Modern lunch home is an excellent restaurant especially for seafood lovers. This review is my dedication to my favorite restaurant since 2016 and the restaurant from where I order literally 20-25 times in a year.
Food Order Rating of Modern Lunch Home, Sion:
Date: 14th December 2019
Time: 12:30pm
Please check the rating for each dish we ordered based on various factors:
1) Surmai Chilli Thali – Rs. 330
Quality – 5/5
Quantity – 5/5
Taste – 5/5
Value for Money – 5/5
Packaging - 5/5
Overall – 5/5
So Modern lunch home specialized in Manglorean cuisine. I am writing this specific review to describe my favorite dish here. I rarely order anything else apart from this dish. Surmai Chilli refers to a preparation in Managlore called Pulimunchi which is a spicy thick curry. So the Surmai Chilli Thali contains the following: Surmai Medium Size Piece with Pulimunchi curry poured over it, extra thin gravy approx 300 ml, rice, 3 chapatis (you can replace this with roti or pay extra and upgrade to Neer Dosa), Veg. Sabzi, Papad & Solkadi. This meal is sufficient for my lunch & dinner. They give fairly big Surmai Piece; the pulimunchi curry is just out of the world and I crave for this curry very very often. The Chapatis are super soft, big in size and the combination of Chapati and Surmai Pulimunchi is a match made in heaven. Veg Sabzi changes each day and I have always loved whatever they have provided. I usually save half my Surmai Pulimunchi and eat it with rice and I also add thin gravy to the rice to make the best combination in the world. The taste of this dish stays on my mind for days and it makes me order again and again. Even their Solkadi is very flavoursome and it is a soothing digestive drink.
I have tried around 30 Seafood Thali restaurants in the entire city but this Surmai Chilli Thali to this date remains undefeated.
Please visit or order this Thali and you can order same Pulimunchi gravy in other seafood or in Chicken also. Thank you to the Chef at Modern Lunch Home for cooking such soulful food every single time. The food made here always fills my heart.
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Decent place to eat with good hygiene and service. The surmai and bangda thali were really good. The only reason I didn't give this restaurant 5 stars is because of the shimpli sukka aka shell fish, there was only shell but no fish whatsoever so don't buy it. The surmai was so fresh, tender and properly cooked same for the bandga as well.
Their Pulimunchi and fish Thali is awesome, get anything in seafood and it's going to be awesome, truly Mangalorean. Seafood lovers paradise
When talking about non- veg food this is one of the best places to visit.
Desi food served with proper blend of spices and masala.
The place is always crowded and you have to wait for 15-20 mins minimum but no complaints after having their food... superb.
What I ate:
Chicken Lollipop
Butter Chicken with kombdi vade
Pomphret Thali
Surmai Thali
Hands down to this restaurant cause it is one of my favourite restaurant.
Hot eats, Cool treats 😎
Till then keep gawking at this 👀
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Foodie Wayne Enterprise
+4
awesome desi food served in here with proper blend of spice and masala all over
could say one of the best you will ever have
staff and service is prompt and quick
the ambiance needs a little improvement tho
Have gone with my family the sea food was really tasty and fresh.
Modern lunch home is very famous for fresh sea food so if you wanna plan with family out for sea food this restaurant is perfect option.
If you are a seafood lover..This is the place to be. i am coming here since last 15 years and i am in love with this place..A small place little cramped up for space, always crowded but no complaints after having there food.. Superb😍
This is absolute goan food as we ordered shimpli sukkha, crab tikka, prawns masala, roti, chicken masala, surmai and promfret fry which gives us good and delicious foodiee night by having such dinner at home delivery. It has no good ambience but its food says it all. Its prices is basic and not that expensive. You can enjoy proper seafood at this place.
I am a regular at this place and I always leave this place extremely satisfied. This place is hands down one of the best places to eat authentic malwani sea food in Mumbai.
The restaurant is a bit cramped but it is worth it for the quality of food they serve.
These are the dishes that I order most of the times
1. Sol Kadhi: 5/5
A prefect drink to pair up with seafood. The mix of coconut milk and Kokam refreshes the mouth with every sip taken
2. Prawns Thali: 5/5
This thali includes Sol Kadhi, Neer Dosa, Fish Curry, Rice, a dry vegetable and Prawns dish. There were three options for the prawns dish out of which I chose Prawns Chilly. Really satisfied with the contents of the thali.
