You think you know a city and every bar worth knowing in its popular alleys, but you don't. We didn't either. We walk into Rope Walk Lane at Kala Ghoda and enter Kala Ghoda Café, which we've frequented only for its tea with jaggery and BLT sandwiches. Past the door, we walk into the larger seating, but we are not there yet. Past another door that reads Wine Bar in small font, we step into a hidden world that offers you old-Bombay charm in the form of a 30-seater wine bar, with bentwood chairs, wooden tables, old sofas and a swanky bar done up in sky blue tiles.

The floor rug has lost colour. Probably from the 80s, it has a decrepit charm, unlike the disc lamps that add a touch of class with a sepia-toned effect. The setting is like an underground secret club, with heavy grey curtains. We take a table by the wall on the other end of the bar, which has the backdrop of a Himalayan range, reminding us of Kashmir ki Kali. The setting is perfect, to implement the idea behind the space — a space to appreciate good wine and music. The playlist, swings from trance, house to 80s techno.