Restaurants in Chandigarh
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Shangri-La Plus
A Chinese restaurant with high prices and slow service but generous servings when they arrive. Try the yaki gyoza - dumplings with hot garlic sauce.
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Copper Chimney
The boti kebab (charcoal-grilled marinated mutton) is spicy, succulent goodness, the tandoori gobi (cauliflower) is clay-oven magic, and the ‘sizzling brownie’ is chocolatey bliss. Chic interior.
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Nik Baker’s
Chandigarh’s top bakery, with fresh bread (multigrain, linseed, ciabatta, sunflower, rye etc), snacks (quiche, mushroom panini, chicken croissants) and pastries (lemon tarts, blueberry cheesecake, brownies). There’s also gelato ice cream (the brownie-fudge is mmmmmagical). Birthday cakes (from Rs390) can be baked with at least a day’s notice. Smaller branch at Sector 9-D.
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Barbeque Nation
The novelty at this wood-esque restaurant is small grills embedded in each table, allowing diners to partake in the cooking of their meals. The food, however, isn’t quite as sexy. There’s a good veg/nonveg buffet (lunch Monday to Saturday/Sunday per person Rs309/450; dinner daily Rs450) which includes BBQ Indian, Chinese and Mediterranean fare.
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Orchid Lounge
This elegant lounge-bar-restaurant is a fancy place to dilly-dally over a bottle of Grover’s Sauvignon Blanc (Rs800) while perusing the ‘Oriental’ menu. Tempting choices include the sweet-and-sour fish with lemongrass and kafir-lime leaves, pad Thai, and broccoli, baby corn and cashew nuts in chilli plum sauce.
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Swagath
Stellar Indian food with a focus on Mangalorean and Chettinad recipes. Seafood – prawns, squid, crab and a tasty fish gassi (coconut-based curry) – is artfully prepared, and the murgh malai tikka (clay oven–cooked marinated chicken) isn’t bad either.
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Moti Mahal
Scrummy North Indian favourites; the butter chicken, jeera aloo (spiced potatoes), chicken masala and palak paneer (unfermented cheese chunks in spiced pureed spinach) get the thumbs up. Good variety of piping-hot Indian breads. Branch at Sector 26.
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Sai Sweets
Apart from an awesome array of mithai (Indian sweets), humble SS has namkin (savoury nibbles) and more substantial snacks like plump samosas (deep-fried pastry triangles) and channa bhatura (fried Indian-style bread with spiced chickpeas).
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Mehfil
Indian, Chinese and Continental food served in comfortable surrounds, with the murg tawa (Punjabi-style chicken) and methi murg (chicken with fenugreek) among the standouts. Spice aficionados may find some dishes too tame.
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Ruby Tuesday
If you’re cinema’ing at Fun Republic, grab a pre- or post-movie bite at this easygoing American-style diner known for its fat burgers, cheesy pizza and finger licking–good ribs. There’s also a food court on Fun Republic’s top floor.
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Sagar Ratna
This all-veg chain-restaurant does South Indian specialities with aplomb, from first-rate dosas (savoury crepes) to satiating thalis. The cool dahi idli (spongy rice cake) is a tummy-soothing yoghurty elixir.
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Mermaid Pub & Restaurant
One aspect of Le Corbusier’s masterplan is artificial Sukhna Lake. Ornamental gardens, a playground and the Mermaid Pub & Restaurant complete the fun. Sunday afternoons can get crowded.
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Sundarams
For superauthentic South Indian dishes, this cute, family-run place can’t be beat. Home-style dosas , idlis and uttapams (savoury rice pancakes) are served with lovely fresh chutneys.
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Ghazal
A Chandigarh stalwart, grand Ghazal has an admirable Indian, Continental and Chinese menu. Ghazal special murg (cream-based chicken) is nicely washed down with draught beer (Rs45 per mug).
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Noodle Bar
Oodles of noodles. And when you’re all noodled-out there are ample other Asian creations: dim sums, wontons, Singapore chicken satays, lemon coriander broth and an inventive Thai chicken penne.
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Chop Sticks 2
Moodily lit, this pleasing Chinese restaurant has locals coming back again and again, especially for the sliced chicken in hot garlic sauce. Smaller branch at Sector 22-B.
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Sindhi Sweets
Indian snacks like aloo tikki (potato) burgers as well as an eye-popping mix of mithai. Perpetually busy, especially around Diwali.
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Java Dave’s
Opposite Hotel Mountview, this is a cheery little coffee-and-cake stop if you’re in the area. The ‘toasted coconut coffee’ sounds interesting.
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Bhoj Vegetarian Restaurant
Specialising in Punjabi and Himachal dishes, particularly thalis, this dependable eatery offers a different lunch and dinner menu every day.
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Oven Fresh
Quality bakery: think mushroom pies, fluffy muffins, hot peppermint tea, peach iced tea, latte and the like.
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Bhoj
A travellers’ favourite, this is an unpretentious spot to fuel up on a hearty North Indian veg thali.
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Khyber
Drink beer at the cowboy-themed basement bar, before diving into flavoursome northwest Frontier-style cuisine at the restaurant. They do startlingly good dhal Khyber (slow-simmered curried lentils) and pathar kebab (lava stone–roasted lamb).
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Hot Millions Salad Bar & Restaurant
Best of its city-wide branches and popular for its salad buffet (soups, veg/nonveg salads and desserts, Rs201 per person). The higgledy-piggledy à la carte menu has everything from Tex-Mex and Chinese to Indian and Italian. Laid-back vibe.
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