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Best Cafés in Delhi (2026)

Delhi's café culture mixes history with newer arrivals. In Connaught Place, Wenger's has been baking since the 1920s and is best known for plum cake, shortbread and patties, while the Indian Coffee House on the top floor of Mohan Singh Place serves cheap coffee and dosas to a crowd of regulars in a building with plenty of character but no air conditioning.

For somewhere to sit and linger, the Triveni Terrace Cafe at the Triveni Kala Sangam arts centre in Mandi House is an open-air spot overlooking a garden amphitheatre, known for its spiced carrot cake. Cafe Lota, in the courtyard of the Crafts Museum, reworks regional Indian dishes with local grains. The Big Chill Cafe in Khan Market is a cheerful choice for pasta, cheesecake and ice cream, and in Chandni Chowk, Old Famous Jalebi Wala has fried jalebis in ghee since 1884. The open-air cafés are most comfortable from October to March, and the old city's sweet shops are best visited earlier in the day.

6 places · Updated October 27, 2026

Our top 3 cafés in Delhi

  1. Wenger’s Historic bakery and patisserie, Connaught PlaceA Connaught Place bakery with roots in a Swiss couple's 1920s catering business, known for plum cake, shortbread, lemon tart, patties and pastries.
  2. Indian Coffee House Cooperative coffee house, Connaught PlaceA no-frills, worker-run coffee house on the top floor of Mohan Singh Place, serving cheap coffee, dosas and omelettes to a crowd of regulars since the 1950s.
  3. Triveni Terrace Cafe Arts centre café, Mandi HouseA long-running open-air café at the Triveni Kala Sangam arts centre in Mandi House, overlooking a garden amphitheatre and known for its spiced carrot cake.

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1. Wenger’s

Historic bakery and patisserie$$Connaught Place

A Connaught Place bakery with roots in a Swiss couple's 1920s catering business, known for plum cake, shortbread, lemon tart, patties and pastries.

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4. Cafe Lota

Regional Indian café$$Pragati Maidan

A courtyard café at the National Crafts Museum that reinvents regional Indian dishes with local grains, in a setting styled on a roadside dhaba.

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