Ana kiran mazaunin Mumbai Mumbaikar . Mutane sun fi son kasancewa kusa da tashar jirgin ƙasa don samun sauƙin shiga birni. Yawancin mazauna birni suna rayuwa cikin hanzari tare da ɗan lokaci kaɗan don wasu ayyuka saboda yawan lokacin da ake kashewa a kan zirga-zirgar yau da kullum. Marathi shine ainihin harshen da ake magana da shi a Birnin Mumbai. Lingo na kudu na Bombay lingo sun haɗa da kalmomi kamar "aye" da "sanar da ni", wanda yawanci ana bi ta hanyar "Zan sanar da ku" (wanda aka fi yawan gajarta shi "lmk" da "ilyk"). Babban birni yana da abinci mai sauri a gefen titi wanda ya ƙunshi Maharashtrian Pav Bhaji, Vada pavs, Dabeli, Panipuri, Bhelpuri, da dai sauransu. Abincin Indiyawan Kudu da na China suma sun shahara a cikin birni. Labanon, Koriya, Thai, Italiyanci, Meziko, Mughalai, Punjabi, Mālvani da abinci na Nahiyar duk suna shahara a Mumbai. Mumbai tana da wasu tsoffin gidajen abinci a Kasar Indiya . Delhi Darbar, Sindhudurg, Highway Gomantak, Samrat, Vitthal Bhelwala, Mahesh Lunch Home, Kailas Parbat, da Adarsh wasu tsofaffin gidajen cin abinci ne a cikin garin.