Dehradun and Mussoorie restaurants

omfug

any great restaurant suggestions in dehra dun???

rtandon

Hi,

Visit Kumar's veg. restaurant. It's on the main Rajpur road. First floor.

Well... I have visited this city many times and I also wanted to know one thing. There used to be a very good and old restaurant called "The Vegetarian" on the main Rajpur road, almost opposite to Ellora's bakery shop - not exactly opposite, but almost. I had been to that one. It was a fabulous old fashioned, clean place. Very well cooked veg food. However during recent past visits during summer 2005 and also afterwards, I found it under construction. I am not sure if it is still there, managed in the same way or what happened to it.

Anyone knows about this ?

sunny

I liked the grub in Kwality`s esp its kebabs. It also on Rajpur road

rishabh6296

try moti mahal and quality both are good.
Rishabh

boundlesstraveler

In Dehra Dun..... have to say Mc Donald's! No really, since they opened that is where I have my lunch when ever I make it down there! It's a treat!

Is Moti Mahal still open? I thought they closed, or maybe they just moved. Yeah their food is good too!

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capt_mahajan

I remember when Quality's was the only resteraunt in town... used to be good even then.
Same as in Calcutta/Kolkata.

sunny

The management of Quality`s has changed .....but the food is good even under new management

costaguana

I'm looking for Dehradun restaurant recommendations. I have my favourite joints in town, but I noticed quite a few new places have popped up in the last six-months or so (especially along Rajpur Road), and I'm wondering if any of them are any good

Cheers.

goyaltanuj

I was on the trip of mussoorie last month..I dont remember the name of the restaurant...but it was on the road side..on the way of mussoorie from deharadun...just after the city ends..its on left side..nice restaurant and food.

Dilliwala

If u list your favourites, that will avoid people naming those places again!

GauhatiBoy

Absolute best rice in the world is from that area, that much I know. Other than that I could probably recommend places I went to 20+ years ago which may not even exist any more.

To me, Dehra Dun is the "Bordeaux" of rice.

Alohaguy

I am indulging in nostalgia but, who knows those places still might exist
Kwality Restaurant was one of the best in 1970s. Had our marriage reception there
There was another one called Jimmy's Kitchen in Ashley Hall which had excellent South India Food. One more was called Napoli.
You could also have the best Gulab Jamuns in Paltan Bazar. Right off the hot syrup...Yum. Some of the Dhabas in Dehradun were also topnotch.
You are right GauhatiBoy, Basmati Rice from Dehradun is the tops
Sorry Costaguana for not answering your question. Just couldn't help writting about Dehradun. Lived there for 9 years.

costaguana

Glad to see this post has generated some more interest. I wasn't so much looking to add to my list of good restaurants, just curious what places seem to be popular.

But my personal fav is still probably Udipi's behind Astley Hall. It's a little classier than other restaurants in its (cheap) price range and the food is excellent.

Cheers.

Dilliwala

alohaguy,

Kwality's is still around. Also the one in Mussoorie. About which it was always said, and maybe GAUBoy can bear me out,
"If u want dysentery, go to Kwality".
Actually this was said about all Kwality restaurants generally.
It ceratinly is no longer the case wtih the Delhi one for over a decade, don't know abuot the DD one. Certainly in Muss u cud get food poisoning 7 years ago. In fact things have looked up for them only since they got the franchise for a pizza co - Domino's!!

Jimmy's Kitchen hasn't been around for a long time. Maybe it got converted to Kumar's Vegetarian which specialised in South Indian too (wasn't great though). It also closed a few years ago. Napoli's doesn't exist, not at Astley Hall anyway.

Costa,
Do u mean Subhash Road? There is now an Udupi on Rajpur Road in front of Astley Hall, near Ellora's Melting Moments (owned by the same store people) and next door to Canara Bank. Very good too. Maybe they moved from Subhash Road but I don't know for sure. The others on Subhash Road are still there including that place which serves not-bad Hyderabadi biryani whose name I forget.
Then the usual culprits - Baristas, etc. Yo China, which going by Delhi experience is ok, not more. Nirula's is good for a quick bite of the usual Nirula's style food, ice-cream, shakes, etc. It tends to be that or Ellora's MM for me.
Come to think of it, I just realised - for the number of times I pass thru DD, I don't eat there very often! So let's have your list then - maybe I'm missing some real treats!!

GauhatiBoy

In Mussoorie in the 70's I didn't hear anything bad about Kwality. I ate there at times and it was great. My favorites in Mussoorie were Mogambo's, the South Indian Restaurant (I think that was its actual name?) and Tavern.