Bars/nightclubs
Orange
This is a nightclub at the ashoka hotel.
Manre
Bar/lounge, at saket market, city mall, open bar on thursday for rs 800.
Aura
At the claridges
Urban Pind/Bar/Cafe
Bar/lounge on three floors. regular events like salsa, open bar for 720 inr, electro night, great expat nights.greater kailash i gk-1, block n, number 4.
T.L.R.
31 hauz khas village. delhi's cozy, arty refuge for tourists, expats and locals alike comes alive in the evenings for live gigs, dj nights, pub quiz, and more. www.tlrcafe.com.
IndoChine's Forbidden City
Singapore chain that opened in delhi in 2007. restaurant madame butterfly upstairs serves very good chinese food. the lounge/bar barsavanh is downstairs, very cool ambience outside. located in south delhi (lado sarai, adjacent to qutab golf course. meal for two arond rs 3,000.
'TOAST Bar & Grill by Lazeez Affaire', Rajouri Garden, West Gate Mall Level III - Great collection of flavored tobacco sheesha, and drinks, international food, greek, french, pan european and Indian cuisines
F Bar & Lounge (by Fashion TV)
– this trendy bar and night club is in the hotel ashok in chanakyapuri. claimed to be the largest bar in delhi per time out article october 2008. cover charge is redeemable against drinks. fri, sat is rs 3,000, wend before 10pm free entry.
The Other Side
81/3 adhchini basement of turquoise cottage, sri aurobindo marg, ☎ +91 11 2685 396. this smoky brick-walled basement is covered with western memorabilia. eclectic music with an emphasis on rock, expect anything from beatles to ac/dc. it is a good crowd, particularly on wednesday's media nights. rs 500 minimum for drinks and food. couples only.
Shalom
Cool mediterranean-themed lounge bar/restaurant with chill-out music. in n-block market, gk-1.
Decibel
One of two clubs in the samrath hotel next to the ashok hotel. rs 500 cover charge. chanakyapuri.
Aqua
This poolside bar at the park hotel close to connaught place has a lounge atmosphere and has an extensive drinks list.
Coffee / tea
Barista
The coffee culture in Delhi consists mostly of large, heavily standardised chains. The two most common, Barista (http://barista.co.in/) and Cafe Coffee Day (http://cafecoffeeday.com/), can be found in multiple locations across the city, most notably around Connaught Place. The partly UK-based Costa Coffee (http://costa.co.uk/) has also made a recent foray into the market.
Open Hand Cafe
Independent coffee shops are harder to find in Delhi, but they do exist, and are well worth seeking out. The Open Hand Cafe in Paharganj, one hundred metres west of the Metropolis Hotel in Main Bazaar, is a great example: in addition to excellent coffee that eclipses that available from the chains, they offer tasty breakfasts and snacks, and free, fast Wi-Fi ask at the counter for a password.
Aap ki Pasand Tea Shop
. A great place to sample Indian chai and the exotic Darjeeling and Assam teas and purchase the same. Located in an old colonial era building, its teas have been savored by Bill Clinton, Gorbachov, Koizumi and are taken as official state gifts of India. The best tea experience you might have!
Hookah/sheesha
Hookah
Basant lok in priya cinema complex, vasant vihar, tel. +91 11 4166 3522. three-level bar-restaurant offering surprisingly good if pricy middle eastern fare. they offer a wide range of drinks and an even wider range of flavored water pipes. there is no outdoor seating, nor do they offer hot drinks.
Indian bar food, hookah and an amazing lounge experience. The crowd that frequents these two places is young, hip and trendy.
Toast by Lazeez Affaire
Rajouri garden, west gate mall level iii - great collection of flavored tobacco sheesha, and drinks, international food, greek, french, pan european and indian cuisines
Mocha
Defense colony.
Ziya- The Morockin Cafe
Ph: +91 92 1263 1306/1/2 – this is a chain of neuvo middle eastern cafes that offers a wide range of drinks and food not to mention the flavored tobacco. the place is really cost effective, at half the cost of the above mentioned.
Delhi's nightlife scene has undergone a total transformation in the last decade. There are plenty of modern, cosmopolitan joints out to separate you from your rupees. In a desperate attempt to keep the sex ratio vaguely equitable, many lounges and clubs have couples only policies that is, no single men or men-only groups, enforced with varying degrees of strictness. While everything is theoretically to shut down by 1AM things can keep going much longer.
gay and lesbian delhi
Gay places in 2010: 1. Amigo Bar 2. Peppers Bar 3. Nehru Park Place 4. Palika Park Place
As of July 2009, Chapter XVI, Section 377, of the Indian Penal Code a piece of legislation in India introduced during British rule of India, used to criminalize homosexual activity has been declared unconstitutional. At this juncture, it remains to be seen how this will impact what the ruling will have on the smattering of late night watering holes, which crop up. Due to the underground and fluid nature of these gathering places, it is not possible to list these places.
If you're sick of been in hetrosexual social settings and want meet gays and lesbian Indians, there will be no printed gay addresses in local papers, but there are several addresses of bars and cruising places published on the asian based 'gay utopia' web site.
Delhi has gay beats, as always, use extreme caution - as well as hot sex, robberies, hustlers, and even reports of police entrapment and bribery are not unheard of.