Country dossier
Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries across India in the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in India
These are the rooms where wine programs help define the meal, especially in hotel dining rooms and polished fine-dining settings.
Indian Accent in New Delhi serves modern Indian fine dining, with a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and a 900-bottle list with particular depth in South American and European labels. Formats include a six-course tasting menu, a la carte, and prix fixe. The restaurant occupies the upper tier of New Delhi's fine dining scene.
The Table in Fort Mumbai is a modern European fine dining restaurant in a two-level dining room, with seasonal, ingredient-driven cooking. It holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and an exceptional wine program. The list holds 130 labels and a 350-bottle inventory.
Le Cirque Signature - The Leela Palace in Kodihalli holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and an exceptional wine program, with a la carte and prix fixe formats. The menu is Franco-Italian, and the cellar holds 4,550 bottles across French, Italian, and Indian labels.
Avartana in Guindy serves progressive Southern Indian fine dining, with a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and a sommelier-led wine program. The format is a tasting menu, and Tatler listed the restaurant in Best Restaurants Asia-Pacific. The tasting menus run from seven to thirteen courses.
India's most ambitious kitchens often use tasting menus, counter dining, or set sequences to show range and technique.
Masque in Lower Parel runs a seasonal tasting menu built around hyper-local Indian ingredients sourced from across the country and its own farm. The ten-course format gives the kitchen space to reframe familiar flavours through modern technique, and the room sits at the leading edge of contemporary Indian cooking in Mumbai.
Papa’s in Bandra B is a counter restaurant led by Chef Hussain Shahzad. It reimagines Indian flavours through global techniques and honours Floyd Cardoz. The format is a 13-course tasting menu. World's 50 Best Asia's Best Restaurants ranked it 66th in 2026.
Inja in Friends Colony is an Indian-Japanese fusion restaurant. The kitchen uses charcoal tandoor techniques and seasonal Delhi produce, and the pairings are sommelier-led. It also serves a la carte and small plates. The tasting menu runs from 8 to 10 courses.
Farmlore in Sathanur serves daily-changing tasting menus from a 37-acre organic farm, with sustainable farm-to-table fine dining as the core idea. The restaurant sits outside Bengaluru's main corridor and treats the meal as a destination format shaped by on-site produce.
Sidecar in Greater Kailash II (GK-2), Bar Spirit Forward on Lavelle Road, AER in Lower Parel, and Bar Outrigger in Dona Paula all appear on Asia's 50 Best Bars or Tatler lists.
Sidecar in Greater Kailash II combines classic cocktail technique with a two-floor format, a quiet library lounge below and a live-music bar above. It has appeared on Asia's 50 Best Bars every year since 2020, making it one of New Delhi's most consistently recognised drinking rooms.
Bar Spirit Forward on Lavelle Road is a ground-floor speakeasy known for precise classic cocktails and omakase-style service. Ranked 37th on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025 and selected by Tatler Asia-Pacific, it sits at the centre of Bengaluru's serious cocktail culture.
AER in Lower Parel sits on the 34th floor of the Four Seasons Mumbai with an open-air format, live DJ sets, and an inventive cocktail programme. Its skyline setting and repeated bar recognition make it one of the city's clearest rooftop drinking references.
Bar Outrigger in Dona Paula brings Goa onto the serious cocktail map with craft drinks, rum and gin, and a sea-facing setting. Ranked on Asia's 50 Best Bars list in 2025 and 2026, it stands apart from the state's beach-shack drinking culture.
Bukhara in Diplomatic Enclave, Karavalli on Residency Road, Sienna Store & Cafe in Hindustan Park, and Yauatcha Mumbai in Kolekalyan are in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, and Mumbai. They cook North West Frontier tandoori, coastal South Indian seafood, modern Bengali, and modern Cantonese dim sum.
Bukhara in Diplomatic Enclave is a North West Frontier tandoori restaurant. The open kitchen serves tandoor-grilled kebabs and Dal Bukhara simmered overnight over charcoal, and the tandoor is the central instrument. Service is a la carte. It ranked as high as 14th on the World's 50 Best list in 2002.
Karavalli on Residency Road is a coastal South Indian seafood restaurant modelled after a traditional Mangalorean bungalow. The kitchen draws on Kerala, Mangalore, and Goa, with a wine list and a la carte and small plates. It has been preserving those recipes for over 30 years.
Sienna Store & Cafe in Hindustan Park serves a modern Bengali menu of local, seasonal ingredients and French techniques, with a root-to-leaf approach. Formats include a tasting menu and a la carte, and the restaurant also works as a retail space. La Liste scored it 76 points in 2026.
