TOP 10 BEST Restaurants in India - Updated July 2024

Illiterati

92/100 (7619 ratings)

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"overlooking the valley in Dharamshala is this quite popular cafe. They have plenty of books and a few games that you can play. We spent the evening..."

Kean Lewis

"The best cafe in Mclodganj..."

Chirag Purohit

"Wowwww i ordered pizza and fruits slad it was really great. If m talking about place it was library theme based cafe.. Crowd was really rich. And..."

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"Cafe Illiterati is a snug, cosy, warm, friendly, inviting, and cheerful European-style cafe. With a sweet aroma of freshly brewed coffee and baked..."

Pulkit Garg

"Loved this place, they have an amazing collection of books and offers great food, and the place is quiet..."

The Craving Tales Official

"Amazing little cafe and a co-working space! Very stylish and modern! We have been traveling in India for 4 months and it’s the first time we see..."

Olga Maar

"Good food, good music, nice selection of books and some board games as well, courteous staff (ask for Kritika), they have nice desserts and coffee..."

Anirudh Vasdev

"Very nice view of Dhauladhar range from the balcony seats.good music in the background. They also have books to read. They accept card..."

Nilotpal Mahadani

"Such a cute little cafe with spectacular view and some awesome food. Apart from the sceneic view it offers one of a kind experience especially if you..."

Abhijeet Agarwal

"The view it spectacular. The food was good..."

Anna Brittas

"One of the finest place in McLeodganj, it gives everything one asks for a meal - taste, ambience, view and books. Since it's on the middle of..."

Arun Verma

"This is one amazing concept you can read books while you eat. The place is amazing, filled with books on all sides. The staff is really courteous. It..."

Abizer

"Mesmerizing views of the valley, snow-capped mountains in the background, delicious food, more than 100 books to read, what else can u expect from a..."

Sameer Tandon

"Everything was so so so so damn good. I just wish I could get the recipe of their garlic sauce...."

Gaurav Agarwal

"This was on my to-do list as soon as we decided upon Dharamshala as our next trip.From all the good reviews heard about this place, it really..."

Akshit Aggarwal

"Decided to visit this beautiful place after a lot of recommendations from my friends and wasn't disappointed. I ordered pasta coffee and momos from..."

Monk With Food

"Finally visited this beautiful place in Dharamshala. Perfect place if you like books that too with an awesome view into the hills. I had their..."

Prerna

"It’s a nice place for solo travellers and small groups. It’s cosy little cafe at one of the top with tons of books and spectacular view. The..."

Tej Shah

"The hill side cafe offers balcony dining with mountain view. 🥰such an amazing experience it..."

Kunal Sharma☺️

"Great ambience, amazing view. The pizza was good, the rest was..."

Luv

"We are 11 friends and are touring Dharamshala-Mcleodganj. We decided to explore this place as it had reviews of possessing a beautiful view and an..."

Samarth Oza

"Undoubtedly one of the best places I did visit in Mcledoganj, a book cafe for all book lovers who are in seek of peace or want to enjoy the great..."

Ritu Dubey

"One of the best places I have visited that gave me complete feels of a foodie, traveler and bibliophile. We had hot chocolate, ginger lemon honey,..."

Chanchal Rathi

"Yummy food !! Definitely worth to visit. Pasta , hummus platter , fries. Everything was accurate with taste and..."

Monik Shah

"Food was..."

Sakshi Singh

"Loved the ambience here. Amidst the view of snow clad mountains, enjoy a leisurely hot chocolate or coffee and the serenity is at it's best!!! Tried..."

Rutuja Sarode

"Perfect place for book lovers ! I ordered one illiterati veggie pizza , which tasted good , had thin base !Also ordered pesto pasta , there..."

Yogita Nangia

"A wow ambience according to me. Just makes you crazier to come visit this place again and again. A lovely aptitude for choice of food and yet such..."

