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Ten ranked Mumbai bars to watch the game, from Bandra Premier League rooms to big screen cricket halls, with sound policy, sports shown and game day tips.
The short answer
10 ranked rooms follow. How we picked is at the end of this guide.
Mumbai builds its game day around two calendars. Cricket fills the room for an India match or an IPL night, and the late Premier League and European football pull a smaller, sharper crowd after midnight. The best rooms here run a big screen for the headline event, put the sound on for the match rather than the music, and take bookings because the popular ones fill fast. These ten cover both calendars, from the Bandra football rooms to the big screen cricket halls.
When India plays or the IPL is on, you want a giant screen and a room that fills with fans. These halls run the cricket as an event, with the sound up and the crowd loud.
How we picked
Mumbai is about matching the room to the calendar. The big screen halls turn an India cricket match or an IPL night into an event, the Bandra and Colaba football rooms pull the late Premier League crowd, and the all round pubs carry whatever is on across the week. Book ahead for the big games, since the best rooms fill fast. The common thread is that they treat the match as the reason you came, with the sound on and a screen worth watching.
Every bar on this list was checked against its own current listing plus at least one independent guide before publishing, and ranked on the game day specifics that matter: screen count and sight lines, whether the sound goes on for the right league, the leagues and sports shown, the crowd, and how the room handles a late or overseas kickoff. We exclude venues we could not verify as open and showing live sport. For the method behind every game day guide, see our pillar guide to watching the game.
Last reviewed June 8, 2026 · The editors recheck hours, screens, and closures against current local coverage.
Marcus covers bars across Asia and plans his Mumbai nights around the fixture, whether it is an India cricket match or a late Premier League kickoff. His ranking runs sound policy first, then screen size, then whether a room books out for the big games.
Last reviewed 2026-06-08 · The editors recheck hours and closures against current local coverage.