17 Best Restaurants in Delhi, India

Served amid stone walls, rough-hewn dark-wood beams, copper urns, and blood-red rugs, Bukhara's menu hasn't changed in years, and its loyal clientele wouldn't have it any other way. The cuisine of the Northwest Frontier, now the Pakistan–Afghanistan border, is heavy on meats, marinated and grilled in a tandoor (clay oven).

One of Delhi's most popular Italian restaurants, La Piazza has been serving fine thin-crust pizzas and pastas for more than 40 years. The casual, trattoria-style restaurant is a go-to spot for celebrations, hangouts, date nights, and languorous Sunday brunches---perfect for people-watching.

This is a classic spot for evening golgappa outings. Also on offer are other Delhi snack staples: chole bhatura (also known as chana bhatura—spicy chickpeas with fried, airy puri bread), stuffed parathas, paneer fritters, and raj kachori (spicy chaat bowl with assorted fillings).

For those looking to beat the summer heat by cooling off with Delhi's best ice cream, make haste to this casual café that takes its name from the movie and its decor from Hollywood classics. The pizzas and pastas are hearty and tasty, if not terribly authentic, and Middle Eastern and Lebanese choices are usually a good bet; but the decadent desserts are the real standout. There are multiple locations across the city.

This is a reliable place for typical street food in an indoor, seated setting. Apart from chaat and snacks like kachori and dhokla, options include North Indian thali meals and South Indian food. There are many outlets all across the city and most of them are consistently good.

The success of Burma Burma lies in serving food that is comforting yet exciting to the palate, combining numerous textures and flavors in a delicious balance of fresh, crunchy, salty, sour, and sweet. The dishes offered here highlight different regions of Myanmar.

This all-day café opens at 8 am for breakfast and offers fluffy omelets, rich coffee, and delicious protein bowls. With several locations throughout Delhi, Caara is well known for using fresh, chemical-free ingredients from their farms.

Overlooking the lush garden at The Manor, this French patisserie with a rustic interior is one of Delhi's hidden gems. The menu includes a wide variety of French pastries, baked goods, and cakes—all of which can be enjoyed in their lovely courtyard.

What began as a humble delivery kitchen is now a pleasant dine-in restaurant serving juicy burgers, hearty Cubano sandwiches, and heavenly maple-and-bourbon-barbecue pork ribs---all enough to leave you in a pleasant food coma. Their old-school puddings are an ideal end to round off a satiating meal.

Hot-off-the-grill kebabs are the specialty at this small, self-service eatery tucked into an upper level in Khan Market's busy lanes. Expect melt-in-the-mouth mutton, chicken, and paneer tikka roomali rolls in a no-frills setting.

Japanese for "play with your food," cheery Mamagoto, hidden behind a yellow door in the middle lane of Khan Market, is indeed a fun place for a low-key meal. This is a great spot to have a couple of cocktails and share several Pan-Asian dishes.

An easily accessible South Delhi outpost of the iconic Old Delhi Moti Mahal, this old-fashioned family restaurant serves Punjabi and North Indian comfort food in an old-school dining room--style setting. Loyal customers continue to flock here for the tandoori kebabs and prompt service.

This dark, soothing restaurant, with South Indian decor and gold-embossed paintings designed by artisans from the Tamil Nadu town of Thanjavur, specializes in Udupi food, a vegetarian cuisine from a town near Mangalore. South Indian staples like uthappams and idlis are served in traditional style, on a banana leaf.

This city institution with several branches offers quick-service vegetarian snacks and meals in a clean, fuss-free setting. There's a very wide selection of breads and sweets, with more than a dozen options in parathas alone; go for the ones filled with mint or cauliflower.

A tiny restaurant tucked away in the Malviya Nagar neighborhood, Plates celebrates technique-driven global plates from homemade pastas and delicious focaccias to chicken wings stuffed with prawns and pulled lamb-crumbed steaks—all presented beautifully in textured layers.

From chaats to biryani, nihari, and even appams, Pot Pot is your one-stop shop to try an array of Indian dishes from various parts of the country. Even the drinks on offer include seasonal favorites from different states---kokum juice to masala banta soda---that'll keep you cool in the summer. Sliders with galauti kebabs and palak patta chaat are amongst their most popular dishes.

Delhi's original Mangalorean restaurant—specializing in seafood from the western coast between Goa and Kerala—is outstanding for seafood served in prim, softly lit dining rooms with good service. Choose your sauce, then decide between fish, prawns, or crab, and mop up your food with appam or neer dosa, soft South Indian rice breads.