Derek Rahul Goveas

"Small yet cute cafe located in one of the quaint streets of McLeodganj. A must visit placeChicken sandwich, Bacon Sandwich, Nutella Pancake..."

Neha Shetty

"We had the chicken pizza, Greek salad which was customised to add chicken and the coffee cake. Loved the salad since it was super fresh and light...."

Rituparna Mallick

"Love everything about this place! The view, the ambience, the music, the collection of books, the food, the staff everything is just fab! I can spend..."

Swati Singh

"This is one finest cafe I have visited where I can spend hours.Sit at at the balcony with a cup of coffee and enjoy your books with the..."

Astik Surana

"This is one of the few best cafe's in the Himachal, the view you get is breathtaking. Great food, great crowd and one of the best ideas of a library...."

Saksham Singhal

"Spent an afternoon here having a surprisingly excellent hot chocolate in company of an amazing collection of books.This is a must visit cafe..."

Shrutika S

"Ahh.. Just a fine place to be. Talk about food to books.. It's all here.. Great friendly environment. Good preparation of food. And when u get a lib...."

Annie Pathania

"Follow @gullyfoodies on Instagram for more food updates❣️Loved the concept and the ambience!@illiteratibooksandcoffeeThe valley..."

Gully Foodies

"Before I aideu mcleodganj, i wanted to visted this small cafe situated downhill on the road towards Dharmshala.It's a small Cafe, which..."

Rohit Gupta

"The best restaurant of Mcleodganj - undoubtedly. Visited here last month and had wonderful experience here. Very relaxing. Excellent taste of food,..."

Wanderer

"We had heard a lot about this cafe and decided to visit it on our visit to mcleodganj.The cafe is located kind of far from the main market..."

Shivam Bhalla

"The place is much soothing. The cafe is on the hills of Mcleodganj and have great view of mountains.They have a great collection of books infact..."

Juhi Mahour

"I don’t have words to express this place 😍 This place is in outskirts of mcleodganj market. This is cafe cum library and has some brilliant..."

Mokshi Pandoh

"Excellent food with an amazin mountain view, awesome place to chill!!Greek salad, pesto pasta, coffee, ginger lemon honey!! - tried n..."

Mitmir22

"One of the best cafe' i went to in mcleodganj. The food, ambience, mood of the cafe all were simply great. I tried the most famous pepperoni pizza..."

Paras

"This cafe was on our "places to eat" in McLeod Ganj!! And we are so glad we went here!! A pleasant small cafe filled with books & people. The evening..."

Vidisha Khandelwal

"I came here as i heard a lot about the place and believe me ambience, atmosphere everything was every nice. I ordered pink sauce pasta - good one..."

Anjali Chaudhary

"This was in our go-to list in Mcleodganj. And it was worth it! We ordered Hot chocolate, Mochaccino and a cappuccino! Everything was excellent. The..."

Diksha Khandelwal

"the most sophisticated and beautiful cafe in mcleodganj.you can see the scenic beauty as well as enjoy the food with quite a large collection of..."

Anshu (eat_pray_travel_shine)

"Cafe is situated on the main road, place and food are awesome, if they add more veg options in the menu that will be good, overall it's very nice..."

Ojusvi Loomba

"Best place if you want to have a meal with a view. Been here twice during our stay. In my first visit we ordered watermelon juice, pesto pasta, veg..."

Mansi Gupta

"Superb ambience, we visited the cafe twice during our stay at Dharamshala. The folks running the place are very friendly. Try their mint lemonade,..."

Shashwat Arora

"This café was one of the best place I visited during my Himachal trip. It is a wonderful place.The view from balcony is just amazing.Just order..."

Kamal

"Got a chance to visit this cozy, little cafe with the perfect view of the mountains in McLeodganj. Mochaccino was perfectly blended with the right..."

Kartik Anand

"This one is located off road. A beautiful location and such a pretty setting with books. I tried pancakes and plum cake. It was one of the best..."

