Range

Range is the principal fine-dining restaurant of the Hyatt Regency Dehradun, the most architecturally serious luxury hotel in the Doon Valley. The dining room sits on the resort's main level with a tall-window view across the manicured grounds toward the Mussoorie ridge, and runs the Hyatt's standard multi-cuisine signature format - Indian, continental and chef-curated tasting plates side by side - at the polished register the brand has built across south Asian luxury hotels.

The cooking is deliberately broad to handle the visiting Delhi business diner: a careful tandoor and Mughlai programme, a regional Garhwali Doon Valley section that is rare to see in any luxury Indian hotel, a continental grill and seafood programme, and the chef's tasting that rotates through the season. Signature plates include the Garhwali kafuli with mountain greens, the slow-cooked Awadhi nihari, the Doon Valley river fish on a fenugreek-and-mustard reduction, and the chef's seasonal duck served with a cardamom-roasted root reduction.

The wine programme runs to roughly 90 references with a confident international spine - strong Italian and French reds, a useful New World programme, a focused Champagne selection - plus a small Indian wine programme that gives a visiting client a regional drink option. The single-malt cellar is the strongest in Dehradun and is the right register for a deal-celebration first round.

Service is the Hyatt international register, polished and multilingual at the principal posts. The chef's table seats six in a private alcove off the main floor and is the right scale for a strategic dinner with three to five guests. The total package - hotel, kitchen, room and wine list - is the most considered single booking for a client meeting in the Doon Valley.

Range is the deal-closing dinner in Dehradun. The Hyatt Regency address is the most respected luxury hotel in the Doon Valley, the Indian, continental and chef-curated programme handles a senior visiting client's preferences across cuisines without forcing a choice, and the wine programme handles a serious celebration order. For a one-night client trip up from Delhi, the booking is unambiguous.