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Whistling Teal
This restaurant with superlative curries and exemplary service is entered through the foyer of the Raj Palace Hotel. Set well back from the street in a putting-green-perfect garden, here you can drink cocktails or smoke a hookah in saddles at the bar. The espresso coffee is the real thing – there is also a small coffee bar fronting Bhattiyani Chohtta.
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Cafe Edelweiss
The Savage Garden folks run this itsy piece of Europe that appeals to homesick and discerning travellers. The cake tray, including cinnamon rolls, apple pies and chocolate cake, disappears quickly, and it’s tough to get a seat. The coffee (Rs30 to Rs40) is pretty good.
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Lotus Cafe
This funky little restaurant plucks out fabulous chicken dishes (predominantly Indian) and is ideal for meeting and greeting other travellers. There are board games available, a mezzanine to loll about on, and plenty of cool background sounds.
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Natraj Lodge
Justifiably famous throughout town for its delicious all-you-can-eat Gujarati thalis, this place is permanently busy with locals.
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Maxim’s Cafe
Maxim’s has a small, two-tiered roof-top terrace overlooking the Jagdish Temple. The fresh, pure-vegetarian food includes Indian staples plus Chinese, continental and pizza.
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Jagat Niwas Palace Hotel
A wonderful, classy restaurant with superb lake views, delicious Indian cuisine and good service. Choose from an extensive selection of rich curries (tempered for Western tastes) – mutton, chicken, fish, veg – as well as the tandoori classics. There’s a tempting bar menu of cocktails and the beer is icy. It’s wise to book ahead for dinner.
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Berry’s
A cosy and cool restaurant with a shiny brass door and a swirling fish tank, Berry’s is a good bet in the evening, when the trade is busy and the white-tablecloth service comes to the fore. The cooking is classy veg and nonveg, with quality Indian plus Chinese and continental.
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Lake Palace Hotel
This Udaipur institution will never live up to its hype, but where else can you eat in such surrounds? As well as the sumptuous buffet lunch, there is a three-course dinner (Rs3000 plus taxes). Reservations are mandatory, at least the day before, and dress is smart casual.
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Cafe Namaste
A European-themed bakery that delivers the goods with scrumptious muffins, apple pies, cinnamon rolls, brownies, etc. And to wash it down there is coffee from a shiny silver espresso machine (Rs40 to Rs70) taking pride of place.
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Arbuda
This big restaurant is set on a sweeping open terrace filled with chrome chairs. It’s very popular for its Gujarati, Punjabi and South Indian food, and does fine continental breakfasts and fresh juices .
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Parkview Restaurant
A celebrated local restaurant (since 1968) with a surprisingly low tourist quota, Parkview does a solid spread of Indian staples in a 90-seater elongated room with fuzzy red seats and well-dressed waiters.
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King’s Food
A busy, open-to-the-street fast-food joint. It has the usual have-a-go menu and offers Chinese, Punjabi and South Indian food, and delicious lassis.
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Kanak Dining Hall
The excellent all-you-can-eat thalis are contenders for Mt Abu’s best; there’s seating indoors in the busy dining hall or outside under a canopy.
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Shere Punjab Hotel
This place in the market has bargain Punjabi and Chinese food. There are plenty of regular veg and nonveg curries that won’t stretch the budget.
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Surya Mahal
This is an expensive, though hip, '30s-style eatery, with delicious Continental and Asian cuisine in a high-ceilinged opulent interior.
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Shilpi Restaurant
Next to Shilpgram, this is a pleasantly open restaurant serving the usual range of cuisines. It also has a pool with a small entry fee.
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Bawarchi Restaurant
A jumping local thali joint where you can eat Jain, Gujarati or Rajasthani versions for not a lot of money.
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Trident Hilton
The service and multicuisine buffet at this slick top-end hotel are worth the short trek out here.
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Udai Mahal
This restaurant specialises in the most refined Rajasthani and North Indian food.
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Hadee Rani Guest House
A superb rooftop restaurant with an energetic family in charge.
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Savage Garden
This place, near Chandpol, is very atmospheric, with indigo walls and tables in alcoves or in a pleasant courtyard. The food is Mediterranean with Italian and Middle Eastern influences – try the three meze: babaganoush, hummus and tabouli. The bar is slick, with red, white and sparkling Indian wines from Nasik, Maharashtra.
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Ambrai
The Indian cuisine at this scenic restaurant – at lake-shore level, looking across to Lake Palace Hotel, Lal Ghat and the City Palace – does justice to its fabulous position. Ambrai feels like a French park, with its wrought-iron furniture, dusty ground and large shady trees, and there’s a terrific bar to complement the dining.
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Sunrise
Sunrise does a breakfast of champions, plus home-cooked Indian and several Italian and Swiss dishes for the homesick traveller. There are only six tables so arrive early. The delightful Shashi runs spicy cooking lessons in the downstairs kitchen.
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