Must-see restaurants in Gujarat & Diu

This outdoor restaurant facing the town waterfront does everything: breakfasts, South Indian, Gujarati, Punjabi and Chinese, with plenty of chicken and…

Built atop a cemetery, this restaurant has tables arranged around exposed tombs. Service is friendly, and the dosas (large South Indian savoury crepes)…

Cool off with a few scoops – or a soft serve – at Vadodara’s best ice-cream parlour. Some of the flavours – such as French vanilla dipped in chocolate and…

The menu of this cheap and cheerful open-sided place close to the waterfront (although you can't actually see the sea) takes diners on a culinary tour of…

At this clean, bright and bustling curry house in the Hotel Good Night building (opposite Siddi Sayid’s Mosque), carnivores can tuck into numerous chicken…

It seems as though Tomato's has been going strong forever. It's styled along the lines of an American diner, with booth seating, and it's decorated with…

Good service by bow-tied, waistcoated waiters complements tasty vegetarian North and South Indian and Chinese dishes at this long, white, air-conditioned…

The open-air restaurant at Palms Beach Resort has excellent food, with inviting breakfasts and delicious choices such as penne with tuna and tomato, fish…

Fronting Ghoghla Beach, next to the eponymous hotel, the open-air Sea View has a full menu of Indian dishes and seafood, with the sand a stone’s throw…

The pick of a poor bunch of eateries, vegetarian New Bhabha sits 50m north of the ST bus stand, which is one block east of Somnath Temple. You can eat in…

Something different: this restaurant has a lovely garden setting next to Jyoti Nursery on the eastern side of town, and serves reasonable Jain, Punjabi…

This daily fish market is opposite Jethibai bus stand. (There's another fish market across the bridge in Ghoghla, which is active around 6.30pm.) The…

They do a roaring lunchtime trade in Gujarati thalis at this place on the 1st floor of a small shopping complex. If you're thalied out, they also do some…

Sit in a booth and treat yourself to a few scoops at this old-school ice-cream and soda shop, with mirrored walls and pictures of previous generations of…

Popular no-frills eateries and street stalls line the side of Law Garden in the evenings, including the well-frequented outlets Honest (Punjabi and…

An unexpectedly smart restaurant right in the centre of town, the Navjivan serves a thali that tempts droves of locals at lunchtime. Various other North…

A classy veg thali joint on the 1st floor of the eponymous hotel, with impeccable service and delicious food. The thali is bottomless and you can eat…

This 1st-floor, air-conditioned place serves up tasty lunchtime thalis, as well as an extensive all-veg menu including many Punjabi and South Indian…

With air-conditioning and fish tanks, this all-veg Punjabi-Chinese restaurant is a quiet oasis, with reliable food and attentive service.

This vegetarian joint is the best of several simple restaurants along the village’s main street and serves up tasty Gujarati thalis.