Gurdwara Bangla Sahib Langar is an indian restaurant in Connaught Place, Delhi.
Editorially verified September 27, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: Anyone can sit on the floor of this free community kitchen and eat dal, roti and kheer alongside worshippers; volunteers serve about 180 people every 15 minutes.
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Address: Hanuman Road Area, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001
Kerala House Samridhi Canteen on Jantar Mantar Road in Delhi is the Kerala guest house canteen, open to walk-ins for breakfast, a matta rice lunch and dinner.
OrderThe lunch meal of matta rice, sambar, thoran and parippu, with fish curry or dry fish on the side.
Why locals goIt is the Kerala government guest house canteen; Kerala officials and politicians visiting the capital eat the same meals as any walk-in visitor.
TipBuy a coupon at the counter before you order, and reach about 15 minutes before lunch opens at 12:30 to beat the rush.
Banga Bhawan Canteen on Hailey Road in Delhi is West Bengal's guest house kitchen, run by the caterer Bijoli Grill and open to the public for Bengali meals.
OrderKosha mangsho with luchi, then mishti doi to finish.
Why locals goWest Bengal's state guest house on Hailey Road runs its canteen through the caterer Bijoli Grill, and anyone can walk in for a Bengali meal.
TipPair the kosha mangsho and luchi with a fish dish such as pabda or ilish; vegetarians get aloo posto, and mishti doi ends the meal.
Govinda's is the restaurant inside the ISKCON temple at East of Kailash in Delhi, cooking sattvik vegetarian food without onion or garlic for a buffet.
OrderThe vegetarian buffet, cooked without onion or garlic.
Why locals goIt's the sit-down restaurant inside the ISKCON temple complex, serving sattvik prasadam without onion or garlic to visitors after darshan.
TipThe food is sattvik prasadam, offered at the temple first; the kitchen cooks without onion, garlic or ginger, from 08:00 to 22:00 daily.
Haji Shabrati Nihari Wale has cooked only nihari since 1957 in a lane behind Chitli Qabar in Old Delhi, open for two short windows in the morning and evening.
OrderA plate of nihari with khameeri roti, as early as you can.
Why locals goIt has cooked nihari since 1957 down a gali behind Chitli Qabar, with a hand-ground twelve-spice masala, and opens only in two short windows a day.
TipExpect a queue outside at both sittings: it serves from 06:00 to 10:00 and again from 18:00, with khamiri roti on the side.
Kerala House Samridhi Canteen on Jantar Mantar Road in Delhi is the Kerala guest house canteen, open to walk-ins for breakfast, a matta rice lunch and dinner.
OrderThe lunch meal of matta rice, sambar, thoran and parippu, with fish curry or dry fish on the side.
Why locals goIt is the Kerala government guest house canteen; Kerala officials and politicians visiting the capital eat the same meals as any walk-in visitor.
TipBuy a coupon at the counter before you order, and reach about 15 minutes before lunch opens at 12:30 to beat the rush.
Banga Bhawan Canteen on Hailey Road in Delhi is West Bengal's guest house kitchen, run by the caterer Bijoli Grill and open to the public for Bengali meals.
OrderKosha mangsho with luchi, then mishti doi to finish.
Why locals goWest Bengal's state guest house on Hailey Road runs its canteen through the caterer Bijoli Grill, and anyone can walk in for a Bengali meal.
TipPair the kosha mangsho and luchi with a fish dish such as pabda or ilish; vegetarians get aloo posto, and mishti doi ends the meal.
Bhansaghar sits at the tip of Humayunpur, Delhi's Northeastern food pocket, cooking Nepali food: a Thakali thali, duck curry, kothey momo and jhol momo.
OrderThe Thakali thali with a plate of jhol momo on the side.
Why locals goIts name means kitchen in Nepali, and at the tip of Humayunpur, among the Northeastern cafes, it cooks a Nepali Thakali thali, duck and jhol momo.
TipOrder the jhol momo alongside the Thakali thali; there are two levels of seating in the small room, and ordering is done online.
Bishan Swaroop Chaat Bhandar has sold a short menu of chaat on Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi since 1923, led by aloo chaat, aloo ke kulle and fruit chaat.
OrderThe aloo chaat first, then aloo ke kulle or the fruit chaat.
Why locals goSince 1923 this tiny Chandni Chowk stall has built its name on three things that Delhi Tourism singles out: aloo chaat, aloo ke kulle and fruit chaat.
TipOrder the aloo chaat first, then aloo ke kulle or the fruit chaat; the stall trades every day from 10:00 to 21:00.
