International restaurants in India
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Cream Centre
An excellent ice-cream parlour in a bright, slick interior. Oh, and real food, too: a pure-veg hodgepodge of Indian, Mexican and Middle Eastern.
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Cafe Orange Boom
Just past Cafe Diogo, on the opposite side of the road, this nice little place has good food and friendly service, with a useful noticeboard for catching up on Anjunan goings-on.
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Rainbow Restaurant
Set on a small rooftop with a view over the lake, the Rainbow hums with satisfied customers. The pasta is excellent, and the ice-cream sundaes overflow with sugary goodness. The hummus with fresh pita is pretty darn authentic.
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La Piazza
If you're in the mood for some swankier international fare, come here for quality wood-fired pizzas, exquisite potato gnocchi, succulent Australian lamb chops and authentic handmade pasta.
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Lamayuru Restaurant
Surrounded by other similar backpacker eateries, this is a plain but very reliable place for good inexpensive Indian, Chinese and international snacks.
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King's Cliff Restaurant
An atmospheric restaurant with quality multicuisine food. There's no alcohol permit, but you can BYO.
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Cidade de Goa
After a day of poking about the coastline, a good place to recover before heading homeward is at one of the eight restaurants at this swanky village-style place, designed by renowned Goan architect Charles Correa, close to Dona Paula in the village of Vainguinim. Chow down at its Portuguese-themed Alfama restaurant, which comes complete with wandering minstrels, or just drop in for a cool sundowner at the Bar Latino.
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Home
This hip, relaxed restaurant, run by a lovely British couple, serves up unquestionably the best food in Patnem. Fill up for breakfast with a thick, delicious rosti topped with fried eggs, cheese and tomatoes, or stop in for coffee and the best chocolate brownies in India. Home also rents out nicely decorated, light rooms (Rs1000 to Rs2500). Call to book or ask at the restaurant.
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Om Made Cafe
A highlight on Anjuna’s clifftop strip, this cheery little place offers striped deckchairs from which to enjoy the views and the simple, sophisticated breakfasts, sandwiches and salads. Go for a raw papaya salad with ginger and lemongrass (Rs170), accompanied by a chickoo (small, sweet fruit of the sapodilla tree) and coconut smoothie or a glass of ‘perfumed water’ (Rs20).
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New Inn
Clean and colourful split-level restaurant with a well-priced menu served by staff in waistcoats and bow ties. There are good breakfast choices, including filter coffee (Rs. 10), but it’s the delicious main courses that hit the spot. If you like a bit of spice, don’t leave this place without trying the mattar paneer (unfermented cheese and pea curry).
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Quarterdeck
Watch crammed passenger ferries and hulking casino boats chug by from a waterside table at this open-air ‘multicuisine’ restaurant perched on the Mandovi banks. There’s a small playground for children and the multicuisine is tasty enough, though the location is without doubt the restaurant’s biggest drawcard.
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Cafe Diogo
Probably the best fruit salads in the world are sliced and diced at Cafe Diogo, a small locally run cafe on the way down to the market. Also worth a try are the generous toasted avocado, cheese and mushroom sandwiches, the jumbo fry-ups, and the unusual gooseberry lassi.
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Blue Sea Horse
Situated just where beach meets street, Blue Sea Horse serves a solid all-day menu with extensive seafood options when the catch comes in, but its popularity soars come sunset, with mean cocktails and a nightly movie (usually screened around 7pm) on offer.
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On Track
An almost full-sized steam train heads straight for the window offering parents a unique, upmarket dining experience in leather-seated Pullman carriages while the kids play in the locomotive. Over-keen waiters flock like vultures but food standards vary.
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Bukhara
Considered Delhi’s best restaurant, serving Northwest Frontier–style cuisine. Its tandoor and dhal are particularly renowned. Apparently Bill Clinton ate here four times in a row. Reservations are essential (taken between 7pm and 8pm).
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Avalon Sunset
Good food, a pool table, a chill-out area, free wi-fi and rooms for rent (Rs400 and up) make this a great representative of Anjuna’s clifftop restaurant parade. There’s daily yoga on the roof, too; call in for class times.
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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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Double Dutch
An ever-popular option for its steaks, salads and famous apple pies, this is a great place to peruse the noticeboard for current Arambolic affairs, while munching on a plateful of cookies or a huge, tasty sandwich.
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Fresh Bite Restaurant
Upstairs, across the road from the DGHC, this place has a huge range of almost uniformly good food including some hard-to-find dishes that you might just have been craving, like miso soup and bacon sandwiches.
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Dhivyar Mahal Restaurant
One of the better multicuisine restaurants not attached to a hotel, Dhivyar Mahal is clean and bright. The usual curries go down a treat, and where else are you going to find roast leg of lamb in Madurai?
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Ivory
Fashionably suave Indian, Chinese and Continental dining with some of the most original curries in town, originally dreamt up by India's leading celebrity chef. Excellent lunch buffets from Rs400.
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La Gardenia
This place serves tasty and well-presented food in a sophisticated environment. In case you’ve tired of the local Indian options, this is a nice place to dig into some tasty Continental fare.
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Raju Terrace Garden Restaurant
This long-standing rooftopper has fairy lights, potted plants and tremendous views, plus reasonable ‘homesick food’ such as baked potatoes and pizza. The Indian fare is middling though.
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Temple View
The nightly rooftop restaurant at the Hotel Park Plaza serves multicuisine veg and nonveg dishes. Butter chicken masala is good value and the tandoori chicken is especially succulent.
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Emperor Restaurant
It’s all veg all the time at Hotel Chentoor’s rooftop restaurant, but that karmic goodness is a bit undone by the fact this spot basically becomes a very popular bar come nightfall.
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