Naimat Khana

Lucknow


This charming hidden corner at the back of Sanatkada has a unique concept: persuading Lucknow’s oldest households to cook their cherished family recipes for public consumption. Standout dishes include mutton korma, yaqani pulao (rice steam-cooked with tender mutton) and roghani tikiya, a traditional breakfast of flatbread with aloo qatli potato. You won't find these kind of sophisticated, intense favours anywhere else.

The restaurant is new for 2018 and so is still settling in.


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