Best Restaurants for Anniversary in New Delhi (2026)
Anniversary · New Delhi · 6 tables ranked · Updated May 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published January 14, 2026 · Updated May 9, 2026
Seven of these tables sit inside Delhi’s grand hotels, and that is the whole point: in a city this loud, the calm of a Lutyens’ hotel dining room is what an anniversary needs. An anniversary table asks three things a birthday table does not — quiet enough to talk through a decade, light that flatters two people rather than a party, and a kitchen that paces the evening instead of turning the table. Six rooms in this city clear that bar, from a ₹4,450 modern-Indian tasting on Lodhi Road to a rooftop Peking duck nine floors above Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg.
1.Indian Accent
Modern Indian · The Lodhi, Lodhi Road · tasting ₹4,450
Executive chef Shantanu Mehrotra now leads the kitchen at The Lodhi on Lodhi Road, and the tasting still opens with the blue-cheese naan and the meetha achaar pork ribs that made the room famous. The non-vegetarian tasting runs about ₹4,450 a head, the vegetarian a touch less, with a wine pairing offered alongside. Asia’s 50 Best ranked it No. 46 in 2025, the standing benchmark for a Delhi special occasion.
Reserve through the restaurant or EazyDiner a week out, ask for a quiet corner away from the bar, and flag the anniversary in the note so the kitchen can pace dessert to it.
Book it for milestone anniversaries when you want the city’s benchmark room. | Skip it if you want a view; this is a calm indoor dining room.
2.Le Cirque
French-Italian · The Leela Palace, Chanakyapuri · degustation menus
The Leela Palace relaunched Le Cirque in 2026 on a new floor, plum-and-gold rooms built to read intimate yet dramatic, and the kitchen kept the dishes the name is known for: the Le Cirque lobster ravioli and a forty-layer New Zealand lamb lasagna. Five- and seven-course degustation menus run in the evening, with the Mille-Feuille à la Vanille to close. It sits in the Diplomatic Enclave at Chanakyapuri, the quietest dining address in the city.
Book through The Leela or EazyDiner a week ahead and request a window two-top; the degustation is the move on the night itself, not the à la carte.
Book it for couples who want black-tie polish and a degustation menu. | Skip it if you would rather eat regional Indian than French-Italian.
3.Baoshuan
Rooftop Chinese · The Oberoi, Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg · tasting ~₹5,500
Baoshuan crowns The Oberoi on Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg nine floors up, its menu designed by Andrew Wong of the two-MICHELIN-star A. Wong in London. The five-course “London 1960” Peking duck is the dish to order; the “Taste of Baoshuan” tasting runs about ₹5,500 a head. Condé Nast Traveller India named it to its Top Restaurants list in both 2023 and 2025.
Sunset is the booking: reserve the terrace through The Oberoi or EazyDiner and ask for a rail-side two-top so the city sits in frame while you eat.
Book it for couples who want the skyline and a duck worth the trip. | Skip it if Delhi’s weather has turned; the romance here is the open air.
4.Dum Pukht
Awadhi fine dining · ITC Maurya, Chanakyapuri · tasting menus
Chef Ghulam Qureshi, son of founder Imtiaz Qureshi, has cooked at ITC Maurya in Chanakyapuri since the kitchen opened, and the slow dum biryani sealed under bread and the kakori kebabs remain the order. The room is the opposite of its loud sibling Bukhara: low light, plush seating, the pacing of a court dinner. It has twice appeared on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants list.
Reserve through ITC Hotels and request a banquette along the wall; tell them it is an anniversary and the floor team treats the evening accordingly.
Book it for couples who want regal Awadhi food in a whisper-quiet room. | Skip it if you want the rustic communal theatre of Bukhara next door.
5.Travertino
Italian · The Oberoi, Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg · per head ~₹3,500+
Travertino sits on the ground floor of The Oberoi, a quiet Italian room where chef Davide Rebeccato cooks handmade pasta from ingredients flown in from Italy. It is the calmest two-top on this list: small tables, soft light, none of the rooftop drama, with dinner running roughly ₹3,500 and up a head before wine. The room has anchored The Oberoi’s European dining for years and runs on Restaurant Week India each season.
Book through The Oberoi a few days out; the corner tables along the far wall are the most private, and the kitchen will quietly mark an anniversary if you ask.
Book it for couples who want intimate Italian without the spectacle. | Skip it if you came to Delhi for Indian food, not Venetian pasta.
