# Best Cafes in Delhi

Chai counters, Old Delhi institutions and the city's specialty roasters. · community starter list

A list of the 8 best cafes in Delhi, including Indian Coffee House (Connaught Place, Delhi). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.

**Where:** [Third Platz](/.md) / [India](/india.md) / Delhi
**Updated:** 2026-08-26 01:43:55

1. **[Indian Coffee House](/e/indian-coffee-house---1526.md)** (cafe) — A workers'-cooperative institution moved to Mohan Singh Place after its original Connaught Place coffee house was razed for Palika Bazaar; the old regulars remain. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://thepatriot.in/culture/history/the-coffee-house-delhi-refuses-to-forget-80882, https://indiancoffeehousedelhi.in/cafe.html
2. **[Wenger's](/e/wenger-s---1527.md)** (cafe) — Connaught Place's oldest surviving establishment, baking since the 1920s; its upstairs Rendezvous tea room still pours tea alongside decades-old bread, cake and pastry recipes. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.slurrp.com/article/nostalgic-story-behind-new-delhis-oldest-bakery-wengers-1644158395055, https://wengers.in/about-us/
3. **[Triveni Terrace Cafe](/e/triveni-terrace-cafe---1528.md)** (cafe) — A canteen-style terrace inside Triveni Kala Sangam's arts campus since 1963, pouring masala chai and serving palak chaat and pakoras beside a green amphitheatre for the city's art crowd. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://lbb.in/delhi/a-hidden-gem-in-mandi-house-124e3e/, https://redcedarhospitality.com/brands/triveni-terrace-cafe
4. **[Devan's](/e/devan-s---1529.md)** (cafe) — North India's first coffee roasters, selling Arabica blends and filter coffee from a third-generation family shop in Khanna Market. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.devans.in/pages/about-us, https://www.indiancoffeebeans.com/roasters/devans
5. **[Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters](/e/blue-tokai-coffee-roasters---1530.md)** (cafe) — One of the specialty roaster's long-running Delhi cafes, tucked into the Meherchand Market cluster near Lodhi Colony, pouring hand-roasted single-origin pour-overs and espresso. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://m.thewire.in/article/ptiprnews/blue-tokai-launches-origins-a-space-celebrating-craft-and-its-roots, https://stores.bluetokaicoffee.com/blue-tokai-coffee-roasters-mehar-chand-market-cafe-mehar-chand-market-new-delhi-540706/Home
6. **[Jugmug Thela](/e/jugmug-thela---1531.md)** (cafe) — A designer's makeshift pallet cart reborn as a Champa Gali cafe, reviving old-school Indian tea culture with kulhad chai, Vietnamese iced coffee, mattha and homemade snacks. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://lbb.in/delhi/an-artisanal-cuppa-jugmug-thela-tea-coffee-mobile-dispensary/, https://jugmugthela.com/
7. **[Ama Cafe](/e/ama-cafe---1532.md)** (cafe) — A Himalayan-inspired cafe in the New Aruna Nagar Tibetan colony, roasting its own Indian coffee and serving Tibetan butter salt tea alongside pancakes. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://so.city/delhi/article/from-ama-to-khams-have-a-tibetan-day-out-these-7-best-cafes-in-majnu-ka-tilla, https://amacafe.co/
8. **[Kunzum](/e/kunzum---1533.md)** (cafe) — The pay-as-you-like travel cafe Ajay Jain opened in 2010, reinvented as a curated bookshop that still serves the coffee. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://scroll.in/article/1021987/why-is-this-entrepreneur-launching-bookstores-in-delhi-when-bookshops-are-closing-everywhere, https://kunzum.com/about/

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