Market Café 140
Moti Mahal 140–41
Nirmal Restaurant 141
Nirula’s 141
Not Just Paranthas 141–2
Oh! Calcutta 142
Paranthe Wali Gali 142
Parikrama 142–3
Park Balluchi 143
Piccadelhi 143
Ploof 143
Priviledge Punjab 144
Punjabi by Nature 144
Rajdhani 144
Rendezvous 144
Rodeo 144
Route 4 144–5
Sagar 145
Sagar Ratna 145
Sancho’s 145
Saravana Bhavan 145
Sethi’s 145–6
Shalom 146
Spaghetti Kitchen 146
Spice World Mall food court 146
Sushiya 146
Swagath Restaurant 146–7
Thank God It’s Friday (TGIF) 147
Wenger’s 147
Yum Yum Tree 147
Bread Feast 147–9
Bread & More 147–8
Chocolate Wheel 148
Daily Bread 148
Defence Bakery 148
Ego Café 148
German Bakeshop 148–9
Gourmet Shop 149
Patisserie Petunia 149
Red Moon Bakery 149
Ye Old Bakery 149
Fast Food / Cheap Eats 149–153
Diamond Café 150
Domino’s 150
Frontier Samosa 150
Kachori Jodhpuree 150
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) 150–51
Malhotra Restaurant 151
Manohar’s Japani Samosa 151
McDonald’s 151
The Metropolis Bar and Restaurant 151–2
Pizza Hut 152
Subway 152
Thank God It’s Friday (TGIF) 152
Wimpy’s 152–3
Yellow Brick Road 153
Street Food 153–5
Bishan Swaroop 153–4
Jugal Kishore Ramji Lal 154
Lala Babu Chaat Bhandar 154
Prince’s Paan & Chaat Corner 154
Samosa wallas 154
Shree Balaji Chaat Bhandar 154
Street Foods of India 154–5
Sweet Endings 155–60
Ice creams 155–6
Baskin Robbins 155
Gelato Italiano 155
Gelato Vittorio 156
Giani Di Hatti 156
Nirula’s 156
For die-hard sweet tooths … 156–8
Brownie Cottage 156
Chaina Ram Sindhi Confectioners 156
Choko la 156–7
Cookie Man 157
Defence Bakery 157
Mad Over Donuts 157
Mrs. Kaur’s Premium Cookies 157–8
Sugar ‘n’ Spice 158
Traditional Indian sweets 158–9
Annapurna Mistanna Bhandar 158
Bengali Sweet House 158
Ghante Wala’s Sweetshops 158–9
Haldiram’s 159
Nathu’s 159
Tiwari Brothers Confectioneries 159
Eggless treats 159–60
Angels in my Kitchen 160
Big Chill 160
Mrs. Kaur’s Premium Cookies 160
Organic Food / Delivery Services 160–161
Bhatia Health Foods 160
Dubden Green 160
Fabindia 160
French Farm 160
Khadi Bhandar 160
Navdanya’s Organic Vegetables 160–61
Tribes Shop 161
Shopping 163–87
Markets 163–9
Chandni Chowk 164
Connaught Place 164–5
Daryaganj 165
Greater Kailash M and N Block Markets 165
Gujarati Market 165
Hauz Khas Village 165–6
Hanuman Mandir 166
Janpath 166
Jor Bagh Market 166
Karol Bagh Market 166–7
Khan Market 167
Lajpat Nagar Central Market 167
Mohan Singh Place 167–8
Nai Sarak 168
Palika Bazaar 168
Paharganj 168–9
Santushti Shopping Arcade 169
Sarojini Nagar market 169
South Extension Market Part I and Part II 169
Sunder Nagar Market 169
Shopping Malls 170–173
Ansal Plaza 170
Centrestage Mall 170
DLF City Centre 170
DLF Place 170–171
East Delhi Mall 171
The Great India Place 171
Mega Mall 171
MGF Metropolitan Mall 171–2
Pacific Mall 172
Sahara Mall 172
Shopprix Mall 172
Spice World 172
Metro Walk Mall 172–3
Select Citywalk Mall 173
Flea Market 173
Bookstores 173–7
First-hand bookstores 173–6
Children’s Book Trust 174
CMYK 174
Crossword Bookstore 174
Eureka! 174
Fact & Fiction 174
Faqir-Chand & Sons 174
Full Circle 174–5
Mama’s Little Donut 175
Midlands Bookshop 175
Om Bookshop 175–6
Oxford Bookstore 176
Sunday book market 176
The Bookshop 176
Discount/used bookstores 176–7
Anil Book Corner 176
Anjali International 176
Jacksons books 176–7
Three L Library 177
Shopping Central 177–87
For the family 177
Fabindia 177–8
Connaught Place 177
Greater Kailash, Part I 177
Karol Bagh 177
Khan Market 177
Lajpat Nagar, II 177
Saket 177
Vasant Kunj 177–8
For the kids 178–82
Apartment 9 Kids 178
Bata 178
Benetton 178
Catmoss 178
Ebony 178
Elvy 178
Esprit Kidswear 178–9
Fabindia 179
Gift Palace 179
Kroma 179
Lilliput 179–80
Mandira 180
Mama’s Little Donut 180
Maya Toys 180
Mom and Me 180–81
Okadi 181
Petals 181
Ram Chander and Sons 181
Sarojini Nagar 181
Smiles 181
