Tuesday, 5 May 2015

A perfect gift awaits for your Mom this Mothers Day at The Westin Mumbai Garden City!


Let’s celebrate the ‘unrivaled love’- this ‘Mother’s Day’ as you make an attempt to give your mum a little compared to an ocean of time and love she has given to you! She deserves your gratitude any day of the year but she should be given an extra-special thank-you and this coming Sunday 10th May at The Westin Mumbai Garden City it’s at perfect time for an uplifting mother and kid’s day out!

Rejoice the greatness of our mother’s incomparable love by making her day extremely special. This Mother’s Day express your love by treating her to a delicious and fun filled brunch. She makes mouth watering meals for you every day, now take this opportunity to slip into her shoes and cook up a fabulous meal with our expert Chefs. Seize the time as you capture your beautiful moments together for eternity on our ‘Wall of Fame’ and surprise her with cute souvenirs.




Savour the scrumptious International cuisines while you get amazed by the breath taking views from Level 18. All our dear Moms enjoy a 50% discount for the Mothers Day Brunch which is crafted with love at Seasonal Tastes.



Celebrate her with an exceptional brunch that is designed just for her! Make your Mom's Day extra special by enjoying a delightful Mother’s Day Brunch with her loved ones at The Westin Mumbai Garden City.



Thursday, 16 April 2015

Celebrate the Citibank Restaurant week at The Westin Mumbai Garden City!



As part of the 5th edition of the Restaurant Week, fine dining venues such at Kangan and Prego at The Westin Mumbai Garden City will join the celebration from 17th – 26th April, 2015. Exhilarated about participating for the second time The Westin Mumbai Garden City has prepared a delightful set of delicacies at their Indian speciality and their fun dining venue. During the week, patrons can enjoy a multi-course dinner at fixed price.


Citibank Restaurant Week India is a celebration of the finest culinary experiences in India held across Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai. They offer one the opportunity to dine at each city's finest restaurants at a fraction of the price it would normally cost through a three-course prix fixe menu.








The culinary team at Kangan and Prego has created a special menu using seasonal ingredients for Restaurant Week that offers something that will entice everyone. First course selections at Prego include Mushroom and Fontina melts, Calamari Fritti, Salsa Tartare, Calzone d Verdure. Entrée choices will include Lasagna di Pomodoro e Verdure, Linguine al Pesto and Melanzane alla Parmigiana and for dessert one can enjoy from the home made gelatos or a Coffee pannacotta. While Prego will be open for lunch and dinner, Indian specialty venue, Kangan would be an only dinner venue. Kangan will be serving some of the Restaurant Week signatures such as Diwani Handi and the Butter Chicken amongst other Kangan specialties.




On the occasion, Sachin Mylavarapu, Director of Food & Beverage said “Being a celebration of the finest culinary experiences across the country, we are extremely pleased to associate with Citibank Restaurant Week India. It is an ideal opportunity for us to offer our signature dishes , it will be a perfect celebration of delectable food and wonderful ambience.”

While Executive Chef Rahul Dhavale and his extraordinary team is all ready for the Restaurant Week, The Westin Mumbai Garden City looks forward to host you to an eclectic mix of gastronomical delights.

Thursday, 2 April 2015

The Westin Mumbai Garden City wins prestigious Starwood Regional Vice Presidents Awards!!




A Grand Welcome

The Westin Mumbai Garden City is proud recipients of 7 Award recognitions at the Starwood Regional & Divisional Awards 2015 held in Sanaya, China. The awards night was across all brands of Starwood Hotels and Resorts in Region- Indian, Bangladesh & Maldives and Division Asia Pacific which includes Sheraton, Le Meridien, Westin, Luxury Collection, Aloft, Elements, Four Points by Sheraton and W Hotels.

Face Off 

The award ceremony took place on 17th March at Sheraton Sanya Haitang Bay Resort, China. In a variegated ceremony, leaders & teams were recognized for their coherent Business Performance, Community Service Initiatives, and Operational Excellence & Talent Development.


