The best restaurants Darjeeling

This small and cosy restaurant serves delicious Tibetan food concocted by^Mrs. Diki Chenzum. The dishes are varied and copious: excellent momos, thugkpa, thenthuk, noodles, soups but also very good fresh fruit juice and lassis. Simply the best Tibetan restaurant in town. Be careful though, there are only a few tables and the places are expensive, moreover it happens regularly that at the end of the day the fresh ingredients used to concoct some dishes are exhausted... Highly recommended for lunch.

An institution in Darjeeling since 1935. A superb establishment on three floors. On the second floor, the restaurant. It offers Indian and international cuisine. You will be surprised to see beef and pork dishes on the menu. Alcohol is also served. The dishes are good, the service professional and the room very pretty. On the first floor, a tea/pastry shop serving croissants, muffins, brioches and other cakes. Ideal for breakfast or snacks. In the basement, a large bar, frequented by both local youth and tourists.

A very popular address, close to the general post office, which is packed. You can enjoy a very good Thai, Indian or Chinese cuisine, under the eyes of a life-size "Predator". The dishes are copious and an effort is made for the presentation. The service is fast. You can also have a glass of wine, a beer or a whisky. Concert videos add a nice musical atmosphere. The place also serves as a bakery and sells bread, pastries and cakes. A good address.

This small restaurant is run by a Frenchman, Laurent, and his wife. On the menu: homemade pizzas, pastas, burgers, paninis, sausages and salads, with homemade ham, bacon or excellent quality lardons. It's delicious and it's a change from the usual curries... The house also offers attractive breakfast formulas. Nice service. Laurent will give you his point of view on the hectic politics in Darjeeling, especially on Gorkhaland, and you will not be bored for a second!

Established in 1911 by a Swedish dairy entrepreneur, Mr. Edward Keventers, "Kev's" attracts crowds. Set up on two floors, it is a grocery store and snack bar with a superb sunny terrace. Specialties of "English breakfast", pork and chicken sausages, ham, bacon, salami, omelets, etc. available in plates or sandwiches made with home-made bread. Tea, coffee, shakes... Ideal for a (very) copious breakfast or for a snack. The place is immortalized in the Indian movie Barfi! in 2012.

Located under the Utsav Biryani House, this is a typical small family restaurant: three tables, a television always on and pictures of Darjeeling from the last century and of Kangchenjunga. Noodle soups, momos, kothays, to be tasted on the spot, or even to be taken away, because this "Tibetan fast-food" is taken by storm at all hours of the day. The place also acts as a mini-market and sells drinks, snacks, bread...