Yauatcha Mumbai in Kolekalyan is a modern Cantonese dim sum teahouse with tea-based cocktails. Formats include a tasting menu, a la carte, a set menu, and small plates. La Liste scored it 77 points in 2026, and it holds a 2025 La Liste listing.
Greater Kailash II and Vasant Vihar in New Delhi, Indiranagar and Lavelle Road in Bengaluru, and Lower Parel in Mumbai carry much of the strongest cocktail scene. Those neighbourhoods hold the bars with the clearest recognition, from Sidecar and Lair to Bar Spirit Forward and AER.
India has no Michelin-starred restaurants in our guide. Indian Accent in New Delhi and The Table in Fort Mumbai each hold a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. Indian Accent serves modern Indian fine dining, and The Table serves seasonal, ingredient-driven European cuisine with a 130-label wine list.
Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, and Chennai hold many of the clearest tasting-menu rooms in this guide. Masque in Lower Parel, Papa’s in Bandra B, Inja in Friends Colony, Farmlore in Sathanur, and Avartana in Guindy are the most direct examples.
Four restaurants hold a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence in this guide, with a date of 2026 or 2025: Indian Accent in New Delhi, The Table in Fort Mumbai, Le Cirque Signature - The Leela Palace in Kodihalli, and Avartana in Guindy.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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India
Selected entries from the current guide for India.
Mumbai, India
Ranked #68 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants (2025) and scoring 94 points on La Liste's 2026 list, Masque occupies a converted textile mill in Mahalakshmi and operates at the leading edge of contemporary Indian cooking. Chef Varun Totlani's ten-course tasting menu draws on seasonal, locally sourced ingredients to reframe familiar Indian flavours through a rigorous modern lens.
Mumbai, India
Occupying a converted industrial space in Lower Parel's Kamala Mills compound, The Bombay Canteen holds a place in Mumbai's contemporary Indian dining scene that few restaurants have managed to sustain. Under chef Hussain Shahzad, the kitchen runs a rotating menu that repositions regional Indian cooking through a modern lens, backed by La Liste recognition and a spot on Asia's 50 Best list in 2025.
New Delhi, India
Indian Accent at The Lodhi sits at the upper tier of New Delhi's fine dining scene, ranked #89 in the World's 50 Best Restaurants (2024) and scoring 95 points on La Liste (2025). The six-course tasting menu moves through regional Indian reference points reimagined with global technique, from inventive bread courses to mains such as tamarind crab with coconut curry. Wine Director Kevin Rodrigues oversees a 900-bottle list with particular depth in South American and European labels.
Kasauli, India
Naar sits inside Amaya in the Kasauli hills, where chef Prateek Sadhu, ranked 66th on Asia's 50 Best list in 2025 and awarded 93 points by La Liste, translates Himalayan ingredients and Kashmiri culinary memory into a format that places this small-mountain-town address firmly in India's serious dining conversation. The drive up, the altitude, and the deliberate remove from the plains are part of the proposition.
Mumbai, India
The Table in Mumbai delivers progressive American and Italian-inspired plates with precise global touches. Must-try dishes include Lobster Raviolo, Yellowfin Tuna Tataki and Korean BBQ Beef Tacos. The restaurant pairs seasonal produce from The Table Farm in Sasawne, Alibag with a 130-label wine list (350-bottle inventory) overseen by Wine Director Gauri Devidayal and Sommelier Akshay Magar. A Travelers' Choice honoree with a 4.4/5 TripAdvisor rating, The Table offers intimate low-lit seating, a prominent communal table and lively service that makes every meal feel celebratory. Expect lively textures, clean sauces and bright herb notes that showcase sustainability and precision in every bite.
Bengaluru, India
Farmlore sits on the northern edge of Bangalore in Sathnur Village, earning a place on Asia's 50 Best list at #68 in 2025 and 76 points in La Liste 2026. The restaurant draws on India's agricultural and fire-cooking traditions, operating well outside the city's restaurant corridor. Advance booking is essential; this is a destination meal requiring a plan, not a drop-in.
New Delhi, India
Bukhara at ITC Maurya has held a place in the global conversation about Indian restaurant cooking since the early 2000s, when it ranked as high as 14th on the World's 50 Best list. The tandoor is the central instrument here, and the kitchen's approach to spice, whole, dry-roasted, applied in sequence rather than blended, defines a style that remains a reference point for North Indian frontier cooking.
