LMB (Laxmi Mishthan Bhandar)
A Johari Bazaar institution, open as a restaurant and sweet shop since 1954, serving vegetarian thalis, kachori and paneer ghevar.
The sweet counter downstairs is quicker than the restaurant upstairs.
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Jaipur
Sawai Jai Singh II moved his capital off the hill in 1727 and laid out a city by treatise — wide avenues, walled blocks, and an observatory in the middle of it.
Aravallis
1592
Amber
The Kachwaha capital in the hills.
1727
Jaipur founded
A grid city on the plain below.
1734
Jantar Mantar
Masonry instruments for the sky.
1876
Pink city
Painted terracotta for a royal visit.
Price per person₹ under ₹300₹₹ ₹300–1,000₹₹₹ ₹1,000–3,000₹₹₹₹ over ₹3,000
Rawat Mishthan Bhandar
The shop credited with making pyaaz kachori Jaipur's signature breakfast — a spiced-onion pastry built to keep without refrigeration.
Eat the kachori hot with tamarind chutney; also good for mawa kachori.
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Lassiwala
Thick kulhad lassi sold from the same MI Road shopfront since 1944, so famous that several imitators opened alongside it.
The original is 'Lassiwala, Shop 312'. It shuts once the lassi sells out, often by mid-afternoon.
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Niros
Opened in 1949, Jaipur's oldest restaurant on MI Road and still a family-run favorite for tandoori dishes and old-fashioned service.
Try the laal maas or the tandoori platter.
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Handi
Open since 1984 and one of the city's go-to places for laal maas, Rajasthan's fiery red mutton curry.
Order the Jaisalmeri laal maas and tandoori breads.
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1135 AD
A restaurant inside Amber Fort's palace rooms, with painted ceilings and Rajput and Mughlai dishes.
Good for lunch during the Amber visit; reserve for dinner.
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Suvarna Mahal
Dining in the 1835 palace that became the royal residence and, in 1957, a hotel — Rajput court recipes served in its gilded banqueting hall.
Book ahead and dress smart. The Polo Bar next door is good for a drink before.
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Bar Palladio
An Italian bar and restaurant in the grounds of the Narain Niwas Palace hotel, decorated in deep blue with garden pavilions.
Book a garden pavilion for the evening.
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Chokhi Dhani
A recreated Rajasthani village with folk dance, puppet shows and camel rides, best known for its unlimited thali served on leaf plates.
Go in the evening; it is about 45 minutes from the old city.
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