Jaipur Restaurants

	Jaipur restaurants
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Jaipur has an excellent choice of quality restaurants, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian, although options are more limited at the bottom of the range. If you're on a tight budget and staying at a small or family-run guesthouse, eat in where the food is likely to be fresher and more tailored for tourists' sensitive taste buds. Whatever your budget, though, find time for a lassi at the legendary Lassiwalla pavement café on MI Road.

Annapurna, down the lane behind Raj Mandir cinema on Bhagwan Das Road (look for the red sign in Gujarati. Keep-it-coming, tasty Gujarati veg thalis at low prices (Rs50). The best cheap meal in Jaipur, although the dining room's a bit gloomy. Open noon-3pm & 7-10pm.

Anokha Gaon, 14 Vishwakarm Road, opposite Jodla Power House, 12km north of town along Sikar Road. Unquestionably the best and most authentic Rajasthani restaurant in town. The approach (through an industrial estate) is unpromising and the furniture rudimentary (you sit in rows on the floor and eat with your hands off leaf plates set on low plank tables) but the food, prepared on wood fires and old clay ovens, is out of this world. Rs90 for the full works, including four kinds of rotis and wonderful keer (saffron-flavored rice pudding). For kids, there's a desultory puppet show and camel rides.

Chanakya, MI Road. Top-notch pure veg restaurant specializes in carefully prepared Rajasthani thalis (though you can also order dishes and breads separately). For a quick snack, try their superb stuffed parathas. Open noon-11pm.

Chitra Café, Arya Niwas Hotel , Sansar Chandra Road. Busy self-service restaurant that does good-value veg thalis (Rs70), and a range of delicious side dishes (with display samples so you know what you're getting). Also cold drinks, tea and coffee, and delicious mango lassi , on the lawn.

Copper Chimney, MI Road. Swish glass-fronted restaurant on the main drag, renowned for its top-notch Mughlai cuisine (including a matchless rogan josh ). They also offer a better-than-average choice of Western dishes, and all the north Indian standards. Count on Rs250 per head.

Chowki Dhani 22km south of Jaipur on the Tonk Road. Well-heeled Jaipuris flock in droves to this famous out-of-town restaurant. The Rs150 entrance fee covers a slap-up traditional thali and cabaret (folk dance, acrobats, musicians and puppetry). Well worth the long drive for the atmosphere, but the food's not as good as Anokha Gaon's . Taxis charge around Rs400 for the round trip (Rs250 for auto-rickshaw). Open Mon-Sat 6.30-11pm & Sun from 2.30pm.

Four Seasons, D-43A Subhash Marg, C-Scheme. The most popular vegetarian restaurant in town, tucked away in a residential area that's well off the tour group trail. Its south Indian dosas and uttapams are as good as you'll eat anywhere, and they serve a full selection of top north Indian specialties, snacks, ice creams and shakes. Most dishes cost around Rs80. Expect a short wait for a table. more...