Date Nights & Dining

Restaurants and evening settings chosen for two: somewhere to talk, a view worth the booking, food that holds its own.

Restaurant

Wasabi by Morimoto, The Taj Mahal Palace

Colaba, Mumbai, India

Japanese fine dining inside the Taj Mahal Palace, with dishes such as whitefish carpaccio and black cod miso alongside seasonal omakase and tasting menus.

Restaurant

The Bombay Canteen

Lower Parel and Worli, Mumbai, India

A modern Indian restaurant that reworks regional recipes from across the country with seasonal produce, backed by its own cocktail programme.

Bar

Kiki by the Sea

Anjuna and Vagator, Goa, India

A seaside restaurant and bar in Badem, Siolim, built around sunset cocktails, food and evening music sessions.

Restaurant

Gunpowder

Anjuna and Vagator, Goa, India

An Assagao restaurant cooking southern peninsular Indian food, with dishes drawn from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Karnataka and Telangana.

Restaurant

Britto’s

Baga and Calangute, Goa, India

A Baga beach restaurant known for seafood and Goan dishes such as prawn balchão, open from breakfast until after midnight.

Rooftop bar or lounge

Dome, InterContinental Marine Drive

Marine Drive and Nariman Point, Mumbai, India

An open-air cocktail lounge and terrace restaurant on the eighth-floor roof of the InterContinental, looking out over Marine Drive.

Bar

House of Nomad, Taj Lands End

Bandra, Mumbai, India

A gastro bar inside Taj Lands End at Bandstand, built around craft cocktails, premium spirits, sushi and tapas-style plates.

Rooftop bar or lounge

CÉ LA VI Dubai

Downtown and Business Bay, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A restaurant, sky bar and club on the 54th floor of Address Sky View, looking straight across at Burj Khalifa.

Lounge

Atmosphere Burj Khalifa

Downtown and Business Bay, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A restaurant and lounge on level 122 of Burj Khalifa, one of the highest dining rooms in the world.

Restaurant

Thiptara

Downtown and Business Bay, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A Thai restaurant at Palace Downtown whose indoor and terrace tables overlook Burj Lake and the Dubai Fountain.