5 Best Fine Dining Restaurants in Delhi (2026)

Indian Accent reworks Indian cuisine with global technique and ingredients, running a six-course chef's tasting menu paired with wines from India and abroad alongside an a la carte lunch and dinner menu. The Lodhi hotel kitchen has been ranked the No. 1 restaurant in India by Conde Nast Traveller and has sat on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list since 2015, currently at #26, plus a mention among Time Magazine's 'World's 100 Greatest Places.' It's the kind of pedigree that shows up in the plating as much as the awards wall.

Olive Bar & Kitchen has run its Mehrauli garden restaurant for more than two decades, serving Mediterranean and European dishes under open-air trees styled after a Greek island courtyard. It's a bar and fine dining restaurant in one, with a full drinks list built for a long table rather than a fast turnover. The setting itself, fairy lights and mature trees over a stone courtyard, is as much the draw as the plates.

Megu is the Japanese specialty restaurant inside The Leela Palace New Delhi, built around an East-Asian theme with a Crystal Buddha and a Japanese Bonsho bell suspended in the main dining hall, referencing the Todaiji temple in Nara. The menu leans on true Japanese ingredients and technique, with signature dishes like yellowtail carpaccio and salmon tartare, plus an exclusive Omakase experience curated to each guest. It also runs Izakaya, an outdoor shared-plates and cocktails setup for a more casual visit.

The Imperial Spice sits in Connaught Place serving North Indian cuisine with continental and Asian touches, in a setting reviewers describe as elegant without being flashy. Its private dining option and central location make it a regular pick for family dinners, business lunches, and small celebrations, and it runs an a la carte menu across lunch and dinner service.

Daryaganj serves North Indian dishes it credits to 'original recipes of 1947,' built around its signature Butter Chicken and Dal Makhani. This location sits in Pacific Mall, Tagore Garden, part of a small chain with outposts across Delhi NCR and beyond, done up in a modern-heritage style.