Goa Portuguesa is owned by Dr.Suhas Awchat. While there are physicians owning restaurants, what makes Dr.Awchat different is that he closed his practise and converted his clinic at Mahim into a speciality restaurant. The idea was to popularise ethnic food in Bombay and the out going disposition of its owner has made a lot of friends for him and the restaurant.

         The transformation from "Doctor to Waiter" as his policeman father would like to describe, has not been easy. Dr.Awchat was abandoning a respectable profession midstream for one which he had no qualifications. Fortunately he had aptitude and a life partner who supported him whole heartedly. Dr.Awchat's wife Deepa supervises the menu and enjoys cooking.

             Goan cuisine is an interesting mix of many cultures. Goa Portuguesa dishes out an array of authentic Goan spread. Its Chefs are "smuggled"(as Dr.Awchat puts it) out of Goa.

Multifaceted Dr. Suhas Awchat
(A Qualified physician, Journalist, Sportman, Actor, Model and Receipient of THE PRESIDENT'S MEDAL for meritorious service 1999)

(Mr & Mrs. Awchat)
Behind every Successful Man is a Woman