113 places · India's 50 Best 2026, Culinary Culture, Asia's 50 Best · 5 routes · Delhi Metro
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This interactive map of New Delhi (India) brings together 113 hand-picked places: 30 attractions, 35 restaurants, 24 cafés and 24 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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3.5 km · ~half day · Shahjahanabad · 6 stops
4 km · ~half day · New Delhi · 6 stops
3 km · ~half day · Nizamuddin · 6 stops
4.5 km · ~half day · Mehrauli · 6 stops
5 km · ~half day · Hauz Khas to Saket · 6 stops
क़ुतुब मीनार · Mehrauli
The world's tallest brick minaret: 73 m of red sandstone carved with Quranic verse.
Tip: Arrive at opening (7 AM) for golden light on the sandstone and no queues.
🚇 Yellow Line · Qutub Minar
Featured in: UNESCO · ASI 2026
Show on mapहुमायूँ का मक़बरा · Nizamuddin
The Taj Mahal's dress rehearsal: India's first Mughal garden tomb, perfect symmetry.
Tip: Last hour of daylight: the dome turns pink and the parakeets take off.
🚇 Pink Line · JLN Stadium
Featured in: UNESCO · Aga Khan Trust
Show on mapलाल क़िला · Old Delhi
Two kilometres of red rampart: the palace from which the Mughals ruled half a subcontinent.
Tip: Buy online — the ticket queue is the only real bottleneck.
🚇 Violet Line · Lal Quila
Featured in: UNESCO · ASI 2026
Show on mapजामा मस्जिद · Old Delhi
India's largest mosque — climb the south minaret for all of Old Delhi at your feet.
Tip: Bring socks — shoes come off and the courtyard bakes at midday.
🚇 Violet Line · Jama Masjid
Featured in: ASI · Lonely Planet
Show on mapइंडिया गेट · Rajpath
A 42 m arch honouring 70,000 Indian soldiers; lit up at night while the city eats ice cream.
Tip: Go after 7 PM along Kartavya Path: fountains, lights and chaat carts.
🚇 Violet Line · Central Secretariat
Featured in: Delhi Tourism 2026
Show on mapकमल मंदिर · Kalkaji
27 white marble petals: a Baha'i house of worship open to all and one of Asia's most shot buildings.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Total silence inside — two minutes seated is worth the trip.
🚇 Violet Line · Kalkaji Mandir
Featured in: Delhi Tourism 2026
Show on mapअक्षरधाम · Noida Mor
A temple carved in stone without a single steel beam, plus a water show at dusk.
Tip: No phones or cameras allowed — free lockers at the gate, leave everything there.
🚇 Blue Line · Akshardham
Featured in: Delhi Tourism 2026
Show on mapगुरुद्वारा बंगला साहिब · Connaught Place
Golden dome, sacred pool and a kitchen serving 30,000 free meals a day.
Tip: Ask to see the langar — you can help roll rotis and eat with everyone, free.
🚇 Blue Line · Rajiv Chowk
Featured in: CNT India · Time Out
Show on mapसफ़दरजंग का मक़बरा · Jor Bagh
Delhi's last great Mughal mausoleum: huge, empty and perfect for people-free photos.
Tip: Dirt-cheap ticket and almost nobody — ideal if Humayun's felt crowded.
🚇 Yellow Line · Jor Bagh
Featured in: ASI · Time Out Delhi
Show on mapहौज़ ख़ास · Hauz Khas Village
A 14th-century madrasa over a lake with deer, herons and south Delhi's best sunset.
Tip: Walk down to the lake at the back — that is where the reflected madrasa shot happens.
🚇 Yellow Line · Hauz Khas
Featured in: Time Out Delhi · ASI
Show on mapमहरौली पुरातत्व उद्यान · Mehrauli
250 acres of tombs, stepwells and mosques hidden in the trees: Delhi before Delhi.
Tip: Hunt down Rajon ki Baoli and Balban's Tomb — signposted and almost always empty.
🚇 Yellow Line · Qutub Minar
Featured in: INTACH · Time Out
Show on mapलोधी गार्डन · Lodhi Estate
Delhi's favourite park: 15th-century tombs among joggers, yoga mats and bougainvillea.
Tip: Enter from Lodhi Road and walk to Bara Gumbad, the most photogenic tomb.
🚇 Yellow Line · Jor Bagh
Featured in: Delhi Tourism · CNT India
Show on mapसुंदर नर्सरी · Nizamuddin
A 90-acre heritage park with six restored Mughal monuments, a lake and a butterfly meadow.
