"Delhi's regional-Indian crowd-pleaser — book Jamun in Lodhi Colony for heartland recipes and kebabs that read like a road trip across India."
Jamun is the regional-Indian restaurant from the team behind PCO and Ping's Cafe Orient, set in the leafy market at Lodhi Colony. Executive chef Rahul Gomes Pereira built a menu of more than 70 dishes drawn from across the country, sourcing brassware and ingredients region by region. The result is Indian home and heartland cooking rather than hotel-grand fine dining, served in a violet-toned room named for the dark monsoon fruit.
The menu reads like a map. Start with galouti kebabs and other small plates, then move through slow-cooked curries, regional breads and an Ayurvedic thali that travels well beyond the usual North-Indian default. The bar pours cocktails from an award-winning team. Dinner for two runs around ₹1,800 ($$), which makes the breadth feel generous. The cooking aims at faithful regional flavour — recovered recipes and homestyle dishes — rather than reinvention.
The room is relaxed and design-led, washed in the deep violet that gives the restaurant its name, with brass and textiles gathered from the regions on the menu. It is comfortable for a long, talky dinner, a casual first date or a family meal, and the market setting makes it an easy stop before or after a walk through Lodhi. Service is friendly and happy to steer you across the regions. The mood is convivial rather than hushed.
For a relaxed first date, a family dinner or a meal that shows a visitor India beyond the usual classics, Jamun fits Lodhi Colony's easy mood: regional cooking and cocktails at a fair price. A natural first-date and business-lunch table.
Not for a formal fine-dining night or a quiet, hushed dinner — Jamun is a lively, market-set regional restaurant built for sharing across a long, talky table.
Jamun is helmed by executive chef Rahul Gomes Pereira, who built a menu of more than 70 regional Indian dishes for the restaurant from the PCO and Ping's Cafe Orient group.
Jamun is at 17 Main Market, Block 13, Lodhi Colony, in the leafy market district of south-central Delhi, with a violet-toned dining room and bar.
Regional Indian cooking from across the country — galouti kebabs, slow-cooked curries, regional breads and an Ayurvedic thali — rather than a single regional cuisine.
Dinner for two runs around ₹1,800 ($$), which covers a spread of regional dishes; cocktails from the bar are extra.
Yes. The relaxed, design-led room, sharing-friendly regional menu and Lodhi Colony market setting make it an easy choice for a first date or a casual celebration.
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