Madhura

"Awesome place. It's a cafe in a book store. This English cafe is located a bit 'hatke' or off main market.The food options are good...."

Deepankar Devesh

"One of the best cafe in mcleodganj! With a silent and chilled out vibe it's an ideal place to relax and read a good book with a cup of coffee and..."

Syed Zafir

"Amazing cafe to visit if you are in Dharmashala. The ambiance is awesome and the food is also great. The staff is also very hospitable. Recommended..."

Karan Jain

"beautiful cafe and delicious food, lovely environment, polite staff, behavior of owner is very helpful , you can enjoy ☕ coffee as well as book..."

Vishal Chouhan

"Wonderful place... And some must try amazing variety of green teas... Food is delicious and location is one of the best in macloed... Try to get the..."

Avani Chauhan

"Overlooks a fab view. Rustic tables. Delicious food. Muesli, eggs, coffee, masala tea, etc all lovely... saffron and coffee ice cream was unusual...."

Mrs W

"One of the best cafes in Mcleodganj. Try the pizzas here. It's known for its quality food and best views. This cafe has many books for you to read...."

Kumar Sambhawam

"In love with this place! Everything was delicious. Mint fresh lemonade. Pasta, hummus and their signature dessert chocolate cake. It's mind blowing...."

Aditi Chaudhary

"Beautiful cafe with amazing food and surrounded by books. I tried the mint lemonade, veg pesto pasta and the banana cake..all were very good!..."

Mrinali Kaul

"One of the best cafe in McLeod.This cafe gives you a great vibe with amazing view and good food. Order whatever you like and just enjoy the..."

Bhawna Chandra

"Have been to this cozy, little cafe multiple times. Their balcony sitting is just awesome with a perfect view of the mountains. We ordered their..."

Nishtha

"Highly recommend this place!The place mentions to get closed down by 9pm but the staff there is so cooperative that they welcome nearly a group..."

Shrikant

"Extremely wonderful place to hang out. Have a good food, wonderful hosts and several books to read. You can easily immerse yourself in the atmosphere..."

Anish G

"The view from their balcony is to die for and so is there hot chocolate, bacon and cheese sandwich and a lot more 😍. The overall feel of this..."

Rishabh Wahi

"This place has been on my list since long. We trekked for 2.5km to reach here and it was completely worth it. I loved the ambience and the view it..."

Tanya Baranwal

"Happened to visit them on March 2019, the location very near to Dalai Lama Temple and everyone knows about this cafe. Its a small joint and view from..."

Asha JS

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"Probably the best food in town. I visited this place after almost a decade as I remembered the pizza here. It is still as good. A place where you can..."

Jaideep Rehal

"I was staying in Dharamkot-in and this restaurant was right in front of our hotel and was the only place that looked a bit happening as we reached..."

Aanmol

"Great ambience 😍😍😍. Pizza was a little bad in taste but loved the chili chicken. Overall great place. Value for money. Top of all videos..."

Pravin Kinha

"Probably the best shakshuka in..."

Shivam Sen

"Located in Dharamkot, a small sleepy village on the upper side of Mcleodgunj. Awesome location, variety of food options. Food was good and their..."

Nishant Sinha

"The perfect family restaurant for eating, spent time with family. The food is so good here this is perfect place for dinner lunch..."

Jaishree Saxena

"The ambience is absolutely beautiful! There is a large variety of cuisines, very well done. The staff is very nice and accommodating. The entire vibe..."

Noellie Steven Menezes

"Well we had two dishes over here the one was some Mexican dish and the other one was Italian both of them were full or flavours and they have wood..."

Sakshi Singh

"Amazing ambience and love the seating arrangement. It’s a good place to spend time get your games and hog on to some amazing food. The waiters are..."

Shivalika Bhasin

"Loved the place. Went here because I got too many suggestions to go to this place. My friends and I ordered so much food, schnitzel, pasta alfredo,..."

