globus, Hill Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 98196 96402.
• The Penny Whistle Tavern, an Irish-themed pub in Juhu, which was slated for an August launch last year, opened two weeks ago. The food menu offers Guinness veggies; fried cheese sticks; short ribs; Louisiana chicken wings; Guinness shrimp; shepherd’s pie; roast duck; Irish stew; seafood pie; baked Alaska; Irish panna cotta; and date and walnut cake. Open daily, from 11am to 1.30am. The Penny Whistle Tavern, next to Juhu Residency, Juhu Tara Road, Juhu. Tel: 70450 92010.