The annual congregation was attended by the Starwood SLT members along with General Manager & leadership team of South Asia hotels of Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Speaking on the occasion Anuraag Bhatnagar, AGM, Starwood Hotels & Resorts said “With the hotels feat at the recently held Regional & Divisional Awards 2015, the team is motivated and strives to continue driving focus on basic services and look after our guests, to ensure that we remain the best option and most preferred hotel in the city. Our key to success in 2015 will be Starwood’s mantra of Innovation is the ‘Only Constant’ and Relationships are the ‘New Smart’.”


The categories for the other 7 awards were:

Individual Awards 
  • Sales Leader of Year 2014 – Vinay Singh 
  • Food & Beverage Leader of Year 2014-Sachin Mylavarapu  
Director of Sales & Marketing Vinay Singh receiving the award
Team Awards - 
  •   Care for Community Award 2014- The Westin Mumbai Garden City
  •  South Asia RPI improvement Award 2014- The Westin Mumbai Garden City
  • FH Shop call 2014- The Westin Mumbai Garden City
  • SPG Pro (Starwood Meeting Planner Award) 2014- The Westin Mumbai Garden City
Director of Human Resources David Naidu receiving the award























APAC Divisional Awards-
  •  Care for Community Award 2014- The Westin Mumbai Garden City

Property General Managers with  M D India and Regional V P South Asia Dilip Puri and AGM Starwood Hotels & Resorts India Anuraag Bhatnagar

Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Easter-Vagant celebrations at The Westin Mumbai Garden City!





This Easter, hop in to The Westin Mumbai Garden City and nibble on some scrumptious festive
special goodies straight from the Easter bunnies basket. Join us for our Easter Sunday brunch at the Seasonal Tastes, as you scarf from the lavish buffet sip on the refreshing cocktails & mocktails the spread offers Classic such as pepper jelly, Ginger Glazed ham, devilled eggs, Peking duck, and a variety of live stations like barbecue, Foo yong (Chinese omelet counter) and many more to tantalize your taste buds.








But don’t fill yourselves up just yet! Also part of this magnificent spread will be a large selection of delectable desserts like Easter nest cakes, Easter cup cakes, Easter Eggs, Easter Bunnies, Easter baba au rhum and a special chocolate buffet. Our special Easterrfic Trail promises loads of entertaining activities that are sure to keep you in high spirits through-out the day- with Easter Egg Hunt lined up at Westin Woods.



Celebrate Easter with your loved ones as you all together enjoy the delicious and irresistible Easter brunch filled with traditional delights, festivities and breathtaking views at The Westin Mumbai Garden City.


Tuesday, 10 March 2015

A BMW turned into a captivating canvas in a fiesta of world class food, wine & art!

Artist Sangeeta Babani painting beautiful illustrations on the BMW 

The Westin Mumbai Garden City believes in continuously creating moments beyond ordinary for their esteemed guests and in association with Art Connoisseur Jyotiee Balani played host to an exclusive Art Brunch. All the guests were wowed as renowned artist Sangeeta Babani recreated her canvas magic with painting live on a BMW as they savored on the scrumptious art-inspired food prepared by Executive Chef Rahul Dhavale and delectable wine by Charosa Vineyards at Westin Ballroom.



It was a perfect blissful afternoon to soak in the sun over an irresistible brunch at our elevating property with Sangeeta Babani live car painting masterpiece and her creations on the theme of the bustling and zealous aura of ‘Bombay City’. The guests who comprised of prominent media personalities, wine, art & food enthusiasts witnessed her signature blend of realism and abstractionism as she painted the swanky BMW car (Authorized partners Infinity cars) with the vibrant palette her art follows.


Director of Sales & Marketing Vinay Singh with Fashion Designers Riddhi & Siddhi Mapxencar

Many well known faces from the Bollywood fraternity like popular TV Stars and celebrities like Dheeraj Dhooper, Vinny Arora, Riddhi & Siddhi Mapxencar, etc were spotted enjoying the captivating art, retro music, mouthwatering food & wine at the fun filled afternoon.The Westin Mumbai Garden City provided an ideal atmosphere for an uplifting afternoon of up-scale hospitality with scrumptious food and elevating service that made the Art Brunch a mesmerizing affair to remember.

