The Best Indian Restaurants in the World

Bukhara

• Bukhara is one of the most renowned restaurants in India. It is in the ITC Maurya Hotel in New Delhi and features cuisine from the Northwest frontier in Pakistan. Its specialty is kebabs and tandoori cooking. It is consistently one of the highest rated restaurants in India.
  Bukhara's accolades include The Times Food Award, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007 and the Golden Fork awards in 1991. In 2007, Restaurant Magazine named Bukhara the 37th best restaurant in the world.

  Bukhara
  ITC Maurya Sheraton Hotel, Sardar Patel Marg, Diplomatic Enclave, Chanakyapuri
  Delhi, India 110021
  Phone: 11/2611-2233

Veeraswamy

• Opened in 1926, Veeraswamy is the oldest surviving Indian restaurant in the United Kingdom and one of the oldest surviving restaurants in London.
  It serves classical regional dishes from throughout India in a formal and opulent atmosphere. Famous people who have dined at Veeraswamy include Charlie Chaplin, Marlon Brando and Indira Gandhi. National Geographic magazine named Veeraswamy one of the 10 Best Destination and Special Restaurants in the World, the only U.K. restaurant to make the list.

  Victory House
  99-101 Regent St, London, W1B
  +44 20 7734 1401
  www.veeraswamy.com

Amaya

• Amaya is another top-rated Indian restaurant in London that is owned by the Masala World Group, which also owns Veeraswamy. It focuses on Indian grills, serving a range of kebabs and other grilled dishes made in an open, theatrical kitchen.
  In 2005, Amaya received two prestigious awards, the Tio Pepe ITV Awards for Best New Restaurant as well as Best Restaurant. In 2006, the restaurant was awarded a Michelin star.

  Amaya
  Halkin Arcade
  Motcomb Street, London, SW1X 8JT, UK
  +44 20 7823 1166
  http://www.amaya.biz/

Devi

• Devi is one of New York City's best Indian restaurants. Chefs Hemant Manthur and Suvir Saran create authentic and delicate Indian dishes in an inviting atmosphere. Sample dishes include tandoor-grilled lamb chops with sweet and sour pear chutney and spicy Goan scallops. The New York Times has called it "one of the most closely watched restaurants in New York."
  Dévi was awarded a Michelin one-star rating in 2007 and 2008, making it the only Michelin-star Indian restaurant in United States.

  8 East 18th St.
  New York, New York 10003
  (212) 691-1300
  http://www.devinyc.com/index.html

Karim's

• The informal and budget-friendly Karim's is known to locals one of "the places" to eat in Delhi. Located in the winding lanes of Old Delhi, the restaurant is nearly a century old and specializes in kebabs and Mughlai cuisine. The story goes that the founder-chef was from a royal family of cooks who once served the great Mughal emperor Akbar. True or not, locals and tourists have been flocking to this Delhi institution for hundreds of years for dishes such as mutton kababs, butter chicken and lamb pasanda.

  Karim's
  16 Gali Kababian
  Old Delhi, India
  011/2326-4981