Must-see restaurants in The Western Ghats

With tables on the veranda of a beautifully revamped 19th-century bungalow, La Belle Vie has guests driving miles for its flavour-popping European-Indian…

This pure-veg restaurant is always packed with locals and tourists, especially at lunchtime when it serves fantastic all-you-can-eat thalis.

Brush up on Nilgiri-bee facts over meals at this arty, fairy-lit restaurant tucked inside the Keystone Foundation's little Bee Museum. It might sound…

You get a taste of everything at this elegant heritage-hotel restaurant up above Ooty. Half glassed-in conservatory, half tables scattered across Raj-era…

All wood walls, intimate lighting, live piano and plush orange velvets, the Savoy's candlelit dining room dishes up fabulous contemporary continental,…

Why yes, that is a real Italian-style wood-fire pizza oven. And yes, that’s hummus and falafel on the menu, along with oven-baked pasta and homemade cakes…

Tucked between manicured gardens, this signature heritage-hotel restaurant is a lovely place for splurging on polished global cuisine and brilliant…

With a tiny terrace up in the trees and several indoor spaces, this fashionable restaurant plates up well-prepared dishes covering everything from…

This sparkly Ooty favourite is constantly crammed with locals and tourists filling up on delicious, swiftly delivered South Indian staples (dosa, vada,…

Honey-coloured wood and monochrome Kodai photos set the tone for tasty, elegantly prepared Indian and continental food. It does mouth-meltingly spicy…

This open-sided cafe whips up soulful Italian, Indian and Middle Eastern dishes including breakfasts and sabich (Israeli aubergine-and-egg pita sandwiches…

Colourful, contemporary, and filled with cartoons and turquoise sofas, this is a great place for tasty (if pricey) global fare, from Italian and Middle…

Definitely the place to come for a splash-out buffet-dinner fill-up: a huge variety of excellent Indian and continental dishes in limitless quantity…

Pocketed away in the shiny Residency Towers hotel, the Pavilion surprises with great-value buffet meals that successfully span the world-cuisine spectrum.

Pick up oven-fresh muffins, croissants, cakes, cinnamon swirls and sandwiches at this popular bakery, or squeeze on to the benches with a cuppa.

An always-busy hole-in-the-wall turned contemporary lounge with a signature-plastered bar, Muncheez is all about a short, simple menu of wraps, burgers,…

Ooty's branch of the much-loved Tamil Nadu chain – known for its pristine kitchens and brilliantly fresh ingredients – delivers the South Indian goods…

Your favourite South Indian thalis come piled on to banana leaves with traditional flourish, and hungry carnivores will love the long menu of famously…

With a long list of nonveg tandoori and curry dishes, this is Ooty's best place to satisfy your meat craving. There's indoor/outdoor seating, and the…

Shinkow’s is an Ooty institution. The simple, tasty chicken, pork, beef, seafood, veg, noodle and rice dishes are reliably good and quick to arrive at…