Tip: It links on foot to Humayun's Tomb — do both in one walk.
🚇 Pink Line · JLN Stadium
Featured in: Aga Khan Trust · CNT India
Show on mapअग्रसेन की बावली · Hailey Road
A stone stepwell hidden between office towers — central Delhi's best-kept secret.
Tip: It sits in an unmarked alley — look for Hailey Lane behind Hailey Road. Free entry.
🚇 Blue Line · Barakhamba Road
Featured in: Atlas Obscura · Time Out
Show on mapपुराना क़िला · Mathura Road
Delhi's oldest fort, built over the layers of Mahabharata-era Indraprastha.
Tip: Climb Sher Mandal, the octagonal tower where Humayun fell down the stairs and died.
🚇 Blue Line · Supreme Court
Featured in: ASI 2026
Show on mapराष्ट्रपति भवन · Raisina Hill
Lutyens' 340 rooms on Raisina Hill — the largest presidential residence on earth.
Tip: Book the tour online, or come Feb-March when Amrit Udyan opens free to the public.
🚇 Yellow Line · Central Secretariat
Featured in: Presidential Secretariat
Show on mapराष्ट्रीय संग्रहालय · Janpath
5,000 years under one roof: Harappan seals, Chola bronzes and relics of the Buddha.
Tip: Start with the Harappan gallery downstairs and don't miss the Mohenjo-daro dancing girl.
🚇 Yellow Line · Udyog Bhawan
Featured in: Ministry of Culture
Show on mapKNMA · Saket
India's most important private modern art collection — and entry is free.
Tip: It sits inside DLF South Court Mall — pair it with Select Citywalk across the road.
🚇 Yellow Line · Saket
Featured in: CNT India · Frieze
Show on mapलोधी कला ज़िला · Lodhi Colony
India's first public art district: 60 murals across 1950s government housing.
Tip: Start at Block 5 and walk toward Meherchand Market: 40 minutes, ending with coffee.
🚇 Yellow Line · Jor Bagh
Featured in: St+art India · Time Out
Show on mapहज़रत निज़ामुद्दीन दरगाह · Nizamuddin Basti
A 14th-century Sufi shrine where live qawwali erupts every Thursday night.
Tip: Thursdays 6-9 PM for qawwali. Cover your head and leave shoes at the stall by the lane.
🚇 Pink Line · JLN Stadium
Featured in: CNT India · Time Out
Show on mapराज घाट · Ring Road
A black marble platform and an eternal flame: where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated.
Tip: Friday afternoons bring a prayer ceremony; the rest of the week it is pure silence.
🚇 Blue Line · Indraprastha
Featured in: Delhi Tourism
Show on mapजंतर मंतर · Connaught Place
Giant 1724 astronomical instruments that look like brutalist sculpture before brutalism.
Tip: Ten minutes' walk from Connaught Place — the perfect stop between shopping and lunch.
🚇 Yellow Line · Patel Chowk
Featured in: ASI 2026
Show on mapजमाली कमाली · Mehrauli
A 1536 mosque with a lapis-painted ceiling and Delhi's most famous ghost legend.
Tip: Inside Mehrauli park — ask the guard to open the painted tomb chamber for you.
🚇 Yellow Line · Qutub Minar
Featured in: INTACH · Atlas Obscura
Show on mapतुग़लक़ाबाद क़िला · Tughlakabad
Six kilometres of cyclopean wall abandoned in 1327, now ruled by parakeets and goats.
Tip: Bring water and closed shoes — no shade and no kiosk for kilometres.
🚇 Violet Line · Tughlakabad
Featured in: ASI · Atlas Obscura
Show on mapNGMA · Jaipur House
Amrita Sher-Gil, Raza and Husain inside the circular Jaipur House palace by India Gate.
Tip: Closed Mondays. The Amrita Sher-Gil room alone justifies the visit.
🚇 Violet Line · Khan Market
Featured in: Ministry of Culture
Show on mapगांधी स्मृति · Tees January Marg
The house where Gandhi spent his last 144 days, his final steps marked across the lawn.
Tip: Free entry, closed Mondays. His room sits untouched since 1948.
🚇 Yellow Line · Lok Kalyan Marg
Featured in: Gandhi Smriti Trust
Show on mapगार्डन ऑफ़ फ़ाइव सेंसेज़ · Saidulajab
20 acres of sculpture, bamboo mazes and stone terraces designed for all five senses.