  Hotel Manager Nishant Agarwal,TV Stars Dheeraj Dhooper & Vinny Arora, Art Connoisseur Jyotiee Balani and Director of Sales & Marketing Vinay Singh

Thursday, 5 March 2015

Celebrate Women Power at The Westin Mumbai Garden City!!



International Women’s Day honours the strengths and success of all women. The Westin Mumbai
Garden City is all set to salute womanhood in a grand way with an exquisite brunch filled with special treats especially for all the women in F & B venue Seasonal Tastes high up on Level 18.

Enjoy the delicious and extremely delightful brunch this Women’s Day with your family and friends as The Westin Mumbai Garden City will continue to surprise you with irresistible cocktails, delicacies, gifts and flowers the entire afternoon. Indulge to the wide spread buffet that includes live stations and interactive kitchens. Get spoilt by the various choices of International & Indian cuisines and savour yourselves to Mexican, Italian, Asian, Indian favourites with a touch of Executive Chef Rahul Dhavale novelty along with an endless dessert bar clubbed with zippy beverages that provide a treat to your taste buds.


While you get mesmerized to the splendid views overlooking the beautiful city and charming green reserves, all the beautiful ladies will renew themselves with complimentary quick 5 minute shoulder massages. The women guests can enhance their culinary skills with the unique and fun cooking class specially for them at the PDR section in Kangan. Celebrate the spirit of being a woman this Women’s Day with your loved ones at The Westin Mumbai Garden City.

Sachin Mylavarapu, Director of Food & Beverage, The Westin Mumbai Garden City, “We salute womanhood with a scrumptious brunch packed with entertaining & renewing activities, alluring delicacies and beverages that will delight all our esteemed lady guests. This Women’s Day let The Westin Mumbai Garden City create unforgettable moments for you and your loved ones.”


Jubilate to the exclusive revelries for all ladies at the Women’s Day Brunch on Sunday 8th March in Seasonal Tastes at The Westin Mumbai Garden City. 

Monday, 2 March 2015

Congratulations Yogesh Sawant! Proud member of The Westin Mumbai Garden City family!

Yogesh Sawant - IT Person of the Year 
Already selected as the regional project champion with Starwood to implement Corporate Domain Migration for South Asia for 13 properties, Yogesh Sawant – IT Senior Manager at The Westin Mumbai Garden City has the Hotelier Awards India jury’s vote for making him the number one IT Champion across India.  He has received the award of IT Person of the Year - 2014 from Hotelier India.

Since January 2012 Yogesh Sawant administers and monitors the daily IT Procedures in the hotel. He is responsible for the designing and implementation of Preventive Maintenance for all IT hardware & Software. He manages his team very efficiently by assigning their jobs and training them on all needed theoretical and practical procedures, troubleshooting and support within corporate standards. He diligently manages and works closely with the supplier for any software/hardware conflicts. Yogesh frequently develops and adapts new ideas that bring IT services to a higher management and come up with plans to advance its operations.

Yogesh Sawant job role over a period has been changed from a technical professional to a business enabler. His management and skills have not been restricted to computers, applications and internet but have been put to right utility by involving in decision making, budgeting, cost controlling, business analysis towards IT revenue, awareness of IT updates among colleagues, planning and executing business contingency, actively participating in all the hotel audits including GEI, security, finance, Starwood global IT audit and peer review etc. Understanding the need of being tech savvy, Yogesh ensures to train the IT team as well as other departments.

Yogesh Sawant says, “Winning a national level award has motivated me even more and it is a testament to the commitment of my work and team. Getting appreciated by the whole hospitality world in India has spurred me to continue to discover more innovative ways to enhance guest experiences, green technology and cost savings.”

A true asset within the team, Yogesh Sawant truly deserves this nationwide recognition and The Westin Mumbai Garden City is proud to have a talented leader in Hospitality like him in our team.