3. Prawns Ghassi: 5/5
This dish is prawns cooked in a thick malwani gravy and this is the best prawns gravy dish in the restaurant.
4. Shimple Masala: 4/5
This dish included clams stuffed with red goan masala and was good.
5. Tandoor Pomfret: 5/5
The best dish I ordered. Fish was really well cooked and marinated really well.
Overall, a great restaurant to have seafood which is also extremely pocket friendly.
Modern lunch home is an absolute favorite every time you have a craving for simply delicious mangalorean food.
The must haves here are neer dosa along with surmai/pomfret pulimunchi. One should also not miss the marvayi (clams) sukka. The bombay duck fry was also delicious!
Wash it all down with a glass of solkadhi and you are a happy person! :)
Small place .. very crowded .. lot of regulars... good and tasty affordable food... don't be overwhelmed by the small place... the food will fill your heart... wonderful staff ... very prompt service and they keep up with the crowd...
Very good place you should be here once with families ✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌✌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
The food is very nice be the guest
The food is amazing. Haven't had sea food like that anywhere else. Will highly recommend it!
Excellent and quick service. Tasty and quality food. Happy price menu. #SeaFoods #IndianFoods #Tandoor. Very cheap price. Close to Sion highway.
This Place Is Awesome For Non Veg Food And Here You Will Get Perfect Lunch. The Staffs Are Very Polite And Their Behavior, Work All Are In Clean And Good Way. No Need To Wait For Long Time For Your Order, If You Order Something After 5 Minutes You Will Get Your Order.
Excellent and delicious!!! Love the manglorean style food. Surmai fry to mutton Sukka everything was fresh and delicious. We couldn’t stop eating and I wasn’t aware that such small places serve such good food. Prices are also reasonable and overall quick service.
Our cab driver suggested this place and we had a doubt if they could deliver after seeing the place...but wow we where amazed at the service and quality of food...suggest it as a must visit. Really reamalable
The food is really unusual and is worthy of praise . I like the ambience , it's not flashy , or at par with other cafes and restos , normal seating arrangements are there , no ac , which is fine .
Tried chicken ghee roast with neer dosa . It has dominant taste of ghee in it and sufficient for two , also tastes good with chapati .
Bombil fry is good to have . No corn flour , and rice over it .
Definitely visiting again , this time for chicken sukkha and fishes .
2nd visit :
Tried chicken sukkha : the chicken blended in masala is really tasty , can be eaten with chapati or neer dosa .
Shark : never having this, ever again . Could not taste the fish , the masalas had dominant taste .
A very good place for manglorean food lovers.. with lots of options,price also reasonable.
U can surely try out guys
But yaa,its too crowded u may hav to wait in a que..!
The place is very nice the staff at serving is very fast and nice the food is also good u must try there fish and crab they are very delicious
Modern lunch home is my go to place for a wholesome craving for sea food with reasonable prices and huge quantities. It's known for its sea food and prawns fry is a must try. But the combination of chicken gassi along with neer dosa is one of the best to have and shouldn't be missed if you order chicken. Also chicken tikka masala is another favourite of mine because of its spice level and soft big chunks of chicken in thick gravy. It's not a huge outlet and the ambience is not five star but the food for surely with satisfy your palate .
Ambience: 3/5
Staff:4/5
Food:5/5
All though it's a hectic time for the waiters and other staff but it's still managed decently. If ur going as lone or with family or friends, min 20/30 mins is obvious. But the wait is completely worth when you order delicious fish items. If you're not a heavy eater just have the bombil or pomphret thali dat would be More than sufficient to make u full. Over all its always a wonderful experience to have food here. Pls remember der is no parking available as it's on the Sion stn road.
The taste of the modern lunch home is good the price is little high but the quality of food is better
The chicken kolhapuri taste was awesome and so tasty 😙
And with chicken kolhapuri the tandoori roti was so tasty and delicious
The chicken tandoori also was so chruncy and tasty
Modern lunch home it's a all time busy restaurant. We visited at night and we waited 20 minutes. We ordered sukka chicken,lap fish fry and king fish thali. Taste was good, service was quick. Enjoyed lot..
