Electric Gravy Mumbai Bar & Canteen
The chicken tikka masala comes charred with crispy edges before it hits a gravy with a kick.1
Why go
This is the Old Thousand crew's second room, next door to the first, and it works the same way: cues taken from Mumbai street food and then pulled through an Austin filter, which produces curry queso, fried paneer bites and tadka-fried chicken naan wraps.1 Nicolai McCrary rated it 7.1 for The Infatuation and drew the line clearly: If you're hoping to relive the aroma of your last trip to Mumbai, there are better places in town for that. But if you're after bold flavors, an upbeat atmosphere, and a little creative chaos, Electric Gravy is worth a stop
.1 The drinks are built on the same logic, a spicy tamarind margarita and a frozen mango lassi painkiller.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: the chicken tikka masala, and share it. The chicken is charred with crisp edges and the gravy carries a small kick.1
- Start with: samosas, which McCrary calls small, crispy and nicely spiced.1
- Avoid: the curry queso. The queso itself is fine under its tomato masala and the cold bagged chips underneath sink it.1
- Also skip: the pork vindaloo. The Goan gravy is tangy and spicy and the pork is too rich and fatty to sit in it.1
What locals & experts say
- The Infatuation Austin, Nicolai McCrary, 20 May 2025, rated 7.1:
If you're hoping to relive the aroma of your last trip to Mumbai, there are better places in town for that. But if you're after bold flavors, an upbeat atmosphere, and a little creative chaos, Electric Gravy is worth a stop
.1 - The same review, on the tikka masala:
The chicken is nicely charred with crispy edges, and the gravy it's swimming in has a small kick. Order one to share with the table.
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Good to know
- Vocabulary: the menu files masalas and vindaloos under
gravies
, which is the house term and the reason for the name.1 - Hygiene: no public score exists. This room has been open since March 2025, so the gap is longer than any publishing delay accounts for, which is missing data rather than a finding.2
- How current the city's data is: Austin Public Health has published no inspection anywhere in the city since 22 May 2026, which is nowhere near long enough to explain a gap that runs back to March 2025.2
- Hours: not published in a source read here.
Verdict
could-visit — The Old Thousand crew's Mumbai canteen next door, rated 7.1, and the review is straight about what that number means: bold, fun, remixed, and not the place to chase the smell of a Mumbai street. The tikka masala is the dish with actual technique behind it, charred with crisp edges before it hits the gravy, and the drinks list is doing real work with a tamarind margarita and a frozen mango lassi painkiller. Two dishes are named skips, which is what keeps this out of the higher band.