New Delhi has 14 cocktail bars in the BarMagazine directory, and Lair leads the pack. The 12 below are the ones we would send you to first. This guide covers the cocktail bars specifically; the full New Delhi picture, all 14 bars of it, lives on the city page. Each listing is verified, with the address, opening hours and what to order.
The Best Bar in India 2025, No.8 on Asia's 50 Best, the year's highest new entry, and No.96 in the world. Lair is a film-noir speakeasy in Vasant Vihar from Jairaj Singh Solanki and Dhruv Raj Vij: three levels of black concrete, glass and geometry, cocktails on levels one and three around a pan-Asian dining room, with a menu that progresses through beginner, intermediate and superior chapters built on regional Indian ingredients.
Order this: Blueberry Cheesecake (blueberry, cream liqueur)
The Oberoi New Delhi's rooftop bar looks out over the golf-course greens to UNESCO-listed Humayun's Tomb, a view the 'Signature Skyline' menu drinks to directly, with nine cocktails named for the landmarks on the horizon. Open-air seating, handcrafted serves and a proper dress code.
Order this: Heritage Greens (coconut and Campari milk punch)
Cocktails & Dreams is a cocktail bar located in New Delhi. 30 Best Bars India.
Full profileEk Bar is a cocktail bar located in New Delhi. Indian ingredients focus.
Full profileJuniper Bar is a hotel bar located in New Delhi. Botanical cocktails.
Full profileOne of India's first gin bars, Juniper at Andaz Delhi pours forty handcrafted gin-and-tonic infusions in a communal bar setting in Aerocity, the botanical legacy of juniper worked through Indian accents, from a Kashmiri kahwa gin to the house-exclusive 'Delhi's Fire'.
Order this: House Martini (Delhi's Fire gin, white wine syrup, tincture, lemon discard)
'India's first gastropub', fun, quirky and unabashedly Indian, Monkey Bar pairs a non-conformist menu of comfort food with inspired cocktails and a solid bar program. The Delhi room in Vasant Kunj is part of the Olive group family, with siblings in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai.
The Connaught Place flagship of the My Bar chain, a budget-friendly Delhi institution that started in Paharganj in 2009 as a value-for-money stop for backpackers and grew into a city-wide family. The CP Headquarters adds live music, sectioned group seating and a party-friendly events calendar.
India's first genuine speakeasy: since 2012, entry to PCO has run through an unassuming phone booth where you type a passcode that changes two or three times a week. Inside, an early-1900s room of vintage telephones and antique books serves pre-Prohibition classics and the bespoke Mood Cocktail, built to each guest's preferences. The flagship of Pass Code Hospitality; No.54 on Asia's 50 Best 2021.
Prankster is a cocktail bar located in New Delhi. Modern cocktail bar.
Full profileYangdup Lama and Minakshi Singh's wood-panelled neighborhood speakeasy has anchored GK-2 since 2018, coffee from 10am, cocktails from 1pm, live music, and menu chapters that have run from 'Dear Delhi' to the current ARQ. It reached No.26 on the World's 50 Best Bars in 2022 and sits at No.62 in Asia for 2025. Walk-ins only.
Order this: Sidecar (cognac, bourbon, roasted corn, lime acid)
These are the cocktail bars specifically. The full New Delhi guide ranks the best bars of every style, and the directory lists all 14 with a map and filters.
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