Quick! Pick your sushi: Enjoy Japanese food uniquely at this Mumbai restaurant

Colour-coded plates on the conveyer belt for the weekend

There's a different kind of rush that awaits the city's Japanese food fans. Kaiten Clash at Harajuku Tokyo Cafe brings out a heady dining experiment, where speed, instinct, and appetite dictate the experience. Built around a moving conveyor belt, the concept pushes diners to act fast as dishes appear briefly and vanish just as quickly. People sit around the belt, scanning what passes by, and literally, nab what they feel like eating. The space mirrors the energy of the concept. The dining area feels less like a restaurant and more like a culinary battlefield, where chopsticks become tools of survival and no two bites of the same food is guaranteed.

Kaiten Clash or Kaiten-zushi is the traditional term used for sushi served on conveyor belts. Pics courtesy/Harajuku Tokyo Cafe

The menu features sushi rolls, nigiri, and onigiri, alongside gyozas, dumplings, baos, carpaccio, mini tacos, among other small bites. Chef Raghav Jandroia reiterates, "The spicy avocado cream cheese roll and tempura rolls with spicy tuna always vanish first." Everything is served conveyor-belt style, reinforcing the idea that food here is meant to be picked hurriedly, and eaten quickly. The menu is not fixed, and is planned based on diners' strong choices.

A group of patrons at the restaurant

Jandroia explains the concept, "Limited dishes are quietly introduced to the conveyor belt and judged by real behaviour about what guests grab, hesitate, or ignore." The belt, he explains, becomes a live testing ground rather than the basic service model. He added, "As a chef, the most exciting part is designing the food that looks great while it moves so fast."

Raghav Jandroia

Over the weekend, Kaiten Clash becomes increasingly competitive. The restaurant heightens the intensity of the experience with four colour-coded plates - blue priced at Rs 150, pink at Rs 250, green at Rs 350, and red at Rs 450 - each carrying its own value. Diners are allowed to stack the plates they collect, and at the end, the tally determines the bill.

On January 26, 12 pm onwards
At Harajuku Tokyo Cafe, Jio World Drive, Bandra Kurla Complex.
Log on to @harajukutokyocafe
Call 9818937832
Cost Rs 1495 onwards