We have surveyed the 1947 Times of India Bombay Street Directory and have located scores of establishments we believe were Irani restaurants, most now gone. This list covers streets (with their 1947 street names) beginning A-K. Do you have information on any of these?ABDUL REHMAN STREET (Bombay No 4)
Karvas Nivas
Light of Bombay Restaurant ANNIE BESANT ROAD (Bombay No )
Café City Restaurant
APOLLO PIER ROAD (Bombay No 1)
Readymoney Building
Naval and Military Restaurant and Stores
APOLLO STREET (Bombay No 1)
No.107 Apollo House
Apollo Restaurant
Botawalla Building
Imperial Restaurant
East and West Building
Morning Post Restaurant
132 Great Western Building
Royal Navy Restaurant
No.28 George Restaurant
ARTHUR BUNDER ROAD (Bombay No 4)
Grant’s Building
New Light of Asia Restaurant
ASH LANE (Bombay No 1)
SOUTH SIDE
Café Health
BABULA TANK ROAD (Bombay No 9)
SOUTH SIDE
Princess Building
Western Restaurant
Abdulla Building
New National Restaurant and Stores
BAKEHOUSE LANE (Bombay No 1)
WEST SIDE
Shining Sun Restaurant
BALLARD ROAD (Bombay No 4)
Laxmi Building
Café Ballard Restaurant
BASTION ROAD (Bombay No 1)
EAST SIDE
Kitab Mahal
Café Excelsior
BAZAR GATE STREET (Fort Street to Elphinstone Circle)
EAST SIDE
Kagdy Manzil
Café Kohinoor

No.225 New Bombay Restaurant
No.275 Edward Restaurant
No.306 Town Hall Restaurant
Union Restaurant
BELL LANE (Bombay No 1)
SOUTH SIDE
Maneckjee Wadia Building
Union Restaurant
BELASSIS ROAD (Bombay No 8)
SOUTH SIDE
Café National
Liaqat Manzil
King George Bakery
New Alexandria Restaurant
Club Restaurant
BHAJIPALA STREET (Bombay No 3)
SOUTH SIDE
Firdusi Restaurant
Nadri Restaurant
SIR BHALCHANDRA ROAD (Bombay No 4)
WEST SIDE
Café Colony
BOMANJI PETIT ROAD (Bombay No )
WEST SIDE
Lord Wellington Restaurant
BORAH BAZAR STREET (Bombay No 1)
EAST SIDE
Dhankore Nivas
OK Restaurant
CADELL ROAD (Bombay No 14)
Cadell Court
Café Cadell
Good Luck Restaurant
Sayed House
Star Restaurant and Bakery
Hardings Restaurant
Welcome Restaurant
CARNAC ROAD/LOKMANYA TILAK (Bombay No 2)
Lilly Stores and Restaurant
Khoda E Noor
Café Milan
Tyabji Building
Lucky Star Restaurant
CAWASJI PATEL STREET (Bombay No 1)
No.58 Sukhia Building
Daver Restaurant
Merwan Building
Western Stores Restaurant
EAST SIDE
No.19A Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Building
Yazdani Restaurant & Bakery

Sheri House
Star of Asia Restaurant
CHARNI ROAD (Bombay No 4)
Nehmani Building
Café Broadway and Stores
Cosmopolitan Restaurant
Wassiamal Building
Kohinoor Restaurant and Stores
Shirin Restaurant
Good Luck Restaurant
Ramachandra Building
Golden Star Restaurant

CHAUPATI SEA FACE (Bombay No 7)
Lily Cottage
Café Wilson
Fulchand Nivas
Café Ideal
Café General
CHINCH BUNDER 1st ROAD (Bombay No 9 & 3)
New Lucky Star Restaurant
CHURCHGATE STREET (Bombay No 1)
Industrial Assurance Building
Asiatic Soda Fountain and Restaurant
NORTH SIDE
Deepak Mahal
Ferry Stores and Restaurant
Lalji Naranji Memorial Building (IMC offices)
Stadium Restaurant
Marina Restaurant
Rehman Building
Hollywood Stores and Restaurant
COLABA CAUSEWAY (Bombay No 1)
Royal Best Restaurant
Habib Court
Edward Stores and Restaurant/King Edward 8th Restaurant
Atlantic Stores and Restaurant
Awabai Mansion
Royal Restaurant
Donald House
Piccadilly Restaurant
Merwan House
Union Jack Restaurant
23 Causeway House
Alexandra Stores and Restaurant
Leopold & Co.

