Restaurants in Varanasi
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Brown Bread Bakery
Not only does this place lead the way socially and environmentally – it supports a local school, runs a women’s empowerment group, uses organic produce wherever possible, and refills your water bottles for you (Rs5) – but the food is also terrific. The fabulous menu includes more than 20 varieties of cheese and more than 30 types of bread, cookies and cakes as well as main courses from around the world. The ambience is spot on too, with seating on cushions around low tables and live classical music performances in the evenings. Admittedly, it’s pricier than most, but part of the profits go to the charity Learn for Life.
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Open Hand
A cafe-cum-gift shop with fresh coffee and a range of cakes and snacks plus good-quality clothing and textiles at fixed prices.
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Madhur Milan Cafe
Popular with locals, this no-nonsense restaurant serves up a range of good-value, mostly south Indian dishes, including dosa, idli and uttapam, and paratha. Thalis start from Rs25, and they have lassis.
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Pizzeria Vaatika Cafe
Sit in the shady garden terrace overlooking Assi Ghat while you munch your way through top-notch pizza baked in a wood-fired oven. None of that thick-crust nonsense here – it’s all thin and crispy, as every pizza should be. Don’t forget to leave some room for the delicious apple pie.
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Lotus Lounge
A great place to chill, this laid-back, half–open-air restaurant, with broken-tile mosaic flooring and wicker chairs, has a terrace that juts out over Mansarowar Ghat. The menu’s a mixed bag, with fresh coffee, salads, pasta, curry and even Tibetan momos (dumplings).
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Canton Restaurant
The AC dining room of Hotel Surya’s excellent restaurant has a colonial elegance, and on warm evenings you can eat out in the garden. The menu is probably a bit ambitious – there are Indian, Chinese, continental, Korean and even Mexican dishes – but the food is good, with some unusual offerings, such as fish Portuguese.
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Eden Restaurant
Hotel Pradeep’s rooftop restaurant, complete with garden, manicured lawn and wrought-iron furniture, is a lovely place for a candlelit evening meal. Note that staircase-weary waiters will be very appreciative if you order at the ground-floor restaurant behind the lobby before heading up to the roof. The good-quality Indian menu is the same in both restaurants.
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El Parador
Fancy a buffalo steak, followed by waffles for dessert? Not far from the station this established restaurant, run by a Nepali family, offers something different. It's pricey but with homemade pasta, chicken souvlaki, crepes and Tibetan momos, it's worthwhile. Dine on the rooftop terrace amid the herbs or in the quaint first-floor restaurant.
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Varuna Restaurant
As you’d expect from Varanasi’s best hotel, this is one of the city’s top restaurants. Elegant without being stuffy, Varuna’s specialities include classic North Indian and Afghan dishes, the sumptuous maharaja thali and tandoor kebabs. There’s live sitar and tabla music every evening.
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Poonam & Eden Restaurant
The rooftop Eden restaurant, complete with garden, manicured lawn and wrought-iron furniture is a lovely place for a candlelit evening meal, while the downstairs Poonam features quality Indian specialities in smart surroundings.
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Yafah Restaurant
Next door to Haifa Restaurant, Middle Eastern flavours waft from this elegant space. Baba ghanouj, tahini, moussaka and falafel share the menu with Indian and Chinese dishes. Occasionally there's live classical music.
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Apsara Restaurant
This cosy AC restaurant has cushioned seats, good music and friendly staff. The multicuisine menu includes Indian, Chinese, continental, Japanese, Israeli and Korean food, and there’s a small rooftop area.
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I:ba
Slick decor and lounge-style furniture make this place – specialising in Japanese and Thai food – a fashionable choice. The menu also includes a range of pasta dishes and some tasty wraps.
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New Keshari Ruchikar Byanjan
This 1st-floor veg restaurant, specialising in both North and South Indian cuisine, is the nicest place to eat along this busy market street and is popular with local families.
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Haifa Restaurant
Near Assi Ghat, this hotel restaurant is popular for its Middle Eastern food including a dynamite thali.
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Mona Lisa Cafe and German Bakery
A pint-sized cafe with fresh coffee and bread as well as the usual multicuisine menu.
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Dennis Restaurant
Funky, bright-red restaurant specialising in pizza, but with Indian and Chinese too.
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Ganga Fuji Restaurant
Free live Indian classical music is played every evening at 7.30pm, which makes this otherwise ordinary multicuisine restaurant worth considering for dinner. Not to be confused with the nearby hotel, Ganga Fuji Home, which also has a restaurant.
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Dolphin Restaurant
Perched high above Man Mandir Ghat, this rooftop restaurant at Rashmi Guest House is a fine place for breakfast or an evening meal. Watch food being prepared through the glass-walled kitchen or sit out on the breezy balcony.
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