Must-see restaurants in Thanjavur (Tanjore)

  • Tanjore Hi

    Thanjavur (Tanjore)

    On a boutique-hotel rooftop, this industrial-chic restaurant is a welcome surprise in traditional Thanjavur. The world-wandering menu is fuelled by fresh,…

  • Vasanta Bhavan

    Thanjavur (Tanjore)

    The busiest of several veg places facing the local bus stand, Vasanta Bhavan doles out biryanis and North Indian curries as well as smoothies, juices and…

  • Sahana

    Thanjavur (Tanjore)

    This classy hotel restaurant does a very nice line in fresh, tasty, mainly Indian veg dishes, along with lunchtime thalis (₹140) and a decent multicuisine…

  • Diana

    Thanjavur (Tanjore)

    The Hotel Gnanam's smart-ish nonveg restaurant is very good, with a wide range of North and South Indian dishes, plus local Chettinadu fare – and even…

  • Ideal River View Resort

    Thanjavur (Tanjore)

    The good, semi-open-air Indian/Sri Lankan/Chinese restaurant at the jungle-fringed Ideal River View Resort overlooks the river.

  • Sri Venkata Lodge

    Thanjavur (Tanjore)

    A friendly, popular, veg-only place near the centre of everything, that does afternoon dosas and a nice thali.

  • Jigarthanda

    Thanjavur (Tanjore)

    Cool off here with the best ice cream in town – it's 'homemade in a factory', according to the workers.