On the Rocks

Heritage hotel restaurant with garden setting and Rajasthani thali

The restaurant at Ajit Bhawan, one of Jodhpur's older heritage hotels, is one of the more reliable places in the city for a full Rajasthani thali. The setting is a garden courtyard — trees, lanterns, and the low murmur of other diners — which makes it work as an evening meal in a way that few Jodhpur restaurants manage. The thali covers the classics: dal baati churma, ker sangri, gatte ki sabzi, bajra roti.

It attracts tour groups, which has kept the kitchen consistent. If you want to eat well without hunting through the old city lanes, this is a reasonable choice. Book ahead in the busy winter season; the garden fills up and the garden seating is considerably better than eating inside.

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