Tip: Champa Gali is next door — do the garden, then walk straight out for specialty coffee.
🚇 Yellow Line · Saket
Featured in: Delhi Tourism
Show on mapरेल संग्रहालय · Chanakyapuri
Steam engines from 1855, the Maharaja of Mysore's gold saloon car and a ride-on toy train.
Tip: Delhi's best plan with kids — the toy train runs every half hour.
🚇 Pink Line · Sarojini Nagar
Featured in: Indian Railways
Show on mapफ़िरोज़ शाह कोटला · Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
14th-century ruins with a 1,700-year-old Ashokan pillar and Thursday letters to the djinns.
Tip: Come Thursday afternoon: people leave letters and candles in the cellars. Surreal.
🚇 Violet Line · Delhi Gate
Featured in: ASI · Atlas Obscura
Show on mapचौंसठ खंभा · Nizamuddin Basti
64 white marble columns in a 17th-century Mughal pavilion that now hosts qawwali concerts.
Tip: Mirza Ghalib's tomb, the most quoted poet in Urdu, is next door. Both free.
🚇 Pink Line · JLN Stadium
Featured in: Aga Khan Trust
Show on mapइंडियन एक्सेंट · The Lodhi
India's most decorated restaurant: modern Indian, with a black dal kulcha that is pure legend.
Tip: Book three weeks out. The lunch tasting menu is half the price of dinner.
🚇 Yellow Line · Jor Bagh
Featured in: Asia's 50 Best · Culinary Culture 5★
Show on mapबुख़ारा · ITC Maurya
The dal Bukhara and Sikandari raan that fed Clinton and Putin — eaten with your hands, no cutlery.
Tip: No reservations for small tables — arrive at 7 PM sharp or wait an hour.
🚇 Pink Line · Dhaula Kuan
Featured in: India's 50 Best 2026 · Culinary Culture 4★
Show on mapदम पुख़्त · ITC Maurya
Slow-cooked Awadhi cuisine under brass lanterns; the dough-sealed biryani is the showpiece.
Tip: Order the Kakori kebab — it collapses before it reaches your mouth.
🚇 Pink Line · Dhaula Kuan
Featured in: India's 50 Best 2026 · Culinary Culture 4★
Show on mapस्पाइस रूट · The Imperial
Seven years of hand-painted craftsmanship — Asia's most spectacular dining room, plus Thai curry.
Tip: Even if you skip dinner, take tea in The Imperial's lobby for the colonial engravings.
🚇 Yellow Line · Janpath
Featured in: India's 50 Best 2026
Show on mapमेगु · The Leela Palace
The capital's most refined Japanese: sushi, robata and a black cod that rivals any Nobu.
Tip: The chef's omakase at the counter is the best value on the menu.
🚇 Pink Line · Sarojini Nagar
Featured in: Culinary Culture Top 30 · India's 50 Best
Show on mapऑलिव बार एंड किचन · Mehrauli
A whitewashed haveli looking straight at the Qutub Minar — Delhi's prettiest Mediterranean brunch.
Tip: Ask for the olive-tree courtyard at Sunday brunch — it sells out by Thursday.
🚇 Yellow Line · Qutub Minar
Featured in: Culinary Culture Top 30 · CNT India
Show on mapदीवा · Greater Kailash 2
Ritu Dalmia's restaurant taught Delhi what real pasta is, and it is still flawless.
Tip: The seasonal ravioli changes monthly — ask before you look at the menu.
🚇 Magenta Line · Greater Kailash
Featured in: CNT India · Time Out Delhi
Show on mapसिरस 9 · The Oberoi
A ninth-floor Oberoi rooftop looking over the golf course and a floodlit Humayun's Tomb.
Tip: Come at 6 PM for sunset and stay — the Indian-ingredient cocktail list is superb.
🚇 Violet Line · Jangpura
Featured in: CNT India · 30 Best Bars India
Show on mapदिल्ली · The Oberoi
A tribute to the seven Delhis: Nizamuddin kebabs and Chandni Chowk chaat, fine-dining edition.
Tip: The seven-course tasting menu tells the city's history dish by dish.
🚇 Violet Line · Jangpura
Featured in: Culinary Culture Top 30
Show on mapलोया · Taj Palace
North Indian cooking recovered village by village: wood-fired tandoor and hand-strained chai.
Tip: Order the Amritsar thali and save room for the phirni.
