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Modern IndianMi Road
Primitive, a progressive Indian restaurant at Hotel Pearl Palace in Jaipur, cooks over charcoal and wood, from coal-roasted sweet potato to gajar halwa.
OrderThe coal-roasted shakarkand do pyaza and the Awadhi malai paneer, then the carrot-shaped halwa.
TipAn 11-course tasting menu in the private dining room was ₹3,500 vegetarian and ₹4,000 non-vegetarian plus taxes in 2025.
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North IndianJln Marg
Shikaar Bagh is the all-day restaurant and bar at Narain Niwas Palace in Rambagh, Jaipur, with wooden interiors and north Indian and European plates.
OrderThe mushroom galouti kebabs or the char-grilled prawns.
TipThe kitchen runs from 12:30 to 00:00, so lunch and a late dinner both work; the outdoor seating has carriages and twinkling lights.
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ItalianJln Marg
Bar Palladio is an Italian restaurant and bar in the gardens of Narain Niwas Palace in Jaipur, with all-blue interiors and tented canopies among peacocks.
OrderClassic Italian dishes from the menu, with a cocktail under the tented canopies.
TipOn Sundays the doors open at 12:30 for lunch; on other days at 16:30, so it suits an evening visit.
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RajasthaniOuter Jaipur
Zoya is the all-day restaurant at Fairmont Jaipur in Kukas, serving a Rajasthani Royal Thali, live cooking and western dishes in Mughal tent-style rooms.
OrderThe Rajasthani Royal Thali, or a dish from the live cooking experience.
TipZoya is open from 07:00 to 23:00, so a thali lunch works as well as dinner.
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RajasthaniTonk Road
Chokhi Dhani, a village-style dinner venue on Tonk Road, Jaipur, serves dal, baati and churma with folk dance, puppet shows and craft stalls.
OrderDal baati churma, with the baati sunk in ghee, from the Rajasthani dinner.
TipEntry is from 17:00; dinner is ticketed in three categories, the Rajasthani dinner, the Royal Thali and a multi-cuisine buffet at the resort.
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ItalianC Scheme
In a converted ancestral home on Ramesh Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur, Opera is an Italian restaurant known for Neapolitan pizza and hand-rolled pasta.
OrderThe Neapolitan pizza and the hand-rolled pasta, with the burrata sourdough to start.
TipChoose a table among the bougainvillea in the garden for winter lunches or summer dinners; the rooms keep much of the old house.