Surmai chilly is a mst try fr ppl who love spicy food... jst in love with it...its been my favourite plc fr fish soo far...only con is the rush
Modern Lunch Home near Sion station is a well known place for sea food lovers. I've been there couple of times and I love to have the prawns fry thali with Komdi vadas its amazing the prawns are nice and crisp and the prawns size is quite decent enough. We've had chicken sukka with neer dosa is mind blowing. The rates are nominal. The place is quite small but food served there is yummy.
Ordered Neer Dosa along with Prawns masala. Brilliant combination, the food was awesome. Decent pieces of prawns in a spicy masala with the soft and tender Neer Dosa was an experience to behold.
Simply wow , the food is excellent and people who work are very humble . If it’s seafood it has to be modern lunch home
It is the best ,I am telling you to go once
but I bet you will be a regular veteran after that
One of the best place for nonveg lovers . Fresh n perfectly cooked seafood varities . Pomfret fry , bombay duck fry must try . Prawns masala , chicken sukka and mutton kolhapuri was just awesome . Biryanis wasnt that much good but still great place . Crowded place . Good service .
Rohan Naik #rohanvsfood
+4
Visit Day Date and Time:- Saturday 30-September-2018, 14.00 pm
“Modern Lunch Home” a legendary and popular place serving sea food in authentic and traditional preparation. It’s compact outlet with basic appearance and few seating options.
We tried out following from the menu:-
▶️Chicken Thali with Dosa:- This thali included flavourful sukha (dry) chicken, sol kadi, curry, Neer Dosa, rice, one vegetable. Sukha Chicken has coconut base and goes well with soft Neer Dosa.
▶️Surmai Fry with Chapati:- Surmai(king Fish) which is fried to perfection. You can either have it with Dosa or Chapati or Just like that.
▶️Bombil (Bombay Duck) Fry:- Bombil fry is one of my favourite in sea food and this place serves amazing fried bombil. But I wished if they provide one or two more pcs then regular portion to match the price charged.
✔️✔️Recommendations:- Chicken Thai with Dosa and Surmai Fry
Point to Note:- This Place has sharing table concept, so you should be ready to share your table with other customers.
Service:- Super Quick and staff are quite calm in their approach.
Experience:- Superb experience, and one of the best place in Mumbai for the sea food lovers.
Note:- Above review is based on personal experience
Recently i gone to modern lunch sion to have lunch i had a tandoori roti chicken hundi the taste is really good.The food is fresh and hot served .The food also very hygienic
Its (old) sion lunch home not, modern.
Just recently renovated.
Highly Recommended!
Had special chicken thali
Ravas tikka total 567 for 1 person non ac section.
Pros - stone throw from sion station
Special chicken thali includes punjabi style bonless chicken masala, sol kadi, 1 vegetable vati & fish curry. You get to taste fish curry even with chicken. Rawas tikka was delicious served 6 big boneless chuncks of fish meat cooked to perfection. Chicken was just out of this world. Rotis served with thali too were hot. Didnt get fish in curry vati bt curry was best one out of all i tasted untill now in all restaurants. Polite quick servers. Pocket friends for qunatity and taste.
Cons - Highly congested sitting, specially in non ac section. Avoide big groups.
Tiny place with no ambiuons but with amazing south Indian touch non veg food. You must must try the bombils, prawns ghee, sukkha mutton and end it with a glass of solkadi. Expect to get a few minutes waiting at times especially on weekends, but it's all worth the wait.
Small joint...was taken der by a friend!!! Very close to station!!
Super food...awesum tasty seafud nd all non veg stuff!!!
V ordered d chkn kori roti...awesum, tasty👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Pomfret thali...d fish was awesum..d gravy is just wow to eat with rice👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Mutton wade...awesum, succulent mutton...gravy nd wade just too gud!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Chkn thali...u get chkn sukkha...man just too gud👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Prawns chilly nd prawns rava fry....just awesumly delicious!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
All d fud was really awesum,...service a tad bit slow..but no complaints...coz d place was jam packd!!!
Sorry fr d lack of fotos..as d fud was way too tempting!!😍😍
Halva thali (2 Roti one fish curry 1 solkadi one speciality of Madras sabji)best combination hotel is special for seafood dishes unavailable chicken mutton soup pomfret fry and prawns fry was brilliant test good service and Management and very friendly staff😊
Ambience is very simple and always crowded at weekends.
