Once upon a time, Thali restaurants served unlimited servings of aamras. Rumour has it, that after satiating themselves, mango fans would ask for more servings till they filled up water bottles to carry home with them. The only way thali restaurants could live to see another day serving aamras and not go bankrupt was to limit the servings. So here we are.
Anyway, with money, you can buy more of this happiness; in fact you can take a sizable amount of fresh aamras home.
Grand Thali
3rd floor, Hotel Tip Top Plaza, LBS Marg, Thane (W)
Open all days | 11 am to 3.30 pm ; 7.30 pm to 10.30 pm
While the thali jpint doesn't give only puris for takeaway, you can ask for an alphonso and pairi mix aamras for takeaway in two quantities. The best part about the aamras is their rates. As the season progresses, and mango prices come down, they also bring down the cost of aamras. So, this year, they started at Rs 500 per kg, then brought it down to Rs 450, and now....
Mango: Alphonso and Pairi
Cost: Rs 400 per kg; Rs 200 for half kg
Golden Star Thali
330, Raja Rammohan Roy Road, Opposite Charni Road Station
Open all days | 11.30 am to 3.30 pm and 7.30 pm to 10.30 pm
While you have unlimited aamras on offer on Saturdays and Sundays, you can also take more home, along with puris at Rs 5 each.
Mango: Alphonso
Cost: Rs 350 for 1 kg and Rs 180 for half kg
Khandani Rajdhani
All outlets | 12.30 pm to 11.30 pm
This is perhaps the only place in the city that offers takeaway for as less as 100 gms. No takeaway puris though.
Mango: Alphonso
Cost: Rs 50 for 100 gms; Rs 120 for 250 gms; Rs 240 for 500 gms and Rs 450 for 1 kg
Revival Indian Thali
361, Sheikh Memon Street, Between Jumma Masjid & Crawford Market, Mumbai CST Area, Mumbai
Sunday closed in later half | 9 am to 4 pm; 7 pm to 11 pm
One of the oldest thali places in the city, and perhaps the only one mentioned in the lonely planet guide on India, here you can take home a minimum of five puris for Rs 26.
Mango: Alphoso
Cost: Rs 350 Kilo
Shree Laxmi Gujarati Thali
Shirin Shopping Centre, 2nd Floor, McDonald, Near Railway Station, Andheri (W)
Open all days | 11 am to 4 pm and 7 pm to 11 pm
Their aamras, a mix of two varieties of mango – alphonso and pairi – is made at the same premises every day. You can ask them to pack along puris at Rs 5 each.
Mango: Pairi and Alphonso mix
Cost: Rs 260 for 1 kg, Rs 130 for half kg, and Rs 65 for quarter kg
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