Confessionsofatravellerr

"One of the best place to relax in & around Dharmsala.Take the road down from Dharamkot square for this hidden jem.Ambience is perfect to spend..."

Ashish

"One of the best places in mcloedganj. A low seating cafe which is usually full. The food is amazing. Isreali platter are very good. Four cheese pizza..."

Mr. Foodie

"Located in Dharamkot, trek n dine is better than a couple of more restaurants nearby. The food is really good and is prepared fresh.I am..."

Wandering Foodie

"Loved this place. It has a lovely seating and has a good hilly vibe. I ordered an Israeli dish - ziva, which was a pleasant experience. I also had..."

Ranjana Sharma

"We literally trekked to be at this place. The ambience is pretty cool, the staff is extremely nice! We ordered a pizza and waffles! The pizza was..."

Diksha Khandelwal

"We ordered 2 pesto pizza and 1 chef's special pizza. The crust was very thin, a delight. It was freshly and optimally baked. The ambiance..."

Pratibha Mishra

"You have to literally trek to dine for this restaurant.staff is super cool and ambience wow.love the crowd and vibes over there.we ordered pizza,cold..."

Anshu (eat_pray_travel_shine)

"We visited this place thrice during our stay. This place have amazing vibes and I'll prefer going in the evening as it has good people, good music..."

Mansi Gupta

"Pocket friendly, amazing ambeince, comfortable seating, great food!This kinda cafes are quite common in north n south campus of du in delhi....."

Rouble Bhui

"All though this place is far from MacLeodganj around 4 to 5 km in hills but its nice place with vast variety of food but I given try too broccoli..."

Foodie Big Shots

"One of many good places in Mcleodganj. The ambience is purely foreign crowd and the staff are very friendly. The food is good. You Thai food here is..."

Kumar Sambhawam

"I am in love with their tea and 4 cheese pizza. Can spend the whole day sipping their honey, lemon & ginger tea. One on must visit restaurants in..."

Mithun Gupta

"This place in dharamkhot has this beautiful scenic view with food on the dining and thus makes it a crazy place to take in food. Amazing tasty food...."

Derek Rahul Goveas

"spanish omletts are amazing, hash brown potatoes are something like chilly potato. Aloo pranthas are ok but not not that i would recommend. israely..."

Ritwick Eonsam

"Decent little cafe cum Restaurant in Upper dharamkot. They have got two seating options one with mattresses and other one with chairs and table. We..."

Shashank Shah

"It's a nice little cafe/restraunt in dharamkot. It has these really nice seatings. Legs folded with low tables. Each table has several charging..."

Vachan Hukkeri

"A place where I want to visit again and again. About food its very good, specially Israeli cuisine, hummus n pita with side onion n mushrooms....."

Mohit Ahluwalia

"I go to this cafe on every weekend, especially when I am looking for peace and food. This place serves one of the best Indian, Italian and..."

Akshay Kaura

"This cafe is in dharamkoot which is usually filled with tourists. One of the fine restaurant where you can enjoy food and ambience. If you are in..."

Sugandha

"My friend and I went to McLeod at a time when there wasn't a lot of trekking, but a lot of dining.Tried the steamed chicken momos here with..."

Surbhi Allagh

"one of the finest restaurant in entire Dharamshala.. good ambience, relaxed atmosphere and superb food. In fact, their home made museli is the..."

Wanderer

"Staying in dharamkot and not eating at this place, no no this can never happen. Vibes here are inviting aalways. Sometimes i eat all three meals of..."

Gurpreet

"Nice place. You would like the Pizza, Thai Red Curry, Veg Momos. The ambience is amazing here and you would fall in love with this..."

Rohit Singh

"Trek and dine is located in Dharmkot. Ambience is good. Nice sitting arrangements. This cafe is always full with foreign peoples. They serve all kind..."

