Food tours and tastings to book

Best rated first, weighted by reviews, from the cities on this list. One per city.

Everything to book in Jaipur, Mumbai, Delhi

All 30 bars

Ranked by our editors.

Slink and Bardot

  • ★ 4.7
  • French cocktail bar
  • Lower Parel
  • Mumbai

Slink and Bardot in a refurbished colonial bungalow in Worli runs French cocktail classics through a modern bar program.

Sidecar

  • ★ 4.6
  • Cocktail bar
  • Greater Kailash
  • Delhi

Sidecar in Greater Kailash 2 runs a two floor bar and bookstore, and this Delhi bar has topped the 30 Best Bars India ranking in three separate years.

The Bombay Canteen Bar

  • ★ 4.6
  • Modern Indian cocktail bar
  • Lower Parel
  • Mumbai

The Bombay Canteen bar runs a cocktail program that draws on Indian spices, herbs and regional liqueurs (kokum, jaggery.

Barbet & Pals

  • ★ 4.5
  • Cocktail bar
  • Greater Kailash
  • Delhi

Barbet & Pals in Greater Kailash 2 takes its cocktails from the Himalayan foothills, a Delhi bar by bartenders Jeet Rana and Chirag Pal with Amninder Sandhu.

Upstairs

  • ★ 4.5
  • Martini and jazz bar
  • Lodhi Colony
  • Delhi

Upstairs sits one flight above Indian Accent at The Lodhi hotel, a 36-seat Delhi martini bar with live jazz vocals on most evenings of the week.

Cirrus 9

  • ★ 4.5
  • Rooftop bar
  • Sunder Nagar
  • Delhi

Cirrus 9 tops The Oberoi on Zakir Hussain Marg, a Delhi rooftop bar with views of Humayun's Tomb and a landmark themed cocktail menu of nine drinks.

Writers Bar (Raffles Jaipur)

  • ★ 4.5
  • Library bar
  • Outer Jaipur
  • Jaipur

Writers Bar at Raffles Jaipur is a pastel-blue bar in Kukas, lined with books, with a tableside Jaipur Sling and a hidden wine cellar reached by a staircase.

The Johri

  • ★ 4.5
  • Haveli bar
  • Old City
  • Jaipur

The Johri's bar, Johri & Sons, mixes saffron and Mathania chilli cocktails inside a haveli on MSB Ka Rasta in Johri Bazaar, in Jaipur's walled city.

Native Cocktail Room

  • ★ 4.5
  • Cocktail bar
  • Mi Road
  • Jaipur

Native Cocktail Room at Hotel Pearl Palace in Jaipur is a dim-lit bar facing the bartenders, known for The Jodhpur, made with smoky tequila and cumin.

Bombay Daak

  • ★ 4.5
  • Cocktail bar
  • Bandra West
  • Mumbai

Niyati Rao's Bombay Daak in Bandra runs Indian regional liqueurs through a contemporary cocktail program.

PCO

  • ★ 4.4
  • Speakeasy
  • Vasant Kunj
  • Delhi

PCO in Vasant Vihar opens to a weekly code keyed into a phone booth; this Delhi speakeasy won the Times Food and Nightlife Best Bar award six years running.

Hoots

  • ★ 4.4
  • Cocktail bar
  • Vasant Kunj
  • Delhi

Hoots in Vasant Vihar's Basant Lok market is a dim, intimate Delhi cocktail bar that reached No.

Patiala Peg

  • ★ 4.4
  • Heritage bar
  • Connaught Place
  • Delhi

Patiala Peg at The Imperial hotel is a vintage Delhi bar built around the 120ml giant peg, said to be the only place serving that pour worldwide.

Bar Palladio

  • ★ 4.4
  • Garden cocktail bar
  • Jln Marg
  • Jaipur

Bar Palladio pours Italian-leaning cocktails under a candle-lit white canopy in the grounds of Narain Niwas Palace in Jaipur, beside blue Mughal arches.

The Amber Terrace

  • ★ 4.4
  • Rooftop bar
  • Outer Jaipur
  • Jaipur

The Amber Terrace at The Leela Palace Jaipur is a rooftop bar of chhatris and jaalis, with root-to-fruit cocktails, a rotavap and the Aravalli hills in view.

Hakkasan Bandra Lounge

  • ★ 4.4
  • Hotel-style cocktail bar
  • Bandra West
  • Mumbai

Hakkasan Bandra's lounge runs the same cocktail program as London: Hakka-tini, Imperial Sour, fresh-fruit highballs.

Top Banana

  • ★ 4.3
  • Cocktail bar
  • Greater Kailash
  • Delhi

Top Banana sits above Ikk Panjab in Greater Kailash 2, a vinyl-only Delhi cocktail room with a wood-edge bar for scribbling late night notes.

Lair

  • ★ 4.3
  • Speakeasy
  • Vasant Kunj
  • Delhi

Lair in Vasant Vihar's Basant Lok market is a film noir styled Delhi speakeasy, ranked No.

1932 Trevi

  • ★ 4.3
  • Garden cocktail bar
  • Jln Marg
  • Jaipur

1932 Trevi is an Italian bar and restaurant in the Santha Bagh gardens on JLN Marg, Jaipur, with gemstone-themed cocktails such as the Trevi Paloma.

Sehara

  • ★ 4.3
  • Rooftop bar and restaurant
  • Outer Jaipur
  • Jaipur

Sehara, the rooftop restaurant and bar at Raffles Jaipur in Kukas, pairs Aravalli views with cocktails and Mediterranean pastas and seafood all day.

Americano Bar

  • ★ 4.3
  • Italian-American bar
  • Kala Ghoda
  • Mumbai

Americano's Kala Ghoda bar runs Italian-American cocktails plus an after-work aperitivo program.

The Love Hotel

  • ★ 4.2
  • Cocktail bar
  • Lodhi Colony
  • Delhi

The Love Hotel is tucked inside Guppy on Lodhi Road, a 20-seat Delhi cocktail room from the Olive Group with a naked bar and playful drink names.

O Pedro Bar

  • ★ 4.2
  • Goan cocktail bar
  • Bkc
  • Mumbai

O Pedro's bar in BKC runs Goan-leaning cocktails: feni infusions, urak shrubs, kokum cordials.

The Cavalry Bar

  • ★ 4.1
  • Heritage bar
  • Majnu Ka Tilla
  • Delhi

The Cavalry Bar sits inside the Maidens Hotel in Civil Lines, Delhi, a colonial-era bar that dates to 1903, with high ceilings and a finger food menu.

Sea Lounge

  • ★ 4.1
  • Heritage hotel bar
  • Colaba
  • Mumbai

Sea Lounge inside the Taj Palace serves the Maharaja and Sea Lounge afternoon tea daily 15:30 to 18:30, with Arabian Sea views.

Dupion Cocktail Room

  • ★ 4.0
  • Cocktail bar
  • Malviya Nagar
  • Jaipur

Dupion Cocktail Room, near Jawahar Circle in Jaipur, is a softly lit bar named for dupion silk, with Silk Route cocktails, house infusions and sushi.

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