Akarshan Family Restaurant

We've been at this spot on Station Road in Vikhroli West for a while now. If you step out of the Vikhroli railway station, you basically run into us. We are right across from the Saraswat Bank. It gets pretty loud and busy here because of all the people catching trains and the traffic outside, but that’s just how Mumbai is. We started the restaurant to give families a place to sit down and eat something decent without it costing too much money. Most of the time, our tables are full of locals or people who just finished their shift. The fans are always running, and the kitchen stays busy from morning till night. We don't do anything too fancy with the decor, just simple tables and chairs that can be moved around for bigger groups. Sometimes the staff gets a bit rushed when the commuter crowd hits all at once. It’s a plain place, really. We just focus on getting the food out hot. You might see the same faces every day, which is nice. It’s hard work keeping everything going in such a cramped part of the city, but we manage. People know where to find us if they want a quick bite or a proper dinner with their kids. We just keep doing our thing here near the station. Nothing more to it than that. We just want to make sure everyone leaves with a full stomach and enough time to catch their next train.