Mumbai, India
Papa's in Mumbai delivers a Modern Indian tasting experience led by Chef Hussain Shahzad. The 13-course tasting menu highlights Thayir saadam, a binka tart with truffle and chenna pora with caviar. In a 12-seat setting above Veronica's Sandwich shop in Bandra's Ranwar village, Papa's blends homegrown Mumbai flavors with global technique, honoring Floyd Cardoz. Recognized on TIME's World's Greatest Places 2025, the restaurant pairs lively service with carefully prepared textures and bold spice notes, a welcome shot at the bar, and precise, ingredient-forward courses that shift from comforting curd rice to luxurious caviar finishes.
Mumbai, India
Americano brings a California-inflected sensibility to Kala Ghoda, Mumbai's most architecturally layered precinct, with a drinks program built around house-made tinctures and vermouths sitting alongside pizzas and pastas. La Liste awarded it 88 points in 2026, and Asia's 50 Best ranked it 71st in 2025, positioning it as one of the city's more credentialed crossover venues where the bar and kitchen carry equal weight.
Chennai, India
Inside ITC Grand Chola in Chennai's Guindy district, Avartana reframes South Indian cooking through tasting menus of seven to thirteen courses that treat spice as architecture rather than background heat. Scoring 89 points in La Liste's 2026 global ranking, the restaurant holds a place at the serious end of India's fine-dining tier. Book ahead; it does not operate as a walk-in destination.
Mumbai, India
Positioned among Asia's ranked fine-dining tables by both La Liste and Opinionated About Dining, Ziya at The Oberoi Mumbai brings Vineet Bhatia's contemporary Indian approach to Nariman Point. The room sits within one of the city's most formally composed hotel dining spaces, operating lunch and dinner seven days a week for guests who want structured Indian cuisine at a serious address.
New Delhi, India
Dum Pukht at ITC Maurya has held a place in Asia's restaurant conversation for decades, ranked among Asia's 50 Best in 2025 and scoring 83 points on La Liste. The kitchen works within the dum cooking tradition of the Awadhi court, sealing meats and aromatics under pastry lids and letting steam do the structural work. Service at the Diplomatic Enclave address is formal, the room is quiet, and reservations are advisable well in advance.
Bengaluru, India
Karavalli at Vivanta on Residency Road has been Bangalore's reference point for coastal and Deccan Indian cooking for decades, earning consecutive recognition on La Liste and Opinionated About Dining's Asia rankings. Under Chef Naren Thimmaiah, the kitchen draws from the Konkan coast, Kerala backwaters, and Karnataka's interior, with a vegetarian repertoire that reflects the depth of South India's meat-free culinary tradition.
New Delhi, India
Inja in New Delhi presents Modern Indian gastronomy led by Chef Adwait Anantwar. Expect an 8–10 course tasting menu and standout plates such as Tandoori Lobster with tamarind glaze, Forest Mushroom Biryani, and Black Cardamom Lamb. The kitchen pairs charcoal tandoor techniques with seasonal Delhi produce, offering precise textures, bright acids, and warm spice layers. Service focuses on calm, attentive timing and sommelier-led pairings that sharpen each course. Ideal for milestone dinners and culinary travelers, Inja delivers bold flavors, refined plating, and an intimate atmosphere that makes every meal feel intentional and memorable.
Gurugram, India
In a Gurugram dining scene heavy with pan-Asian and Indian formats, da Susy brings Neapolitan conviction to a first-floor perch above Sector 66. Chef Susanna Di Cosimo arrived in India after a journey through Italian culinary traditions and stayed, building a menu around soft, light pizza dough, classic fried Neapolitan street foods, and the kind of espresso that closes a meal properly.
Jodhpur, India
A 40-acre farmstay outside Jodhpur, Mharo Khet earns its Michelin Selected status through a plant-based nine-course dining programme, ten raga-named villas of over 2,000 square feet each, and ingredients drawn almost entirely from its own land. Rates start from approximately $367 per night. The property sits in Manai village, a short drive from the Blue City's monuments and markets.
Bengaluru, India
Le Cirque Signature at The Leela Palace, Bangalore occupies a distinct tier among the city's hotel dining rooms, holding La Liste recognition in both 2025 and 2026 and pairing Indian fusion cooking with a wine cellar of 4,550 bottles across French, Italian, and Indian labels. The fifth-floor setting above HAL Old Airport Road positions it alongside the Leela's broader restaurant programme, with dinner service framed around a mid-range cuisine price point and a serious, sommelier-led wine program.
