Market tours to book

Best rated first, weighted by reviews, from the cities on this list. One per city.

Everything to book in Mumbai, Jaipur, Delhi

All 13 food markets

Ranked by our editors.

Khari Baoli Spice Market

Khari Baoli Spice Market has traded whole spices, dried fruit and tea at Chandni Chowk's west end since the 17th century, still Delhi's largest spice market.

Sassoon Dock Fish Market

Sassoon Dock is Mumbai's oldest wet dock (1875) and the Koli community's primary morning fish landing; pomfret, bombil, prawn and crab off the boats.

Dilli Haat, INA

Dilli Haat, INA lines a paved courtyard in Delhi with rotating stalls from every Indian state, craft stands on one side and food counters on the other.

INA Market

INA Market stocks imported groceries, fresh seafood and meat that are hard to find elsewhere in Delhi, earning it the label of the city's food bazaar.

Crawford Market

Crawford Market (officially Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai) opened in 1869 as Mumbai's grand covered grocer; 400 stalls of produce, spice and dry-fruit.

Lajpat Nagar Central Market

  • ★ 4.3
  • Defence Colony
  • Delhi

Lajpat Nagar Central Market pairs bargain fashion stalls with a dense street food lane in Delhi, momo counters and chaat carts running between the shops.

Chittaranjan Park Fish Market

  • ★ 4.3
  • Greater Kailash
  • Delhi

Chittaranjan Park Fish Market sells Hilsa shipped overnight from Kolkata and other river fish in its Market 1 alley, anchoring Delhi's Bengali quarter.

Chor Bazaar

  • ★ 4.2
  • Mohammed Ali Road
  • Mumbai

Chor Bazaar (the Thieves Market) on Mutton Street is Mumbai's oldest flea market.

Paranthe Wali Gali

Paranthe Wali Gali packs a handful of hereditary paratha shops into one narrow Old Delhi lane, each frying stuffed parathas the same way for generations.

Masala Chowk

Masala Chowk is a food court in Ram Niwas Bagh, Jaipur, where stalls selling pyaaz kachori, chaat, pav bhaji and kulfi share a single entry ticket.

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