New openings, must-visit cafés, lake-view dinners, thali halls and the street food trail, with prices and hours where we've checked them.
Openings and tables people are talking about this year.
Chef Shadab Husain's interpretive Indian menu on a lake-view rooftop.
A set tasting menu of modern Rajasthani food, cooked with produce from its own farm.
A rooftop at the Marriott looking over the lakes and the Aravallis.
Keema baati and slow-cooked kebabs in a city-centre haveli.
A rooftop with city views and a fusion menu by chef Akash Rajput.
A new fine-dining room opening inside a 300-year-old haveli in the Old City.
Details from the venues' own listings and 2025–26 coverage. Last checked October 2026.
Coffee, breakfast and long afternoons.
Coffee and fresh bakes on the ghat, with Lake Pichola at your elbow.
A cosy coffee house near the lake with more than 25 coffees.
Wholesome dishes made with local millets, with plenty for vegans.
Blue walls, a leafy courtyard and a long international menu.
The coffee stop for evenings on the Fateh Sagar pal.
Indian, Chinese and continental plates a short walk from Fateh Sagar.
A rooftop café in the Old City with views over the rooftops.
A rooftop above Gangaur Ghat Marg, a few lanes from Lake Pichola.
A coffee-and-snacks stop on the Ambavgarh side of Fateh Sagar.
Masala chai and hand-beaten coffee in a converted house with indoor and outdoor seats.
An all-day café name with outlets in New Fatehpura and Shobhagpura.
A city café. Call ahead for directions and hours.
Hand-painted walls, coffee by day and cocktails after dark.
A rooftop for drinks and small plates by Swaroop Sagar.
A garden bistro at Hotel Swaroop Vilas, listed as open round the clock.
A modern rooftop with burgers, platters and live music.
A lounge at Celebration Mall with Asian, Italian and continental plates.
A small Italian and continental café near Chandpole.
Indian, oriental and continental food in Fatehpura.
A long global menu across the road from Meera Girls College.
An easy multicuisine café by the water near Chandpole Bridge.
A home-grown sandwich, pizza and shake counter.
A rooftop bistro for breakfast, cocktails and live music.
A café that posts its menu and updates on Instagram.
A pure-vegetarian café on the road out to Badi Lake.
A bistro by the pool at Hotel Paras Mahal.
A wide menu from Bohri and Awadhi dishes to Nepalese and street food.
A café name with two listings in town. Call to check the address.
A multicuisine café on the Trident road, with live music.
Drinks and sunset over Lake Pichola from Haridas Ji Ki Magri.
Simple coffee, teas and grilled sandwiches near Chandpole.
A rooftop bistro and lounge in Subhash Nagar.
A pure-vegetarian rooftop café above a hostel near Gangaur Ghat.
A pure-vegetarian café surrounded by trees, good for slow weekend breakfasts.
A café on our local list. Call ahead for directions and hours.
A café that comes with pickleball courts.
A café and patisserie for continental plates and desserts.
A café on our local list. Call ahead for directions and hours.
Cakes, croissants and a coffee to go with them.
A fully vegetarian bakery for cakes, cookies and late desserts.
Cakes, cheesecakes and cookies near UIT Circle.
A bakehouse that roasts its own coffee.
Chef Nikshay's patisserie for croissants and custom cakes.
Cakes for birthdays, weddings and everything between.
Cakes and desserts, mostly for delivery.
A bakery café for cakes and light meals.
A bake studio and patisserie in the City Centre area.
A bakery on our local list. Call ahead for directions and hours.
For the dinner you'll remember.
Tables under old trees at the water's edge, facing the lit City Palace.
An open rooftop over Lake Pichola, at its best at sunset.
A palace terrace looking straight across Pichola to the Lake Palace.
Royal Rajasthani cooking in a mirror-work dining room on the lake.
A haveli rooftop looking towards the City Palace.
A rooftop deck for cocktails and Asian, Mediterranean and Italian food.
A haveli restaurant on Pichola's east bank, facing the Lake Palace at sunset.
A fine-dining room at Kaner Bagh, a heritage boutique hotel.