🚇 Pink Line · Dhaula Kuan
Featured in: Culinary Culture Top 30 · LBB
Show on mapइंजा · New Friends Colony
India meets Japan on one plate — one of Delhi's new names on the Asia's 50 Best extended list.
Tip: Sit at the sushi counter — the chef cuts things that never make the menu.
🚇 Magenta Line · Okhla NSIC
Featured in: Asia's 50 Best 51-100 · Culinary Culture 4★
Show on mapसाइडकार · Greater Kailash 2
India's most awarded cocktail bar: seasonal menus and ice cut like jewellery.
Tip: Walk-ins only — get there before 8 PM or wait upstairs at Somewhere Nowhere.
🚇 Magenta Line · Greater Kailash
Featured in: Asia's 50 Best Bars · 30 Best Bars India 2026
Show on mapलेयर · Vasant Vihar
A modern speakeasy in Basant Lok with one of the city's most technical cocktail lists.
Tip: Wednesdays and Thursdays are quiet and the bartender will go off-menu for you.
🚇 Magenta Line · Vasant Vihar
Featured in: 30 Best Bars India 2026 · Time Out Delhi
Show on mapएबीसी · Basant Lok, Vasant Vihar
Three rooms, three moods: the most talked-about bar in Delhi right now.
Tip: Head to the first floor — the Indian-ingredient cocktails are the ones worth ordering.
🚇 Magenta Line · Vasant Vihar
Featured in: Time Out Delhi 2026 · The Happy High
Show on mapबार्बेट एंड पाल्स · Greater Kailash 2
Hyperlocal cocktails built on Himalayan ingredients and a regional identity nobody else has.
Tip: It is in M Block, the same market as Sidecar — do both in one night.
🚇 Magenta Line · Greater Kailash
Featured in: Time Out Delhi 2026 · The Happy High
Show on mapबर्मा बर्मा · Select Citywalk, Saket
Vegetarian Burmese, zero alcohol: the khow suey and tea-leaf salad are addictive.
Tip: Get the coconut bubble tea and a samusa hincho tray to share.
🚇 Yellow Line · Malviya Nagar
Featured in: LBB Delhi 2025 · CNT India
Show on mapकरीम्स · Gali Kababian, Jama Masjid
Cooking Mughal palace recipes since 1913: the mutton burra and the morning nihari.
Tip: Use the Gali Kababian entrance, not a mall outlet — the original is down the alley.
🚇 Violet Line · Jama Masjid
Featured in: CNT India · Eater
Show on mapअल जवाहर · Jama Masjid
Karim's rival half a block away — locals swear the korma and mutton stew are better here.
Tip: Order mutton korma with sheermal, the saffron sweet bread. Perfect pairing.
🚇 Violet Line · Jama Masjid
Featured in: Eater · Holidify
Show on mapमोती महल · Daryaganj
Butter chicken and dal makhani were invented here in 1947. Literally the origin story.
Tip: Live qawwali in the courtyard on Thursdays and Saturdays from 8 PM.
🚇 Violet Line · Delhi Gate
Featured in: CNT India · BBC Food
Show on mapअसलम चिकन · Matia Mahal, Jama Masjid
The butter-drenched chicken tikka that broke TikTok — glorious, unapologetic excess.
Tip: Night-only and packed after 10 PM. A half portion feeds two people.
🚇 Violet Line · Jama Masjid
Featured in: Holidify · Old Delhi Foods
Show on mapपरांठे वाली गली · Chandni Chowk
An entire alley of deep-fried parathas since 1870 — stuffed with banana, almond or radish.
Tip: Look for Pandit Gaya Prasad Shiv Charan, the 1872 stall at the far end of the alley.
🚇 Yellow Line · Chandni Chowk
Featured in: Eater · Holidify
Show on mapनटराज दही भल्ले · Chandni Chowk
Dahi bhalle and aloo tikki since 1940 from a two-metre counter. Two dishes, zero doubt.
Tip: You eat standing on the street. Bring small notes — they won't break big ones.
🚇 Yellow Line · Chandni Chowk
Featured in: Eater · Time Out Delhi
Show on mapजलेबी वाला · Dariba Corner, Chandni Chowk
Fat ghee-fried jalebis since 1884, sold by weight on the Dariba Kalan corner.
Tip: Ask for 100 grams and eat them hot on the spot — cold they are a different thing.
🚇 Yellow Line · Chandni Chowk
Featured in: Eater · Holidify
Show on mapकुरेमल कुल्फ़ी · Kucha Pati Ram, Sitaram Bazar
Kulfi frozen inside a whole mango or guava — an 1908 recipe that still feels like magic.
