TOP 10 BEST Restaurants in India - Updated November 2024

"You will have the best rice pudding with a great view of the Gange and Varanasi. Prakash is hands down the best guide and he and his family will..."

GEA Badalà

David O'Grady

Jaya Chaubey

Temple Art Cafe

100/100 (1 ratings)

The Siwon Lassi Shop

100/100 (20 ratings)

Cafe Bianca

100/100 (4 ratings)

Dakshin Kashi

100/100 (13 ratings)

Cherryblossom Cafe And Restaurant

"Beautiful atmosphere and super delicious curry and pasta !!!! Wifi is the strongest in Varanasi I guess, Stuffs are very kind and helpful..."

Masashi Teramoto

"Very neet & clean atmosphere, nice ambience, food was tasty, & special one is the host of cafe, Mr masa very friendly & kind hurted person, love you..."

jit Chakraborty

"Nice..."

Suhail 123

"귀여운 아이들과 따뜻한 시간을 보낼 수 있는 곳! 바라나시에 머무는동안 자주 들렸어요. 아이들과 같이..."

Minyoung Seo

"This place has its own good vibes. I will definitely visit here again when I come back to Varanasi. The coffee was good and I had a nice conversation..."

Seungbin Jo

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村上知里

"I love this restaurant. You can have a great time here for sure. Food is absolutely delicious but not only that,the owner Masa is incredible. They..."

M N

"바라나시의 숨겨진 보물같은 카페 입니다. 사장님께서 학교를 다니지 않는 아이들을 위해 free school 을 운영도..."

조병훈

"바라나시의 보물입니다! 마사시상이 운영하는 프리스쿨이 있는 카페에요! 점심시간즈음에 가면 아이들이..."

김주하

"Je recommande ce restaurant, non seulement c’est un endroit calme (une oasis à Benares!), on y mange très bien. Mais en plus on fait une bonne..."

claudia zwicky

Nirvana Cafe

"My only regret is not making my way back before leaving Varanasi! Phenomenal food, great..."

Kevin Solhjoo

"I met Ramu along the street and we went together to eat and discuss at this very beautiful and old school roof top bar/restaurant where you can see..."

Alessandro Barberis

"The food in this place is truly amazing Uriya the woman who cooks here brings love and good vibration into the cooking and you feel it. Thank..."

Zohar EM

"The white sauce pasta is the best. Do visit once, the vibes are good..."

Shubhangi Tripathi

"Great spot if you want healthy Indian food with no oil added. Very chill atmosphere with a super friendly..."

Russell Gous

"The Best cafe in Varanasi. Amazing Pasta here👌😍 I come with my friends often, very nice crowd and lovely staff. Do visit here if you're near..."

Aditya Goswami

"Really chill and relaxed rooftop, a perfect place to rest from the sometimes overwhelming Varanasi. Owned by lovely people who offer great food at a..."

Matias Garcia

"Lovely vibe up on this rooftop with a good menu and refreshing drinks. The guys were really helpful too and told us about morning yoga at Assi ghat...."

Samantha Franklin

"Lovely and peaceful place. Great food and good company. Will be..."

Tom Wotherspoon

"Awesome place to hang out. Good food and friendly people. Within a minute walking distance to Assi Ghat it's accessible and convenient for tourists..."

saloni vyas

Little Cafe

"I Had been to many cafes but I think this one is the best one can have coz along with a good and soothing..."

Rakesh Pal

"Great quality of food , felt a soothing vibe having good food and ambient environment , overall a Nice..."

DEVIL 's BARGAIN

"Oh my God what a beautiful place. This is for the very first time I saw a place in Varanasi where the ambience is amazing. When I was sitting there I..."

nitesh jaiswal

"Very delicious food items 😋 here..."

vikas gupta

"Just loved this place ❤️❤️..it was an awesome experience....good ambience ..... soulful soothing music and good food.... what else do we..."

Khushi Gupta

"I liked food and starters, I loved it..."

Anil Kumar

"I Had been to many cafes but I think this one is the best one can have coz along with a good and soothing ambience they offer delicious food too. I..."

Sagar Kumar

"Guys with a great heart! Local music relaxing! A touching sound to recharge from the hustle and bustle of Varanasi! Quality food! What more to..."

Alex Fobelli

"Nice cafe....one of my..."

Milan Thapa

"The best cafe in varanasi where you can enjoy dance in your full mood.. food is too awesome.. awesome hospitality.. tasty food in genuine..."

