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Reviewed Brussels

Modest, Confident Capital

Brussels is a modest, confident capital that many visitors find to be an acquired taste. The city is built along a pentagon of boulevards known as the Petit Ring. At its heart is the Grand Place, arguably Europe's most beautiful central square. Within 20-minute walk is much of the city's accommo...Read more

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Reviewed Antwerp

Daughter of the River Scheldt

Antwerp, known as ‘the daughter of the River Scheldt’, is the second largest city of Belgium. Antwerp is a bustling centre of commerce, trade, and the arts. A fascinating stay awaits you in this pulsating centre of culture and trade. Antwerp is Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, Bruegel, Pl...Read more

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Reviewed Vienna

City of Beauty

“Nowhere else in the world is as easy-going & friendly as Vienna,” say the Viennese with a charming smile. Hospitality is important in Vienna. Where else but in a Viennese café can you sit in peace for 8 hours, drinking a cup of coffee – just one – and still be treat...Read more

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Reviewed Spice Route - Janpath - Delhi NCR

Menu change place

It took 7 years to design and build this place, and it's not hard to imagine why - the interior of a mock trading ship is decorated with elements of Thai, Balinese, and Keralite temples, complete with antique teak columns and meticulous wall paintings of stories from the Ramayana and Mahabharata...Read more

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Reviewed Rampur Kitchen - New Friends Colony - Delhi NCR

Funky little place

This funky little restaurant with only 7 tables serves the cuisine of the former nawabi capital of Rampur. You'll find much less cream than in most North Indian food, but the gravies are rich in flavor and aroma. Some of the cooks were once employed by Rampur's richest families. Eat their haleem...Read more

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Reviewed Park Balluchi - Hauz Khas - Delhi

Most Distinctive Barbecue

This sumptuous restaurant probably serves the most distinctive barbecue dishes in Delhi. Traditional Baluchi dishes include murg potli (marinated chicken breast wrapped around minced mutton and served flambéed) and mewa panier tukra (farmer's cheese stuffed with mushrooms, almonds, walnuts,...Read more

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Reviewed Naivedyam - Kalkaji - Delhi NCR

A Nice One To Try

This charming restaurant was meticulously designed by artisans from the Tamil temple city of Thanjavur. The small dining room displays Tanjore religious paintings, and Carnatic instrumental tapes play in the background. Wearing veshtis (traditional South Indian men's skirts), the waiters serve d...Read more

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Reviewed Las Meninas Delhi - Kalkaji - Delhi NCR

Delhi's only Spanish restaurant

Playful and artsy, Delhi's only Spanish restaurant is pop-Baroque. The attentive waiters who begin dinner service with an array of olives and delicious fresh bread, are dressed like matadors. Tapas are served in clay bowls; try calamares a la romana (deep-fried marinated squid rings) with creamy...Read more

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Reviewed Kandaha Restaurant Delhi - Kalkaji - Delhi NCR

Food with music

Named for a city in Afghanistan, this winning Oberoi eatery has cream-colored walls and pillars, a show kitchen, and stunning 19th-century Afghan etchings and handsome ethnic clothing mounted on the walls. The chef's has an emphasis on low-fat preparation and a line of wonderful kadhai (Indian w...Read more

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Reviewed Haveli Restaurant - Indirapuram - Ghaziabad

Haveli style

Every aspect of this restaurant's decor contributes to the look of an old haveli (mansion). Earthy colors of Rajasthan, antiqued walls, tiny replicas of exquisite jharoka (perforated-stone) balconies, miniature paintings and the elegant old samovars once held Rajputs' liquor. The total effect is...Read more

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Reviewed Fa Yian - Connaught Place - Delhi

Small place, Nice food

Don't let the dark, dingy location - the middle circle of Connaught Place - scare you away from this fabulous restaurant. Go in time as you may have to wait for one of the 8 tables. Taped flute music and water spilling into a small fountain are soothing, but the decor takes second place to wonde...Read more

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Reviewed Dum Pukht - Chanakyapuri - Delhi

Nawabi style

Like the nawabi (princely) culture from which it's drawn, the food at Dum Pukht is subtle and refined. It has an elegant, peaceful environment for cuisine from Lucknow and Hyderabad. The habibia and kakori kebabs are delicately spiced, with a touch of saffron. For vegetarians, the baghare baigan...Read more

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Reviewed Dastarkhwan E Karim - Nizamuddin - Delhi NCR

Old Delhi special

Zainul Abedin, whose grandfather opened this restaurant in 1913, has built a 4th dining house on this small compound to accommodate the 1,000 people who come every day for his delicious 'fast food.' The atmosphere is perfect for the location - just off a lane across from the south gate of the Ja...Read more

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Reviewed Curry on the Roof Delhi - Kalkaji - Delhi NCR

Chettinad-style South Indian food

This is the only restaurant in Delhi serving Chettinad-style South Indian food. Every meal begins with a chick-pea starter served with grated coconut and lemon. As an entrée, the chicken Amaravathi (strips of marinated chicken fried with onions and cashews) is hard to beat, though it might ...Read more

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Reviewed Chor Bizaare Restaurant - Daryaganj - Delhi

Excellent Kashmiri cuisine also

If you want good Kashmiri food, this is the place to be. The intereior I must say is very unique and unusual. Expect a 1927 Fiat roadster for a salad bar, a spiral staircase that leads nowhere, an eclectic mix of tables (one created from a four-poster bed and another from an antique sewing-machi...Read more

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Reviewed Bukhara - Chanakyapuri - Delhi

Northwest Frontier Cuisine

Its supposed to have the best Mughlai food in the whole of Delhi, so I'm sure you 'd want to try this. It is slightly expensive though but definitely one visit at least if not more. A few tables fill this small restaurant, and more tables are set outside near the pool. The Northwest Frontier cui...Read more

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Reviewed Basil & Thyme Restaurant - Chanakyapuri - Delhi

Variety is the key

This is a nice restaurant but the sad part is that it is closed for dinner and also closed on Sundays. Head chef Bhicoo Manekshaw changes her menu every 90 days and oversees a daily special. The mostly vegetarian food leans towards cheese and eggs and is delicate and artfully presented. There's ...Read more

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