India Guide
Uttar Pradesh
Eating
1 El Chico 24 MG Marg One of the city's best restaurants, a smart place with good Indian, Chinese and Western cuisine, including grills, sizzlers, Szechuan-style pork or baked fish in cheese sauce. Non-veg mains Rs165–260.
2 Hot Stuff 21 Sardar Patel Marg Popular hang-out for Allahabad's young and trendy, offering burgers, shakes, Chinese food and ice cream. Ma dishes Rs50–100.
3 Indian Coffee House MG Marg, set back from the road Allahabad branch of the South Indian co-op, serving great filter coffee and basic cheap snacks (nothing over Rs30) with no frills or pretensions.
4 Jade Garden MG Marg Small, thatched garden restaurant, offering Chinese food of the chop suey, chow mein and sweet-and-sour variety, plus veg and non-veg Indian dishes (mains Rs90–150).
5 Kamdhenu 37 MG Marg Famous Allahabad sweetshop, where the delicious local specialities include milk cakes stuffed with almonds.
6 Tandoor MG Marg Upmarket non-veg restaurant; one of the best places in the city for Indian food, serving all the tandoori classics including chicken or fish tikka, kebabs and Muglai curries. Mains dishes are Rs65–100.