Hello all/Namaste and greetings from Varanasi!
Some of the best resturants in India are surely in the big Hotels! In Delhi the list is endless, and of those mentioned on Bob's list i surely can reccom the Buhhara in the Sheraton and the Spice Route in the Imperial. But just to note that almost all the five stars in Delhi have a great selection of three plus resturants, so u will find great choice really at anyone..

Most of the five star Hotels will have a Indian speciality, a Chinese or other Asian Specialty and then a Continental resturant, perhaps a French or even a Italian. For example, both the Imperial, the Sheraton and the Hyatt, and even the GRand out at VAsan Kunj have very good Italian resturants.

Great places to eat can be found in the Intercontinental, the Taj Mahal, the Taj Palace, The Sheraton, The Grand at Vasant KUnj, the Oberoi and even the Radisson out at the airport!

Some Indian resturants at the Hotels that come to mind in Delhi are Masala Art at the Taj Palace, Agni at the Park, Dum Pukt and Bukhara at the Sheraton, Haveli at the Taj Mahal and still there are ALSO good Indian resturants at the Oberoi, and the Intercontinental and the Grand, but the names are eluding me this second.

If u want to eat out of the hotels, a favorite of mine is Park Baluchi in Hauz Khas Village or even karims in Old Delhi or Chor Bizzare also almost in Old Delhi in the old hotel Broadway..

There are also a few good Thai resturants in Delhi, u can try the Blue elephant in the Intercontinetal or Baan Thai at the Oberoi, or of course Spice route in the Imperial which is South East Asian..

Another area with a few good resturants and a good place to stop for lunch is PandARA road Market located near India Gate! This market has about five resturants and is very busy with govt folks, and the diplomat crowd for lunch..There is Indian, Chinese and Japanese resturants here..

Alright, that is it for now, will write on jaipur in another post..I need to get to sleep, as 5:00 wake up to take my group to see sunrise on the Ganges in Varanasi..namaste/..

We did not like the food at Cinnamon at all. Overpriced, overspiced, and generally not tasty. Spice Route was very good and the decor is beautiful. I agree with the others, though --- the best food we ate in India was out of the hotels and in little locally run restaurants (just like in the U.S. or in Europe). I can't remember the places of the restaurants we want to in Delhi for whatever reason but we ate at an awesome Gujarati restaurant and a chaat place that was excellent. In Jaipur, we loved Indiana. We ate at one of the restaurants in the Amarvilas (can't remember which one) and thought it was okay. Even though every tourist goes there, we thought the food at Okay Restaurant in Agra was very good.