Prawns chilly- 5/5 ( amazing quantity with appropriate spices and it is worth trying for every prawns lover)
Surmai chilly- 4/5 (very well cooked gravy is same for all chilly dishes)
I had placed a take away order but still no variation in the taste
Loved it❤
This place in sion is so small that it's hard to even find it but the food is great no doubt! We tried prawns fry which was really good as it was not very oily and the crab masala was a little salty but still very tasty. The only disappointment was the neer dosa as it was extremely watery and soggy. Overall I'm happy with my first visit here and look forward to keep visiting here.
Superb and extravagant food ...this is one hidden gem located in the heart of the city....try all the Mangalore dishes here with the surmai tikka and prawns tikka with kombdi Wade
Excellent food.. A treat for Fish lovers.. Surmai fry/ Halwa Fry/ Rawas Tikka / fish curry and rice are all of excellent quality and taste and main thing is it is easy on your pockets too.. In chicken Tandoori Chicken and Sukka Chicken with neer dosa are fantastic.. We have been to this restaurant at 11.30 morning and at 10.30 at night.. But the quality and taste is intact..
Must Visit place I'm Mumbai for Fish lovers.
If you are in search for some amazing fish curry and sukhaa chicken this place is worth it I'm all the terms! I really love the food the taste the quality is superb!
Best place for fish foods. Coming from past 15 years. Service is too good. High hygiene. Mangalore University delight. Budget friendly food.
A fish lover should give a try here to satisfy there tastebuds..!!! Awesome food and quick service.. :) staffs are very friendly :) must try
Been here only once, but really liked the food. Ordered the rawas tikka and prawn chilly, portion sizes were large and quality excellent. Given it less than 5star for the lack of comfortable sitting
We went to Wadala for Medical reason, it was almost dinner time, we realised we before heading back home in the traffic we need to eat somewhere. Being spent most of a collage days in central line, I was still not aware what are good places to hang around and which places to avoid ( except Guru Krupa Samaosa ;) ). It was then my FIL suggested going to Modern Lunch Home, now have seen this restaurant lot of times, but because of poor interior which appears mostly like a typical updpi restaurant, was never intrigued to go there rather almost lost interest in having dinner when this place was suggested. So we went there around 8.45pm. Now some information about the logistics of the location. If we are coming from Matunga side then you will have to take HUGEEE U turn to get there, even if the place is right across the road, and the restaurant is hounded by Taxi’s and gives you an impression that there is no parking available.
But I can tell you my personal experience, moment you reach there, stands a dedicated guys who will arrange parking for you, asking taxi’s guys who appear there at their mercy give some space. So no parking issues at all.
Moment you enter the restaurant, almost packed (Weekday ), hardly 2 tables empty which was later filled in next couple of minutes.
Now coming to the food, generally I have very choosy when it comes to sea food restaurants, because I only eat them if they are my Ghar ka style, else I just can’t
We Ordered
Chicken Thali - Chapati/Roti/Bakri + Solkadi + Veg Bhaji + Chicken(Kori) Rassa + Chicken (Kori) Sukkha
Fish Fry
Bombil Fry
Solkadi - Seperate
Sitting arrangement is very uncomfortable, kind of congested brushing your shoulders with the person sitting beside you. Infact the table on which we were sitting, kitchen was right behind us, rather we can feel the kitchen heat as well.
But my friend, all of that doesn’t really matter when he brings the thali and you start tasting the food. Pure Taste nothing else, I almost went back home, homemade food just like how my mom use to cook ( she would always be better) .
It just melted me and I relished the taste fully engrossed into eating. Loved each one of the items I had. They have variety of rice ( Jada, Kolam,Brown), Roti ( Normal, Bakri) etc. Now as you keep relishing the food and in between and realise that you are a bit short of Gravy(chicken), the attentive waiters will prompty bring some Rassa in a cup and serve you J. What else one wants, purejoy of tasting good food. Finally.
Taste – 5/5
Service 5/5
Ambience 3/5
Comfort 2/5
This place is a pleasant surprise for people who love coastal food.
Don't judge book by it's cover.
*Recently had my second visit ordered few new stuff.
Yesterday we visited Modern Lunch Home which is near Sion Station. It is a very old restaurant which serves the same quality and quantity of food and has never let us down which is the best part of this place. It is a South Indian restaurant which serves amazing Seafood. We've been visiting this from a long time now and is one of our favourite restaurants.
