Food & dining
Where to eat in the hills
Heritage Chinese, colonial tea rooms, hillside cafés and the Nilgiris' best bakeries — a curated guide to eating well across Ooty, Coonoor and Kotagiri.
Ooty
Chinese
Shinkow's Chinese Restaurant
An Ooty institution since 1954 — simple, authentic, affordable Chinese run by the same family for generations.
DetailsAnglo-Indian · Continental · English
Earl's Secret
Anglo-Indian and English fare in a glass-enclosed colonial bungalow, with sweeping views of the hills.
DetailsCafé · Continental
Willy's Coffee Pub
A cosy, long-running coffee house and book café near Commercial Road, famous for chocolate pancakes.
DetailsHyderabadi · Biryani · North Indian
Hyderabad Biryani House
A popular spot on Walsham Road for authentic, full-flavoured Hyderabadi biryani.
DetailsItalian · Pizza · Continental
Place to Bee
A cheerful Club Road spot for wood-fired pizza and pasta — a reliable Ooty favourite.
DetailsTibetan
Tibetan momo stalls, Charing Cross
Steaming momos and thukpa from the Tibetan stalls around Charing Cross — a cult Ooty street snack.
DetailsCoonoor
Multi-cuisine · Continental · Desserts
La Belle Vie @ 180° McIver
Coffee, desserts and multi-cuisine dining with a 180° view over Coonoor's tea gardens.
DetailsMediterranean · Italian
Café Diem
An intimate hillside café for wood-fired pizza, mezze and Mediterranean plates.
DetailsEuropean · English · American
Glyngarth
A fine-dining restaurant, patisserie and bar serving European and English classics.
DetailsBakery · Desserts
KPD Bakes
A home bakery beloved for rich, moist chocolate cakes.
DetailsMulti-cuisine · Continental
Colonel's Kitchen
One of the Nilgiris' leading fine-dining rooms, with a calm colonial-era mood.
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