Shilpa Shetty's Bastian Bandra to close, brand moves to The Top

Shilpa Shetty announced on Tuesday that Bastian Bandra, the celebrity-frequented Mumbai restaurant she coowns, will close this Thursday, ending a nine-year run that made the venue a staple of the city's dining and nightlife scene. In an Instagram Stories post the actress called the shutdown "the end of an era" and said a special farewell evening was being curated for close patrons as the Bandra outlet takes its final bow.

Shetty said in the post that while Bastian Bandra will close, the brand will continue at its sister site, Bastian at The Top, where the venue's weekly Thursday night event, Arcane Affair, will relocate. The Bandra restaurant opened in 2016 on Linking Road and expanded into a larger space in 2023. It became known for its seafood-led menu, multilevel interiors and regular celebrity clientele, and over the years developed a reputation as one of Mumbai's most sought-after dining destinations.

In a statement to NDTV, the restaurant team described Bastian Bandra as "far more than a restaurant" and framed the pause as a period for renovation and reinvention. The statement said the closure was a "short pause for renovations" and promised the brand would announce new...