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Cafés The guide was updated: 2024-07-10

India has been a nation of tea drinkers for centuries, but in recent decades, coffee has been on the rise. There are cafés all over the place in New Delhi, and big café chains are appearing more and more around the city. However, you will still find small tea shops on every corner where you can grab your daily cup of tea.

Café Turtle

Café Turtle

This relaxing café above a bookshop is located in the heart of New Delhi and is popular with expats. Café Turtle serves teas, cakes, and light lunches. Here you can enjoy your tea on the lovely terrace and watch the beautiful sunset.

The Big Chill Cafe

The Big Chill Cafe

The Big Chill Cafe is a laid-back, movie-themed spot perfect for Italian cuisine enthusiasts, offering a delightful menu specialising in pizza, pasta, and an array of delectable desserts.

Cafe Coffee Day

Cafe Coffee Day

Cafe Coffee Day, the most pervasive coffee shop chain in India, has numerous outlets throughout the capital. This modern chain offers a variety of espresso-based drinks, teas, and light Continental meals.

Barista Coffee

Barista Coffee

This popular, comfortable coffee house chain offers modern Western fare from muffins to lattes. This café chain can be found throughout India and there are many outlets in New Delhi.

Hauz Khas Social

Hauz Khas Social

The highly successful Hauz Khas Social is the perfect hangout to enjoy a light meal while unwinding with an outstanding lake backdrop. The restaurant-bar-club, spread across two levels, is acclaimed for its creative cocktails and regular live music nights.

Farzi Cafe

Farzi Cafe

In the frenetic business and financial hub of Connaught Place, the cheerful Farzi Cafe adds a modern touch on Indian cuisine through the use of 'molecular gastronomy' technology. The menu also offers non-Indian dishes and an array of 'bunta' (traditional homemade) cocktails and liquor options to choose from. There's traditional live music on Saturdays.

Triveni Terrace Cafe

Triveni Terrace Cafe

Triveni Terrace Café—with its alfresco patio overlooking the open-air theatre—is a must-hangout for art buffs and foodies alike visiting the adjacent Triveni Art Gallery. Known for its signature 'pakora' (Indian snack) and cutlets paired with 'chai' and coffee, the small menu lists toasted sandwiches plus other Indian snacks, including 'paratha', curries, and 'thalis' at affordable prices.

Café Lota

Café Lota

The hidden artefact of the National Crafts Museum showcases a modern take on regional Indian dishes. Patrons recommend fish and chips (amaranth-encrusted batter-fried sole with sweet potato fries), or 'palak patta chaat' (crispy spinach, potatoes and chickpeas topped with spiced yogurt, green chutney, and pomegranate seeds).

The Potbelly Rooftop Cafe

The Potbelly Rooftop Cafe

Perched on the 4th floor offering stunning vistas of South Delhi, The Potbelly Rooftop Café offers the authentic flavours of the Bihar region such as 'litti chokha' — dough ball made up of whole wheat flour and stuffed with 'sattu' (roasted chickpeas flour) and served with 'murgha korma' (a creamy chicken curry) or 'chokha' (a mix of veggies).

Summer House Cafe

Summer House Cafe

With its wooden furniture and comfortable sofas, Summer House Café is more than a simple coffee shop to grab the morning coffee. The coffeehouse-bar-club venue hybrid brings western influences into their dishes, serving a menu of US and western-style food along with an extensive drink menu. The venue also scores bonus points for providing DJ set nights to keep guests entertained all night long.

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