Tucked into a 140-year-old building in Bandra, this 25-seater supper club from sisters Aalisha and Riona Sable feels deliberately out of step with Mumbai’s current dining rhythm. There are no sprawling dining rooms, no endless pages of menu categories and no attempt to maximise covers. Instead, the space operates only on weekends, with a monthly changing menu and a format built around conversation, atmosphere and a slower pace of hospitality.
The setting does much of the heavy lifting. Housed inside Jer Mansion, the restored heritage structure brings a sense of permanence that contrasts with the city’s increasingly interchangeable restaurant landscape. Warm lighting, collected objects, layered textures and thoughtfully composed tables create a room that feels closer to someone’s beautifully considered home than a commercial dining venue. That sensibility is no accident.
While chef and co-founder Aalisha Sable leads the culinary direction, her sister and creative director Riona Sable shapes the environment around it. Together, they appear less interested in building a restaurant than in constructing an experience that sits somewhere between a supper club, private dining room and cultural salon.
Aalisha’s own story helps explain the approach. Raised in Pune in a home where guests flowed in and out freely, her understanding of hospitality was shaped less by formal service and more by generosity and gathering. After culinary experiences across Europe and a stint at Americano in Mumbai, she brings that perspective into a menu philosophy that favours intuition over strict categorisation.
The result is a format where dishes are allowed to draw from multiple influences without feeling obligated to belong to a single cuisine. Familiar ingredients are often reworked through contemporary techniques, while comfort remains a recurring thread throughout the menu. Rather than chasing novelty for its own sake, the food appears designed to evoke memories, stories and personal associations.
That fluidity extends to the structure of the experience itself. The Find Atelier introduces a completely new menu every month, with pricing varying according to ingredients and sourcing. The opening “housewarming” menu serves as an introduction to the concept rather than a permanent identity, signalling an intention to keep the dining experience in constant evolution.
Yet what may ultimately distinguish The Find Atelier is not the menu but the ambition behind the space.
The founders envision it as a platform for creative exchange as much as a dining destination. Alongside weekend supper club services, the venue will host private gatherings, intimate celebrations, brand collaborations, cultural pop-ups and events that bring together food, design and independent creative voices.
That broader vision feels particularly relevant at a moment when diners increasingly seek experiences that extend beyond what arrives on the plate. Restaurants are no longer judged solely on food and beverage programmes; atmosphere, storytelling and community have become equally important parts of the equation.
Whether The Find Atelier succeeds will depend on how consistently it can balance those elements over time. Intimacy is easier to promise than sustain, and concepts built around experience often face the challenge of ensuring the substance matches the setting.
Still, its arrival reflects a growing appetite for smaller, more personal hospitality formats in Mumbai. In a city that rarely slows down, The Find Atelier is making a case for why dinner sometimes should.
The Find Atelier:
B-12, 2nd Floor, Jer Mansion,
VP Warde Marg, Bandra West, Mumbai
