Mumbai · kulfi
Parsi Dairy Farm
A four-generation Parsi dairy institution, still family-run and interviewed on the record, whose kulfi sits inside a documented century-old dairy practice rather than being invented for this list — the Parsi dairy tradition side of the city's case.
What to order
Kulfi and basundi, recommended by sales head Sarfaraz Irani in his own words to The Better India
What we know
- Founded 1916 by Nariman Ardeshir, who began by delivering milk cans around Kalbadevi; four generations of the same family have run it since, all named and interviewed directly
- Product range built around dairy fundamentals — milk, ghee, butter, kulfi, basundi — rather than a menu assembled to chase trends
- Old production equipment (a Gerber milk tester, a pasteuriser, a butter churner) preserved and described as still on the premises alongside the retail counter
- Celebrity and old-Mumbai clientele named specifically (Mumtaz, Jim Sarbh, Boman Irani, and reported patronage from the Ambani, Birla and Tata families) rather than a vague claim of fame
- Status
- open
- Address
- Off Princess Street, Kalbadevi, Mumbai
- Maker
- Nariman Ardeshir, founder (1916); now run by the fourth generation — Bakhtyar Irani (Managing Director), Zeenia Irani (Brand Director), Parvana Mistry (Operations), Sarfaraz Irani (Sales)
- Opened
- 1916
- Website
- www.parsidairyfarm.com/
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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