Tip: Stuffed mango only runs April to July. Other months, order the paan kulfi.
🚇 Violet Line · Chawri Bazaar
Featured in: CNT India · Eater
Show on mapबड़े मियां की खीर · Lal Kuan, Old Delhi
One item on the menu: rice kheer simmered six hours in a giant clay pot.
Tip: Opens late and sells out. Come 5-8 PM and ask for a clay cup, not a glass.
🚇 Violet Line · Chawri Bazaar
Featured in: Old Delhi Foods · Holidify
Show on mapसीताराम दीवान चंद · Paharganj
India's most famous chole bhature: two giant bhaturas and spiced chickpeas since 1950.
Tip: They close when the dough runs out, usually before 2 PM. Go early.
🚇 Blue Line · RK Ashram Marg
Featured in: Eater · Time Out Delhi
Show on mapकाके दा होटल · Connaught Place
A 1948 Punjabi dhaba downtown: butter chicken and maa ki dal at shared tables.
Tip: There is a queue at 8 PM — lunch at 1 PM and you walk right in.
🚇 Blue Line · Rajiv Chowk
Featured in: LBB Delhi · Time Out
Show on mapनिज़ाम्स · H Block, Connaught Place
The kathi roll landed in Delhi here in 1970: egg paratha wrapped around fresh tandoor kebab.
Tip: Order the double-egg mutton seekh roll — the standard order of every downtown office worker.
🚇 Blue Line · Rajiv Chowk
Featured in: Time Out Delhi · LBB
Show on mapसरवना भवन · Janpath
South Indian dosas, idlis and filter coffee served with Swiss-watch precision.
Tip: Get the ghee roast dosa and filter coffee — downtown's best cheap breakfast.
🚇 Yellow Line · Janpath
Featured in: Time Out Delhi · Tripadvisor
Show on mapआंध्र भवन · Ashoka Road
Unlimited Andhra thali in a state guesthouse canteen: fiery, endless, ridiculously cheap.
Tip: Arrive 12:30 PM for lunch. Pay at the counter by the door before you sit.
🚇 Yellow Line · Patel Chowk
Featured in: Eater · LBB Delhi
Show on mapबंगाली स्वीट हाउस · Bengali Market
Chaat, gol gappe and mithai since 1936 in the market half of sweet-toothed Delhi is named after.
Tip: Gol gappe first, rasmalai second — the order matters more than you would think.
🚇 Blue Line · Mandi House
Featured in: Time Out Delhi · Holidify
Show on mapगुलाटी · Pandara Road Market
North Indian comfort food at its richest: butter chicken and dal makhani ten minutes from India Gate.
Tip: Open till 1 AM — the classic move after seeing India Gate lit up.
🚇 Violet Line · Khan Market
Featured in: LBB Delhi 2025 · Times Food Award
Show on mapख़ान चाचा · Khan Market
The mutton tikka roll that has fed three generations of Delhi students since 1972.
Tip: Take it away and eat it walking Khan Market — that is the full experience.
🚇 Violet Line · Khan Market
Featured in: LBB Delhi 2025 · Time Out
Show on mapगप्पी · Lodhi Colony
A laid-back Japanese izakaya in Meherchand Market: ramen, karaage and a short, serious sake list.
Tip: Pair it with the Lodhi Art District — five minutes on foot.
🚇 Yellow Line · Jor Bagh
Featured in: LBB Delhi 2025 · CNT India
Show on mapराजिंदर दा ढाबा · Safdarjung Enclave
Pavement kebabs eaten standing, with cold beer from next door. A South Delhi ritual.
Tip: Order seekh kebab and malai tikka with pudina chutney. Cash, not card.
🚇 Yellow Line · Green Park
Featured in: LBB Delhi 2025 · Time Out
Show on mapब्लू टोकाई · Khan Market
The roasters who started India's specialty coffee wave — Chikmagalur beans, roasted in-house.
Tip: Order the single-estate pour-over and grab a 250 g bag — half what you'd pay in Europe.
🚇 Violet Line · Khan Market
Featured in: Sprudge · Suzanne Wanders Delhi
Show on mapदेवन्स · Khanna Market, Lodhi Colony
Grinding South Indian coffee since 1962 — the most honest filter coffee in town.
Tip: Buy ground beans to take home — the chicory blend is the true South Indian taste.