Café Mondegar
COLABA ROAD (Bombay No 1)
Prince Albert Restaurant
Colaba Chambers
Duke of York Restaurant and Stores
Fatma Manzil
Regaud Restaurant and Stores
Cosmopolitan Restaurant
Colaba House
Novros Pehlavi Restaurant
Ruby Terrace
Colaba Restaurant
CUSTOM HOUSE ROAD (Bombay No 1)
WEST SIDE
Imperial Restaurant
Prince Aly Khan Building
James Restaurant
No.80 Apollo Restaurant
DADAR MAIN ROAD (Bombay No 14)
Modern Times Restaurant
Jaya Terrace
Moonstar Restaurant
Jenabai Building
British Empire Restaurant
Shapoor Cold Drink House
WEST SIDE
Dadar Bar Refreshment and Billiards
Kamal Building
Kamal Restaurant
DELISLE ROAD (Bombay No 6)
Bombay Good Luck Restaurant
Havewalla Building
New Byculla Stores
Golden Star Restaurant
Meher Restaurant
Shanti Bhavan
Marshal Restaurant
DONGRI STREET (Bombay No 9)
WEST SIDE
Akbari Restaurant
Banatwalla Building
New Lucky Restaurant
Hashambhoy Building
Good Luck Restaurant

DR D’SILVA ROAD (Bombay No 14)
Ghamat Terrace
Railway View Stores and Restaurant
ELPHINSTONE ROAD (Bombay No 12)
NORTH SIDE
Silverstar Restaurant
Wakani Building
Popular Restaurant and Stores
New Ideal Restaurant
FERGUSSON ROAD (Bombay No 13)
Shah Shivaji Restaurant
New Worli Restaurant
Worli Restaurant
FORBES STREET (Bombay No 1)
No.56 Café Zaer
FORJETT STREET (from Gowalia Tank Road)
New Tehran Restaurant
FORT STREET (Bombay No 1)
No.52 King George Restaurant
Royal Marine Restaurant
No.1 Davierwalla Building
Premier Restaurant
Dilkhoosh Restaurant
No.51 International Restaurant
Guishan Restaurant
Khotari Building
No.107 Kohnioor Restaurant
Goculdas House
New Edward Restaurant
FRENCH ROAD (Bombay No 7)
Tyebji House
Café Wilson
Parmanand Building
Star of Italy Restaurant

FRERE ROAD (Bombay No 9)
Jivanbhai Mansion
Nadir Restaurant
Persian Restaurant
Marshall’s Building
Paris Restaurant
No.21 Prospect Building
Café Angelia
No.28 Welcome Restaurant
Good Luck Restaurant
Café Universal
Café London
New King of Persia Restaurant
New Alexandra Restaurant
Aria Building
G.P.O. Restaurant
FULLER ROAD (Fort, Bombay No 1)
Esplanade Mansions
Army Restaurant
GAMDEVI ROAD (Bombay No 7)
Iswardas Mansions
New Heros Restaurant and Bakery
GELL STREET (Bombay No 11)
Brijmohan Banwarilal Building
Café Nelson
GIRGAUM ROAD (Bombay No 2 & 4)

Kyani and Company Bakers and Confectioners
Lord Irwin Restaurant
Iran Restaurant
Patel Building
Café Majestic
Villa Bellevue
Café De La Paix

Sandhurst Building
Allies Restaurant
Navelkar Building
Kennedy Restaurant
New Regal Restaurant
Fateh Manzil
Opera Restaurant
Viceroy of India Restaurant
Dominic House
India Restaurant
Dhoota Papeshwar Building
Emperor of India Restaurant
Soorya Mahal
Morning Sun Restaurant
Sunshine Restaurant
Rahim Chambers
Café Victory Restaurant
Bhatia Nivas
Café Sassania
Hirjeebhoy Seth Building
Café Yazdan and Stores
XL Restaurant
Cavarana Mansion
Alfred Restaurant
Brabourne Restaurant