Pune, India
Cobbler & Crew sits in the Barons Club compound in Kalyani Nagar, one of Pune's more socially active dining corridors. The setting, ground floor, opposite Jogger's Park, draws a neighbourhood crowd that values a relaxed but considered atmosphere over spectacle. It belongs to a tier of Pune dining where sourcing and craft matter more than ceremony.
Goa, India
Ranked #94 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025, Hideaway in Vagator has placed Goa's bar scene on a global map that previously overlooked it. Holding, the bar operates in the North Goa pocket between Chapora and Anjuna, a setting that shapes its mood as much as its drinks program does.
Hyderabad, India
Adaa at Falaknuma Palace sits inside one of Hyderabad's most historically significant properties, serving Hyderabadi cuisine that draws on the layered spice traditions of the Nizam's court. Recognised by La Liste in both 2025 and 2026, it occupies a position well above the city's mainstream hotel dining tier. For those engaging seriously with the cuisine of the Deccan, it is a reliable primary reference point.
Bengaluru, India
Jamavar at The Leela Palace occupies a different tier from Bangalore's casual Indian dining circuit, drawing recognition from La Liste's global restaurant rankings in both 2025 and 2026. Positioned on HAL Old Airport Road within one of the city's landmark hotel addresses, it serves classical Indian cuisine with the breadth and composition of a full regional survey. For visitors comparing formal Indian dining options across the country, it sits alongside Bukhara in New Delhi and Adaa at Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad in the palace-hotel fine dining category.
Mumbai, India
Yauatcha Mumbai brings the London dim sum institution's format to Bandra Kurla Complex, operating within a tier of Indian Chinese dining that few restaurants in the city occupy. Recognized on La Liste's global restaurant rankings in both 2025 and 2026, it draws a corporate and social crowd for whom the combination of precise Cantonese-influenced cooking and a polished floor operation matters as much as the food itself.
Anjuna, India
Bomras brings Burmese-inflected Indian cooking to a chapel-side address in Anjuna's Mazal Waddo quarter, earning back-to-back La Liste recognition (76 points in both 2025 and 2026) from a setting that reads more neighbourhood haunt than destination restaurant. It occupies a distinct position in Goa's dining scene: technically ambitious without the formality that usually accompanies that ambition.
Mumbai, India
Izumi Bandra sits in Khar West, where Mumbai's Indian restaurant scene has grown increasingly precise in its regional sourcing and technique. The kitchen works within the Indian cuisine tradition, bringing the kind of layered craft that Bandra's dining circuit rewards.
India
Selected entries from the current guide for India.
Udaipur, India
Built in 1740 as a summer retreat for Maharana Jagat Singh II, Taj Lake Palace sits entirely on Lake Pichola, accessible only by boat. Its 83 rooms and suites retain original mirror work, silk fabrics, and period architecture, while earning placement on Tatler's Best Hotels Asia-Pacific 2025 and the 2025 World Travel Awards for India's Leading Heritage Hotel. The Jiva Spa, four dining venues, and lake-facing terraces anchor its identity as a genuine retreat destination.
Agra, India
Standing roughly 600 metres from the Taj Mahal, The Oberoi Amarvilas is rated 98.5 points on La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels list and ranked 45th on the World's 50 Best Hotels 2023 list. All 102 rooms and suites face the mausoleum directly, with rates from approximately $1,149 per night. The property operates within The Oberoi Group's palace-hotel format, combining traditional craftsmanship with contemporary hospitality infrastructure.
Jaipur, India
Awarded 2 Michelin Keys in 2025 and ranked ninth among India's best hotels by Condé Nast Traveller UK readers, The Leela Palace Jaipur sits on a nine-acre estate along the Jaipur-Delhi highway, 200 rooms scaling from 462-square-foot Palace rooms to a Maharaja Suite with private pool. La Liste scores it 98 points in its 2026 ranking. Rates are available on request only.
Udaipur, India
On a 21-acre private island in Udai Sagar Lake, Raffles Udaipur occupies among the more architecturally considered addresses in Rajasthan. The 101-room property blends Palladian structure with Rajput-Mughal ornament, arrived at by private boat transfer from the lakeshore. Recognised by La Liste's Top Hotels 2026 with 92 points, it positions itself in the upper tier of India's palace-hotel category.
