Tafree is a reliable mid-range Kashmiri restaurant on Residency Road, popular with both local office workers at lunch and tourists in the evening. The kitchen does the standard Kashmiri dishes well: rogan josh, rista, and dum aloo are all worth ordering. The setting is simpler than Ahdoos — a clean, unfussy room with no particular atmosphere — but the food quality is consistent and the service is efficient.
The restaurant is good for visitors who want a quick, solid Kashmiri meal without the formality of Ahdoos or the wait that sometimes occurs at Mughal Darbar during peak hours. The dal and rice are also better than you might expect from a restaurant focused on meat dishes, making it a reasonable option for vegetarians navigating Kashmiri cuisine. Lunchtime is busiest and often the food is freshest; an early dinner (before 7pm) avoids the peak crowd.