Mumbai’s new listening bar, Nami, wants you to hear things differently

Nami 15th Floor, Mansionz One, Linking Rd, Bandra West https://share.google/7x7c6Rai1p5fCeCCS three mumbai japanese There was a time when going to a bar meant shouting over the music so your friend could hear the end of your sentence. Increasingly, India’s drinking culture is making room for something more considered.

Listening bars, where music is not merely background noise but the reason to walk through the door, are bringing audiophile culture out of private collections and into public spaces. Nami, a new 25-seater listening bar in Bandra West by Aditya Birla New Age Hospitality (ABNAH), is Mumbai’s latest attempt to turn down the volume on the usual night out.

Named after the Japanese word for a wave or ripple, Nami is built around the idea that sound can be experienced physically, not just heard. There is a wave-shaped bar, acoustic panelling inspired by sound waves, and programmable lighting that ripples across the ceiling.