10 Best Restaurants in Ooty You Must Visit

Enjoy the experience of dining in a glasshouse or a European farmhouse by paying a visit here. You can sit indoors where you will be charmed by a vintage decor featuring couches, chandeliers and all-wooden furniture. If you sit outdoors, you will be under a glass roof from where you can admire the gorgeous greenery outside. Speaking of food, you can relish both Continental and North Indian dishes here. Our recommendations? Roast lamb, kebab sampler, nihari gosht and creme caramel are surely worth a try. Bring a friend along and two of you can have a meal at Rs. 1,200. And by the way, you can find this dining place on Commissioner’s Road, Marlimund.

Shinkows offers you delicious Chinese food at affordable prices. So, if you are a fan of Chinese cuisine and have a tight budget, head to Elk Hill. Order some of its crowd-puller dishes like chicken soup, chilli beef, pork fried rice, fried mushrooms and fiesta. These are absolutely lip-smacking! For your information, this place is also one of the best restaurants in Ooty for the family. Here’s why! With ample seating space, eye-soothing decor, homely ambience and courteous staff, you will get everything to ensure a pleasing dinner with your family. The restaurant serves meals at Rs. 800 (for two).

On Walsham Road, you can spot one of the most famous restaurants in Ooty, Hyderabad Biryani House. From the name, you can guess that you can have mouth-watering biryani here. But apart from that, you can try Andhra cuisine, which is also a speciality here. If you ask us, we say you try dishes like mutton biryani, prawn biryani, tandoori chicken, fish malala, malai kofta and apollo prawns. Now, about ambience. The restaurant features a cosy seating space decked up in red and white and has a family-friendly ambience. If two of you are here, you can enjoy its ambience along with delectable dishes at Rs. 500.

If you want to taste some delicacies from international cuisines, this is the ideal restaurant to fulfil your wish. Arabian, Chinese, Continental, Italian, the options of international cuisines available here are unending. And you can relish all these dishes sitting in an absolutely aesthetic interior. Dim lights, bolstered seats, royal decor, classy crowd, everything makes this place one of the best restaurants in Ooty for couples. So, take your special someone on a date here and order some of its signature dishes, including fattoush, Manchow soup, paneer Singapori, alfaham fish and seafood sizzler. You and your partner can enjoy a meal at Rs. 1,000 at this restaurant on Ettines Road.

Among the veg restaurants in Ooty, this place offers you a large variety of cuisine options. From North Indian to South Indian, from Chinese to street food, you can eat multiple vegetarian dishes. Choose a corner to sit in and scroll through its elaborate menu to order the dishes that appeal to you. Our top picks for you will be ghee pongal, mushroom Manchurian, sev poori, South Indian thali, paneer butter masala and Schezwan fried rice. If two of you are here, you can have meals at Rs. 600 here. Where to find it? Spot it on Commercial Road in Elk Hill.

For those who prefer Italian dishes, this restaurant in Kandal is the perfect place to be! You will be welcomed by an aesthetic decor created by wooden furniture, wooden decor and wall paintings. After being mesmerised by its decor, get a table and dig in food. Speaking of food, you can choose to have dishes like Margherita pizza, Regina pizza, summertime delight and pasta. Do you know what’s the best thing here? You can actually customise your own pizza! Also, the average cost of a meal for two is Rs. 500. And you will be surprised by the great portion quantity that you will get at such prices.

In Club Road, you can find this restaurant that offers you flavours from North India, South India and Europe. You will surely love the ethnic decor that this restaurant features. Make yourself comfortable and then call for some flavoursome dishes here. Take our advice and go for its most-loved dishes, including Cantonese soup, dai ching chicken, pan-fried noodles, crispy lamb, Peshawari boti kebab and stuffed kulcha. For beverages, you must try its milkshake or sharbat-e-khas. Now, about the cost! You and a companion can have a meal here at Rs. 1,200.

Hotel Gem Park brings to you a perfect food destination if you want to have Chinese dishes, Jade Garden. Once you step in, you will be mesmerised by the grand China-inspired decor here. And while the view of the manicured garden soothes your eyes, let the dishes satiate your palate. To quench your hunger, you can take dishes like kanji crispy lamb, seafood soup, mandarin fish, lu lou pork and chicken hakka noodles. You can take a lime soda or ice tea to complement your meal. The cost of a meal for two is Rs. 1,000.

Boasting a huge dining hall, plenty of chairs, friendly staff and budget-friendly dishes, Thalassery Restaurant is surely one of the best family restaurants in Ooty. Here, you can have dishes inspired by North Indian, South Indian and Chinese cuisines. Do you want some recommendations? We suggest you try the cream mushroom soup, dragon chicken, kallummakkai roast, chicken Chettinad and chicken Kolhapuri. Two of you can dine at this restaurant inside Abdul Plaza at Rs. 600.

The last one on our list is Pankaj Bhojanalaya where you can go to have various breakfast meals. From its breakfast menu, you can order aloo paratha, poori bhaji, uppma and bread pakoda. You will also get an extensive variety of Punjabi dishes here, including palak paneer, dal makhani, malai kofta and paneer kaju masala. You will be served by humble staff and when you come to dine here, the homely ambience will make you feel at home at once. Just a reminder! This is a pure veg restaurant. Also, two of you can have meals here at Rs. 400.

Congratulations! Now, you have your Ooty travel guide to the best restaurants. So, wait no longer and fly to Ooty to taste some lip-smacking food!