Restaurants · New Delhi
Where to eat in New Delhi — from market lunches to tasting menus
New Delhi's eating-out scene, edited. Sit-down restaurants worth crossing the city for: regional kitchens, modern Indian, the legacy continental rooms, and the chef-led places opening this year. Long lunches and table-for-two dinners alike.
01Skip the expressway: the Vande Bharat to Agra puts you at the Taj in under two hours and gets you home before dinner. Private guide and transfers either side.
02The two essentials in Agra — Taj Mahal and Agra Fort — by private car along the Yamuna Expressway, with lunch at a 5-star property.
Every city has its food clichés — and the gap between the tourist-trail restaurant and the place where chefs actually eat is wide. We've kept this list to the latter: restaurants we'd book for a birthday, recommend to a vegetarian guest, or send a client to between meetings.
Top restaurants in New Delhi take reservations 2–4 weeks ahead for prime weekend slots. Lunch is almost always easier than dinner. Most kitchens close between 3 PM and 7 PM; the late-night exceptions are noted below.
Vegetarian and Jain options are widely available across Indian and pan-Asian menus in New Delhi; vegan menus are reliable at modern places, less so at legacy restaurants. Allergens — gluten, nuts, shellfish — are best flagged at reservation time, not on arrival.
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