New Delhi · Open Sunday
Best Restaurants Open on Sunday in New Delhi 2026
Delhi runs the opposite calendar to most fine-dining capitals: Sunday is prime trade, not a night off. The five-star dining rooms work seven days, and the Sunday-brunch crowd fills them, so the question is less which rooms open than which are worth the booking. These six are confirmed open Sunday, with the hours to prove it.
India has no Michelin guide, so a verified Sunday list does the work the stars would elsewhere. The good news for a Delhi visitor is that the city's best rooms sit inside the luxury hotels of Chanakyapuri, Lodhi Road and Golf Links, where the weekend is the busiest stretch and a closing day, where one exists, falls on a weekday. The list below leads with the city's most decorated kitchen, then the classic hotel rooms, and closes with the Old Delhi institution that has outlasted every trend. Indian rupee prices are quoted per person without drinks or taxes, and hours are checked against each restaurant's current schedule. For the rest of the week, start with the New Delhi dining guide.
Indian Accent
Sunday: 12:00 – 14:30 and 19:00 – 22:30
The most decorated kitchen in the country, and it keeps a full Sunday. Indian Accent at The Lodhi has topped India's restaurant rankings and placed on Asia's 50 Best for the contemporary Indian cooking that the Mehrotra kitchen built around dishes like the blue-cheese naan, the meetha achaar pork ribs and the daulat ki chaat. The room is calm and low-lit, the tasting menu paced for a long table rather than a quick one, and the Sunday service is identical to any weeknight. This is the Sunday booking for a meal that has to land, a milestone or a guest you want to show the city's best. Reserve a week or more out.
Bukhara
Sunday: 12:30 – 14:30 and 19:00 – 23:30
The address every visiting head of state is taken to, and one of the few Delhi rooms a regular books years apart and finds unchanged. Bukhara at ITC Maurya has cooked the same tight menu of clay-oven meats since 1977: the Sikandari raan, the murgh malai kebab, and the dal Bukhara that simmers overnight and is the dish people fly in for. There are no cutlery pretensions; you eat with your hands and a bib, at heavy wooden tables under copper. It opens daily, Sunday lunch and dinner included, which makes it the reliable luxury-hotel Sunday booking in the diplomatic enclave. Reserve ahead; the early dinner fills first.
Le Cirque
Sunday: 12:30 – 14:45 and 19:00 – 21:30
The Delhi outpost of the New York classic reopened in September 2025 inside The Leela Palace, and it is the strongest Sunday answer when the table wants European rather than Indian. The kitchen runs a dual Italian-French menu, risotto and handmade pasta on one side, classic sauce work on the other, in a jewel-box room with the gold-and-burgundy palette the name carries. It opens Sunday for both lunch and dinner. For a polished, quiet Sunday dinner away from the tandoor smoke, with a wine list to match, this is the Leela room to book. Ask for a banquette when you reserve.
Megu
Sunday: 12:30 – 14:45 and 19:00 – 23:45
Megu shares The Leela Palace with Le Cirque and gives Delhi its most serious Japanese room: a sushi counter, a robata grill and a black-cod miso that holds its own against the genre's best. The interior, hung with a giant temple bell and red lacquer, is theatrical without tipping into kitsch, and the late Sunday close past 23:00 makes it the city's best option for a long, unhurried Sunday dinner. Book the counter for the sushi and the kitchen's attention; book a table for a group working through the robata and the sake list. Either way, Sunday is one of its core services.
Baoshuan
Sunday: 12:30 – 15:00 and 19:00 – 23:00
The rooftop Chinese room at The Oberoi, looking out over the Delhi Golf Course, built with mentorship from London's Michelin-starred Andrew Wong. The cooking is modern Cantonese with a precise hand: dim sum at lunch, a Peking-duck service carved at the table, and a tasting that reads more like a London or Hong Kong room than a Delhi one. The terrace is the reason to come on a clear Sunday evening, when the golf course goes gold and the city quietens below. It opens Sunday lunch and dinner, and the rooftop seats are the ones to request. A strong Sunday booking for a date or a small celebration.
Karim's
Sunday: 09:00 – 00:30 (open every day)
Not every Sunday calls for a hotel. Karim's, in the lane of kebab-makers a few steps from Jama Masjid, has cooked Mughlai food since 1913, founded by a descendant of a cook from the last Mughal court. The mutton burra, the seekh kebab and the slow nihari pull a Sunday crowd of locals and pilgrims into a warren of plain rooms with no pretension and no booking. It is the opposite of the five-star towers, and the most atmospheric Sunday meal in the old city. Go for an early lunch before the Jama Masjid crowds peak, eat with your hands, and order the mutton korma. Cash is king.
How to book a Sunday table in New Delhi
Delhi's Sunday is easier to book than most capitals because the five-star rooms run seven days, but the marquee tables still go early. Indian Accent is the hardest seat on this list and fills a week or more out, so reserve the moment your date is set, by phone or through EazyDiner. Bukhara, Le Cirque, Megu and Baoshuan clear Sunday more readily through their hotels or the major booking apps. Dining alone? The counter at Megu and the bar at Baoshuan both take a single booking happily, a strong solo dining in Delhi move on a quiet Sunday. For the ranked city list and the rest of the week, the New Delhi dining guide is the place to start.
New Delhi Sunday dining FAQ
Which upscale restaurants are open on Sunday in New Delhi?
Sunday is a strong dining day in Delhi, so most luxury rooms stay open. Indian Accent at The Lodhi runs lunch and dinner; Bukhara keeps its daily hours at ITC Maurya; Le Cirque and Megu at The Leela Palace open Sunday; Baoshuan, the rooftop Chinese room at The Oberoi, serves Sunday lunch and dinner; and Karim's near Jama Masjid opens from morning to past midnight. India has no Michelin guide, so a verified list does the work the stars would do elsewhere.
Is Indian Accent open on Sunday?
Yes. Indian Accent at The Lodhi on Lodhi Road opens Sunday for lunch around 12:00 to 14:30 and dinner from 19:00, the same schedule as the rest of the week. The kitchen runs the contemporary Indian tasting menu that has topped India's restaurant rankings and placed on Asia's 50 Best, with the blue-cheese naan and the meetha achaar pork ribs the dishes to keep. Book a week or more ahead, since Sunday dinner is among the hardest tables in the city.
What is the best Sunday meal in New Delhi for a special occasion?
For a milestone, Indian Accent at The Lodhi is the city's most decorated room and runs a full Sunday. For a classic luxury-hotel dinner, Bukhara at ITC Maurya has served its dal and tandoor since 1977 and opens daily. For a view, Baoshuan's rooftop at The Oberoi looks over the golf course. All three take Sunday bookings; reserve Indian Accent first, as it fills earliest.
Are fine-dining restaurants in Delhi usually closed on Sunday?
No. Unlike many Western capitals, Delhi treats Sunday as prime trade, with family lunches and the Sunday-brunch culture filling the luxury hotels. The five-star dining rooms at ITC Maurya, The Leela Palace, The Oberoi and The Lodhi run seven days. The closed day, where one exists, tends to be a weekday rather than Sunday, which makes Sunday one of the easier nights to book a top Delhi room.
Where can I eat traditional Mughlai food on a Sunday in Old Delhi?
Karim's in Gali Kababian, a few steps from Jama Masjid, has cooked Mughlai food since 1913 and opens every day from morning until well past midnight. The mutton burra, the seekh kebab and the nihari pull a Sunday crowd of locals and pilgrims. It is the opposite end of the spectrum from the hotel rooms, a queue-and-share institution rather than a reservation, and the most atmospheric Sunday meal in the old city.
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