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Best Restaurants in Delhi (2026)

Eating well in Delhi is easy at almost every budget. In Old Delhi, Karim's has served Mughlai kormas, kebabs and biryanis by the Jama Masjid since 1913, and Paharganj's Sita Ram Diwan Chand has been frying chole bhature since 1970. The Andhra Bhavan Canteen near India Gate serves inexpensive South Indian thalis and biryani, and Rajinder Da Dhaba in Safdarjung Enclave is a lively evening stop for grilled chicken.

At the top end, ITC Maurya's Bukhara and Dum Pukht are institutions of north Indian cooking, one built around the tandoor and the other around slow dum cooking. Indian Accent at The Lodhi has featured on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants every year since 2015, and Inja reworks Indian dishes with Japanese technique. Gulati on Pandara Road is a reliable choice for butter chicken, and Olive Bar & Kitchen in Mehrauli offers Mediterranean food in a courtyard setting. Book ahead for the upscale restaurants, especially in the winter season, and arrive early at the busy canteens and dhabas.

10 places · Updated October 27, 2026

Our top 3 restaurants in Delhi

  1. Indian Accent Modern Indian fine dining, Lodhi RoadChef Shantanu Mehrotra's modern Indian restaurant at The Lodhi, on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list since 2015, known for inventive tasting menus.
  2. Bukhara North-west frontier tandoor cuisine, ChanakyapuriThe celebrated tandoor restaurant at ITC Maurya, serving north-west frontier kebabs, raan and its famous black dal in a rustic stone-walled dining room since the late 1970s.
  3. Karim’s Mughlai, Old DelhiOld Delhi's best-known Mughlai restaurant, opened in 1913 in a lane by the Jama Masjid by a family descended from cooks to the Mughal court.

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1. Indian Accent

Modern Indian fine dining$$$$Lodhi Road

Chef Shantanu Mehrotra's modern Indian restaurant at The Lodhi, on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list since 2015, known for inventive tasting menus.

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2. Bukhara

North-west frontier tandoor cuisine$$$$Chanakyapuri

The celebrated tandoor restaurant at ITC Maurya, serving north-west frontier kebabs, raan and its famous black dal in a rustic stone-walled dining room since the late 1970s.

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3. Karim’s

Mughlai$$Old Delhi

Old Delhi's best-known Mughlai restaurant, opened in 1913 in a lane by the Jama Masjid by a family descended from cooks to the Mughal court.

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4. Dum Pukht

Awadhi dum cooking$$$$Chanakyapuri

ITC Maurya's elegant Awadhi restaurant, where biryanis, kebabs and pulaos are slow-cooked in sealed pots in the old royal 'dum' tradition.

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8. Gulati

North Indian and Mughlai$$$Pandara Road

A Pandara Road favourite since 1959 that grew from a small dhaba into a large North Indian restaurant, known for butter chicken, dal makhani and Hyderabadi biryani.

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9. Inja

Indian-Japanese fusion$$$New Friends Colony

An Indian-Japanese restaurant at The Manor Hotel in Friends Colony, where chef Adwait Anantwar reworks Indian classics with Japanese technique; ranked on Asia's 50 Best extended list.

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10. Rajinder Da Dhaba

Punjabi grills and curries$$Safdarjung Enclave

A roadside dhaba in Safdarjung Enclave Market that has grown to fill a small shopping strip, famous for platters of grilled chicken and Punjabi curries in the evening.

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