6 editor picks in Delhi.
6 modern indian places in Delhi we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Delhi | Modern Indian across every city.
Cafe Lota sits inside the National Crafts Museum near Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, reworking regional Indian recipes for an open-air courtyard menu.
OrderThe Pondicherry fish curry, a coconut-based curry from the kitchen's regional rotation.
TipStart with palak patta chaat and a filter coffee, and pair lunch with a walk through the Crafts Museum galleries next door.
Indian Accent opened in 2009 and reset modern Indian cooking in Delhi; it runs from The Lodhi hotel and ranked No. 7 in CNT India's 2025 Top 50 restaurants.
OrderThe six-course chef's tasting menu, each course paired with wine.
TipLunch and dinner both run the a la carte and tasting menus; book well ahead and ask about the lighter tasting menu.
Chef Adwait Anantwar's INJA at The Manor in New Delhi mashes Indian and Japanese technique, a tempura shiso leaf standing in for palak patta chaat.
OrderChawanmushi spiked with rasam masala and butter-poached lobster.
TipINJA sits inside The Manor hotel in Friends Colony West, the same property where Indian Accent first opened in 2009.
Jamavar is The Leela Palace's Indian dining room in Chanakyapuri, Delhi, where dal jamavar and chicken biryani head the list of dishes to order.
OrderThe dal jamavar, with the chicken biryani for the table.
TipDinner service starts at 18:30 at The Leela Palace in the Diplomatic Enclave; reserve ahead for weekend evenings.
Chef Manish Mehrotra's Nisaba occupies the Humayun's Tomb Museum in New Delhi's Sunder Nursery, reworking Indian street and home food across 42 dishes.
OrderChilli tomato crab ghotala with butter buns, or the Champaran mutton.
TipThere is no tasting menu in the main room, only 42 a la carte dishes; Nisaba is about 900 metres from Indian Accent, where Mehrotra made his name.
Raga is chef Gaggan Anand's homecoming restaurant in Delhi: a 22-dish tasting menu on Janpath Road next to Le Meridien, run day to day by chef Rydo Anton.
OrderThe full 22-dish tasting menu, including Gaggan's take on the Bombay sandwich.
TipRaga serves dinner only, every day except Tuesday, with the last seating at 21:00; book as early as you can.
Day trip · 14 hours
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