Prashant vishwakarma

Vegking Family Restaurant

97/100 (2450 ratings)

"I had my dinner here for the first time today and was quite delighted with the quality of food n service here. I ordered chinese and north Indian for..."

shweta s

"Visited for lunch. We were 24 members and they arranged food as fast as possible. We are in need of thava roti and first they refused to provide the..."

Venkataramana ES

"Such a good food & Good service by staff members coprative..."

RAHUL JANGIR

"We tried - Veg burger, Cheez noodles, Masala dosa, Manchurian fried rice and Hot coffee and all dishes are amazing..."

Shrishti Keshari

"First time in Vegking and you have to go! It's the cutest spot with amazing food. The sweet i.e. GulabJamun is to die for. It was fire !! The service..."

Akshay Deep Singh

"It's a nice little pure Veg restaurant with seating capacity for ~20 people on outskirts of Varanasi. Ideal for people visiting the city by road /..."

Anand Dubey

"Best service best food try paneer pasanda for..."

ADITYA SINGH 21BCE11457

"Very nice food Quality and very good..."

pankaj upadhyay

"Good service & testy jayka , staff behaviour good..."

Salman Khan

"Very delicious food and prompt service. Must..."

Abhinav Tripathi

Eatery

"Great food. We tried a few places in Varanasi and eventually we came back here. 3 visits in 4 days :D You must try Thali. Kadai Paneer is also a..."

Piotr Imbierowicz

"Very good service and food is really very good.... Daily three times our family goes there to eat. Restaurant's staffs are very friendly. And food is..."

Ranika Majumder

"Amazing Indian/Chinese foods cooked very well. Lots of flavor and very fresh. We ordered the Special Thali set and felt satisfied. Good prices, kind..."

Kippy

"They are super nice! The food is amazing, we completly recommend this place. We will come back soon for..."

Ana Beuzón

"Delicious food, friendly people, great service. I recommend the Malai Kofta and the garlic naan. We did see a rat. But the food we got was cooked..."

Daniel Sullivan

"The best food we had so far in Varanasi. Delicious food and very friendly owner! We had Mushroom Butter Masala and Aloo Gobi with some Roti. Highly..."

Luis G

"We love the restaurant. Personal extraordinary and the food is the best we tried in India. We will come back..."

Neus Francés Serrano

"Very simple, family run place with AC and fans. We took some Indian food and it was great, very tasty. In addition the prices are very cheap and..."

Tommaso Moia

"Delicious, especially ginger soup, definitely worth to visit. Breakfast was also a good..."

Alexey

"Friendly little family restaurant in a small, clean air conditioned environment. They cook mostly for foreigners but they seem very passionate about..."

Andre Schoch

Varanasi Cafe Bakery & Restaurant

"Varanasi Cafe is fantastic! The food is amazing and the owners are so kind. I was lucky enough to get to take a cooking class with the lovely..."

Luci Elena

"I ate here one night and noticed the owner does cooking classes too. So I booked for the following evening. Secret Spice Cooking Class was one of the..."

Lydia Buckingham

"Had lunch here and the food was amazing, booked than the cooking class for the next day. Samta showed us how to cook Masala, Byriani, Dal and Naan in..."

jason1462

"Delicious food, well priced. We average standard breakfast of omelette, vegetables, toast and jam and it hit the spot. They also do cooking lessons...."

Goostrey

"Great food and cooking course available. We had a one on one class learning to make dal, aloo gobhi, biriyani and..."

amber nuttall

"Nice! Meals cooked to order so takes a little longer but worth it! Nice atmosphere, very gracious owner. She also does cooking classes in..."

Robert R

"Amazing place. The staff is really helpful and suggested me the best dish on thier menu. The food was fresh and tasty. Really good place to go with..."

Arya Prabhudessai

"Awesome white sauce pasta and 🍕 Pizza.... it's too 😋 yummy....my congratulations to the chef and the rest of the..."

Payal Yadav

"I have eaten here 3 times already in only 2 days haha.... lovely owner and really good food, both thali and western food such as pasta etc. I think..."

Cameron Trethowan

"Such a lovely feeling to this place the owners are very warm and welcoming and the food do fresh and tasty I strongly recommend it for anyone..."

Chris Bennett

"Delicious food and only 50 meter from Kashi Vishwanath..."

Aarush goel

"Very good cafe restaurant nice..."

Prasun Pandit

"Great place! And delicious food!..."

Kiril Naumov

"Nice..."

Sanjay Roy

"Awesome be care home..."

Pardeep Singhal

"Best cafe on the streets of varanasi to stop and..."

Gokul Kaushik

"Great..."

vijay S

Diner's Limelight

"Awesome place so beautiful to enjoy with friends and family and food is delicious 😘 do visit the place.. to spend the..."

