Every season in India changes the view of the vegetables and fruits mountain on farmers’ stalls. Since it is the summer season, Indian supermarkets are flooded with jackfruits, mangoes, pumpkins, and more. Using these products, Indian restaurants are creating new summer menus to highlight summer essentials in the kitchen and offer you an escape from cooking during soaring temperatures. These summer menus are refreshing and allow you to taste something different once in a while, and let you venture out of the house for some time, even if it’s warm. The restaurants get an opportunity to experiment with seasonal produce and come up with new dishes that can help them stand out from their competitors. Below is a list of eateries across Indian cities where summer menus are being offered:
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Mumbai
Indian Accent, NMACC
Inside Indian Accent Mumbai, at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, everything will feel regulated and serene. There is no sense of performance, and the space has the confidence to let the food carry the experience. In its third year, the restaurant provides a summer special menu, as well as an immersive Show Kitchen experience. Executive Chef Rijul Gulati has created the new menu, which incorporates summer ingredients such as mango, melon, khus, and raw mango into meticulously chosen meals that mix tradition and innovation. The food served at Indian Accent begins with chaat-inspired dishes like panna-pakodi with summer mango and papdi chaat with crackling spinach, which provide freshness and contrast right away. It then continues on to delicacies such as meat ka karela, dry-aged duck with khandvi and mango 'fajeto', and tiger prawn 'until bugga' with Amritsari vadi rice, all of which offer rich flavours. Old Delhi butter chicken and Iberico pork roast provide a sense of comfort and richness, while the melon-khus sorbet cleanses the palate before desserts such as mawa kachori and mango-pista kulfi. There's also a ‘Lite Tasting Menu’ and the Show Kitchen Experience, which offers a more interactive, chef-led dinner.
Venue: Jio World Centre, Ground Floor, Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, C-64, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400051
Timing: 12 PM - 2:30 PM and 6:45 PM - 12 AM
Contact: +91 22 3525 1500
Public Beer Hall & Snack Bar
Public Beer Hall & Snack Bar is bringing real summer energy with a mango-forward lineup that's essentially a beer lover's dream. The mango peach cider is 5% ABV and rich with Alphonso mango sweetness and juicy peach aromas, finishing crisp, smooth, and tropical, and it has been brewed with rolling mills. The drink menu is exciting, with clarified lassi cocktails, mocktails, and a nostalgic aam panna that’s just what you need in a summer menu. Tangy raw mango chaat and mango-loaded treats keep the atmosphere lively with beer towers, easy quarter pours, and shots. It's the type of location you'll want to return to throughout the summer season and make core memories with your favs!
Venue: Public Beer Hall & Snack Bar,7A & 7B, Aram Nagar, J P Road, Versova, Andheri West, Mumbai
Date: 7 April onwards
Timing: 5 PM
Circle Sixty Nine
Circle Sixty Nine has launched a new summer menu with a modern bistro-style feel, featuring colourful ingredients and robust flavours. This is one of April's must-try meals, with small items such as zucchini parcels, patatas bravas, chilli butter prawns, and BBQ rubbed chicken wings. You can also enjoy flatbreads like sundried tomato with goat cheese and basil pesto with onion and rucola. Do try their cocktails like tropical daze, mango solstice, kathiwada fizz, and figure 69. Circle Sixty Nine is Sangita Kathiwada's fusion of nature, art, and food. Kathiwada's food has been created in collaboration with Aditi Dugar's Urban Gourmet India, the business behind Masque, Sage & Saffron, and TwentySeven Bakehouse. Dugar and his crew are well-versed in the arts, having catered to some of the most renowned tastemakers, like Christian Louboutin and Maria Grazia Chiuri of Dior. Chef Kamlesh Negi and Chef Akshat Agarwal, the couple in charge of culinary matters at the company, bring fine-dining flair to the bistro-style occasion.
Venue: 69, Sir Pochkhanawala Rd, B Wing, Worli, Mumbai
Timing: 12 PM - 3:30 PM and 7 PM - 11 PM
Price: INR 2,800 for two
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Bengaluru
Circa 11
Circa 11, the city's first shapeshifting dining room, has unveiled its new summer evening menu with bar snacks like chilli cheddar churros with mushroom ketchup and appetisers like sea bass ceviche. Their biang biang noodles are distinguished by the use of chilli oil and black vinegar. End with desserts like mango mille-feuille and passionfruit pavlova. It features a loft-style interior with a New York sensibility; clean, urban, and minimalist. In fact, the only bright spot is the bar at the centre that draws your attention like a moth to a flame. Circa 11's new menu is based on Besigey, the Kannada word for summer, and it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel. It's more about open-fire cooking, and those lemony, smoky, herby flavours that really strike you differently in the summer.
