New Delhi
Bamboo slices the sunlight into flattering stripes at this outdoor restaurant offering a modern take on delicious Indian cooking from across the regions…
Must-see restaurants in New Delhi
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Founder Mr Kamath's dad was a mango vendor in Mangalore, which apparently inspired his love of fruit. He went on to start Naturals, with its wonderfully…
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Located in a peaceful garden-courtyard inside Triveni Art Gallery, this delightful cafe has seating on a plant-filled terrace overlooking a small, grassy…
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Fabulous dosas, idlis and other South Indian delights. With queues coming out the door, this is the biggest and the best of Delhi's Saravana Bhavan…
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A hallowed bargain, the canteen at the Andhra Pradesh state house serves cheap and delicious unlimited South Indian thalis to a seemingly unlimited stream…
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Thalis fit for a king. Treat yourself with food-of-the-gods vegetarian thalis that encompass a fantastic array of Gujarati and Rajasthani dishes.
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Delhi’s best thali (₹230–320) is served up in unassuming surroundings – a simple Tamil canteen on the edge of Connaught Place. There are queues every meal…
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This small, but enduring food market, made up of a dozen-or-so restaurants and ice-cream shops, set around a quiet square, is the go-to place for…
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The staff canteen at Kerala House (Kerala Government HQ in Delhi) offers bargain set meals cooked with authentic Keralan spices. Lunchtimes are wildly…
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This buzzy Connaught Place joint signifies the Delhi foodie penchant for quirkiness, with all sorts of 'molecular gastronomy' and unusual fusion dishes…
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Fresh fish is flown in daily from Mangalore to this buzzing restaurant in the diplomatic district. There are three intimate levels, decorated with…
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In the beautifully restored colonial-era Bikaner House, Chor Bizarre ('Thieves' Market') is a new branch of Hotel Broadway's famous restaurant on the…
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Fashion designer Rohit Baal created Véda’s sumptuous interior, making for Connaught Place’s most dimly lit eatery, a dark boudoir with swirling neo-Murano…
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This no-frills, always-busy dhaba (snack bar) is a basic hole in the wall that’s hugely popular with local workers for its famous butter chicken (₹230)…
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Shaded under the wide reaches of an old banyan tree, the garden courtyard at Coffee Home is always busy with office workers lingering over chai and…
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With its origins in the street food of Rawalpindi in present-day Pakistan, this now famous restaurant was opened in 1954 by 20-year-old Kasturi Lal Wadhwa…
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Not a coffee shop (though you can just come for coffee), but an upscale, high-ceilinged, chandeliered restaurant, with an old-world dining room full of…
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A chef-helmed vegetarian-only restaurant bringing street eats from across India together onto one eclectic menu. Light bites and hearty meals for families…
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In the British Council is this most serene, light-filled cafe, hung with Brit art from their collection. You can sip tea and coffee and nibble on healthy…
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This is rather like a Bollywood take on Punjabi highway cuisine, with bright 'highway' decor, including half a Tata truck on the wall. Food highlights are…
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Behind waterfall windows, the Meridien's top restaurant works magic with globally sourced ingredients, with inventive dishes such as smoked duck breast…
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This small eatery creates masterful kebabs, biryani and kati rolls (kebabs wrapped in a hot paratha). It’s always busy with meat-loving hoards, but there…
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Multi award-winning Gulati is arguably the pick of the Pandara Market bunch, and focuses on familiar North Indian dishes. Stand-outs include the tangri…
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A dosa dreamland, with 24 different varieties (₹140–220) alongside other South Indian favourites like idli, vada and uttapam (savoury rice pancakes)…
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The young cousin of venerable bakery Wenger's, which is just around the corner, this clean joint has delicious milkshakes, including mango (₹110), and…
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This Pandara Market fave is a long-running haunt of well-off Delhi businessmen and families, serving North Indian food with a commendable vegetarian…
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This popular 1st-floor place is above the government craft emporiums, and is cheap, clean and cheerful, proffering North and South Indian dishes. The ₹50…
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The excellent restaurant at Hotel Palace Heights serves Mughlai cuisine, has a lovely, calm, bamboo-shuttered and glass-covered terrace and plenty of…
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Venerable Wenger’s was opened by a Swiss couple in 1926, and has been baking up a storm ever since. Come for cakes, sandwiches, biscuits and savoury…
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Indian sweets, phirni (rice pudding) and kulfi (traditional Indian ice cream) from a hole-in-the-wall shop that's been going since 1959.
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More stylish than its name suggests, Chicken Inn serves mainly North Indian dishes to enthusiastic local families and businessmen.
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Buzzy, clean snacks-and-sweets joint. Try street-food offerings such as dal bhalla or chole bhatura.
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Cheap-as-chips, no frills cafe inside the gates of the National Museum. You don't have to visit the museum to eat here, which is handy because there are…
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With a busy trade in sweets, dried fruit and nuts, and hot snacks such as channa bhatura (spicy chickpeas with puffed bread), this place won't warrant a…
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Indian versions of Chinese and Thai food, with some Japanese sushi too, served in pleasant surroundings in this small, classier-than-average food market.
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Located in a quiet, upmarket residential area, this circle of small shops, and one or two cafes, is famous for its Indian sweets and street food.
New Delhi
Japanese sushi, Chinese noodles and Thai curries in soothing surroundings. Serves beer and wine too.
