The 10 Best Restaurants in New Delhi
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Indian Accent on Asia's 50 Best, Bukhara's Frontier institution, and the institutional Indian fine-dining tradition's gastronomic capital. Ranked across the seven occasions our editors track. First date, close a deal, birthday, impress clients, proposal, solo dining, team dinner.
The New Delhi top 10 for 2026 is led by Wasabi by Morimoto. Editorial runners-up: Travertino, Threesixty°, The Spice Route, Megu.
New Delhi is the political and gastronomic capital of India and the institutional centre of Indian fine dining. The city's particular contribution to Indian cooking is Modern Indian as a defined fine-dining vocabulary. Indian Accent under chef Manish Mehrotra has appeared on the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list and remains the world's most-cited modern Indian reservation; Bukhara at the ITC Maurya runs the country's most consequential Frontier-cuisine institution; Dum Pukht in the same hotel carries the Awadhi-Mughlai institutional tradition that Imran Akhtar Husain established in the 1980s. Around the institutional Indian fine-dining circuit lives a serious international fine-dining tier through Wasabi by Morimoto at the Taj Mahal Hotel, Megu, Le Cirque at the Leela Palace, Travertino, and The Spice Route at The Imperial that anchors Delhi's position as India's most cosmopolitan dining capital. The neighbourhoods to know are Lutyens' Delhi for the institutional fine-dining circuit, Connaught Place and the Taj Mansingh corridor for the institutional Indian tradition, Mehrauli and Hauz Khas for the chef-owner generation, Khan Market for the casual neighbourhood scene, and Aerocity for the corporate-class power-dining ecosystem. These ten restaurants are the working list.
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Wasabi by Morimoto
New Delhi. IN · Japanese · $$$$
Iron Chef's Delhi outpost. Where Morimoto's theatrical Japanese-fusion meets the Taj Mahal Hotel's old-money gravity.
Wasabi by Morimoto is New Delhi's #1 restaurant on our 2026 ranking. A celebratory register that scales for a table of four to twelve. Iron Chef's Delhi outpost. Where Morimoto's theatrical Japanese-fusion meets the Taj Mahal Hotel's old-money gravity. The kitchen's discipline and the room's composure are the reasons it earns this position; the food is the proof, but the table is the argument.
The dish to know: the chef's recommendation. Counter ordering, sake pairings, and the rotation of seasonal Japanese ingredients. The wine programme matches the kitchen. Neither showy nor undercooked. And the service team operates at the calibration the room demands. 1 Mansingh Road, New Delhi places it in the part of New Delhi where the dining year actually happens; the address is part of why the reservation is the right one.
For our editors, this is the New Delhi table for birthday Also strong for close a deal, first date. Read the full review on the Wasabi by Morimoto page; book the table when you know the conversation matters.
Travertino
New Delhi. IN · Italian · $$$
The Oberoi's Italian. Understated, ingredient-led, and the safest bet in Delhi for a first date that needs to feel special without being intimidating.
Travertino is New Delhi's #2 restaurant on our 2026 ranking. A celebratory register that scales for a table of four to twelve. The Oberoi's Italian. Understated, ingredient-led, and the safest bet in Delhi for a first date that needs to feel special without being intimidating. The kitchen's discipline and the room's composure are the reasons it earns this position; the food is the proof, but the table is the argument.
What gets ordered: the handmade pasta, the wood-fired secondi, and the wine list that punches above its label. The wine programme matches the kitchen. Neither showy nor undercooked. And the service team operates at the calibration the room demands. Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg, New Delhi places it in the part of New Delhi where the dining year actually happens; the address is part of why the reservation is the right one.
For our editors, this is the New Delhi table for birthday Also strong for first date, impress clients. Read the full review on the Travertino page; book the table when you know the conversation matters.
Threesixty°
New Delhi. IN · International / All-Day · $$$
The Oberoi's grand all-day brasserie. Where Delhi power brokers breakfast and business lunches run past midnight.
Threesixty° is New Delhi's #3 restaurant on our 2026 ranking. A celebratory register that scales for a table of four to twelve. The Oberoi's grand all-day brasserie. Where Delhi power brokers breakfast and business lunches run past midnight. The kitchen's discipline and the room's composure are the reasons it earns this position; the food is the proof, but the table is the argument.
The dish to know: the chef's seasonal menu. A structured progression of plates that argues for the kitchen's defined point of view. The wine programme matches the kitchen. Neither showy nor undercooked. And the service team operates at the calibration the room demands. Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg, New Delhi places it in the part of New Delhi where the dining year actually happens; the address is part of why the reservation is the right one.
For our editors, this is the New Delhi table for birthday Also strong for first date, impress clients. Read the full review on the Threesixty° page; book the table when you know the conversation matters.
The Spice Route
New Delhi. IN · Pan-Asian / Spice Route Cuisines · $$$
Seven years of Keralan mural-painting and hand-carved wood to create the most visually arresting room in Delhi. The food matches the architecture.