Vanya Prakash

"Best place to visit for a fun party with friends and family... Do visit and spend some quality time with your loved..."

ANUSHKA GAUR

"Nice place to..."

Madhurima Gaur

"..."

Tanay Anand

"..."

Durga Prasad

"..."

AMIT KUMAR

Kumar Amartya

Siddhartha Singh

akash arora

Dhaval Prakash

The Heaven Light Cafe & Restaurant

Boiled Salad Breakfast

Choclate Pan Cake

Aloo Paratha Breakfast

"The owner is realy nice person! You should come and see for..."

inbal haviva (‫חביבה‬‎)

"Nice little restaurant but not easy to find from Assi Ghat we followed a nice guy who led us to the restaurant. It is run by 2 young guys that are..."

Malin Giraudo

"Nice place nice staff very tasty food Good behaviour noise free and very clean food and place..."

AAKASH PANDEY

"If you are near assi ghat area do try the food at this place. They serve delicious food which will definitely make your tummy and you feel..."

prashant jadhav

"Very nice restaurant run by a very nice family. Food is very good. I recommend..."

Ana Fe de la Hoz

"In the quite bylanes of varanasi you will find this place. Awesome preparation and delicious food in affordable prices. Won't find such a place more..."

Pratik Jadhav

"We had lunch and dinner here Last week (on 15th and 16th). Very nice place, clean, quiet, good food and friendly staff. We recommend it Elisabetta..."

Elisabetta Carullo

"I met this lovely family while on the ganges and im so happy we came. Good tasty food and friendly staff. Good english..."

youtubeaddict FUBAR

"very good place. we came to have a light lunch. food was good and peices were..."

Ami Ozeri

"Great food and service. They give a lot of helpful information about the area. Great..."

Eric Kern

Cafe Cafe Varanasi

Wheelchair Accessible

Siwon Lassi

Som Cafe

Som Café Breakfast Set

"시원하고 와이파이 빠르고, 한국말 잘하는 인도인이 있어서 정보얻기도 좋음. 한국음식이 다양하고 맛있음...."

서성진

"바라나시에 있으면서 정말 모든 메뉴를 다 먹었어요.. 최고의 한식당입니다 띵구의 반지도..."

Yeri Park

"바라나시에서 한국인에게는 최고의 식당이 아닐까 생각해봅니다. 친절하고 밥도 맛있었고 말끔하진 않지만..."

Lyong J

"반지 꼭하세여 여자친구만만들었는데 엄마꺼 만들어갈껄 후회했습니다 소요시간 하루이틀걸려요 우다이에서는..."

박성우

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김주섭TV

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Dhyan Varanasi

"Creamy Velvet Spinach Soup, tastes like heaven with it's very first sip, Tastes worth better than Conrad Hotel's finest in Bangalore, India. A must..."

HONEY VERMA

Balu Real Natural Lassi Shop

95/100 (61 ratings)

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"There are so many lassi shops in Varanasi but Balu is by far the friendliest lassi maker I've met, and his lassies match, if not beat, many of the..."

Olivia Nunn

"First trying Lassi and we were not disappointed! Balu was very friendly and hospitable and the Lassi was delicious! Stop by and make a friend while..."

Ricky Blaine

"Balu is a very friendly guy who is an expert in making tasty lassies with in season fruits. Everyone seems to go to the Blue Lassi Shop but we..."

Jake Hall

"Very tasty, creamy lassis. So creamy you cannot drink them. You’ll have to use a spoon to eat them. The price is reasonable, the size a bit small...."

Steffen Stoewer

"Balu is so friendly and like any other Indian he likes to talk! Best lassi ever! Tasty, creamy and fresh. Must..."

Beatriz Valente-Perfeito

"The full of cream and totally undiluted buffalo milk lassi that you get at Bulu Lassi is simply delicious. Available in many flavours, though a tad..."

Adit Chandna

"Balu serves superb buffalo yoghurt lassis in seasonal fruit flavours. In May, when I visited, he had grape (Rs. 70/-), apple (Rs. 80/-) and mixed..."

L Mitchell

"A gem place! Tiny cozy shop, right on a narrow street. Lassi is bit more expensive but totally worth it! Yogurt is made of buffalo milk with no water..."

Ks B

"Balu is such a friendly and fun guy. He makes the experience of having a tasty lassi even more enjoyable. He’s the third generation of lassi..."

Giancarlo Giuffra

"Delicious lassis made from pure buffalo milk, lots of choices, very atmospheric hole in the wall place with very friendly..."

Andre Schoch

Pahuna Kitchen

Cafe Coffee Hut

"Nice little coffee stand with proper coffee options. Latte was..."