Bastani & Co. Provision Merchants

GHOKALE ROAD (NORTH) (Dadar, Bombay No 14)
New Shapoor Restaurant
Rawji Sojpal Building
New Coronation Restaurant
Darbar Lucky Restaurant
No.68 New High Class Restaurant
No.30 Corner View
Morning Post Restaurant
No.26 Manjrekar Building
Capitol Restaurant
GOVERNMENT GATE ROAD (Parel, Bombay No 12)
Café Yazdan
Saifi Mahal
Lal Baug Restaurant and Stores
GOVINDJI KENI ROAD (Bombay No 12)
Kismet Building
Modern Times restaurant
GOWALIA TANK ROAD (Bombay No 7)
Oriental Stores & Restaurant

Chinoy Mansion
Lord Willingdon Restaurant
Hillal House
New Gentleman Restaurant
Dholsani Building
Tehran Restaurant
Motiwalla Mansion
New Ideal Restaurant
Shri Hari Nivas
Union Jack Restaurant
GRAHAM ROAD (Ballard Estate, Bombay No 1)
Laxmi Building
Café Ballard
GRANT ROAD (Bombay No 3)
Persian Restaurant
Adi Mansion
Express Restaurant
Hamidya Restaurant
Falooda Cold Drink House
Novelty Restaurant
Regal Stores
Wassiamull Buildings
Kohinoor Restaurant
Bombay Restaurant and Stores
Big Ben Restaurant
Grand Oriental Restaurant, Bakery and Hotel (cnr. Grant Rd and Falkland Road)
GRANT ROAD BRIDGE
Bombay A1 Restaurant

GREEN STREET (Fort, Bombay No 1)
Café India
James Restaurant
GUNBOW STREET (Fort, Bombay No 1)
Nanabhai Chambers
Welcome Restaurant
Harding Restaurant
HAINES ROAD (Bombay No 18)
Stone Chawl
Bombay Good Luck Restaurant
HARVEY ROAD (Bombay No 7)
National Restaurant
Cecil Restaurant
New York Restaurant
HOME STREET (Fort, Bombay No 1)
H. Boostani Restaurant
HOMJI STREET (Fort, Bombay No 1)
Buona Casa Building
Royal Stores Restaurant
HORNBY ROAD (Fort, Bombay No 1)
No.1 Crawford Market
Empire Stores and Restaurant
B Block Sitaram Buildings
Civil Restaurant
D Block Sitaram Buildings
Yazdani & Company Ltd.
167 Gokuldas House
New Edward Restaurant
Lotus Building
Café Civil
Powvala Building
Original Light of Asia Restaurant
337 Alice Buildings
Ideal Restaurant

WEST SIDE
Capitol Stores and Restaurant
204 National Insurance Building
Café Hornby
New Excelsior
HOSPITAL AVENUE ROAD (Parel, Bombay No 12)
Parel House
King Edward Memorial Restaurant
Bachooally Terrace
Anglo-Persian Co., Stores and Restaurant
HUGHES ROAD (Bombay Nos 7 & 26)
Cecil Stores and Restaurant (at junction of Hughes Rd and Harvey Rd)
Umarkant Mansion
New York Restaurant
IBRAHIM RAHIMTOOLA ROAD (Bombay No 3)
Syed Manzil
Zam Zam Restaurant
New Lucky Restaurant
Mohd Ali Building, block no. A
Star of India Restaurant
E.C. Madha Bros. Mansion
Wazir Restaurant
Princess Building
Western Restaurant
JACOBS CIRCLE (Bombay No 11)
Vithal Nivas
Western India Stores and Restaurant
Shirin Building
New York Restaurant
JANJIKAR STREET (Bombay Nos 2 & 3)
Jamal Building
Central Restaurant
KALBADEVI ROAD (Bombay Nos 2 & 3)
Ravindra House
Sunlight Restaurant and Stores
Botawalla Building
Bombay General Restaurant
ADVERTISEMENTS from-
Hormusji Dhunjishaw Darukhanawala, Parsi Lustre on Indian Soil, published by Claridge, Bombay, 1939.
IMAGES top to bottom:
Kyani & Co., Dhobi Talao, c1980 - photographer unknown
Cafe Kohinoor, Fort, 2007
Yazdani Restaurant and Bakery, Fort, 2007
Kyani & Co., Dhobi Talao, 2007
Cafe de la Paix, Girgaum, 2007 - photographer Abodh Aras
Bastani & Co, Dhobi Talao, c1980 - photographer unknown