New Bombay started as a canteen in 1994, with its first branch in Buendia Supermarket, Makati City. It only had a 25 persons maximum capacity for dine-in, and the food was best described by customers as intense rather than hot. To satisfy the different customers, It had New Bombay cooks differently for Indians & non-Indians (Chinese, Filipinos, Americans, etc) adjusting the spices and taste to suit the preferred taste of the latter, so the customers love the food & enjoyed the small canteen ambiance. After years of saving money the small canteen decided to form a corporation, becoming New Bombay Food Inc. in 2001, after incorporating it closed its former canteen due to an area demolition and opened its first official restaurant catering to families and middle-aged working people.  
Added on May 21, 2012