Ricardo Ramone

"such a nice and cozy place to have food and drinks. Loved the cafe Latte it's just delicious...."

Manjeet Kumar

"Best karak coffee..."

Adarsh Srivastava

"Friendly environment 🥰coffee is really..."

Shubham VISH

"Good..."

govind kejriwal

"Great coffee and..."

Sushmit Kaul

"NYC..."

adarsh adarsh

"Très bon endroit pour déguster un vrai café ou un excellent tchai, tout en partageant des positives vibes avec Prashant, le fondateur de " Cafe..."

Fati Br

"J'étais d'abord séduite par le lieu au design unique. Puis, j'y ai trouvé du vrai café avec des grains qu'ils mouent sur place. J'ai découvert..."

Suzie Akopian

"Une pépite sur le bord du gange. Cafe exceptionnel , snack de qualité. Prashant fait aussi des virgin mojitos délicieux. Bonne ambiance, acceuil..."

aurelie danel

Bana Lassi

Laziz Bites

"This is an amazing place to eat.. restaurant is small and not that built up. But the food here is just amazing.. the chef is experienced and takes..."

Hitesh Mane

"The most recommended place !It's cheap, but it tastes great. The chef is obviously a very experienced chef, partial to the taste of Asians Oh! I wish..."

张欢

"The food is very delicious Bengali thalis are also available. The behaviour of the owner Mr. Bose, the owner of the hotel is very good and..."

Amitava Dutta Banik

"Very attentive owner/chef, accommodating of special requests and cooking everything from scratch to order. I was able to get butter instead of oil..."

Victor Issaev

"Great food and extraordinary behaviour of the staff.. had food for 2 days.. and he maintains the taste so well.. more than that the food is..."

Anindya Sarkar

"I came back a bunch of times for the paneer butter masala, garlic naan and chana masala. Reasonable prices and delicious food. Free wifi..."

matt phone

"Food was tasty and owners were extremely friendly! Nice local place with good food and great prices. Definitely recommend the mixed veg. soup but..."

Enough Nuts

"We ordered veg fired rice and chicken biryani , both tasty, the restaurant looks small, but I like..."

Suri Leung

"Yummy. Came here twice. Id recommend the aloo..."

Marcus Thomson

"Since I found this gem I’ve been eating here every day. The chef is a great cook, everything is cooked from scratch and the food has a homemade..."

Mila S.

"I had a Dal fry here and it was amazing. Lovely owner with great..."

harry norman

"Nice testy fresh food. Mr Amar Bose is very gentle and helpful person. Tour was hassle free due to Amarda and the excellent food of Laxis..."

Sumita Roy

"Good tasty food. They can deliver it to the near by hotel. Friendly..."

Sujata Biswas

"Very tasty food in cheap price. I advise to all go and take food from here. Owner behaviour is too..."

Arijit Chakraborty

"My wife and I are here this evening. lovely tasty food in a very friendly environment. I had the chilly mushroom with garlic naan which was great,..."

Steve Lee

"This is a awesome resturant at Varanasi daswaswamedh ghat. Awesome Bengali food available here. Favourite to tourists for lunch and dinner. Also food..."

Soumik Hazra (Soumik Hazra)

"Went here several times during my stay in Varanasi! Location: Near the ghats and close to several hostels, so it's super convenient Menu: Good..."

Utah Son

"During our visit very recently at Varanasi, we had our meals in Laziz Bites. One can get authentic bengali food there. The owner Mr. Amar Bose and..."

Soumya Acharya

Nice Restaurant

"Best flavours I have ever tasted in a thali. We discovered this place on our last meal in varanassi… had it been the first, I don’t think we..."

Anna Eveleigh

"This small, family restaurant is opposite to Ganga guesthouse. It's very nice like his name. Welcome place. Tasty food. Various dishes. We went two..."

Eric Mekong

"I had a Madrasi thali and before pao bhaji.. The owner is indeed friendly, and you can meet his wife and son. So it's a family place, clean enough,..."

Gérard Drouville

"Easy 5 stars, for real skip other near places, this is the BEST ONE, Babu it’s an amazing guy along three months in India it was the first person..."

Johan Cortes

"We went at 10pm and they served us dinner kindly. Vegan and non-vegan curry (not really spicy) was super tasty! Clean place also. Totally..."

Ane Alvarez

"The Thali was delicious! Especially the eggplant curry, pala paneer and the dali are amazing :) the whole plate was 200R, so price-wise ok! The..."

Nic Lig

"Deliscious food here. I keep going..."

