4 Best Shopping in Mumbai, India

A must for souvenir shoppers, the friendly Bombay Store sells clothing and accessories for men, women, and children, silk by the meter, housewares, organic wellness products, and gifts. There are a number of branches in the city, but the Fort one is the most expansive.

This store showcases the best of Indian fabrics—khadis (homespun cotton), muslin, vegetable-dyed silks, and embroidered materials. You can find women's clothing (saris, kurtas, skirts, trousers, blouses, and kurtis) as well as men's shirts and kurtas, children's clothes, tablecloths, curtains, cushion covers—and napkins fashioned from these beautiful materials, some of which is also available by the meter. The Fort location is the address to head to—it's in a high-ceilinged, period building, with a wide selection—but there are a number of branches all over the city.

Starting from S.V. Road in Bandra all the way through a seemingly endless strip of stores, stalls, and tables of goods, you can bargain on belt buckles here one minute, and then pick up a designer dress on sale the next. It's also one of the more decent strips in the city to buy women's shoes.

This ever-expanding shopping, entertainment, and dining area in an old mill is an island of prosperity and chic modernity amid slums and industry. The complex is divided into different segments. Phoenix Mills itself has department stores like Big Bazaar, outlet clothing shop Pantaloons, and Hamley's. Palladium is the luxury mall with stores like Burberry, Zara, Gucci, Diesel, and Royce, a company that sells high-end Japanese chocolates. Here, too, are a number of clubs (frequented by the teenage and college student set) and the Canvas Laugh Club, showcasing various comics of varying quality on a nightly basis. High Street Phoenix features major international chains. If you get hungry, outlets of Indigo Deli, Burger King, and McDonald's, among many others, await.