Must-see restaurants in India

To eat in what must be one of the world's smallest revolving restaurants (five small tables), you'll need to pre-book a day or two ahead. There's a ₹400…

Among the many little clifftop restaurants, Outback is consistently good for seafood and is always a great place for a sundowner, preferably right after…

This place serves generous portions of mainly Chinese food with some Indian accents, overlooked by Bob Marley and Marilyn Monroe murals, and there’s a bar…

The tables are scrappy and the murals a little mix-and-match but the views are some of the best of all the Vashisht traveller cafes.

A long-time Mamallapuram fixture with a menu leaning towards Indian and seafood. The food won't win any prizes but the three floors of tables keep busy…

Simple but cosy and clean, this little vegetarian cafe is popular with Tibetans, including monks and nuns, dining on momos and various noodle soups.

Part-mirrored walls make this friendly orange box-restaurant look bigger than it is and you might need to squeeze in for the good pasta and Tibetan dishes.

More useful as a landmark than as a place to dine, this handy spot faces Dharamkot's autorickshaw stand and is OK as a place for a cuppa or cheap snack.

This long-running family eatery features popular South and North Indian veg and nonveg dishes, including biryanis and lemon chicken.

Cosy in all its rough simplicity, Anapurna is a basic, inexpensive place for filling local food such as rajma (bean curry).

Down a land beside the bus stand, Bholla does tasty sweets and snacks, and has a gloomy basement restaurant serving okay food.

Offers one of the least inspiring buffets we've seen, in the Breeze Residency Hotel.

Next to a small playground, the DTPC's outdoor food court includes a New York Chicken outlet, a dosa stand and a juice bar.

An inexpensive vegetarian joint serving all-veg thali lunches (₹90), plus evening dosas and uttapams.

Opposite the bus stand, Jagruti is a wildly busy thali house. It's also not great on hygiene.

A small kiosk selling snacks and cold drinks inside the Western Group of temples.