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Rajasthan, India
Indian & International Vegetarian Restaurants

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Ajmer
Bhola Hotel is a recommended, cheap vegetarian place. A thali is Rs 35.
Jai Hind Restaurant, behind the clock tower, across from the railway station, is a good vegetarian place.
Honeydew Restaurant, near the KEM Rest House, has Indian food, pizzas and ice cream.
Sabras, Prithviraj Marg, is a good, reasonably cheap veg place, popular with the locals.

Bikaner
Many of the restaurants in Bikaner are vegetarian.
Amber Restaurant, Station Rd, has good Indian and Western veg food. Main dishes are around Rs 40. It is a good place.
Chhotu Motu Joshi Sweet Shop, next to the Hotel Joshi, has good Indian sweets and snacks.
Joshi, Station Rd, has good thalis and snacks. It serves thalis during lunch (noon to 3 pm) and dinner (7 to 10 pm).
Annapurna, MG Rd, has veg South India and Continental food.
Garden Café, off MG Rd, serves Indian snacks and ice cream.

Bundi
Hotel Diamond (22656) has a cheap vegetarian restaurant.

Chittorgarh
Hotel Chetak (41588), near the railway station, has a good veg restaurant. It is the best of the cheaper places near the station.
Hotel Padmini (41718; fax 40072), Chanderiya Rd, out of town near the river, has a good veg restaurant.

Jaipur
LMB, Johari Bazaar, is one of the better restaurants in India. No onion or garlic is used in the cooking here. The Cordon Blues Sizzler is the house specialty and is excellent, as are the mango milk-shakes. It is well known for its famous Indian sweets. At night there is live Indian classical music. It is a highly recommended place (11.30 am to 3.30 pm & 7 to 11 pm full meal; snacks from 4 to 7 pm).
Natraj, on MI Road, has excellent Indian and Chinese food (11 am to 2 pm & 7 to 10 pm).
Surya Mahal, next door is a recommended higher-class place, which has very good Indian, Chinese and pizzas.
Annapurna, nearby behind Raj Mandir Cinema, has good Gujarati dishes at economical prices.
Temptations (370-129), C-1 New Colony, off MI Road, near Panch Batti, serves good pizza for India. It has a good international menu, including Mexican and Chinese dishes.
Woodlands, in the Hotel Meru Palace, Sawai Ram Singh Road, is a first-class South Indian restaurant.
Canakya (376-161), on MI Road, is recommended by some as being the best restaurant in Jaipur. It is a fancy place with excellent food. The restaurant is very clean. The Special Sizzler is excellent.
Lassiwala, across the street from the Surya Mahal restaurant on MI Rd, has lassis that many people recommend to be the best in India. They are excellent. There is another lassi shop a few shops down from this famous shop. The original Lassiwala is on the corner, to the left of the other lassi shop and says Kishan Lal Agarwal on it.

Jaisalmer
8th July Restaurant, In Fort above the main square, is a good veg (with eggs) place with a big menu. It is a very interesting place to sit and watch the world go by, as you have a great view of the square. Jag Mohan, who helps manage the restaurant, is a good guy. They have mashed potato with cheese, baked beans, spaghetti, apple pie, Indian preparations, and pizza. Recommended. There is also an A/C branch of the 8th July in the town below the fort.
Surya Restaurant, In Fort, is a well-managed veg (with eggs) place with good food and atmosphere. The restaurant is located just above the wall of the fort, therefore, you can get some great views of the city and you can look out at endless desert. Recommended.
Vyas Meal Service, In Fort upstairs near the Jain Temples, is a family-run veg restaurant. It has traditional Jaisalmer cuisine, which includes a good Rajasthani thali for Rs 50. The fancy thali for Rs 100 includes a rice dish with dry fruits and nuts, puris and yogurt.
Moti Mahal, opposite Salim Singh ki Haveli, has good vegetarian breakfasts. It is a good value.
Down a small road is the Kanchan Shree Restaurant, which has 20 different types of lassis. The chocolate banana lassis are good.

Jodhpur
Poonam Restaurant (47036), High Court Road, is a very good restaurant serving veg Indian, South Indian, Continental and Chinese. It is one of the better places that I have seen in India and is recommended.
Fort View Restaurant on top of the Govind Hotel, near the railway station, is a good and friendly place. From here you have an excellent view of the fort. Veg pizza is Rs 35 and they make good makhania lassis and masala milk.
Agra Sweet Home, opposite Sojati Gate, is a good place to sample a makhania lassi. As is Mishrilal, near the main entrance of Sadar Bazaar.
Midtown Restaurant, opposite the railway station, has good veggie burgers, pizzas, snacks and lassis. Not pure vegetarian.

Kota
Hotel Phul Plaza has a good vegetarian restaurant.
Barkha Restaurant, Nayapura Circle, has good cheap veg food.
Maheshwari Bhajnayal (27662), Nayapura, is a very good vegetarian place. It is a popular, reasonably priced place. Recommended.