🚇 Yellow Line · Jor Bagh
Featured in: Suzanne Wanders Delhi · Sprudge
Show on mapपर्च · Khan Market
Specialty coffee by day, wines by the glass by night, in Delhi's poshest market.
Tip: Wine happy hour starts at 4 PM and it is the locals' secret.
🚇 Violet Line · Khan Market
Featured in: 30 Best Bars India 2026 · Time Out
Show on mapकैफ़े लोटा · Crafts Museum
Regional Indian cooking reworked in the Crafts Museum courtyard — the palak patta chaat is iconic.
Tip: No reservations. Come at 11:30 AM, have brunch, then do the museum next door.
🚇 Blue Line · Supreme Court
Featured in: CNT India · Suzanne Wanders Delhi
Show on mapडिगिन · Santushti, Chanakyapuri
Tables under the trees, hanging lights and oven pizza — Delhi's most romantic courtyard.
Tip: The Santushti complex is next door — coffee first, design shops after.
🚇 Pink Line · Sarojini Nagar
Featured in: Suzanne Wanders Delhi · LBB
Show on mapकुंज़म · M Block Market, GK-2
A bookshop cafe where the coffee is free and you only pay for books. Genuinely pay-what-you-want.
Tip: Best India travel-writing shelf in the city. Stay for the afternoon.
🚇 Magenta Line · Greater Kailash
Featured in: Kunzum · Time Out Delhi
Show on mapQBF · The Dhan Mill, Chhatarpur
Small-batch roasting in a converted industrial shed — south Delhi's most technical coffee.
Tip: Ask for the filter of the day — they rotate Indian origins weekly.
🚇 Yellow Line · Chhatarpur
Featured in: LBB Delhi · Sprudge
Show on mapकैफ़े दोरी · The Dhan Mill, Chhatarpur
Croffles, sandwiches and artisan coffee in a concrete-and-plants space. Even a dog menu.
Tip: Come Saturday morning — the whole Dhan Mill fills up with design pop-ups.
🚇 Yellow Line · Chhatarpur
Featured in: LBB Delhi · Suzanne Wanders Delhi
Show on mapकोलोकल · The Dhan Mill, Chhatarpur
A bean-to-bar factory using South Indian cacao: 55% hot chocolate and dessert fondue.
Tip: Take home Kerala cacao bars — the best edible souvenir in Delhi.
🚇 Yellow Line · Chhatarpur
Featured in: LBB Delhi · CNT India
Show on mapकारा · The Dhan Mill, Chhatarpur
Minimalist brunch inside a fashion store: ricotta pancakes and chilli-avocado toast.
Tip: Eat, then browse Ogaan — the best curation of Indian designers in the country.
🚇 Yellow Line · Chhatarpur
Featured in: LBB Delhi 2025
Show on mapजुगमग ठेला · Champa Gali, Saidulajab
Started as a chai cart, now the soul of Champa Gali: masala chai and single-origin coffee.
Tip: Champa Gali is an alley of sheds — enter from Westend Marg and get lost inside.
🚇 Yellow Line · Saket
Featured in: So Delhi · Time Out Delhi
Show on mapरोज़ कैफ़े · Westend Marg, Saidulajab
A white house with a rose garden and European breakfast — south Delhi's most Instagrammed spot.
Tip: Book weekend brunch — the garden terrace fills by 11 AM.
🚇 Yellow Line · Saket
Featured in: Sunday Guardian · LBB Delhi
Show on mapथर्ड वेव · Connaught Place
The chain that brought decent espresso nationwide: fast, cheap and always reliable.
Tip: The coconut-milk cold brew is the lifesaver of a Delhi summer.
🚇 Blue Line · Rajiv Chowk
Featured in: Suzanne Wanders Delhi
Show on mapसेवरवर्क्स · Greater Kailash 2
Roastery and chocolate atelier in one room — try the mocha built on their own chocolate.
Tip: Weekend cuppings happen — ask at the bar for the schedule.
🚇 Magenta Line · Greater Kailash
Featured in: Suzanne Wanders Delhi · Sprudge
Show on mapकाफ़ा सेराडो · Okhla Phase 3
A roastery tucked into an industrial estate — the pilgrimage stop for filter coffee nerds.
Tip: Way off the tourist grid — take a cab and call ahead, they close early.
🚇 Magenta Line · Okhla NSIC
Featured in: Sprudge · Suzanne Wanders Delhi
Show on mapब्रिम्स · Defence Colony Market
A small, precise specialty bar in Defence Colony — European-grade flat whites.