Venue: 957, 12th Main Rd, Sodepur, Appareddipalya, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560038
Date: 15 April onwards
Timing: 10 AM - 7 PM, 12 PM - 4 PM and 6 PM - 11 PM
Price: INR 2,500 for two
Hunaaan
Hunaaan in Bengaluru is enjoying spring with a fresh new cuisine. Try the summer salad, cream cheese and mushroom truffle dumpling, spicy chicken dumpling, chicken katsu rice bowl, and steamed whole white pomfret, while dessert has hazelnut chocolate tiramisu. The restaurant's cuisine continues to evolve, integrating new Asian flavours while keeping consistency in food quality, sourcing, and recipe standards.
Venue: 2nd Floor, 3163, 12th Main Rd, Defence Colony, Domlur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560008
Time: 12 PM - 4 PM and 6:30 pm - 11 PM
Price: INR 1,300 for two
Amicii
Amicii's summer beverages range features tropical ingredients, citrus-forward blends, and nostalgic flavours, resulting in a lineup that is refreshing, lively, and ideal for long, hot days. The mocktails are light yet layered, with options like the summer flower tonic flavoured with basil and orange flower, pineapple melon glacier mixing matcha with juicy fruit notes, and desi-inspired picks like kiwi rooh splash and mint mango magic adding a tangy, cooling touch. The cocktails are chilly and luxurious, with options like fresh fruit frozen margaritas, golden passion frost, aperol spritz, passion star martini, green garden tonic, and the powerful chilli smoke mango, all of which balance sweetness, citrus, and a hint of summer heat.
Venue: Metro Pillar 56-57, 840/1, 100 Feet Rd, 1st Stage, Indira Nagar 1st Stage, H Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560038
Timing: 12 PM - 1 AM
Price: INR 1,500 onwards
Pune
Toscano
Toscano has opened its doors in Pune, right in the heart of Koregaon Park, and is ready to take you to the streets of Italy with its summer menu. As the summer sun shines brightly, Toscano's Signature Salad Menu offers a lighter, fresher take on Italian cuisine, centred on crisp vegetables and simple, feel-good flavours that work well in the heat. This seasonal spread focuses on keeping things refreshed while being satisfying, with salads taking centre stage, stacked with textures, artisanal olive oils, house-made infusions, and cheeses that keep every bite intriguing without feeling heavy. Standouts include the summer sandwich with French fries on sourdough pizza bread, as well as salads such as mango and melon salad with smoked fior di latte and buffalo mozzarella, and summer fruits and mixed nuts salad, all of which provide juicy sweetness and creamy balance. To keep things cool, there's a list of delightful drinks, including jasmine blossom fizz, cucumber elderflower cooler, mango ginger sparkler, and rose & lychee refresher, which round out a menu designed for sunny days and relaxed summer attitudes.
Venue: S Main Rd, Suyojana Society, Iricen Railway Colony, Koregaon Park, Pune, Maharashtra 411001
Timing: 11 AM - 11 PM
Price: INR 1,600 for two
July7
The ambiance changes throughout the day, from bright mornings to relaxing evenings with soft music and ambient lighting in July7. A live kitchen with a woodfire oven, a complete bar, café seating, alfresco dining with live music, lush foliage, eye-catching chandeliers, and a banquet hall for up to 200 guests waits for you to try the new summer menu. It begins with a light mango and tadgola salad and a watermelon feta cup, all of which are extremely delicious and refreshing, just what you need in this heat. The menu then progresses to ghee roast chicken bhakari tacos and teriyaki tori ramen, with veg alleppey curry and jackfruit biryani providing familiar comfort. Tropical desserts include amrakhand cannelloni, mango cheesecake, and coconut payasam. The drinks feature starfruit sunset, malai tropica, Mr Azgaokar, g&t, tadgola highball, kairi panna, jaljeera mojito—are refreshing, nostalgic, and ideal for long, hot evenings.
Venue: Shop no. 1, The Capitol, New DP Rd, opposite to Axis Bank, near Jagtap Chowk, Vishal Nagar, Pimple Nilakh, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Maharashtra 411027
Timing: 12 PM - 11:45 PM
Price: INR 2,000 for two