14 editor picks across India.
14 vegetarian spots across India, editor-picked. All India guides.
The Johri is an all-vegetarian restaurant in a 19th-century haveli in Johri Bazaar, Jaipur, pairing fusion plates such as soya keema baati with cocktails.
OrderThe soya keema baati, or the seekh kebab made with peas and edamame.
TipLunch runs 13:00 to 17:00 and dinner 19:00 to 23:30; Time Out puts a meal at about ₹2,000 for two without alcohol.
Cafe Madras at Kings Circle is a Udupi pure-veg room since 1940. Filter coffee, idli, Mysore masala dosa and a vegetarian lunch thali on banana leaves daily.
OrderFilter coffee and a Mysore masala dosa.
TipClosed Mondays; weekend mornings queue from 07:00. Cash and card both accepted.
A Rama Nayak's Udupi Shri Krishna Boarding has run an unlimited South Indian vegetarian thali in Matunga since 1942. Editor's TableJourney pick.
OrderUnlimited thali; come hungry.
TipLunch only on weekdays; weekend dinner runs quietest. Cash and card both accepted.
Swati Snacks runs a pure-veg Gujarati menu in Tardeo. Panki on banana leaves, faraali pattice, seasonal aamras-puri. Three generations of the same family.
OrderPanki on banana leaves and a faraali pattice.
TipAamras season runs March to May; weekend reservations needed in those months.
Soam's Gujarati menu is fully vegetarian: saat dana khichdi, undhiyo, bhinda nu shaak and seasonal aamras. Three-generation family operation since 2005.
OrderSaat dana khichdi and a glass of chaas.
TipWeekends busiest; weekday lunches calmest. Cash and card both accepted.
Arirasa is an all-vegetarian North Indian restaurant in Lal Kothi, Jaipur, in a neo-Art Deco room, serving kair korma, edamame seekh kebab and khamiri roti.
OrderThe kair korma with dahi ki khamiri roti, and the edamame seekh kebab.
TipOpen daily from 12:00 to 23:00; the house breads are khapli atta roti, dahi ki khamiri roti and adrak mirchi roti, so order them with the curries.
Gurdwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi serves a free vegetarian langar of dal, roti and kheer to everyone, seated together on the marble hall floor.
Cream Centre opened at Chowpatty Seaface in 1958 as a vegetarian sweets-and-snacks counter. The channa bhatura is the canonical dish; the hot fudge sundae.
OrderChanna bhatura with a hot fudge sundae to close.
TipFamily-friendly with a high-chair stock; weekday lunches are quietest.
Sagar Ratna's Outer Circle branch in Connaught Place, Delhi, belongs to the pure vegetarian South Indian chain founded in the city in 1986 by Jayaram Banan.
Tao Asian Kitchen on Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg in Malviya Nagar, Jaipur, is an all-vegetarian Pan-Asian room with dim sum, sushi, ramen and baos.
OrderThe miso ramen meal, plus the shiitake mushroom and tofu dim sum.
TipThe operator's site calls the whole menu vegetarian; Travel + Leisure Asia puts a meal at about ₹2,500 for two and notes an expansive outdoor seating area.
Nathu's Sweets in Sunder Nagar Market, Delhi, is a family-run, 100 percent vegetarian sweet shop and restaurant for mithai, chaat and North Indian snacks.
Laxmi Misthan Bhandar, known as LMB, runs a vegetarian restaurant and sweet counter on Johari Bazar Road in Jaipur, with thali, kachori and ghewar.
OrderThe thali with dal baati churma and kadhi, then the ker sangri, and ghewar to finish.
TipThe sweet counter and the restaurant share the Johari Bazar Road address; Lifestyle Asia lists the shop as open from 07:00 to 23:00.
The Library at Hotel Clarks Amer in Jaipur serves a pure vegetarian South Indian menu from 08:00, with a four-dosa platter, filter coffee and buttermilk.
OrderThe four-dosa platter with chutneys, filter kappi and neer mor (buttermilk).
Santosh Bhojnalaya at Sindhi Camp in Jaipur is a pure vegetarian, dhaba-style restaurant known for its dal baati churma with kadhi, at about ₹250 for two.
OrderThe dal baati churma meal with kadhi, the dish Condé Nast Traveller India praises.
TipThis is the Station Road outlet at Sindhi Camp; EazyDiner lists it open from 10:00 to 23:00 every day.
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