Mount Abu
King's Food and Hencky Frencky are across the street from each other on the upper side of the polo ground going towards the lake. Both are fast-food places owned by the same people, and both have about the same menus, which includes veggie-burgers, dosas, and not-so-good pizzas. Both are good places, and the owner was able to give me exactly what I asked for.
Haveli, which is also owned by the same people, is back from the street next to King's Food. It is a good place with a bigger menu, mainly Punjabi food.
Madras Café is a vegetarian place that serves South Indian, Gujarati and Western food. A pizza is Rs 25.
Aangan, Nakki Lake Rd, connected to the Samrat International Hotel, is a good place that has nice Gujarati thalis and other food. Open 8 am to 2 pm and 6 to 9.30 pm.
Kanak Dining Hall, uphill from the bus stand, is a good, cheap place with good South Indian dishes. Thalis are Rs 40.
Further up the hill at the bottom end of the polo grounds is the Veena Restaurant, which has good cheap Gujarati thalis (Rs 35) and a "Super Special" masala dosa.

Nathdwar
Outside the temple you can purchase excellent Lord Nathji maha-prasada. There are many different preparations, both sweet and salty. There is unlimited Sri Nathji maha-prasada, which is one of the things for which Nathdwar is famous.
The Hotel Vallabh Darshan has a vegetarian restaurant.

Pushkar
All the restaurants in town are strictly vegetarian, and do not serve even eggs. Many of the places in town offer all-you-can-eat buffet lunches and dinners for Rs 45. Basically they are thalis that you serve yourself. Many times the food is sitting all day, so it may be unhealthy. It is best to get food, especially in India, when it is freshly cooked.
OM Siva Restaurant, upstairs in the main bazaar, across from the State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, has an all-you-can-eat breakfast for Rs 40. This includes cereal, fruit, brown bread with your choice of butter, peanut butter, jelly, or cheese, and other items. This meal is a real bargain and is recommended. The lunch buffet includes several items including rice, vegetables, soup, chips and falafel.
There is another OM Shiva Buffet Restaurant on the rooftop of the VK Tourist Palace Hotel. Breakfast and lunch buffets are Rs 45. It is a good place.
Raju's Garden Restaurant, in the center of the town off the main road, is one of the better places. The spaghetti is good, and for western food this is one of the better places. It has pizza and baked potatoes. It has a breakfast buffet for Rs 45.
RS Restaurant, by the Brahma Temple, is one of the better places in town. It has good cheap thalis.
Rainbow, near the Brahma Temple, is a rooftop restaurant that serves Indian, Chinese, Mexican Italian, and good falafels. It has a really good view of the lake.
Krishna Restaurant, Temple Rd, has good Indian, hummus, falafel and dosas.
Hotel Pushkar Palace has a good buffet. It cost Rs 110 for lunch and Rs 140 for dinner. It has a bakery. It is well located in a garden next to the lake.
Natraj, near the bazaar post office, is a fairly good rooftop place.
Moondance has very good Indian, Italian, Mexican and Thai food. The sizzlers are excellent. It is a popular, laid-back, chill-out place. There is a section where you sit on the floor and eat. It is an easy place to meet people and hangout. It is a recommended nighttime place.
Venus Restaurant, on the rooftop of the Venus Hotel, serves Indian, Continental, Italian and Chinese food. The sizzlers are good. An Indian thali is Rs 50. It is a good place to sit and watch what is happening in the bazaar below.
The rooftop restaurant at the Oasis Hotel is good. The Israeli meal for Rs 75 is very good.
The Sunset Café, near the Pushkar Palace next to the lake, is a nice place to sit and watch the sunset. The food is fairly good.

Udaipur
16 Chef Restaurant has good vegetarian Indian, Chinese and Continental food. Spaghetti is Rs 35.
Hariyati Restaurant (521-888), Lake Palace Rd, is a good vegetarian place with South Indian, Continental and Chinese food. It has a laid-back garden and terrace dining.
Gayitri Dosa Centre, Lake Palace Rd, has a wide selection of dosas and other snacks.
Shreeji Garden Cafe is a very good vegetarian place with cheap prices. It is run by a nice Brahmin family-the wife cooks and the husband serves you. It is located a little down the road from the Rang Niwas Palace Hotel on a lawn next to the owner's house. It is a good setting for an evening meal, but it can be hot during the day. Recommended.
Garden Hotel, further down the road toward the bus stand, serves Gujarati thalis for Rs 50.
Mayur Cafe, opposite the Jagdish Temple, serves South Indian food and some western preparations. It seems to be the best veg place in that area.
Hotel Natural has a good rooftop vegetarian restaurant serving Indian, Mexican, Tibetan and Chinese food. It has a lakeview.
Lake Palace Hotel is an excellent place to dine. There is a lunch buffet from 12.30 to 2.30 pm (Rs 500) and a dinner buffet 7.30 to 10.30 pm (Rs 600). The dining room is impressive. You must reserve in advance and usually you can only get a reservation if the hotel is not full. Not pure vegetarian.

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