Restaurants & Bars

An Onasadya everywhere you look, seafood buckets upended on tables, and scoops of cheesecake round off a stacked month

At Pankaj Balachandran’s Quinta Cantina, Portuguese and Mexican fare go down as well as the cocktails and conversations

The newest culinary outpost at Nilaya Anthology serves comfort classics, perfect for a little OOO lunch

Inside Middle Room, an intimate listening bar where records lead and everything else follows

In this Indian-Mexican restaurant by chefs Megha Kohli and Noah Louis Barnes, the push and pull between the two cultures comes via a 12-course menu where mezcal is paired with kokum and guacamole scooped up by bhakri

After smoking meat and hosting supper clubs, Kohima’s Ati Aier brings a taste of Naga cuisine to a cosy, fuss-free eatery in Panjim

From lunch on a sushi conveyor belt to a tequila infused with Doritos and salsa, there’s plenty of surprise on our plates this month

For 30 years, the F&B veteran has introduced Mumbai to a tally of restaurants and bars, each defining a specific era in its dining and drinking scene. With Miss Margot, he predicts the city’s return to slower, quieter night-outs

Gourmet sandwiches—and sandwich shops in general—have put an end to the hate campaign against gluten and we’re obviously here for it

A women-led eatery in Arunachal Pradesh wants to change this with heirloom dishes rooted in foraged ingredients and locally grown crops

Most hard-to-get tables have PR. Mi Piaci has tagliatelle tossed in a wheel of Parmigiano, tiramisù whipped tableside, and the Qutub Minar looming over them all

A restored heritage site in the heart of Delhi is now home to chef Amninder Sandhu’s new restaurant, Kikli, where old family recipes introduce you to unfamiliar parts of a familiar cuisine