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This typical American diner is located with in the India Habitat Centre at Gate 1 and can be reached via the Rooms Block Reception. It is a nice place that opens very early for Indian standards and offers extremely good coffee and the regular menu of an American Diner like malts and pancakes. You will meet many young and contemporary Indians here. If you want to have breakfast here without waiting in line you should come before 9:00 hours.
address:
India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road
zipcode:
110003
price:
complete breakfast for two 400 INR
phone:
+91 11 43663162
openinghours:
07:00 - 24:00
pricerange:
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One of the most famous, and very busy restaurants in Delhi for eating unlimited South Indian thali (a thali is a big plate with little cups on it in which you get different vegetables and sauces, pickles, with rice and bread in the middle of the plate. You eat with your right hand. South Indian thali's are almost always vegetarian and no alcohol is served)
address:
1 Ashoka Road
price:
Thali starting at 60 rupees. Pay cash.
phone:
011 2338 2031
openinghours:
7:30-10:00, 12:00 -15:00, 19:30-20:00
pricerange:
budget
A nice bakery/bistro at the Defence Colony Main Market, where you will find more nice restaurants and cafés. The place is clean and has two floors. Started by three friends this chain has also branches at New Friends Colony (9AB, Taimoor Nagar Main Market) and Vasant Kunj (Shop No.20, B-10 Market). Offers good coffee, salads and pasta's. Try their Tiramisu.
address:
7, Main Market, Defence Colony
zipcode:
110024
price:
Chicken pizza: 55 INR
phone:
+91 11 41551122/41556474
openinghours:
Daily 08:00 - 23:00
pricerange:
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A south indian restaurant with mostly locals, located in the inner ring of connaught place. As good as any south indian restaurant in Delhi, nothing special.
address:
N-12 Connaught Place
zipcode:
110001
phone:
011-23312355
pricerange:
budget
Bukhara in Delhi is recognized as one of the best Indian restaurants in the world, and in 2006 it was even in the “Top 50 Restaurants in the World and the Finest Restaurant in Asia” by Restaurants magazine. It is known for its north west Indian cuisine, like grilled meat (kebabs) and lentils (dals) with different breads.
The ambiance is unexpectedly rugged and ethnic, with an ‘open kitchen’ were a large number of very relaxed but highly trained chefs grill meat on skewers. The dal has...
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address:
Sardar Patel Marg
zipcode:
110 021
price:
Around rps 2500 pp excl. drinks
openinghours:
Timing: Lunch: 12:30 PM – 2:45 PM; Dinner: 7:00 PM – 11:45 PM; Weekends: 7:00 PM – 12:30 AM
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This café is on the top floor of a nice bookshop in Khan Market. After watching the upper class, expats and diplomats do their weekly shopping at this shopping area. You can relax in here. The café itself is not well indicated from the outside. So look for the Full Circle bookshop. Coffee is good and it is also an excellent place for a snack or lunch.
There is another Turtle Café in Greater Kalash, part 1, N-block which is very similar.
address:
5 B, Khan Market
zipcode:
110003
price:
cup of thee 60 INR, cup of cappoccino 70 INR
phone:
+91 11 24655641/2/3
openinghours:
10:00 - 19:50
pricerange:
mid
Located aside the big PVR Priya Cineam in the shopping area of Vasant Lok, opposite Barista and next to the Soney shop, this nice restaurant offers probably the best chocolate in town. Inside the interior designer might have tried to create a bit of a South American atmosphere, but the chocolate chef has his inspiration definitely from Belgium. One does not need to eat or drink chocolate here. They serve very good coffee, original fruit juices and nice meals. There is a take away too, for nice chocolate presents, bread and pastry.
address:
PVR Priya Cinema Complex, Vasant Lok
zipcode:
110057
price:
Regular coffee 95 Rs
phone:
+91 (0)11 41669595
nearby transportation:
auto rickshaw/taxi
pricerange:
mid
One of the few places in Delhi where you can sit outside and have lunch or dinner on a terrace. The food is OK but overpriced. A crowd of mainly young Indian families and students. Make sure you order your courses not at once, because they will be served at one too.
