New Delhi
Bamboo slices the sunlight into flattering stripes at this outdoor restaurant offering a modern take on delicious Indian cooking from across the regions…
Must-see restaurants in New Delhi
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Founder Mr Kamath's dad was a mango vendor in Mangalore, which apparently inspired his love of fruit. He went on to start Naturals, with its wonderfully…
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Located in a peaceful garden-courtyard inside Triveni Art Gallery, this delightful cafe has seating on a plant-filled terrace overlooking a small, grassy…
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Fabulous dosas, idlis and other South Indian delights. With queues coming out the door, this is the biggest and the best of Delhi's Saravana Bhavan…
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A hallowed bargain, the canteen at the Andhra Pradesh state house serves cheap and delicious unlimited South Indian thalis to a seemingly unlimited stream…
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Thalis fit for a king. Treat yourself with food-of-the-gods vegetarian thalis that encompass a fantastic array of Gujarati and Rajasthani dishes.
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Delhi’s best thali (₹230–320) is served up in unassuming surroundings – a simple Tamil canteen on the edge of Connaught Place. There are queues every meal…
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This small, but enduring food market, made up of a dozen-or-so restaurants and ice-cream shops, set around a quiet square, is the go-to place for…
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The staff canteen at Kerala House (Kerala Government HQ in Delhi) offers bargain set meals cooked with authentic Keralan spices. Lunchtimes are wildly…
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This buzzy Connaught Place joint signifies the Delhi foodie penchant for quirkiness, with all sorts of 'molecular gastronomy' and unusual fusion dishes…
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Fresh fish is flown in daily from Mangalore to this buzzing restaurant in the diplomatic district. There are three intimate levels, decorated with…
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In the beautifully restored colonial-era Bikaner House, Chor Bizarre ('Thieves' Market') is a new branch of Hotel Broadway's famous restaurant on the…
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Fashion designer Rohit Baal created Véda’s sumptuous interior, making for Connaught Place’s most dimly lit eatery, a dark boudoir with swirling neo-Murano…
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This no-frills, always-busy dhaba (snack bar) is a basic hole in the wall that’s hugely popular with local workers for its famous butter chicken (₹230)…
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Shaded under the wide reaches of an old banyan tree, the garden courtyard at Coffee Home is always busy with office workers lingering over chai and…
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With its origins in the street food of Rawalpindi in present-day Pakistan, this now famous restaurant was opened in 1954 by 20-year-old Kasturi Lal Wadhwa…
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Not a coffee shop (though you can just come for coffee), but an upscale, high-ceilinged, chandeliered restaurant, with an old-world dining room full of…
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A chef-helmed vegetarian-only restaurant bringing street eats from across India together onto one eclectic menu. Light bites and hearty meals for families…
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In the British Council is this most serene, light-filled cafe, hung with Brit art from their collection. You can sip tea and coffee and nibble on healthy…
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This is rather like a Bollywood take on Punjabi highway cuisine, with bright 'highway' decor, including half a Tata truck on the wall. Food highlights are…
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Behind waterfall windows, the Meridien's top restaurant works magic with globally sourced ingredients, with inventive dishes such as smoked duck breast…
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This small eatery creates masterful kebabs, biryani and kati rolls (kebabs wrapped in a hot paratha). It’s always busy with meat-loving hoards, but there…
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Multi award-winning Gulati is arguably the pick of the Pandara Market bunch, and focuses on familiar North Indian dishes. Stand-outs include the tangri…
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A dosa dreamland, with 24 different varieties (₹140–220) alongside other South Indian favourites like idli, vada and uttapam (savoury rice pancakes)…
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The young cousin of venerable bakery Wenger's, which is just around the corner, this clean joint has delicious milkshakes, including mango (₹110), and…
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This Pandara Market fave is a long-running haunt of well-off Delhi businessmen and families, serving North Indian food with a commendable vegetarian…
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This popular 1st-floor place is above the government craft emporiums, and is cheap, clean and cheerful, proffering North and South Indian dishes. The ₹50…
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The excellent restaurant at Hotel Palace Heights serves Mughlai cuisine, has a lovely, calm, bamboo-shuttered and glass-covered terrace and plenty of…
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Venerable Wenger’s was opened by a Swiss couple in 1926, and has been baking up a storm ever since. Come for cakes, sandwiches, biscuits and savoury…
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Indian sweets, phirni (rice pudding) and kulfi (traditional Indian ice cream) from a hole-in-the-wall shop that's been going since 1959.
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More stylish than its name suggests, Chicken Inn serves mainly North Indian dishes to enthusiastic local families and businessmen.
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Buzzy, clean snacks-and-sweets joint. Try street-food offerings such as dal bhalla or chole bhatura.
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Cheap-as-chips, no frills cafe inside the gates of the National Museum. You don't have to visit the museum to eat here, which is handy because there are…
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With a busy trade in sweets, dried fruit and nuts, and hot snacks such as channa bhatura (spicy chickpeas with puffed bread), this place won't warrant a…
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Indian versions of Chinese and Thai food, with some Japanese sushi too, served in pleasant surroundings in this small, classier-than-average food market.
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Located in a quiet, upmarket residential area, this circle of small shops, and one or two cafes, is famous for its Indian sweets and street food.
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Japanese sushi, Chinese noodles and Thai curries in soothing surroundings. Serves beer and wine too.