6.Olive Bar & Kitchen
Mediterranean · One Style Mile, Mehrauli · per head ~₹3,000+
Olive Bar & Kitchen occupies a restored mansion at One Style Mile in Mehrauli, a whitewashed Mediterranean courtyard with the floodlit Qutub Minar rising past the bougainvillea. Chef Dhruv Oberoi cooks truffle mushroom risotto and wood-fired pizzas, with dinner for two starting around ₹3,000 and climbing with wine. It has been Delhi’s go-to Mediterranean courtyard for two decades.
Request the outdoor section and check the calendar before booking through EazyDiner: Olive runs live music and events some nights, and the quiet patio is the anniversary table, not the busy one.
Book it for couples who want a courtyard, candles and a monument view. | Skip it if there is an event on; ask for a quiet night before you book.
Avoid for an anniversary
Skip Bukhara at ITC Maurya for the night that matters: the Frontier cooking is legendary and the Dal Bukhara is worth a separate trip, but the room hands you a bib, no cutlery and low communal benches in a tourist-packed hall — wrong intimacy for a two-top.
Skip Threesixty at The Oberoi for an anniversary; the all-day international buffet is bright, busy and built for families and business tables, not a candle-lit dinner for two. And keep Megu at The Leela on the bench: the modern Japanese is excellent, but the lounge-leaning room runs livelier than the hush an anniversary asks for.
Booking an anniversary in New Delhi
Almost every table here lives inside a hotel, which works in your favour: the concierge desks at The Lodhi, The Oberoi, The Leela Palace and ITC Maurya all take anniversary requests and pass them to the floor. Baoshuan’s rooftop is weather-dependent, so book it for a clear evening and keep an indoor backup like Le Cirque in reserve. EazyDiner is the booking app most of these rooms use, and a week’s notice covers a weekend except around Valentine’s, Diwali week and the December wedding-season crush, when every hotel restaurant in Lutyens’ Delhi fills at once. Always note the anniversary when you reserve: Indian Accent and Dum Pukht both pace dessert to it, and the kitchens can only choreograph what they know in advance.
Frequently asked
What is the most romantic restaurant in New Delhi for an anniversary?
For a calm, intimate dinner it is Indian Accent at The Lodhi, India’s most decorated modern-Indian room and No. 46 in Asia’s 50 Best 2025. If you want a view instead of a hush, Baoshuan on The Oberoi rooftop puts the skyline below your table with Andrew Wong’s Peking duck on the menu. Both pace an evening for two.
How much does an anniversary dinner cost in New Delhi?
Travertino’s Italian dinner runs roughly ₹3,500 a head and Olive starts near ₹3,000 for two before wine. Indian Accent’s tasting is about ₹4,450 a head, and Baoshuan’s “Taste of Baoshuan” tasting about ₹5,500. Le Cirque and Dum Pukht price by degustation or à la carte, typically the upper end of the city. Wine pairings sit on top of all of these figures.
Which New Delhi restaurant has the best view for an anniversary?
Baoshuan, nine floors up on The Oberoi rooftop on Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg, with the Delhi skyline spread below the terrace. It is the clear view pick on this list, best booked for a clear evening with a rail-side table. For a monument instead of a skyline, Olive in Mehrauli sets its courtyard against the floodlit Qutub Minar.
Do New Delhi restaurants do anything special for anniversaries?
Yes, if you tell them when you book rather than at the table. Indian Accent and Dum Pukht both pace dessert around a noted anniversary, the hotel floor teams will set a candle and a written card, and Olive’s patio team will hold a quieter outdoor two-top. The hotel concierge desks are the easiest route: pass the request through them and it reaches the kitchen.
How far ahead should I book an anniversary table in New Delhi?
A week covers most weekends through EazyDiner or the hotel directly. Move earlier if your date lands in Valentine’s week, around Diwali, or in the December wedding season, when Lutyens’ Delhi hotel restaurants fill fast. Baoshuan’s rooftop is the one to lock first because weather and a small terrace limit its tables; reserve it the moment your date is set.
Where can we have a low-key anniversary dinner in New Delhi?
Travertino at The Oberoi is the quiet choice: a small Italian room with soft light, made-to-order pasta and none of the rooftop drama, at roughly ₹3,500 a head. Olive’s Mehrauli courtyard is the al-fresco alternative on a clear night, provided you check the events calendar and book the quiet patio rather than a music night.
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