Tip: It sits in Defence Colony main market — combine it with the shops around the block.
🚇 Violet Line · Lajpat Nagar
Featured in: Suzanne Wanders Delhi
Show on mapसरदारजी बख़्श · Lajpat Nagar
Indian coffee with a Punjabi identity and a cold-drinks list that dominates summer.
Tip: Next to Lajpat Nagar central market — the perfect shopping break.
🚇 Violet Line · Lajpat Nagar
Featured in: Suzanne Wanders Delhi
Show on mapटैन कॉफ़ी · Hauz Khas
A minimalist specialty bar with Indian beans and daily pastry. Zero unnecessary decor.
Tip: Great to work from: wifi, plugs and nobody rushing you.
🚇 Yellow Line · Hauz Khas
Featured in: Suzanne Wanders Delhi
Show on mapबिग चिल · Kailash Colony
A Delhi institution since 1997: pastas, milkshakes and the city's most nostalgic cheesecake.
Tip: Portions are enormous — share a main and save room for dessert.
🚇 Violet Line · Kailash Colony
Featured in: LBB Delhi 2025 · Time Out
Show on mapकर्नाटिक कैफ़े · Greater Kailash 2
South Indian idlis, vadas and filter coffee on banana leaf for less than a coffee costs.
Tip: Order podi idli and rava dosa — south Delhi's best cheap breakfast, full stop.
🚇 Magenta Line · Greater Kailash
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Show on mapआमा कैफ़े · Majnu ka Tilla
Tibetan cafe in the northern refugee colony: pancakes, momos and a whole community inside.
Tip: After coffee, get lost in Majnu ka Tilla's alleys — it feels like another city.
🚇 Yellow Line · Vidhan Sabha
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Show on mapत्रिवेणी टेरेस · Mandi House
A 1950s art-centre terrace: homestyle thali among sculptures and theatre students.
Tip: Check the Triveni Kala Sangam programme — there is almost always a free show downstairs.
🚇 Blue Line · Mandi House
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Show on mapकोस्ट कैफ़े · Hauz Khas Village
A white terrace over Hauz Khas lake with South Indian cooking and fresh appams.
Tip: Ask for an upstairs table at sunset — the view of the 14th-century complex is unbeatable.
🚇 Yellow Line · Hauz Khas
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Show on mapपॉटबेली · Shahpur Jat
Bihari cooking on a Shahpur Jat rooftop: litti chokha and sattu sharbat you won't find elsewhere.
Tip: Climb all four floors — the roof overlooks Shahpur Jat's murals and it is worth every step.
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Show on mapदिल्ली हाट · Aurobindo Marg
Crafts from all 28 Indian states rotating every fortnight, plus a regional food court.
Tip: Haggle 30% guilt-free and try the Sikkim momos at the back food court.
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Show on mapख़ान मार्केट · Lodhi Estate
India's priciest square metre: bookshops, Indian design and specialty coffee in one U-shape.
Tip: The first floor holds the best shops — almost nobody goes up and it has everything.
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Show on mapचांदनी चौक · Old Delhi
Shah Jahan's 1650 bazaar: fabric, spice, silver and glorious chaos down every lane.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Take a cycle rickshaw — cars simply cannot get in.
🚇 Yellow Line · Chandni Chowk
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Show on mapकिनारी बाज़ार · Chandni Chowk
An entire alley of ribbon, gold trim and everything that glitters at an Indian wedding.
Tip: Extremely narrow and unsigned — enter via Dariba Kalan and follow the sparkle.
🚇 Yellow Line · Chandni Chowk
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Show on mapचावड़ी बाज़ार · Old Delhi
Asia's biggest wholesale paper and wedding-card market — a pure visual spectacle.
Tip: The metro station sits 25 m underground, Delhi's deepest. Take the lift.
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Show on mapदरीबा कलां · Chandni Chowk
The silver street since the 17th century: jewellery sold by weight and hand-made attar perfume.
Tip: Buy silver by the gram with the scale in view and ask for the purity certificate.
🚇 Yellow Line · Chandni Chowk
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Show on mapसदर बाज़ार · North Delhi
A wild wholesale market of toys, decor and party goods — where India's resellers buy.
Tip: Only if you enjoy chaos — shoulder-to-shoulder walking. Go before 11 AM.
🚇 Yellow Line · Pul Bangash
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Show on mapजनपथ · Connaught Place
Embroidered juttis, kurtas, Tibetan jewellery and bags at prices you argue down while walking.
