Canto Café And Bar — Restaurant in Mumbai

Canto -This restaurant name is derived from Italian word for song..It is located near sukhsagar chow patty.The same place where KARMA used to be many years ago .The interiors of this place are very beautifully done and gives a European feel. .Late nights post 10.30 pm lights go dim and music goes louder . it turns in to a lounge kinda place..They even do bollywood nights every saturday which pulls in lot of elder crowd fond of desi dance moves. Seeing the menu i could see great importance is given to vegetarian food and jain food considering a lot of gujaratis & marwadis stay in this locality . At the same time there are enough options for non vegetarian food lovers too.

This place serves Continental,Mexican,Italian & American cuisine.

Coming to the variety of dishes i tried here

Salad

Caesar salad-A healthy way to begin .Salad with capers,lettuce,mayonnaise and parmesian crisp..very fresh and very loveable..I liked it personally

Mocktails

Citrus swag- refreshing mock tail.Fresh orange ,basil,lemongrass juice.it has a sweet-sour taste ..best of 2 mock tails i tried here

Cool cucumber-Chilled cucumber flavour mock tail..Average .. Citrus swag is way better to have according to me.

Starters

Mushroom on Toast-Buttered toast with parmesan and balsamic jaggery on it . mushrooms on top enhance the flavour . this starter is for mushroom lovers ..

Ragda Bao- Bao is very soft & fresh.small in size . mint chutney,mayonnaise accompanied with ragda patty bao..Well made starter.

Hariyali paneer Bao-Since i liked ragda bao.I even went for Hariyali paneer Bao.Yummy.I liked it even more than ragda bao.It has laccha onion,mint chutney,mayonnaise accompanied with hariyali paneer .Must try .signature starter of canto for me

Dimsum-Decently made.Warm dimsums served.Asparagus dimsums .newly introduced dish

Pizzas.

Half n half pizza-Sweet of them to serve a half n half pizza so i could try 2 flavours in 1 pizza.

milano pizza -Thin crust pizza with cheese, red onion,jalepeno,garlic toppings.

Veggie delight pizza-classic veggie supreme pizza .Treat for vegetarian lovers.These are stone baked pizzas..

Main course

Ratatouille crepe-A new way to eat ratatouille.Its rolled in crepe,flavoured with tomato and other roasted veggies ..Very tasty crepe.i loved it

Goat cheese sandwich- Marinated goat cheese ,pan tossed tomatoes & walnut pesto served on brown loaf bread.Healthy sandwich.Worth trying

Veg lasagne-Olive oil,sautee garlic,tomato puree,chilli powder,oregano used in preparation of this yummy lasagne .I had it in a small portion .its very filling .

Desserts

Molten chocolate-Warm,tasty .One of the best molten chocolate i have had served with vanilla ice cream in recent times...Do try it out

Chocolate fondue-A new dessert introduced by the owners of Canto on insistance of their own kids. Thank god they heard their kids and added this gem dessert in their menu..Absolutely fantastic.Spear dippers with fondue forks .dip in to fondue.Heavenly taste ...Dont miss out on this.Chocolate sauce is just perfect.Niether thick nor thin.

Overall i had a good dining experience.Its a great place to listen to good music,enjoy at the bar with drinks,have some good food ..One of a kinda restaurant in opera house locality.

Definitely worth a visit .Do try it out...

Canto is a fine dining restaurant located in the heart of busy streets of Charni Road.

Food (5/5): Canto has a very interesting range of starters that can go really well with any alcoholic beverage of your choice. We went ahead with Bira on tap which was a very good decision as we got to enjoy 2+1 Happy Hours offer. We did not try any starters but the crowd favourite seemed to be the watermelon salad. If there is one thing that Canto helped me with was the transformation from someone who tries fish to someone who loves fish. We straight away went for the main course and ordered the Banana Wrapped fish. It was hands down the best fish I have ever had and honestly it will be very tough for other dishes to beat it for me. Patra fish cooked to perfection and served with the lip smacking jalapeno onion sauce and pan fried rice is just the kind of main course one would love on a busy Friday night. Loved the sauce so much that I ordered it again to go with my second Main course which was the grilled chicken with brown sauce. I would strongly recommend this as well for all the non sea food lovers as the chef at Canto makes sure that even if it takes a bit more time to get the dishes ready, they are worth the wait.

Ambience (5/5): 'First impression is the last impression' holds true here because I was honestly blown away by the decor and the ambience of the place. It clearly displayed how minimal things can constitute the most beautiful and inviting look and feel. It gives you a feeling of a reputed fine dining restaurant but with a tinge of its cafe-ness too. Perfect for a date I'd say !!

Service (5/5): Genuinely in awe of the service at the restaurant. We had to wait for 10 minutes at the bar to get our reserved table but the staff made sure that we were not ignored at all. We were given the table of our choice and the attendant took timely feedback from us regarding the taste and the service.

Value for money (5/5): We availed the Zomato Gold 1+1 offer along with 2+1 Happy Hours on tap beer which is very rare as most of the restaurants just let the users use 1 offer. Cost for 2 after this...

Every year I make at least two trips to Canto, and in 2025 this was my first. Oh boy, how disappointing was the food - left hungry!

It was a celebratory late-night dinner with my family, and thus we had ordered mocktails and some small plates. The drinks, priced at ₹330, were a quarter of a glass served in mocktail glasses (again, not even filled halfway!!!). We finished the glorified fruit syrups in 5 sips. The most disappointing part of the meal. If you're going to serve a shot of fruit juice (just to be clear, without any pricey alcoholic inclusion), then at least make it worth remembering in taste or presentation. The lone tiny apple slice that was clearly manhandled a little too much was making it worse.

The food - I held fond memories of their calamari, so ordered that with just one other dish, the teriyaki chicken tacos. That was basically only chicken with a sprinkle of mango and another veggie. The struggle to eat added another demerit - there was no way to eat the tacos with the baby palm-sized thin tortillas. Had to resort to the spoon (?) and fork provided. Taste was good but for the price, nothing out of the ordinary.

The calamari... or lack thereof. Which squid baby was stolen from its mother??? These rings were the size of tiny coins - only fried batter visible. And when you bite into it, you get the hint of a squid piece. Squid is a seafood notorious for being chewy, so believe how shocked I was when it vanished in one chew. And the amount for the size... there was no winning with this dish.

The mozzarella sandwich for our vegetarian - cheese on toast is fine, but stop compensating on the ingredients in the main dish with a mountain of fries; it's quite disappointing. No taste.

We were hungry but then decided against ordering more, in fear of further disappointments with a huge price tag. Canto, I used to recommend you as my favourite near Opera House, but not anymore. Improve the quantity of your drinks if you want to actually attract more customers on a...