Luke Nelson

"We had some late dinner. Butter masala paneer was really good as well as the cheese paratha. The owner and his family is very..."

191 Borders

"Delicious food, made fresh to order. Super friendly family owned business. Amazing and fair..."

Parris Franklin

"This restaurant is indeed very nice. The owner is super friendly and you can realize that he really cares for his guests. The food is delicious, the..."

Rodrigo Valencia

"abu owns this colourful restaurant that is decorated with paintings of his children. Visitors made the decorations here, because they love Babu. He..."

Zois Theodorou

"Nice Restaurant should be an obligatory stop for anyone visiting Varanasi. We visited twice in two days and they were the best meals we had during..."

Serena Giomi

"Wonderful restaurant with very friendly owner who gave us great advice when ordering food. We ordered a range of dishes and it was all very tasty! He..."

André Kovac

"Delicious breakfast, Puri Sbjji, Bannana Curd and coffee all for 100rps. Lots of other dishes. Simple clean Guesthouse, hot showers and roof terrace...."

Campbell Campbell

"Great value and great food! Here people are friendly and always asking if I need something. Feeling home and comfotable. Everyday I tried different..."

haneul yang

"Babu is the BEST chef in Varanasi. It's really fantastic and traveling India with good food! Tandoori chicken and paneer and All foods you can enjoy..."

박사람

"Nice restaurant. Delicious food (palak paneer plate in the photo) try garlic naan. Prepare for long waiting time as all food ia made fresh to..."

Witek Zalewski

"Delicious Food. Had ordinary thali, loved..."

Shubham Dicaprio

"I loved the food of this place, you have a lot of options in the menu (Indian, Italian, Israeli, Continental food), very clean and confortable place,..."

Luisa Fernanda Zuluaga

The Vibe - Gastro Pub

"It was a good experience, though the last visit wasn't much pleasing. Entertaining young kids below 16yrs old isn't a good choice at all... Need to..."

Tanya Singh

"The place is full of great food and music with fun vibes. It's a cool hangout spot if you are looking for a place to chill with your group of..."

Ikshita chaturvedi

"OMG, Wonderful Expirence, Lights, Dance, Music,Nobody Can describe this place in words, you have to Expirence it..."

Goldy singh Bagga

"As the name suggest, U will get the perfect Vibe... Amazing Ambience, great food, great crowd, courteous staffs, great music... Every things is..."

Monal Parag

"Do yourself a favor and visit at The Vibe with your friends and loved one. It’s a great experience. The service we received was good and if you're..."

Nishtha Rai

"A must visit place. The vibe. I personally didn't like the service. It was too late served on the table and even the behaviour of waiter was not..."

theblissfulblogs

"Visited this place few days back and i personally fell for everything whether it be ambience or food.There were exquisite food with plenty of..."

Shreya Singh

"One of the best places to hangout in Varanasi. Like the name suggests, the place is known for happy vibes. I think it's the only pub which organizes..."

Jai Kumar

"Vibe is the newly open restaurant above Big Bazaar, VARANASI. If you're looking for a place to party and have fun with your friends and family. This..."

Shyamali Panda

"I recently visited “The Vibe” ~ The food that they serve is full of flavours and really good in taste. From vegetarian dishes to non vegetarian..."

Priyanshi Srivastava

"The place is good enough for a great night out...Drinks, food are good...music and dance floor also good...Service for main course is very..."

Deepan Roy

"Nice place to chill and hangout with..."

Vini P

"So I recently visited the place, the ambience is nice and cozy! I personally loved their veg starters especially the Corn Paneer Seekh kebab,..."

anila mittal

"Presenting two of my favorite starters from @thevibe_varanasi 1. Lachhedar Paneer Tikka 2. Malai Tikka Broccoli The marination in both dishes was..."

FOOD OVER CURVE Rakshita Haripushpa

"I went on an experimenting food hunt and this place just blown my mind away with their delicious and attractive cuisines. The interiors are great..."

ayush sharma

Kaaarwaan

"It's an awesome place for students family and..."

Pankhuri Gupta

"Awesome cafe with nice staff.... and finger licking tasty food. Definitely a place to visit and chill with..."

Kaushal Mishra

"Beautiful place Amazing..."

rahul singh

"Nice food 🍴🍕🍔 nice..."

deepak yadav

"Pleasant place to be with natural..."

anil kumar

"Awesome place to..."

Priyanka Verma

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Prakhar Gaur

"Nice......"

Bharati Mishra

"Fue el mejor lugar de Varanasi sin lugar a dudas. La comida es deliciosa a un precio asequible. Un sitio con mucho encanto, el personal es..."

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