Tip: Offer a third of the asking price and walk away — they call you back 80% of the time.
🚇 Yellow Line · Janpath
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Show on mapसरोजिनी नगर · South Delhi
Export-surplus branded clothing at street prices — where Delhi's students actually shop.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Check seams and sizes — it is export surplus, no returns.
🚇 Pink Line · Sarojini Nagar
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Show on mapलाजपत नगर · South Delhi
Kurtis, saris, home linen and open-air mehndi stalls — the liveliest market in the south.
Tip: Get street-side mehndi for under 300 rupees and eat chaat on the way out.
🚇 Violet Line · Lajpat Nagar
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Show on mapग़फ़्फ़ार मार्केट · Karol Bagh
Electronics, phones and accessories at wholesale rates in Karol Bagh's commercial heart.
Tip: Test everything before paying and ask for a bill — warranty only with paper.
🚇 Blue Line · Karol Bagh
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Show on mapडीएलएफ़ एम्पोरियो · Vasant Kunj
India's luxury mall: Sabyasachi, Dior and the country's couture designers under one roof.
Tip: Even if you buy nothing, the Indian designer floor is a free fashion masterclass.
🚇 Magenta Line · Vasant Vihar
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Show on mapएम्बिएंस मॉल · Vasant Kunj
Seven floors of international brands, cinema and food court — perfect heatwave shelter.
Tip: It backs onto DLF Emporio — cross over and do luxury plus mainstream in one afternoon.
🚇 Magenta Line · Vasant Vihar
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Show on mapसेलेक्ट सिटीवॉक · Saket
South Delhi's favourite mall: solid brands, cinema, the KNMA museum next door and real food.
Tip: Combine with the KNMA in the adjoining mall: free art and air conditioning.
🚇 Yellow Line · Malviya Nagar
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Show on mapद चाणक्य · Chanakyapuri
A boutique mall in the embassy district: curated Indian designers and very few people.
Tip: Delhi's calmest mall — ideal if big shopping centres overwhelm you.
🚇 Pink Line · Sarojini Nagar
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Show on mapगुड अर्थ · Khan Market
Luxury Indian homeware: tableware, textiles and candles that make the best souvenir going.
Tip: Go up to the first floor — textiles and the Kashmiri tea section live up there.
🚇 Violet Line · Khan Market
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Show on mapनिकोबार · Meherchand Market
Clean-lined clothing and objects inspired by tropical India — local minimalism done best.
Tip: All of Meherchand Market is worth a loop — it sits between Lodhi Art District and Khan Market.
🚇 Yellow Line · Jor Bagh
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Show on mapफ़ैबइंडिया · Khan Market
Handloom cotton from across India since 1960: kurtas, bed linen and soaps at fair prices.
Tip: The bed linen section is the best value in all of Khan Market.
🚇 Violet Line · Khan Market
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Show on mapअनोखी · Santushti, Chanakyapuri
Hand block-printed Jaipur textiles since 1970: shirts, quilts and bags stamped with wood blocks.
Tip: The Santushti complex holds ten more shops and a garden cafe. A perfect half-afternoon.
🚇 Pink Line · Sarojini Nagar
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Show on mapरॉ मैंगो · Mehrauli
Sanjay Garg reinvented the silk sari in impossible colours — India's most celebrated label of the decade.
Tip: It sits in Ambawatta One, five minutes from the Qutub — pair it with lunch at Olive.
🚇 Yellow Line · Qutub Minar
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Show on mapओगान · Hauz Khas Village
The country's most respected curation of contemporary Indian designers, since 1989.
Tip: Steps from the Hauz Khas complex — shopping and a 14th-century monument on one block.
🚇 Yellow Line · Hauz Khas
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Show on mapशाहपुर जाट · South Delhi
An urban village taken over by young designers: bespoke embroidery, jewellery and murals everywhere.
Tip: It is an unnumbered maze — get the exact studio address before you go.
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Show on mapचंपा गली · Saidulajab
An alley of sheds turned into cafes, ceramics and indie shops. The south's hidden gem.
Tip: Enter from Westend Marg and go at dusk — the string lights are the shot of the trip.
🚇 Yellow Line · Saket
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Show on mapधन मिल · Chhatarpur
A converted industrial mill that became Delhi's prettiest design district: fashion, coffee, ceramics.
Tip: Saturdays bring indie designer markets to the central yard. Go early.
🚇 Yellow Line · Chhatarpur
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