Pali, India
Set in the granite wilderness of Rajasthan's Jawai Dam district, Suján Jawai places ten tents and two suites inside one of India's most productive leopard habitats. Rates start from US$1,251 per night (or approximately 109,000 INR), and the camp ranks #43 on the World's 50 Best Hotels 2024 list and #91 in 2025. Reservations are confirmed through the Suján reservations team only.
Hyderabad, India
A restored 19th-century palace on Hyderabad's Falaknuma hill, the Taj Falaknuma Palace offers 60 rooms across a structure built in Italian marble and Tudor-Baroque style, once the private guest house of the Nizams. Rated 98 points by La Liste Top Hotels 2026, it sits at the upper tier of India's palace hotel category, with rates from $620 per night.
New Delhi, India
Operating from its Janpath address since 1936, The Imperial New Delhi occupies a different tier from the city's newer luxury entrants. Its Victorian, Art Deco, and Lutyens' architecture frames 229 rooms, a collection of over 5,000 original artworks, and public spaces including the 1911 Bar that have shaped Delhi's social calendar for nearly a century. La Liste ranked it at 92 points in 2026.
Udaipur, India
Ranked among India's top resorts for seven of the last ten years and awarded 99 points by La Liste in 2026, The Oberoi Udaivilas sits on the shores of Lake Pichola as a purpose-built Mewari palace executed with conspicuous precision. Ninety rooms, nine swimming pools, and a Banyan Tree spa define the property's scale. Tatler Asia named it among the stronger Hotels Asia-Pacific for 2025.
Dehradun, India
Asia's Leading Retreat at the 2025 World Travel Awards, Six Senses Vana sits on a 21-acre sal woodland estate in the Himalayan foothills outside Dehradun. The 82-room property puts wellness at the centre of every stay, from Ayurvedic and Tibetan medicine programmes to personalised nutrition and sleep consultations. Rates start from $1,694 per night for single occupancy.
Ajabgarh, India
Set among the arid Aravalli Hills near Alwar, Amanbagh translates Mughal architectural language into a 37-room retreat that earned a place on the World's 50 Best Hotels list (2025) and La Liste's top hotel rankings. Pale sandstone pavilions, private courtyard havelis, and pool pavilions with personal plunge pools position it firmly in the quieter, isolation-first tier of Indian luxury hospitality, starting from $1,050 per night.
Mumbai, India
Open since 1903 and ranked 38th on the World's 50 Best Hotels list (2025), The Taj Mahal Palace occupies a singular position in Mumbai's hotel order: the property where Indian luxury hospitality effectively began. Positioned at Apollo Bandar in Colaba, directly opposite the Gateway of India, its 285 rooms split between a history-laden Heritage Wing and a 1973 Tower addition, with rates from $456 per night.
Ranthambhore, India
A 12-tent luxury camp beside Ranthambhore National Park, Suján Sher Bagh operates in the tradition of early 20th-century safari camps: canvas and wood construction, private verandahs, campfire dinners, and jeep safaris into one of India's most active tiger reserves. Rates from US$1,004 per night. Open October to mid-May only.
New Delhi, India
The Leela Palace New Delhi occupies the Diplomatic Enclave in Chanakyapuri, carrying 2 Michelin Keys, a place in the World's 50 Best Discovery Hotels 2025, and a La Liste Top Hotels score of 95.5 points. Its 260 rooms set a high bar for scale in the capital, while restaurants including Megu and Jamavar hold independent award credentials. Rates begin at $575 per night.
Bikaner, India
Once the private residence of one of Bikaner's last Maharajas, Narendra Bhawan is now one of Rajasthan's most architecturally layered hotels, 82 rooms dressed in Art Deco lines, Portuguese tiles, English antiques, and locally crafted terrazzo, scoring 93.5 points in the La Liste Top Hotels 2026 ranking. At around $172 per night, it places the palace-hotel format within reach of a broader tier of heritage travel.
Sawāi Mādhopur, India
Aman-i-Khas places ten canvas tents at the edge of Ranthambore National Park, one of India's most active tiger reserves, in a format that trades hotel infrastructure for immersion in the Rajasthan wilderness. At roughly $1,800 per night, it occupies the highest tier of wildlife camp accommodation in India, with a six-month operating season running October through April and transfers available from Delhi, Jaipur, and Sawai Madhopur station.
Jaipur, India
Opened in 2024 on Jaipur's northern edge, Raffles Jaipur is a 50-suite property positioned at the quieter, more architecturally ambitious end of the city's luxury hotel spectrum. Domed chhatris, jaali screens, frescoed corridors, and private plunge pools place it in a design-first tier. Amber Fort sits on the doorstep; the Pink City's historic quarter is 20 kilometres south.