2Feet 181–2
Toy Kingdom 182
For mom 182–3
Anokhi 182
Cottons 182
Khadi Gram Udyog Bhavan 182
Manan 182–3
Nun 183
Sabhyata 183
Santushti Shopping Complex 183
ZingRin 183
For dad 183–5
Off the rack 183
The Raymond Shop 183
Fabindia 183–4
Bespoke suits 184–5
Delhi Cloth House 184
Grover Cloth House 184
Krishna Cloth House 184
New Prominent Tailors 184
Pal Zileri 184
Paul Smith 184
The Raymond Shop 184
Savileroy 184
Vaish at Rivoli 184
Vedi Tailors 184–5
For the house 185–7
Central Cottage Industries Emporium 185
Dilli Haat 185–6
State emporia 186
Bharati Delhi Emporium 186–7
Crafts Museum Shop 187
Sporting Equipment 187–8
Adventure 18 187
Firefox Bike Station 187
Grand Slam 187
Kalra Cycle Store 187
Zansk
ar Outdoor Equipment 188
Sleeps 189–204
Five-star Hotels 189–97
Aman New Delhi 189
The Ashok 189–90
The Claridges Hotel 190
The Clarion Collection – The Qutab 190
Crowne Plaza Surya 1 90–191
The Grand New Delhi 191
Hyatt Regency 191
The Imperial 191–2
ITC Maurya 192
InterContinental Nehru Place 192
The Lalit New Delhi 192–3
Leela Kempinski 193
Le Meridien 193
The Metropolitan 193
The Oberoi 193–4
The Park 194
The Radisson Hotel 194
Radisson MBD hotel 195
Shangri-La Hotel 195
Siddharth Hotel 195
Taj Mahal Hotel 195–6
Taj Palace Hotel 196
Trident 196
Uppal’s Orchid 196–7
Vasant Continental 197
Four-star Hotels 197–8
Ambassador 197–8
Sheraton New Delhi 198
Guest Houses 198–203
Ahuja Residency 199
Amarya Garden 199
BNineteen 199
Eleven 199–200
Jor Bagh 27 200
Jukaso Inn 200
Kailash Inn 200
La Sagrita 200
Maharani Guest House 200–201
The Manor 201
Nirula’s Hotel 201
Sai Villa 201–2
Sherwani Fort View 202
Shyama International 202
Shalimar House 202
Tej Abode 202–3
The Estate 203
Thikana 203
Budget 204
Ginger Rail Yatri Niwas 204
Ready Reckoner 205–17
Getting Around 205
Southern Travels Pvt Ltd 205
TOURING 205–6
Delhi at Night 206
Delhi Tourism 206
The Government of India Tourist Office 206
Transportation 206–15
Air 206–8
Auto rickshaws 212
Cycle rickshaws 212
Delhi Metro 213–15
Local trains 215
Rail 208–9
Road 209
Local buses 209–10
Taxis 210–212
Emergency Care 215–16
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) 215
Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre 215
Fortis Hospital 215
Ganga Ram Hospital 215
Holy Family Hospital 215
Indira Gandhi International Airport 215
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital 215–16
Max Balaji Hospital 216
Max Devi Devki Heart and Vascular Institute 216
Max Hospital 216
Max Hospital Gurgaon 216
Max Hospital Pitampura 216
Max Medicentre 216
Max Superspeciality Hospital 216
Other Hospitals 216–17
Aashlok Hospital 216
Batra Hospital And Medical Research Centre 216
East–West Medical Centre 216
Holy Angels Hospital 216
Mohinder Hospital 216
Moolchand Hospital 216
Private Hospital 216
Rockland Hospital 216
Safdarjung Hospital 217
St Stephen’s Hospital 217
Vasant Lok Hospital 217
24-Hour Chemist Shops 217
Apollo Cliniq 217
Bharatiya Pharmacy 217
Ellianz Chemist 217
Holy Angels Hospital 217
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital 217
Max Medicentre 217
Mohinder Hospital 217
Vasant Lok Hospital 217
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kim Barrington Narisetti is publisher of Urban Crayon Press, an independent publishing house of travel guides geared toward families and children’s picture books. She has co-authored the travel guide Urban Crayon Paris (2008) besides publishing Pretty Prickly Patty Porcupine, Find the Colors, Xanthe, I Saw Delhi and All of Me. Trained as a journalist, Kim has worked for many publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Street. com, Advertising Age, and The Source Magazine. She currently lives in New Delhi with her husband Raju and daughters Leila Isabel, 7, and Zola Isabel, 4.
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