The restaurant is situated at a market north of the Ring Road and west of the Lala Lajpat Rai Path in an area called Defence Colony. It is a bit hidden behind an other Italian restaurant called "Italic".
address:
49 - 54C Moolchand Flyover Park Complex, Ring Road, Defence Colony
zipcode:
110024
price:
main dish around Rs 400
phone:
-91 (0)11 4645644, 41550367
nearby transportation:
taxi, auto rickshaw
pricerange:
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A nice and authentic Indian Coffee House with huge terrace to sit outside. Indians come here to enjoy good coffee, prepared in different ways, and to exchange the latest news. One of the branches of The Indian coffee Workers' Co-op Society Ltd. which has branches all over the country like for example in Shimla
. Do not confuse this place with the Coffee Home across the Baba Kharak Singh Marg.
address:
2nd-floor, Mohan Singh Place, near Connaught Place
zipcode:
110001
price:
cup of coffee between 8.40 INR and 16.00 INR
phone:
+91 11 23342994
openinghours:
09:00 - 21:00
nearby transportation:
Metro Rajiv Chowk or Patel Chowk, by taxi or auto-rickshaw
pricerange:
budget
This trattoria in Vasant Vihar offers all kind of Italian dishes. The atmosphere in the high ceiling dining room is pleasant. It is an oasis where you can hide for a while from the crowded streets and the sun that is beating your head.
address:
C-Block market, Vasant Vihar
zipcode:
110057
price:
soups Rs 155, Pizzas Rs 375, pastas Rs 350
phone:
+91 11 41663055/56
openinghours:
12:30 - 00:00
pricerange:
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This is probably the best Indian restaurant in Delhi. Although it is absolutely not stylish, its food can easily match with many of the good five star hotels in the capital. In the past it won many prices. No alcohol available.
The place is hard to find, but well known, so do ask people when you are nearby the big mosque (Jama Masjid).
address:
Gali Kababian (near the side entrance of the Jama Masjid)
zipcode:
110006
price:
350 INR for a very complete meal
phone:
+91-11-23269880, 23264981
openinghours:
07:00-00:00
pricerange:
budget
Khan Chacha's is a rather small but very popular, no frills kabab joint that serves absolutely scrumptious mutton seekh kebabs, paneer tikkas, mutton tikka roomali rolls, chicken tikkas, chicken tikka roomali rolls etc.
For Rs. 50 - 70 depending on whether you chose a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian option, you will be served piping hot seekh kebab with some green chutney and onion rings wrapped in a roomali. For those who can not handle spicy food, opt for a roll without the...
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address:
no address
phone:
+919810671103,+919810804114
openinghours:
12:00 - 22:00
pricerange:
budget
email:
khan.chacha@yahoo.com
Lodi garden restaurant is situated in the Beautiful Lodi gardens
. On a Sunday whole families are playing cricket or having a pick-nick in these gardens, and the numerous birds and old tombs in this garden give it a special charm. Next to the main entrance of Lodi Gardens is a restaurant with a big terrace. From November till April it is nice to sit outside, and Delhi doesn't have many spots where...
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address:
Lodi Gardens near Gate 1
zipcode:
110003
price:
around 2000 rps for meal for 2
phone:
24655054
openinghours:
11:00 am - 11:30 pm
pricerange:
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Magique is the perfect place to have a romantic dinner outside (if the weather permits, which often does here because of the fans and mist-fans). It is located in the Garden of five senses, close to the Qutub Minar. The restaurant has a garden which is nicely decorated with pebbles (do not wear high heels), Bamboo, grass and dripping candles. On the menu you'll find lots of seafood and fish, but also meat and about half of the menu consists of vegetarian dishes. The cuisine is Asian and...
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address:
The Garden village, Gate no1, Garden of five senses, Said ul Ajaib.
phone:
+91119717535533
pricerange:
mid
email:
info@magique.in
This (lunch) restaurant is located in one of the corners of Khan Market, above a very nice clothes store. It is very cosy and the food is lovely. The cuisine is Mediterranean, more suitable for lunch then for dinner. They serve healthy food too, and a lot of different smoothies and shakes. The bagel with cream cheese and salmon is good, and the mimosa shake too (coconut, mango and yoghurt)
address:
2nd floor, in one of the the corners of the middle lane, Khan Market
phone:
011-41757703
pricerange:
mid
This Moti Mahal restaurant is one of a chain of owned and franchised restaurants in India. Check the website for more addresses. Traditional North Indian food, Tandoori, Dal, Indian breads, etc. The butter chicken is especially good. There is live music sometimes too. No alcohol is served here.
address:
3704 Netaji Subhash Marg, Daryaganj
phone:
011-23273011
openinghours:
12noon - 3.30pm; 7pm - 12midnight
pricerange:
budget
This is a franchise from South Africa. It is an upscale coffee shop that converts to a cocktail bar at nights. It has outside seating and also free internet. They serve continental and fusion food. They also serve Italian coffee. They have a large cocktail menu and also have live events.
This is in the DLF Promenade Mall on the second floor. There are several restaurants in this mall including TGI Fridays, TamanGang, Italia, and Veda. It is on Nelson Mandela Road and is beside DLF Emporio.
address:
DLF Promenade, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj
price:
750
openinghours:
10.00 to Late Nights
pricerange:
mid
email:
newscafeindia@gmail.com
Nirula's is the Indian answer to McDonalds, but much more Indian. This Delhi chain of fast food restaurants has been around since the eighties and remembers many people living in Delhi of the time they spend there after high school hours and the times they went there with the whole family to spend a special, modern, not so expensive time eating out.