North Indian, Chinese and Italian on the Swaroop Sagar road.
A rooftop bistro with cocktails and live music.
A pure-vegetarian rooftop with live music and sunset views.
The rooftop restaurant at Regenta Central.
Rajasthani food by the water on Rang Sagar.
A pure-vegetarian garden restaurant, also used for parties.
The Trident's all-day restaurant, from buffet breakfast to à la carte dinner.
Chunda Palace's restaurant, with a rooftop that looks across to Fateh Prakash.
An evening restaurant at Udai Kothi, the hotel behind Nyoto.
The restaurant at Aranya Vilas, a nature resort.
Open-air tables, cocktails and live music on Saheli Marg.
Dosa, vada and filter coffee.
A South Indian café on our local list. Call ahead for directions and hours.
An all-vegetarian menu of dosas, brunch plates and pastas near Saheliyon Ki Bari.
South Indian plates near the railway station road.
Vegetarian South Indian from early breakfast to late dinner.
Where the city eats.
Unlimited vegetarian thali, served fast and hot. A local institution.
Where locals send you for dal baati churma.
A busy vegetarian thali hall at Delhi Gate, with a different thali on each floor.
Gujarati and North Indian thali near Celebration Mall.
The vegetarian restaurant at Amantra Hotels, rated for its Rajasthani thali.
Standing up, at the counter, still hot.
Hot kachori and gulab jamun, steps from the temple.
Thick, slow-cooked rabri a few steps from Paliwal.
Papdi chaat and samosas in the middle of the shopping lanes.
A sweet shop running since 1964: mithai, namkeen and breakfast plates.
Six stops, in the order locals eat them.
Near Jagdish Temple. Eat it hot, standing.
A few steps across the lane.
Papdi chaat at Shiv Shakti between the shops.
Unlimited dal baati, ker sangri and churma.
Roasted bhutta from the carts as the sun drops.
A rooftop or Ambrai for dinner.
And where locals go for them.
Baked wheat balls broken into spiced dal, with sweet churma on the side. The Mewar meal.
Fiery mutton curry red with Mathania chillies. Ask for it medium if you're new to it.
Gram-flour dumplings in a tangy yogurt curry.
The breakfast of the city. Best eaten hot, standing at the counter.
Desert berries and beans cooked with spices. Rajasthan on a plate.
Saffron lassi year round; honeycomb ghevar during Teej and the monsoon.
Udaipur is easy for vegetarians. Most thali halls are fully vegetarian, and Jain food (no onion or garlic) is available on request.
Ask for no ghee, butter or curd. Millets of Mewar has the widest vegan menu.
Laal maas and mirchi bada are hot. Say 'kam teekha' for less chilli.
Drink bottled or filtered water. Street drinks are best without ice.
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Coffee and fresh bakes on the ghat, with Lake Pichola at your elbow.
A cosy coffee house near the lake with more than 25 coffees.
A rooftop café in the Old City with views over the rooftops.
Masala chai and hand-beaten coffee in a converted house with indoor and outdoor seats.
An easy multicuisine café by the water near Chandpole Bridge.
A rooftop bistro for breakfast, cocktails and live music.
A pure-vegetarian rooftop café above a hostel near Gangaur Ghat.
A pure-vegetarian café surrounded by trees, good for slow weekend breakfasts.
A café that comes with pickleball courts.
Cakes, cheesecakes and cookies near UIT Circle.
A bakehouse that roasts its own coffee.
A haveli rooftop looking towards the City Palace.
The Trident's all-day restaurant, from buffet breakfast to à la carte dinner.
A South Indian café on our local list. Call ahead for directions and hours.
An all-vegetarian menu of dosas, brunch plates and pastas near Saheliyon Ki Bari.
South Indian plates near the railway station road.
Vegetarian South Indian from early breakfast to late dinner.
The vegetarian restaurant at Amantra Hotels, rated for its Rajasthani thali.
Hot kachori and gulab jamun, steps from the temple.
A sweet shop running since 1964: mithai, namkeen and breakfast plates.
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