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 29 fine dining

Ranked by our editors.

Indian Accent

  • ★ 4.9
  • Shantanu Mehrotra
  • Lodhi Colony
  • Delhi

Indian Accent opened in 2009 and reset modern Indian cooking in Delhi; it runs from The Lodhi hotel and ranked No.

Masque

  • ★ 4.9
  • INR 5400 (10 course)
  • Varun Totlani
  • Lower Parel
  • Mumbai

Varun Totlani's Masque runs a 10 course foraged-ingredient tasting in a former Mumbai textile mill in Lower Parel.

Raga

  • ★ 4.8
  • Connaught Place
  • Delhi

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.

Trishna

  • ★ 4.8
  • INR 3500 (seafood set)
  • House team
  • Kala Ghoda
  • Mumbai

Trishna runs the koliwada coastal fish program out of a small Kala Ghoda dining room since 1965.

Baoshuan

  • ★ 4.7
  • Andrew Wong (menu creator)
  • Sunder Nagar
  • Delhi

Baoshuan at The Oberoi in Delhi serves a Chinese menu created by London chef Andrew Wong, tracing dishes from Tang temple cooking to Suzhou tea houses.

Ekaa

  • ★ 4.7
  • INR 4500 (sensorial)
  • Niyati Rao and Sagar Neve
  • Fort
  • Mumbai

Niyati Rao and Sagar Neve's Ekaa runs a sensorial tasting menu inside the 1890s Kitab Mahal building in Fort.

Nisaba

  • ★ 4.6
  • Manish Mehrotra
  • Nizamuddin
  • Delhi

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.

Jamavar

Jamavar is the candlelit signature restaurant of The Leela Palace Jaipur at Kukas, serving a Rajasthani set menu in a room of mirror work, by reservation.

The Johri

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.

Americano

  • ★ 4.6
  • Alex Sanchez
  • Kala Ghoda
  • Mumbai

Chef Alex Sanchez (Daniel Humm and Michael Mina alum) opened Americano in 2019 with a farm-to-table approach: house-made pastas.

INJA

  • ★ 4.5
  • ₹4,000 for two (approx.)
  • Adwait Anantwar
  • Defence Colony
  • Delhi

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.

Dhilli

  • ★ 4.5
  • Vineet Bhatia
  • Sunder Nagar
  • Delhi

Dhilli at The Oberoi in Delhi, mentored by Michelin-starred chef Vineet Bhatia, builds its whole menu around the multicultural cooking of the capital.

The Sarvato

The Sarvato serves a set Rajasthani tasting menu inside the City Palace in Jaipur, for dinner only between September and April, by reservation only.

Megu

  • ★ 4.4
  • Shubham Thakur
  • Chanakyapuri
  • Delhi

Megu has run Japanese fine dining at The Leela Palace in Delhi since 2012, with fish flown in from Tokyo twice a week under head chef Shubham Thakur.

Surya Mahal

Surya Mahal is the all-day fine dining restaurant of The Oberoi Rajvilas in Jaipur, with a chandelier hall, an evening courtyard and a wellness menu.

Peshawri

Peshawri at ITC Rajputana on Palace Road in Jaipur serves coal-grilled North-West Frontier kababs, breads and lentils at lunch and dinner every day.

Sehara

Sehara is the rooftop restaurant and bar at Raffles Jaipur in Kukas, serving Mediterranean-inspired dishes, fresh pasta and seafood with Aravalli views.

1135 AD

1135 AD is a restaurant inside Amer Fort in Jaipur serving Rajasthani and Mughlai dishes in a courtyard, a frescoed hall and a mirrored room, lit by candles.

Suvarna Mahal

Suvarna Mahal is the dinner-only Rajasthani restaurant inside Rambagh Palace in Jaipur, clad with Venetian frescoes and crystal chandeliers, serving thalis.

Hakkasan

  • ★ 4.4
  • INR 4500 (signature)
  • Hakkasan Group
  • Bandra West
  • Mumbai

Hakkasan's flagship Bandra room runs the same Cantonese template as the London original: latticework, mood lighting, dim sum, signature Peking duck.

Le Cirque

  • ★ 4.3
  • Vashisht Kumar
  • Chanakyapuri
  • Delhi

Le Cirque at The Leela Palace in Delhi keeps its French-Italian lobster bisque and pasta primavera under chef Vashisht Kumar, beside a walk-in wine cellar.

1932 Trevi

1932 Trevi is an Italian restaurant in the lawns of Santha Bagh on JLN Marg, Jaipur, with hand-rolled pasta, Indian dishes and peacocks roaming the garden.

Jamavar

  • ★ 4.2
  • The Leela Palace kitchen team
  • Chanakyapuri
  • Delhi

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.

The Amber Terrace

The Amber Terrace at The Leela Palace Jaipur is an adults-only terrace bar and restaurant serving modern Asian small plates against the Aravalli range.

Zarin

Zarin at Fairmont Jaipur in Kukas serves Chinese, Thai and Japanese dishes, with a teppanyaki grill where the chef cooks in front of the table.

Baradari

Baradari is the restaurant inside the City Palace in Jaipur, serving contemporary Rajasthani dishes such as smoked lal maas with baati, indoors and outdoors.

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