Best Fine Dining Restaurants in India 2025 — Top 20 by City with Prices
India's best fine dining experiences in 2025 — from Bengaluru's Tasting Room and Mumbai's Avartana to Delhi's Indian Accent, with price per head, dress code, and reservation tips.
India's Top Fine Dining Restaurants 2025
India's fine dining scene has transformed dramatically in the last decade. Indian chefs trained at Le Cordon Bleu and Noma are bringing world-class technique to Indian ingredients — the result is a cuisine revolution that's drawing global food critics to Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Delhi. Here are the restaurants worth the splurge.
Delhi's Best Fine Dining
Indian Accent, The Lodhi — Consistently ranked #1 in India and in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants. Chef Manish Mehrotra's modern Indian cuisine — imagine a deconstructed daulat ki chaat served in a martini glass, or pork ribs glazed with Indian pickle masala. Tasting menu: ₹6,500 per person (food only). Wine pairing adds ₹4,000–6,000. Reservations: 4–6 weeks in advance. Dress code: smart casual. One of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2024.
Varq at Taj Mahal Hotel — Regional Indian cuisine with Michelin-calibre presentation. Strong wine list. À la carte: ₹3,000–5,000 per person. Good for business dining — private room available.
Dum Pukht, ITC Maurya — India's most famous restaurant for North Indian royal cuisine (dum pukht — sealed slow cooking). Biryani at ₹2,500/portion. The ambiance is like dining in a Mughal miniature. Total meal: ₹4,000–6,000 per person.
Mumbai's Best Fine Dining
Avartana, ITC Grand Central — 2024's most talked-about Mumbai restaurant. South Indian-inspired cuisine elevated to tasting menu format. Fermented rice crackers with crab, rasam spherification, karimeen fry reimagined. Tasting menu: ₹5,500–7,000. Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2024 entrant.
Trishna, Kala Ghoda — Mumbai's seafood institution since 1981. The butter-garlic crab is iconic. À la carte: ₹2,500–4,000 per person. Not trendy new-Indian but the depth of seafood cooking is extraordinary.
Wasabi by Morimoto, Taj Mahal Palace — Japan meets Mumbai. Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto's India outpost in the Taj's heritage wing. Tasting menu: ₹8,000–12,000. Best omakase experience in India.
The Table, Colaba — Modern European and global cuisine with strong local sourcing. Small plates concept. Chef Alex Sanchez. Average: ₹3,000–5,000. Very strong cocktail programme.
Bengaluru's Best Fine Dining
Tasting Room, Oberoi — Bengaluru's most prestigious restaurant. European tasting menus with strong wine cellar (1,500+ labels). Tasting menu: ₹6,000–9,000. Formal service, best wine list in India outside Mumbai.
Caperberry, Indiranagar — Modern European with Mediterranean influence. Chef Abhijit Saha. À la carte: ₹3,000–4,000. Strong for truffle and foie gras preparations. Best European fine dining in South India.
Karavalli, Gateway Hotel — Coastal Karnataka and Konkan cuisine. The best restaurant in India for authentic Mangalorean and Chettinad seafood. À la carte: ₹2,000–3,500. Less formal than the hotels suggest — focussed entirely on food quality.
Hyderabad & Chennai
Flechazo, Hyderabad — Modern Spanish cuisine in an old Nawabi bungalow. Paella with Hyderabadi spices, sangria with masala chai. À la carte: ₹2,500–4,000. Hyderabad's most distinctive fine dining experience.
Avartana (Chennai original), ITC Grand Chola — The original branch of Mumbai's hottest restaurant. All-South Indian ingredients interpreted through fine dining prism. Tasting menu: ₹5,000. The Chennai kitchen pioneered the menu now famous in Mumbai.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most expensive restaurant in India?
Wasabi by Morimoto at Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai and Indian Accent Delhi are India's most expensive fine dining options, with omakase/tasting menus ranging from ₹8,000–15,000 per person (food only). With wine pairings, a dinner for two can reach ₹30,000–50,000.
Is Indian Accent worth the price?
Indian Accent is widely considered worth it — it's the only Indian restaurant consistently ranked in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants and on the World's Best Restaurants extended list. The cooking is genuinely innovative: modern techniques applied to Indian flavour profiles in a way no other restaurant replicates. At ₹6,500 per person, it's expensive but represents exceptional value by global fine dining standards (comparable London/NYC experiences cost 3–5x more).
Do Indian fine dining restaurants require formal dress?
Most top Indian restaurants follow 'smart casual' dress codes — collared shirts (or smart blouses for women), non-torn trousers, and presentable footwear. Hotels like Taj, Oberoi, and ITC may be slightly stricter. Strictly formal (jacket required) is rare in India. Always check the restaurant's website or call ahead. Indian Accent, Dum Pukht, and Wasabi are smart casual.