Chaiiwala

You'll smell the cardamom and ginger before you even push through the door on Farnham Road. This is what happens when someone actually understands chai – none of that watery nonsense you get elsewhere. The menu reads like a love letter to Bombay street food, with proper samosa chaat that's worth the inevitable queue and seekh kebabs that'll ruin you for anywhere else. Open until midnight every day of the week, it's become the unofficial community centre for anyone who takes their tea seriously. The orange and blue décor might not win design awards, but when you're nursing a steaming glass of masala chai at 11pm, debating whether to order another round of pani puri, you really won't care.