{"id":328150,"date":"2026-03-04T09:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/328150\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:13:20","slug":"this-cafe-bar-in-mumbai-by-dhvani-shah-channels-the-easy-energy-of-a-well-loved-living-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/328150\/","title":{"rendered":"This caf\u00e9-bar in Mumbai by Dhvani Shah channels the easy energy of a well-loved living room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecturaldigest.in\/story\/friends-series-here-are-8-secrets-of-its-set-design-you-probably-didnt-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Friends<\/a> gave us Central Perk, the idea of a caf\u00e9 as a second living room has felt less like fiction and more like fellowship. Not the orange sofa or the punchlines, necessarily\u2014but that easy, casual togetherness. The sense that you could walk in at any hour and find your people, your corner, your rhythm. In Bandra, Mumbai, restaurateur Rashi Morbia channels precisely that spirit with The Nook, a 1,500-square-foot caf\u00e9-bar hybrid designed as a social anchor for coffee, cocktails, and conversation. Conceived by Dhvani Shah of her eponymous Mumbai-based design studio, the space nods to Central Perk\u2019s ethos of belonging\u2014not as a motif, but as a mood. Shah describes it as a contemporary \u201cthird place\u201d\u2014that elusive zone between home and work where you can loiter with\u2014or without\u2014purpose. \u201cWe weren\u2019t interested in replicating a sitcom set,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was about capturing that core ethos\u2014a place where everyone belongs, where the seating makes you stay longer than you planned, and the atmosphere feels effortlessly warm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Architecture Building Outdoors Shelter Plant Potted Plant City Urban Hotel and Indoors\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2%20Entrance.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Almost entirely encased in glass, the exterior coils gently along the frontage, its curved silhouette giving it the charm of a very chic caterpillar. Designed as a \u201cliving preview\u201d, it reveals glimpses of the interior, including the 18-foot olive green coffee bar and the eye-popping seating.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Nayan SoniPocketful of Sunshine<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Indoors Interior Design Chair Furniture Appliance Ceiling Fan Device Electrical Device and Car\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4%20Glass%20House%20Coffee%20area%20(1).jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In the Glasshouse, light doesn\u2019t just illuminate\u2014it casts slow-moving shadows that soften brick, concrete, and colour into something almost cinematic.<\/p>\n<p>Photos by Nayan Soni<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Home Decor Indoors Interior Design Floor Appliance Ceiling Fan Device Electrical Device and Person\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6%20Glass%20House.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photos by Nayan Soni<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ever since Friends gave us Central Perk, the idea of a caf\u00e9 as a second living room has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,63885,308,151654,93,61,60,17652,151653],"class_list":["post-328150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-bandra","tag-design","tag-desserts-mumbai","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mumbai","tag-mumbai-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}