Restaurants in Maharashtra
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Kayani Bakery
The family-run Kayani Bakery is famous for its homemade Shrewsbury biscuits, but the sweet attractions run to all manner of cakes.
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Malaka Spice
A chic and happening restaurant that sometimes doubles as a gallery. Admire the artworks while gorging on some excellent South-east Asian food, and wash it all down with one of the eatery’s fine wines or a pint of fresh draught.
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Prems
In a quiet, leafy courtyard tucked away behind a commercial block, Prems is perfect for those lazy, beer-aided lunch sessions, and is patronised for its Indian, continental and Chinese selection.
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Krishnum
One of the popular eateries, this place dishes out South Indian snacks and fruit juices of reasonable quality.
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Swad Veg Restaurant
As well as a pile of cheap-eat Indian staples, this place offers pizzas (Rs. 40 to Rs. 50) and lots of ice creams and shakes – all of which are gobbled up under the benevolent gaze of Swami Yogiraj Hanstirth. It’s quite hard to find, but if and when you do get to it, you’ll realise it’s worth the effort.
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Vaishali
Old-timers can’t stop raving about this institution, known for its range of delicious snacks and meals. ‘Don’t miss the SPDP’, notes a college student hanging out by the entrance. The scrumptious sev potato dal puri (Rs. 35), a favourite local snack, is what she means. Go find out for yourself!
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Talk of the Town
One of the few classy dining options in Nasik, this restaurant, next to the New Central bus stand, is a nice place to wash down sundry succulent Indian bites with a refreshing pint of lager. Don’t get too adventurous with the Chinese section of the menu; your noodles might arrive smelling of raw eggs.
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Food Lovers
For some lip-smacking Punjabi and Chinese fare, try this restaurant across the road from the MTDC Holiday Resort, where the decor comprises a row of aquariums (sadly dry at the time of research). Locals vouch for its quality, and say it’s a reliable place to tuck into the meaty stuff.
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Swiss Cheese Garden
The ABC Farms is a complex of midrange restaurants in Koregaon Park, where healthy, organic food is the order of the day. One of the best restaurants here is the Swiss Cheese Garden, which, alongside delicious pastas, offers good old cheese fondues.
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Pangat Thali
A big-eater’s delight, this no-frills vegetarian restaurant cooks up an array of delicious Gujarati dishes, which liveried waiters lovingly heap on your platter quicker than you can tuck them in. Soon, you’re fed up to your eyeballs, and dessert isn’t served yet!
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Grapevine
Charming wrought-iron table settings topped with Mediterranean-themed placemats topped with the finest Parsi and continental dishes, with a glass of wine for the added effect. Skip this place, and you’ve missed half the fun in town.
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New Sea Rock Restaurant
Near the boat pier, New Sea Rock Restaurant is a nice place from where you can watch the sun set behind the fort. Just order yourself a cup of chai and snacks and you gain access to its excellent sea-facing sit-out!
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Flags
This super-popular global cuisine place was on hibernation mode during research, and should be back with its legendary Lebanese delights and dishes such as Mongolian cauliflower and yakisoba (fried Japanese noodles) soon.
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Hotel Arya
This place tosses up a long list of surprisingly tasty and well-tempered Indian fare, including some lip-smacking Punjabi delights. It’s so popular you may have to queue for a table. Opposite Kelkar Market, near the clock tower.
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Kailash
Adjacent to Hotel Nandanvan, this pure-veg restaurant is a classy glass-and-chrome place where you can sit back after a long day out and wolf down a variety of local delicacies brought to your table by smartly dressed waiters.
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Juice World
As well as producing delicious fresh fruit juices and shakes, this casual cafe with outdoor seating serves inexpensive snacks such as pizza and pav bhaji (spiced vegetables and bread) for around Rs. 40 to Rs. 50.
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Annapoorna Lunch Home
No surprises on offer here, but it would be hard to find faults with the cheap and pan-fresh eats dished out by the hospitable waiters here. Peak lunch hours are a bad time to walk in; you’d have trouble finding a seat.
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Third on the Seventh
In something of a reversal of trends, this classy joint is run by a British-Indian couple who have returned to Pune from the UK bringing with them a bulging recipe book of 'British style' curries and continental food.
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Hookahs & Tikkas
Operating out of a balcony overlooking the main road, this cheerful place serves savoury Indian fare and an assortment of hookahs (Rs. 150), the ban on public smoking notwithstanding!
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German Bakery
Pune’s melting pot and a compulsory halt on the Koregaon Park backpacker trail, this long-running cafe is known for its light, healthy snacks and a good range of cakes and puddings.
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Surabhi
This bustling eatery is the right place in town to sample some of Kolhapur’s legendary snacks such as misal (a spicy snack not unlike bhelpuri ), thalis and lassi.
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Shisha Café
Almost next door to the Swiss Cheese Garden is the equally enjoyable Shisha Café, which is a combination jazz bar and Iranian restaurant complete with bubbling hookah pipes.
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Arthur’s Theme
A stylish place offering decent French cuisine in a slightly formal atmosphere. The dishes here have wacky names after figures such as Don Quixote. Taste for adventure, eh?
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Tandoor Restaurant & Bar
Offering fine tandoori dishes and flavour-some North Indian and Chinese vegetarian options in a weirdly Pharaonic atmosphere, this is one of Aurangabad’s top restaurants.
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Garden View Restaurant
Locals insist that the tastiest meals in Matheran come from this kitchen, and might get tastier once it’s done with the renovation work that was on during research time.
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