Must see restaurants in Odisha

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Located at the Mayfair Lagoon hotel, tiny Kanika does a fabulous job with regional Odishan recipes, particularly excelling with local seafood…

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Grab yourself a table at this tranquil restaurant, either in one of the thatched pavilions or the air-con dining room, and tuck into excellent house…

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This outlet of the small Bhubaneswar chain is widely regarded by locals as the best place in town to sample authentic Odishan cuisine, including aloo…

Bikram Sahoo and his six brothers have been churning out the unique Odishan delight known as chhena poda (made from cottage cheese, sugar and cardamom,…

Among the best North Indian kitchens in town, this stylish, air-conditioned restaurant serves perfectly cooked tandoori chicken, as well as other classics…

A great choice for South Indian breakfasts, this clean, family-friendly restaurant does a fine line in dosas (paper-thin lentil-flour pancakes), vadas …

A Puri stalwart that relocated to a quieter location off the main road, the Peace is a pleasant budget option. It does nice work with Western breakfasts…

This simple restaurant is one of the best spots to try authentic Odishan cuisine, served in huge thali-style proportions. There's an English menu…

This excellent restaurant inside the Mayfair Heritage hotel specialises in two cuisines: Odishan and Bengali. Seafood is the star here and all items on…

Everything on the pan-Asian menu here — encompassing North Indian, Chinese and a few seafood staples thrown in — bursts with the flavour of fresh herbs…

The beautifully lacquered Gujarati sankheda furniture stands out at this stylish but unpretentious vegetarian restaurant where you can enjoy delicious…

Inside the Lee Garden Hotel, this place certainly has the look of a classic Chinese restaurant: dark-wood booths, lattice screens and lots of red and gold…

Decent pizzas and pancakes, espresso-machine coffee (₹80), toasted sandwiches and breakfast fry-ups (including bacon) are all here at this cute cafe…

This large, pure-veg local favourite offers plenty of off-menu dishes, so even if you don’t see the bhindi chatpati (okra), gobi Hyderabadi (cauliflower),…

This long-standing evening-only street stall – with plastic chairs and tables spread across the pavement – does a bang-up job with tandoori chicken,…

Dahi vada (vada in flavoured yoghurt sauce) is a popular Odishan breakfast dish, and locals flock to this street-side stall beside Sri Ram Mandir to have…

This friendly stall fires up as the sun goes down, grilling three types of chicken kebabs. The green, marinated in a heady mix of mint, coriander, spinach…

This low-lit, AC-cooled restaurant is a welcome respite from the train station chaos outside. The curries (veg and nonveg) are nice and hot, and you can…