Restaurants in The Western Ghats
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Sidewalk Café
A cross between an American diner and an Italian cafe is something you’d expect to find in Mumbai rather than the mountains, but it’s a welcome change of scene. The fluorescent interior is oddly out of place in Ooty and the food is a bit overpriced, but if you’re craving something Western this is as good as it gets.
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Shinkow’s Chinese Restaurant
Shinkow’s is an Ooty institution and the simple menu of chicken, pork, beef, fish, noodles and rice dishes is usually pretty good, if kind of uninspired.
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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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Royal Tibet
If you’re missing Tibetan food, come here for the chewy but tasty momos (dumplings).
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Chandan Restaurant
At Hotel Nahar, Chandan serves up delicious veg dishes in elegant surroundings. Thalis are served at lunchtime or choose from a range of biryanis and Chinese dishes.
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Kabob Corner
Aaargh – let your inner carnivore scream in vicious exultation after enduring the non-stop veg of South India. Here you can tear apart perfectly grilled and spiced chunks of lamb, chicken and if you like, paneer (wussy). Sop up the juices with pillowy triangles of naan and revel in your messy return to the meat-eating fold.
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Selvan Saloon
This isn’t a restaurant; it’s a stall. But it’s a stall that serves the best street food we had in South India: an incredibly rich and spicy mushroom curry that would shame some of the pricier dishes around. Look for the long lines, and get ready for bliss.
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Tava
A clean, fast and cheap veg option, this place has a wide menu; try the cauliflower-stuffed gobi paratha (spicy cauliflower bread) and sev puri (crisp, puffy fried bread with potato and chutney).
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Naalukattu
For the price, this is a rather gorgeous restaurant that resembles a dark-wood-accented Keralan verandah. The Malayalam-inspired food is all good, but it’s the fish curry that goes down an absolute treat.
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Malabar
In the KK Residency Hotel, this restaurant specialises in Keralan and North Indian food. The Malabar chicken roast (Rs100) is a spicy treat and there are seafood choices like tandoori pomfret.
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Annalakshmi
The top veg restaurant in town, this is run by devotees of Swami Shatanand Saraswati; the price of your meal helps support the Shivanjali educational trust for underprivileged children.
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Eco Nut
This interesting shop sells a wide range of locally produced organic health food – whole-wheat bread, muffins, cheese, salad greens – and essential oils, herbs and herb remedies.
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Patel’s
Locals and Gujaratis craving a taste of their state’s delicious vegetarian cuisine crowd into this barren yet bustling cafe come dinner time.
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Pastry Corner
Pick up great picnic sandwiches and yummy brownies (Rs5; after 3pm) here, or squeeze onto the benches with a cuppa to watch the world go by.
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Hotel Astoria
This veg restaurant is always packed with locals and tourists, especially come lunchtime when it serves excellent all-you-can-eat thalis.
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Hilltop’s Biryani
There’s a huge range of biryani available here, from hot Hyderabadi-style to an intriguing seafood version of the spicy rice dish.
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Hotel New Punjab
For North Indian and tandoori dishes (and any non-veg curries in general), this is the best place in Kodai.
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Virtue Bake
If you want to see Indian kids and international students talk like American valley girls while sipping posh coffee and snacking on excellent cakes and brownies, Virtue Bake is totally your scene.
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Hot Breads
This is a popular bakery turning out a huge range of breads, pastries, pies and sweets - go early for the fresh stuff. (Don't be put off by the Chinese shopfront; it's advertising the upstairs restaurant.)
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Hotel Sanjay
This basic but bustling spot does excellent thalis; the Keralan style fish meal is especially tasty.
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