Must-see restaurants in Shimla

  • Himachali Rasoi

    Shimla

    It's just four heavy wooden tables crammed into a bazaar-box shop-unit but the metalcraft lamps add character and the deliciously flavoured thalis …

  • Café Simla Times

    Shimla

    Fronted by an old Fiat 1100, the enticing Simla Times combines a wonderfully panoramic open terrace area with a casually cosmopolitan indoor section of…

  • Ashiana

    Shimla

    In a distinctive all-window circular building, Ashiana is an almost-elegant restaurant for snacks, Indian and (some) Chinese food plus a few Himachali…

  • Wake & Bake

    Shimla

    On two upper floors via an almost invisibly narrow stairway, this loveably cosy coffee shop serves espressos made from organic South Indian beans, but…

  • EBR Cafe

    Shimla

    This arty new six-table cafe focusses on healthy-diet veg-, quinoa- and salad bowl-meals, protein shakes and 'detox shots'. It also fixes tacos, pasta and…

  • Cecil Restaurant

    Shimla

    Widely rated Shimla's top restaurant, and with prices to match, the Cecil provides hushed elegance, big view-windows and a chance to sport your newly…

  • Indian Coffee House

    Shimla

    This ragged Shimla institution is like an old boys’ club with its ageing leather seats, uniformed waiters and blackboard menu of very simple food. Packed…

  • Guptajee's

    Shimla

    Simple place for good-value Indian vegetarian food, just one stairway off The Mall.