Manali, India
A ten-room lodge on the Manali-Leh Highway in Palchan, Sitara Himalaya occupies a valley framed by high Himalayan peaks and operates at a remove from Manali's main tourist circuit. Created by Good Earth founder Anita Lal, the property draws Indian, Tibetan, and English design influences through its interiors while an Ayurvedic spa and Himalayan kitchen anchor the experiential offer. Pricing is on request only.
Sawāi Mādhopur, India
Within the walls of a 14th-century Rajasthani fort, Six Senses Fort Barwara converts two palaces and two temples into 48 suites starting from $1,325 per night. Recognised on La Liste's Top Hotels 2026 with 91.5 points and awarded by Star Wine List, it occupies a tier of heritage luxury where the architecture does as much work as the service.
Mumbai, India
Positioned at the tip of Nariman Point on Marine Drive, The Oberoi, Mumbai occupies one of South Mumbai's most architecturally prominent addresses, with rooms facing directly over the Arabian Sea. Recognised in the 2026 La Liste Top Hotels rankings with 98 points, the property competes at the uppermost tier of the city's luxury hotel market, alongside The Taj Mahal Palace and a small number of peers with comparable service credentials.
Mumbai, India
Soho House Mumbai occupies a Juhu beachfront position that places it yards from the Arabian Sea while remaining accessible to Mumbai's creative industries. The 38-room property prices from $349 per night and carries the network's signature country-house design vocabulary, reshaped here through contemporary Indian art and local sensibility. Cecconi's, the Italian restaurant, is open to non-members; the Club restaurant operates on a members-only basis.
New Delhi, India
Set across nearly seven acres on Lodhi Road, The Lodhi occupies one of New Delhi's most historically weighted addresses, steps from 15th-century Mughal tombs in Lodi Gardens. A Leading Hotels of the World member, the property won the #1 Hotel in Delhi and NCR in Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards for both 2017 and 2018. Its 48 oversized rooms and suites, many with private plunge pools, position it firmly at the summit of the capital's luxury accommodation tier.
Mumbai, India
A La Liste Top Hotels 2026 recognition (92 points) places The St. Regis Mumbai among Mumbai's most formally credentialed addresses. Set in Lower Parel on Senapati Bapat Marg, the tower's 395 rooms and multi-outlet format serve both business travelers and leisure guests. The Palladium mall connection, poolside skyline views, and the nightlife venue Koishii give the property a wider reach than a single-use hotel.
Rishikesh, India
Set at a bend in the Ganges several miles upriver from Rishikesh proper, Taj Rishikesh Resort & Spa occupies one of the more geographically dramatic positions in Indian luxury hospitality. With 79 rooms starting from $631 per night, the property pairs Himalayan foothills views with the Taj group's Jiva spa programme and an all-day dining restaurant, Rock Flour, built around farm-sourced ingredients and floor-to-ceiling river views.
Chennai, India
Positioned along the Adyar Sea Face in Chennai's MRC Nagar district, The Leela Palace Chennai is a 326-room property that balances serious corporate infrastructure with the kind of clubby, mahogany-toned interiors more common to a private members' establishment. At around $290 per night, it occupies the upper tier of Chennai's business hotel market, offering sea-view suites and stately dining spaces 16 km from the international airport.
India
Selected entries from the current guide for India.
Mumbai, India
Occupying a converted industrial space in Lower Parel's Kamala Mills compound, The Bombay Canteen holds a place in Mumbai's contemporary Indian dining scene that few restaurants have managed to sustain. Under chef Hussain Shahzad, the kitchen runs a rotating menu that repositions regional Indian cooking through a modern lens, backed by La Liste recognition and a spot on Asia's 50 Best list in 2025.
New Delhi, India
Sidecar in New Delhi's Greater Kailash II has earned a position among Asia's most consistently recognised bars, appearing on Asia's 50 Best Bars every year since 2020 and reaching #14 on the Asia list in 2022.
New Delhi, India
Lair has become among the more closely watched bars in Asia, ranking #8 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025 and #96 globally. Operating from Vasant Vihar's Basant Lok market, it represents New Delhi's shift toward technically precise, narrative-driven cocktail culture.
Mumbai, India
Americano brings a California-inflected sensibility to Kala Ghoda, Mumbai's most architecturally layered precinct, with a drinks program built around house-made tinctures and vermouths sitting alongside pizzas and pastas. La Liste awarded it 88 points in 2026, and Asia's 50 Best ranked it 71st in 2025, positioning it as one of the city's more credentialed crossover venues where the bar and kitchen carry equal weight.
