The short answer
Mantra Indian Kitchen & Bar: what visitors should know first
A comfortable Indian lunch or dinner in Makati's business district, but not a vegetarian kitchen. Say vegan or Jain-style clearly when you order, and ask about sauces, since Spinach notes staff are not always sure of ingredients.
Diet
What we checked
- Vegan options. The menu clearly marks vegan dishes, alongside others that are not vegan. Checked November 2026 · Source
- Indian. An Indian restaurant outside India. Checked November 2026 · Source
Menus and kitchens change. If you follow a strict diet or have an allergy, confirm with the restaurant before you order.
Useful facts
Mantra Indian Kitchen & Bar facts at a glance
- Location
- Grand Midori, Bolanos Street, Legaspi Village, Makati
- Dining style
- Indian restaurant and bar, mixed menu
- Price signal
- ₹₹₹ in Makati terms
- Signature order
- Try: a vegetable biryani with a marked vegan curry
- Good for
- Mixed-diet groups and business-district meals
Why it matters
Why Mantra Indian Kitchen & Bar is worth your time
Makati is where many Indian visitors and business travellers stay, and a restaurant here with labelled vegan dishes helps a family eat without a long taxi ride. The comfort is practical: familiar curries, a calm room and a menu that already separates vegan items.
It is worth being honest about its limits. This is a mixed menu rather than a pure vegetarian kitchen, so it suits flexible eaters and groups with mixed diets better than strict Jain households, who will do better at the all-vegetarian places in this guide.
Highlights
What not to miss
- 01
Marked vegan dishes
Spinach reports clearly labelled vegan dishes, around three to five.
- 02
Biryani and curries
Reviewers single out vegetable curries and biryani.
- 03
Split service
Open for lunch and dinner with a break in the afternoon.
Plan your visit
How to experience it
Go at the start of a service, when the kitchen is quietest, and tell the server your dietary rule before looking at the menu. Spinach reports that vegan dishes are clearly marked, about three to five of them, and warns that some vegetarian dishes contain dairy, so asking for vegan by name matters.
The restaurant serves meat as well, so cross-contamination is possible; the listing explicitly raises it. Families who avoid onion and garlic should ask whether the kitchen can adjust a dish, because we found no statement that it does so.
Share a biryani and one or two curries with bread. Legaspi Village is a pleasant area to walk afterwards, with the Sunday market nearby on weekends.
Plan with confidence
Small checks that make a better meal.
- Say vegan when ordering
- Ask about sauces and dairy
- Reserve for dinner
- Check the afternoon break
Know before you go
Timing, access and comfort
- Area
- Ground floor, Grand Midori, 7 Bolanos Street, Legaspi Village, Makati
- Time needed
- 1 to 1.5 hours
- Best time
- Early dinner
- Walking level
- Easy
- Senior comfort
- Ground-floor entrance in a Makati residential tower, so no stairs to the door, and the district is flat and walkable. Request a table away from the bar if you want quiet.
- Tickets and access
- Spinach lists lunch from 11:00 to 14:30 and dinner from 17:30 to 22:00, daily. Reserve for groups, and confirm the hours since the break between services is long.
Best for
Plan it with
Plan the practical part
Hotels near Mantra Indian Kitchen & Bar
Staying close keeps journeys short — useful for early starts and for anyone who tires quickly.
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Travelling with parents?
Ground-floor entrance in a Makati residential tower, so no stairs to the door, and the district is flat and walkable. Request a table away from the bar if you want quiet.
Raahzo can arrange an arrival or day companion who handles tickets, queues and pacing, and keeps the family updated.
See concierge supportFAQs
Is it vegetarian?
No, it serves non-vegetarian dishes too, with vegetarian and vegan items marked. Use the vegan label and ask about dairy.
Is it Jain?
We found no Jain or no-onion-no-garlic statement, so ask before ordering.
Is it good for older travellers?
The ground-floor entrance and flat Makati streets help. Ask for a quiet table.
Sources and further reading
Timings, fees and access rules change. Recheck with the official source before you travel.
