48 Best Places to Shop in Mumbai, India

At this shop find lovely, colorful, and quality cotton clothes with block-print designs from Rajasthan.

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.

If you're scouring the city for tasteful, minimalist handmade leather bags and accessories, Nappa Dori is the place for you. The brand's origins were humble (it was birthed in a tiny space in Delhi's Hauz Khas village), but now its clientele includes Kiehl's, Royce' Chocolate, Qatar Airways (Nappa supplies pouches for its first- and business-class passengers), and celebrities such as Mira Nair, Eva Longoria, and Naomi Watts.

The hipster-ish brand Nicobar used to stock its merchandise at Good Earth until it decided to branch out with its own shop, a cheerful, eclectic emporium in Kala Ghoda. The clothes and accessories (for men and women) sport a breezy, contemporary, minimalist aesthetic; there's also a rather chic line of home decor items.

Established in 1860, Phillips has the best choice of old prints, engravings, and maps in Mumbai. It also sells many possessions left behind by the British—Staffordshire and East India Company china, old jewelry, crystal, lacquerware, and sterling silver.

This Mumbai-born brand offers distinctive, beautifully-tailored Indian wear in designer Sanjay Garg’s signature pop colors. Think traditional handlooms, clean lines, and very wearable luxury.

You'll find a wonderful selection of rare Indian and French perfumes stored in huge decanters here. It also stocks agar wood, a rare incense base, a kilo of which costs as much as a night at the Taj Mahal hotel. Sandalwood oil is another fragrance sold here.

Exotic home furnishings and fabrics for the home are sold by the meter here. There's lots of expensive silk, and they'll organize tailoring for you.

A one-of-a-kind tailoring store for Mumbai, The Bombay Shirt Company creates immaculate custom-made shirts for men and women from a selection of fabrics and styles that are showcased in the shop. You can also have them all made from scratch.

The Mumbai branch of this government-owned chain is a decent place to buy souvenirs—though you won't be doing any bargaining, as all prices are fixed (and likely more than you'll pay elsewhere). It's therefore a good way to establish an upper bound for prices before you do any haggling in other places. It's packed with textiles, carvings, and myriad other traditional Indian handicrafts from all over the country, and there's a small but imaginative assortment of Indian costumes for kids, and traditional Indian toys. Mirror-work elephants, Indian dolls, wood and cane doll furniture, tiny brass tea sets, stuffed leather animals, and puppets can all be found on the second floor, as can kurtas and long skirt ensembles in cotton and silk.

This is an elegant gallery in the Fort district, full of works by modern masters like Atul Dodiya and rolling exhibitions. Chemould's history is twined with that of Mumbai's art history, giving a massive boost to Husain, Raza, and other Progressive artists of post-Independence India.

This narrow thoroughfare is lined with dozens of stores crammed with antiques and general bric-a-brac: clocks, old phonographs, brassware, glassware, and statues—some of it quite cheap. Over the years the value and breadth of much of this stock has dwindled, but there's still a chance that you'll find an unusual, memorable piece. In the same lane a number of shops are engaged in the profitable business of constructing new furniture that looks old; many will openly tell you as much. Some shops do stock genuine antique furniture from old homes. Keep an eye on your purse or wallet and come relaxed—it can be chaotic.

This is a tiny, classy boutique with exquisite silk blouses and shirts, scarves, ties, dupattas (long, thin scarves for draping), and silk-edge purses and wallets.

This purveyor of stylish (and ethically produced) jewelry, accessories, furniture, and home décor focuses on empowering local craftspeople from around the country and supporting their art. A bonus is its location---right by the iconic Taj Mahal Palace hotel and Gateway of India, and rimmed by the lapping waves of the Arabian sea.

Brave bargain-hunters should take a trip to chaotic Daboo Street for all sorts of leather goods.

This pricey store has exclusive men's and women's Indian and Western fashions, and lovely costume jewelry, all by high-profile Indian designers.

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 Kala Ghoda 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.

This is a trove of cotton bargains in a long row of open-air stalls, with mounds of colorful, cheap, mainly Western clothing for all ages. The name is completely incongruous—there is nothing fashionable about this street, but the knockoffs are cheap and it is thronged by students of nearby St Xavier's College. Come around 11 am, when the crowds are thinner and the sun has not yet peaked.

This old and trustworthy family-run optician has good frame choices.

All sorts of exquisitely-designed Indian houseware, including linens, pottery, and brass, are on offer here. There's an outlet in Juhu, opposite the Marriott Hotel, and an enormous branch in Lower Parel.

At chaotic and highly-trafficked Hill Road, the siren call of cheap clothes and bric-a-brac assails even the most casual shopper. In December, the shoppers multiply as stalls flaunt their Christmas wares.

Designer Krsnaa Mehta's quirky home decor and design brand is steeped in the bright, mischievous sensibilities of India. Think everything from wallpaper to cushions to glasses and spectacle cases. There's also a branch at Phoenix Mills in central Mumbai.

In the Taj Mahal hotel, this store sells quality silks, as does the Burlington store here. Both stores are convenient if you're staying here or nearby and need something quickly, but they are highly touristy and overpriced. Try something farther afield if you want to shop like a local.

Within the new business district of Bandra Kurla Complex sits the gaudy Jio World Plaza, a shopping mall built by billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani. Adjacent to it is a multiplex cinema, a drive-in theater, and the NMACC (Nita and Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre) which houses various performance spaces and galleries.

If you need some specs, a long-standing and reliable name in the eyewear business is Lawrence and Mayo. The main branch of this trusted brand is in Fort.

This pricey store stocks stylish clothes, perfumes, accessories, and bric-a-brac from Indian and international designers such as Loewe, Victoria Beckham, and Umrao Jewels. This one's for the deep pocketed---and devoted dreamers.

Starting from the big Bandra West junction, 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.

For those willing to drive through the city’s spidery lanes, LoomKatha (tales of the loom) has a tiny workshop where you can follow linen weavers wielding their looms to craft garments of Himroo and other regional handloom styles. There isn’t a shop per se, but you can buy shawls, material, picture frames, and notepads. Everything can be shipped internationally.