Grand Chetna

Gujarat & Diu


This discreet restaurant serves a superb sweet Gujarati thali that has garnered a loyal local fan base. Foreign diners are so rare that a small team of waiters will fuss over you to an embarrassing degree. You'll probably be offered one of the restaurant's puran purri (purris stuffed with dhal and potato) – so good that it exports it to Europe.


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