Bengaluru, India
Soka occupies a quiet residential stretch of Indiranagar's 2nd Stage, a neighbourhood that has become one of Bengaluru's most active dining corridors. Positioned away from the main commercial drag, it sits in a part of the city where independent restaurants have carved out serious followings on the strength of their food rather than their footfall. Indiranagar's dining density makes Soka a natural stop on any considered tour of the area.
New Delhi, India
PCO sits in Vasant Vihar's upscale D Block Market and holds a #193 ranking in the Top 500 Bars 2025 list, placing it among India's most recognised cocktail addresses. The bar operates within a format that prizes spirits curation and technical bartending over spectacle, making it one of the few New Delhi bars with verifiable global recognition at that tier.
Mumbai, India
Ranked #434 in the Top 500 Bars (2025), Slink & Bardot sits in Mumbai's Worli neighbourhood where the city's serious cocktail scene has been quietly consolidating. The bar occupies a specific niche in Mumbai's drinking culture: technically considered, unhurried, and positioned well outside the hotel-lobby tier that dominates the city's premium bar map.
Bengaluru, India
ZLB23 at The Leela Palace Bangalore has climbed to #31 on Asia's Best Bars 2025, placing it among a small tier of hotel bars in South Asia with sustained global recognition. Housed within one of Bangalore's landmark luxury addresses in Kodihalli, it draws serious spirits drinkers and cocktail-focused guests who want depth of back bar alongside the occasion of a five-star setting.
Bengaluru, India
Bar Spirit Forward occupies a ground-floor address on Lavelle Road that punches well above its hotel-bar origins. Ranked 37th on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025 and a Tatler Asia-Pacific selection, it operates an omakase-style service model under bartender Arijit Bose, a format that has made it the reference point for serious cocktail culture in Bengaluru.
Mumbai, India
On the 34th floor of the Four Seasons Mumbai, AER has earned a place on Tatler Asia-Pacific's Best Bars list for 2025 with an inventive cocktail programme and one of the city's most commanding skyline views. The open-air format, live DJ sets, and refined position above Worli make it a benchmark for rooftop bar culture in India's most competitive drinking city.
Goa, India
Ranked #55 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025, Bar Outrigger has placed Goa on India's serious cocktail map. Positioned at Dona Paula Jetty on the Panaji waterfront, it operates in a category apart from the state's beach-shack drinking culture, drawing visitors who track bar programmes rather than sunsets..
Mumbai, India
Founded by acclaimed musicians and filmmakers, this luxury bar featured well-known pod seating, internationally prominent acoustics, and innovative mixology that complemented performances by both emerging and international artists.
Goa, India
Ranked #30 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025, Boilermaker in Siolim is one of the few Goa bars to earn sustained international recognition. The address, opposite a wine store on the road to Thalassa, is deceptively low-key for a program that punches at the level of India's leading cocktail destinations. Come for the back bar depth; stay for the curation.
Pune, India
Cobbler & Crew sits in the Barons Club compound in Kalyani Nagar, one of Pune's more socially active dining corridors. The setting, ground floor, opposite Jogger's Park, draws a neighbourhood crowd that values a relaxed but considered atmosphere over spectacle. It belongs to a tier of Pune dining where sourcing and craft matter more than ceremony.
Bengaluru, India
Ranked #38 on Asia's Best Bars 2023, Copitas is one of Bangalore's most decorated cocktail addresses, operating evenings Tuesday through Sunday from a venue on Bellary Road in Ganganagar. For the India bar circuit, it is a reference point.
Mumbai, India
Tucked inside a heritage building in Ballard Estate, Enigma Mumbai holds a rare double distinction in the World's 50 Best Bars rankings, appearing at #19 in 2010 and returning to Asia's 50 Best Bars at #93 in 2025. Set within the atmospheric Fort district, this bar helped define Mumbai's shift toward serious cocktail programming and continues to draw the city's most attentive drinkers.
New Delhi, India
FashionTV's glamorous F Bar New Delhi combines signature all-black interiors with polished craft cocktails in Connaught Place, creating the capital's most fashion-forward nightlife destination where celebrated DJs and premium mixology attract Delhi's informed elite.
Goa, India
Ranked #94 on Asia's 50 Best Bars 2025, Hideaway in Vagator has placed Goa's bar scene on a global map that previously overlooked it. Holding, the bar operates in the North Goa pocket between Chapora and Anjuna, a setting that shapes its mood as much as its drinks program does.