The whole chain is getting restyled at the moment. Some places like the bar at Connaught Circus have already been redone. At some other places...
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address:
L Block, Connaught Circus
phone:
+91 11 3324659
pricerange:
mid
Kathi rolls (kebabs in thin bread with egg fried on it). Mostly meat but you can order Vegetarian too (Paneer = Cottage cheese). Eat them as a snack when you are shopping in Connaught Place.
address:
H5/6 Plaza Building, Connaught Place middel circle, near PVR
zipcode:
110001
phone:
011-23321953
pricerange:
budget
Opposite a completely rebuild part of Nehru place with a big new cinema complex this posh restaurant with some very good Bengali dishes gives you a nice opportunity to see the rich and wealthy Indians show off. The food and service are OK but expensive.
address:
International Trade Tower, E-block, Ground Floor, Nehru Place
zipcode:
110019
price:
main courses: 250 - 400 Rs
phone:
+91 11 26464180/182/184
openinghours:
every day: 12:00 - 15:15, 19:00 - 23:15
pricerange:
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One of the very few places in Delhi to enjoy really good fish, crab and lobster. The ambiance is modern. Service is fast and professional however impersonal. Upstairs (smoking section) there are nice places in bright light and there is also the possibility to sit on the roof terrace (under construction right now).
address:
13 Main Market, Lodi Colony
price:
2500 INR p.p. (three courses with wine)
phone:
+91(0)11 2464 9026, +91(0)11 2463 4666
openinghours:
12.30-15.00 and 19.30-23.30
nearby transportation:
Auto-rickshaw
pricerange:
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A good Korean restaurant, with a menu that is described quite fully in English. The restaurant has normal seating as well as floor seating, and has a warm atmosphere with a lot of wood. It is a good restaurant for a relaxed meal. Some dishes are cooked at your table and the portions are big.
address:
C-308 Ansal Plaza, Khel Gaon Marg
phone:
011-32960289
openinghours:
11:00-23:00
pricerange:
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Nice restaurant in the Vasant Lok shopping centre. Its interior decoration is a bit fake but will bring you in a pleasant Italian mood. Like in more Italian restaurants in Delhi the wall paintings and posters represent more Paris and France than Italy, but the food is real Italian and tasty. Staff is helpful and fast.
address:
18 A/C, Vasant Lok Market, Vasant Vihar
zipcode:
110057
price:
main dish around Rs 450
phone:
+91 (0)11 41683305/06
nearby transportation:
taxi, auto rickshaw
pricerange:
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This pleasant restaurant in Defence Colony offers good Mangalorian sea food from the South of India.
address:
14, Defence COlony Market
pricerange:
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Japanese restaurant in the posh area of Vasant Vihar, were you will see more CD-numberplates than normal numberplates. If the fact that many Japanese people frequent this place is not enough proof of its quality you should definitely try one of it's fish dishes like the mackerel or sushi on Friday, when they have fresh fish.
address:
8, D-Block Market, Poorvi Marg, Vasant Vihar
zipcode:
110057
price:
complete meal for two, inccludign drinks like sakee: 2000 INR
phone:
+91 11 26154082 - 4961
openinghours:
12:00 - 15:00, 18:00 - 22:00
pricerange:
mid
A bit of a kitsch place. Here you can have a proper continental, but also Indian meal. The coffee is not very special though and tea is served very strong.
address:
E-15, Connaught Place
zipcode:
110001
price:
main courses (non veg.) around Rs 385
phone:
+91 11 23411697/6075
nearby transportation:
metro Rajiv Chowk
pricerange:
mid
A lot of good restaurants in Delhi are located in 5 star hotels, as is this restaurant (Taj Mahal hotel on Mansingh road, be careful: there are three hotels of the Taj chain in Delhi). A mix of classical Indian dishes and contemporary Western dishes in a nice luxurious setting. Al la carte, but also vegetarian and non-vegetarian combination meals are available. Some main dishes are available in smaller sizes too. Organic produce and spices are used.
address:
The Taj Mahal Hotel, 1 Mansingh Road
phone:
011 2302 6162
openinghours:
12:30 - 14:30 and 19:00 -23:30
pricerange:
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The Oberoi is one of the top hotels in New Delhi. On the ground floor at the end of the central hall at the right side there is the threesixty°. It is actually a restaurant but has a space too that serves as a lounge. Here one can relax perfectly while enjoying the very stylish decoration of the restaurant and watch the mainly foreign guests taking a bath at the outdoor pool. The whole restaurant has an extremely tasteful modern design with wood, steel and leader as its main materials....
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address:
Oberoi Hotel, Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg
zipcode:
110003
price:
Capuccino 250 Rs.
pricerange:
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