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Address: The Lodhi, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, Delhi 110003
Time: 12 – 2:30 PM – 7 – 10:30 PM
Meals for two: Rs. 4,000
Cuisines: Modern Indian
Facilities: Wifi, 4/5 Star, Valet Parking Available, Luxury Dining
Indian Accent, Lodhi Road, New Delhi: DECOR
The one factor that was missing in the old location at New Friends Colony, was space. For the first eight years of its life, one of Delhi’s best-known restaurants was a supremely low-key eatery in a largely residential colony. Today,it occupies the space vacated by On the Waterfront, right at the entrance of The Lodhi. There is a bar, four tables on the water in a glassedin enclosure that is no short of magical, private dining rooms and a dining room in the same mould as the Indian Accent at The Manor: no fuss white table cloths, and a spacious room, with large windows and little ornamentation. The style of service is international: the servers are polite and efficient, but the fawning of other Delhi restaurants is thankfully missing. The four tables over the water are 11, 12, 13 and 14 and they are available at no extra charge, so do specify that when you are making a reservation. It is necessary to book a table here. I visited on a Friday afternoon and again on a Tuesday night and at both times, the 80-seater restaurant was full to capacity.
Indian Accent, Lodhi Road, New Delhi: FOOD
Says chef Manish Mehrotra, “When you order the degustation menu, after every dish, I want you to wish there was one bite more. That’s when I know it is successful.“ The best part is that the vegetarian degustation menu (Rs. 3,400 + taxes) is as great as the meat and seafood one (Rs. 3,500). The puchkas with five waters (mint, tamarind, beetroot, pineapple, yogurt) comes in tiny shells so that you don’t have to abandon your table manners at an upscale restaurant, yet still have the thrill of roadside eating. Kash miri morel musallam and its meaty counterpart, murgh musallam both let the delicate sauce recede into the background, while letting the texture take over. Jack-fruit and potato podimas with coconut curry and tamarind crab with coconut curry are amazingly accurate recreations of the real thing. Indian Accent in common with many new-age, chef-led restaurants prides itself on its degustation menus.
Indian Accent, Lodhi Road, New Delhi: PLUS AND MINUS
No fewer than 35 wines are offered by the glass. This is an iconic Delhi restaurant to recommend to visitors from out of town. It has two branches, one in New York and the other shortly opening in London.
