January is serving fresh tables, new energy, and plenty of reasons to eat out again. From cult favourites opening new addresses to buzzy pop-ups and mood-led bars, new restaurant openings in India are setting the tone for how we dine right now. We’re taking spaces built around good food, great drinks, and the kind of atmosphere that makes you want to stay longer. This is your January food guide to the places everyone’s booking, buzzing about, and already planning return visits to.
Bonobo Goa
Mumbai’s cult neighbourhood bar finally heads west. After 17 years in Bandra, Bonobo opens in Anjuna with the same music-first soul, strong cocktails, and community-led energy, just looser, sunnier, and shaped by Goa nights.
Anjuna, Goa | 5pm–1am
Blondie × PDKF Artisan Collective
Blondie joins the Pink City edition as official beverage partner, backing a three-day celebration of women entrepreneurs, craft, and culture at City Palace. Thoughtful, purposeful, and very Jaipur-coded.
City Palace, Jaipur | 23–25 Jan 2026
Bare
Pooja Raheja’s culinary-forward cocktail bar keeps things minimal, seasonal, and quietly experimental. Go for the drinks, stay for the food that doesn’t try too hard.
Worli, Mumbai
The Pure Kitchen
Clean eating without the lecture. Think refined sugar-free, protein-forward comfort dishes, transparent calorie counts, and a grab-and-go coffee window for everyday wellness that actually fits city life.
Bandra, Mumbai
Pali Bhavan
A Bandra classic finds a new home at the iconic Eros Cinema. Same comforting Indian flavours, now with heritage cinema energy and a city-core address.
Churchgate, Mumbai
Gimlet Garden
AER’s lush new cocktail sanctuary serves port-inspired, savoury-forward drinks with small plates made for golden hour. Elevated, intimate, and very rooftop-coded.
Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai, worli
La Panthera at The Conservatory
Mumbai’s modern European favourite lands in Bengaluru for a three-day pop-up. Expect fermented Neapolitan pizzas, Beetroot Carpaccio, Sea Bass, and the tiramisu everyone talks about.
Bengaluru | 30 Jan–1 Feb
Nisaba
Chef Manish Mehrotra’s quiet, confident ode to India’s everyday recipes. Rooted, refined, and deeply respectful of technique, ingredients, and how India really eats today.
Humayun’s Tomb Museum Complex, Delhi