We ordered : •Tandoori Surmai
The whole fish is marinated and prepared in a tandoor and is topped with chaat masala. It is served with salad and mint chutney. The price is charged as per the size of the fish and is sufficient for 2-3 people.
This place is value for money and serves a huge variety of dishes and thalis too. South Indian food is never complete without SolKadi.
If you are think of south Indian sea food in Mumbai cant think for a better place then Modern. Its moderately priced and serves some mouth watering sea food. Highly recommended chicken Ghee Roast (need 30 min to cook hence place order in advance), Prawn ghee roast, Surmai tandoori (entire fish), unpolished rice with fish gassi and fried fish. They also serve lep and kane (fish) which are not very commonly served in other restaurants. The service is good, ambiance is average, Punjabi and chines food is average however the south Indian / sea food totally makes up for the drawback. For sea food loves a must visit.
This place is constantly talked about by my vegetarian friend about how the aromas waft out of there as you pass by. So now I had a good enough reason to go out of my way and make a quick stop for a 7PM dinner.
This place is hella popular for fish, fish and more fish especially when it’s deep fried to crisp goodness. I chose not to go for the Thali and instead ordered a biriyani with all kinds of fish on the side. Everything was crazy delicious, good on quantity and well worth the money.
Normally, these Konkan-Fish-Lunch-Home type places are expensive but we are like kings all in around INR 800. The place is small and fills up very fast. Staff is pretty helpful & kind while wait times aren’t very long. You should try this place if you’re around.
This is a hidden gem for seafood , very tasty and the catch is extremely fresh .
Portions are extremely generous , the place serves some good fish thalis and has a rustic feel..if you love good food and don't care about the ambience this one is surely worth trying .
It's absolutely pocket friendly , you're paying for the food and not the furniture..like I always say..if I go to a restaurant that superficially expensive..that listen man I paid for the furniture no the food...lol .
Try anything , you can't go wrong the food is delicious .
Valencia Salonie Barretto
+4.5
Well renowned hotel situated bang opposite Our Lady of Good Counsel Church offers amazing costal region cuisine. The only thing here is you should be very sure of what you order. Recommend to have their thalis. Here, we tried the famous chicken sukha thali with neer dosa and pomfret thali which were amazing and satisfied our hunger. Must visit once to have amazing food in your budget.
One of the oldest restaurant in town it is best know for its sea food for dine in it is little congested I had done takeaway two dishes mandili fry and chicken sukha both dishes were 5/5 overall nice restaurant for sea food lovers
Pompret tandoori at its best served here!!😍
Have been visiting this place since ages and never has the food or the staff here failed to delight me. Pompret tandoori is a must try (available in different sizes). This place is a paradise for sea food lovers like me. Right from fishes to crabs to shells to squids everything is soo mouth watering. Modern Lunch Home
Must try , should atleast come once to njoy the seafood over here . I recommend you guys to try chicken roti and neer dosa . It is a total value for money and is totally worth it
Have been frequenting this place for the past 7-8 years. Have to say that the quality of food has been maintained throughout.
Just got to love the sea food on their menu. Even their butter chicken is a huge favourite with the crowd.
Neer dosa and the ghee roast chicken with roti is also a crowd favourite.
It's not a fine dine place, you'll probably end up sharing tables with strangers (a la Social) - but if you just focus on the food, you'd enjoy the experience at this place.
Only have the pics from my last visit which is of the butter chicken with rice and the prawns masala.
Modern lunch home (sion circle)
Good sea food
Ordered:-
1)neer dosa (4/5)
2)bombil fry (4.5/5)
3)bangda fry (3/5)
4)mendeli fry (3.5/5)
5)surmai thali (3.5/5)
Budget friendly
Food is mouth watering and rates are nominal. Quality and quantity is up to the mark. Service is Good. U should try once with ur family and friends.
Tried prompret tandoori over here !!!! It's just superb and mouthwatering tooo... One visiting here should try it atleast once... This dish is reasonable to people...@foodgyaan9 on Instagram
Great place for sea food lovers as this place provides wholesome and flavorful goan-manglorian food. All their dishes have unique taste with consistent quality and quantity of food.
Though the services is quick the ambiance is not that happening and the space is to cramped which makes it uncomfortable while having your meal.
Food:4.5/5
Ambience:3/5
Service:3.8/5
Value for money: 4/5
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