The Jodhpur List
Five editorial picks, ranked by the only filter that matters: why you are dining.
Risala
The flagship fine-dining room of the Umaid Bhawan Palace, royal portraits, marble floors, a kitchen that serves Rajasthani thalis once reserved for kings. India's most theatrical palace dinner.
Pillars
The Umaid Bhawan's alfresco verandah restaurant, facing the Baradari lawns, the Mehrangarh Fort in the distance, the Blue City below. India's most spectacular hotel terrace.
Indique Restaurant & Bar
The 180-year-old Pal Haveli's rooftop, facing Mehrangarh Fort, overlooking the old-town clock tower, a tandoor on the terrace and a butter chicken that has fed three generations of Jodhpur travellers.
Darikhana
RAAS Jodhpur's signature restaurant, contemporary Indian cooking inside a restored 18th-century haveli, the old-town dining room for travellers who want the palace experience in a smaller frame.
Mehran Terrace
Dinner inside the fort, on the seventh bastion of Mehrangarh, 400 metres above the Blue City, at tables arranged across what was once the gunnery platform.
Best for First Date in Jodhpur
Intimate, conversation-friendly rooms. Impressive without being intimidating.
Pillars
The Umaid Bhawan's alfresco verandah restaurant, facing the Baradari lawns, the Mehrangarh Fort in the distance, the Blue City below. India's most spectacular hotel terrace.
Indique Restaurant & Bar
The 180-year-old Pal Haveli's rooftop, facing Mehrangarh Fort, overlooking the old-town clock tower, a tandoor on the terrace and a butter chicken that has fed three generations of Jodhpur travellers.
Darikhana
RAAS Jodhpur's signature restaurant, contemporary Indian cooking inside a restored 18th-century haveli, the old-town dining room for travellers who want the palace experience in a smaller frame.
Best for Business Dinner in Jodhpur
Power tables and private rooms. The city's most reliable boardroom-adjacent answers.
Risala
The flagship fine-dining room of the Umaid Bhawan Palace, royal portraits, marble floors, a kitchen that serves Rajasthani thalis once reserved for kings. India's most theatrical palace dinner.
Darikhana
RAAS Jodhpur's signature restaurant, contemporary Indian cooking inside a restored 18th-century haveli, the old-town dining room for travellers who want the palace experience in a smaller frame.
Mehran Terrace
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