Food & Beverage 
Attainable Luxury 

Izumi

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Brand
Izumi
Location
Bandra West, Mumbai

Izumi in Bandra is the restaurant your favourite Bollywood A-listers have been quietly frequenting for years — mentioned only in passing during press junkets, or spotted outside by paparazzi. Kareena Kapoor's go-to Japanese. Sanjay Dutt approved. Anisha went in to figure out what they're actually ordering, and whether it's worth your hard-earned rupees.

Izumi Bandra interior — the celebrity-favourite Japanese restaurant in Bandra West, Mumbai
Izumi, Bandra West — the Japanese restaurant quietly on every Bollywood speed dial. © Knocksense

The short answer: yes. The vegetarian menu is deceptively good — the kind of Japanese where even the rice bowls feel like an event. Kozara small plates, clean broths, sushi that doesn't try too hard. Refined without being remotely intimidating, which is exactly why half of Bollywood has made it their regular.

Vegetarian Japanese food at Izumi Bandra — kozara plates and clean broths
Vegetarian kozara plates at Izumi — refined, unfussy, and better than they have any right to be. © Knocksense

At around ₹2,200 for two, Izumi lands squarely in Attainable Luxury territory — a Tuesday splurge, not just a birthday dinner. The celebrity address is a bonus, not a markup. Seedhi baat: isko miss mat karo.

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