Arpit Awasthi

"The only cafe in Dharamshala that deserves to be talked about and yet, remains an underdog. Not many know about it and not all wish to visit..."

Prateek Sharma

"Great ambience. Best pizza: veg chef's special, pepperoni pizza and I don't remember the 3rd one but the pizzas are the best I had ever had. Chicken..."

Protyusha

"Things i love about this cafe is first their floor sitting second the cheesecake. The cheesecake was so yummy and one thing I dont like about this..."

Mansi

"This place is located in Dharamkot.You just need to walk down a little to this place.As soon as you enter this place ,it sets you in a light and..."

Shweta Sidhu

"Super Amazing ambience and sophisticated staff. Had interesting conversations with fellow travelers, made new friends and played cards and what not...."

Abhishek Kishore

"After a long trek to dharamkot, we found trek and dine. This place looked like a chilled out cafe. We wanted to order woodoven pizza but it was too..."

Jyotika Matreja

"This has become one of my favorite cafes in Dharamkot. The food they serve is totally yum. Had really good pizzas here. Ordered mutton momos and I..."

Sinead Carvalho

"Wht a cafe... Floor sitting arrangement... All r in masti mood.... People playing their song... Their guitar... Hippie environment... I luvd it........"

Ruchi Anand

"My another favourite cafe in Dharamkot, Just loved veg Lasagna... Perfect ambience and perfect place for your Work also...u can sit here for hours..."

Vrushali Salunkhe

"Well this is a legendary restaurant in dharamkot , and it lives upto its reputation. The huge menu was impressive and so was the taste of the food...."

Dwaipayan Das

"Amazing food,good service and soothing atmosphere makes it one of the best cafes of..."

Abhishek Thakur

"A place in woods to have a nice dine experience. Great ambiance, great food. Location of the cafe is nice and the trek of taken from the foothills is..."

Apurav Joshi

"Couldn't ask for more..Everything here is so perfect especially the Israeli Cuisines and wood-fired pizza. Do try various coffees..."

Goel N

"Wow!!! Really great place to eat an Indian and non-Indian food in Dharamkot. It's big and comfortable, has 2 floors, and the service stuff is super..."

Eli Simhayev

"Excellent food. Menu is extensive and seasonal to a particularly high standard. It can be expensive but worth it..."

Nikita Bhandari

"Trek and dine is great place to have a good time with friends and family. The food is amazing specially Lebanese Food. Their momos are also good...."

Sana Fatma

"Best place for Dates, to chill with fnds, to get amazing ambience. Food and drinks are great. Worth..."

Rishav Pathania

"Great food great ambience and great..."

Dr Nikhil P

"Went here with my friends, suggested by the bnb owner where we stayed at McLeodganj. They have an amazing open roof with comfy low tables seating..."

Tushar Singla

"It's a place you must visit in Dharamkot . You can order from more than 5 cuisine. The no. of food variety it has took me 30 min to choose what to..."

Master Haker

"This is a very pleasant place to dine, they serve pizza fruity beverage, freshly baked Pizza, Indian cuisine as well as pastry. A la carte menu is..."

Dattaprasad Dabolkar

"I had been there twice and wasn't disappointed, the food here is amazing, the quantity is much better than the NCR region, prices are much..."

naman singhal

"Trek & Dine is great restaurant to have food. The ambience and food quality also very good. I liked the mango shake very much. There are charging..."

Sreedevi B

"Five stars easily. There are plenty of places with great food in Dharamkot. But when I want good foot AND a good time, I come to Shamaim. Best staff..."

Robert DeVito

"Trek and Dine is the finest cafe in Dharamkot. The food prices are moderated and the quality is excellent. Eat Sleep Wander ! 30days30cafes Follow..."

ABHINAV GAKHAR

"Amazing food. Every single thing on the menu is good. Be it soup, salad or main course. Wood fired pizza had green chilli which was bit of a..."

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