I ran the same searches that rahaban did on a few Indian engines - Guruji.com and Onyomo , here are the results. Justdial did not throw up results other than categories and Ibibo locals was very similar
to Google Locals (referred to as GLocal henceforth) so I chose to keep them out. ONYOMO is a clear winner in most cases.
Search Term: "icici banks near noida" Guruji: Three good results 1(1) Onyomo: Good results 1(1) Glocal: Three good results 1(1)
Search Term: "Indian banks near noida" Guruji: Lavanya restaurant , IMB, IOB … bad ! 0(1) Onyomo:Good results 1(2) Glocal: Good results 1(2)
Search Term: "icici bank near gautam buddh nagar" Guruji: No results 0(1) Onyomo:Good results 1(3) Glocal: Results not near noida 0(2)
Search Term: "south indian restaurants near noida" Guruji: Bukhara, subway … definitely not south Indian 0(1) Onyomo:Good results 1(4) Glocal: Passable 1(3)
Search Term: "hotels near noida" Guruji: Lots of good results but not all in noida 1(2) Onyomo:Good results 1(5) Glocal: Results not near noida 0(3)
Search Term: "restaurants near sharma market" Guruji: “classic tour and travels” … bad 0(2) Onyomo:Irrelevant results.. not near noida 0(5) .. Glocal: No results 0(3).
Search Term: "hospitals near sharma market" Guruji: “classic tour and travels” … bad 0(2) Onyomo:Results not near noida (0)5 Glocal: No results 0(3).
Search Term: "petrol pumps near noida" Guruji: “Are you looking for petrol pump” it asks … I click and get some results mingled with “bank of india” and “Mumbai taxi association” …. 0(2) Onyomo:Pizza corner is the first result , (0)5 Glocal: Results not near noida 0(3)
Search Term: "petrol pumps near connaught place" Guruji: Same as above 0(2) Onyomo:More restaurants .. (0)5 Glocal: Good Results 1(4)
Search Term: "south indian restaurants in connaught place" Guruji: No results 0(2) Onyomo:Good Results 1(6) Glocal: Good Results 1(5)
Final Scores
Guruji - 2/10 , Onyomo 6/10 and Google Locals 5/10.
Remember, as I write, Google may be launching a better version or buying onyomo.