New Delhi, India
Home sits on the third floor of Ambience Mall in Vasant Kunj, carrying a 2022 Asia's Best Bars ranking of #30 and a 2024 placement of #96, one of the few Delhi bars to hold consecutive appearances on that list. Against a field of cocktail programs across India's major cities, it occupies a tier defined by craft-led programming and international recognition rather than venue scale or nightlife volume.
New Delhi, India
Hoots' sits on the first floor of Vasant Vihar's Basant Lok market, a neighbourhood bar that earned a place at No. 26 on Asia's Best Bars 2022 without abandoning its local character.For New Delhi's bar scene, it represents the quieter, more community-rooted end of a city increasingly recognized on the global stage.
New Delhi, India
Ranked #433 in the Top 500 Bars (2025), Library Bar at Leela Palace occupies a particular position in New Delhi's hotel drinking scene: a Chanakyapuri address inside one of the capital's most prominent luxury properties, drawing a diplomatic-enclave crowd that expects craft and discretion in equal measure. The atmosphere skews bookish and composed, the cocktail programme anchored in technique rather than spectacle.
New Delhi, India
Q'Ba earned a place on the World's 50 Best Bars list in 2010, reaching number 15 at a time when Indian bars were barely registering on global ranking circuits. Set on Connaught Place's Inner Circle, it occupies a building that has shaped Delhi's after-dark culture for over a decade, drawing a crowd that skews toward the city's working and creative classes rather than hotel-bar formality.
Colvá, India
In 2022, Asia's 50 Best Bars ranked Tesouro fourth across the entire continent, a striking credential for a bar operating out of a modest shopfront on the Colva-Benaulim road in South Goa. The bar has redrawn expectations for what serious cocktail programming can look like outside a major Indian city, drawing drinkers who cross state lines to sit here.
Mumbai, India
Ranked 48th on Asia's Best Bars 2023, The Living Room in Mahim West has become one of Mumbai's most closely watched cocktail addresses. The bar sits in the quieter western residential fringe of the city, drawing a crowd that treats it as a serious drinks destination rather than a night-out stopover.
India
Selected entries from the current guide for India.
Bengaluru, India
The venue sits on Raja Rammohan Roy Road in a city whose restaurant scene has shifted decisively toward specialist, destination-format dining over the past decade. Arrive with a reservation and an appetite for something considered.
Cuncolim, India
Paul John operates out of Cuncolim's industrial corridor in South Goa, producing single malt whisky under conditions shaped by the region's tropical climate.
Mysore Dist, India
Alpine Wineries reframes Karnataka wine through estate fruit, Kaveri valley soils and European technical discipline rather than tasting-room spectacle. The Mysore Dist estate works with around 100 hectares under vine, a guided-visit format and a portfolio centred on Shiraz, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Viognier.
Nashik, India
Charosa Vineyards reads Nashik through altitude, red laterite soils and a modern cellar rather than through old-world imitation. The 230-acre estate works with Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Tempranillo, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier and Chenin Blanc, using gravity-flow handling and open-top fermenters to produce dry, fruit-forward wines across Reserve, Selections and Pleasures tiers.
Nashik, India
Good Drop Wine Cellars is a production-led Nashik winery built around sparkling wine rather than estate romance. Founded in 2009, it works from Vinchur Wine Park with contract farming, local grape sourcing, and a portfolio that spans Casablanca sparkling wines, Good Earth still wines, and Rio fizzy wine coolers.
Hampi Hills, India
The estate sits within the Hampi Hills, where the interplay of granitic terrain and continental climate is steadily producing wines that speak to place rather than formula. It is one of the few Indian producers arguing, convincingly, for terroir as a serious variable.
Maharashtra, India
Vallonné Vineyards belongs to the experience-led side of Maharashtra wine travel: a boutique estate near Nashik where vineyard, lake, restaurant, and small hotel are part of the same proposition. The range leans on French-styled still wines, a Cabernet Sauvignon rosé claim, reserve reds, and a dessert wine made from sun-dried grapes, giving the visit more structure than a simple tasting stop.
Nashik, India
York Winery gives Nashik’s wine-country day out a clear sense of place: red soils, a compact estate vineyard, dam-side views, and a modern cellar built around both production and hospitality. The estate’s early Sommelier India Wine Competition medals and broad varietal range make it a useful lens on India’s contemporary wine scene rather than just a casual tasting stop.
