Five-star Two MICHELIN Keys Janpath, Delhi
The Imperial New Delhi
Twenty-four royal palms lead up to a 1930s hotel on Janpath, where Nehru, Gandhi, Jinnah and Mountbatten met to talk about Partition, and where five thousand old pictures hang on the walls.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.
- MICHELIN
- Two Keys, 2026
- Rooms
- 235, including 44 suites
- Opened
- 1936
- From the airport
- About 30 minutes, says the hotel
The hotel
Built as New Delhi rose.
F. B. Blomfield, an associate of Sir Edwin Lutyens, drew up the hotel in 1934 while the new capital was still being built around it. The Viceroy, Lord Willingdon, opened it in 1936. Lady Willingdon chose the name and gave it the lion that still marks its crest. The builder, S.B.S. Ranjit Singh, set it on an estate of eight acres off Janpath.
Nehru, Gandhi, Jinnah and Lord Mountbatten once met here to discuss Partition. A restoration that ran from 1996 to 2001 renewed the rooms, which range from English traditional to Art Deco, many of them over the gardens. The hotel now hangs more than five thousand original works from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in its corridors, rooms and lounges, across 235 rooms of which forty-four are suites.
- The art More than 5,000 original paintings, prints and pieces from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, spread through the public rooms and bedrooms.
- 1911 The signature restaurant and, beside it, a bar of leather sofas, wood panelling and a stained-glass roof.
- Pool and spa An outdoor pool and a spa set in the hotel's eight acres, a short walk from Connaught Place.
Dining
From the Spice Route to the 1911 Bar.
Restaurants and bars as listed by the hotel. Shown for information.
- 1911 Restaurant International The signature restaurant, with a veranda
- The Spice Route South-east Asian Dining rooms dressed like a Dravidian temple
- San Gimignano Italian In the hotel
- 1911 Bar Bar Leather sofas under a stained-glass roof
- Patiala Peg Bar A smaller, cosier bar
- Haute Pâtisserie Pastry In the hotel
Recognition
Recognition.
- Two MICHELIN Keys 2026
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 2 pm, check-out by noon.
- Children Welcome at any age. Under-threes stay free in a cot, under-sixes free in an existing bed.
- Pets Not accepted.
Getting there
Flying to Delhi.
Indira Gandhi International, about 30 minutes away by the hotel's reckoning, handles scheduled flights; private jets use its general aviation terminal. The hotel can send a car to meet you.
- Jaipur 40 min
- Mumbai 1 h 50
- Dubai 3 h 10
- Singapore 5 h 50
- London 9 h 10 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does The Imperial New Delhi have?
- Two. The Imperial holds two MICHELIN Keys in the 2026 selection for India.
- When did The Imperial open?
- In 1936. The Viceroy, Lord Willingdon, opened it, and Lady Willingdon gave the hotel its name.
- Are children welcome at The Imperial?
- Yes, at any age. Children up to three stay free in a cot and up to six free in an existing bed.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Delhi?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Delhi, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Delhi
Other hotels worth the trip.
- The Leela Palace New Delhi A grand rectangle among the embassies, with 260 rooms among the largest in the city and Jamavar for the curries and biryanis.
- Taj Mahal, New Delhi Rooms, suites and residences in the green heart of the capital, renovated, with access to the Delhi Golf Club.
- The Lodhi Near Humayun's Tomb, with a courtyard pool and suites on the upper floors that have balconies with their own plunge pools.
- The Oberoi, Gurgaon A modern building ringed by reflecting pools, lit with candles at night, and a restaurant with teak decks over the water.
- The Oberoi, New Delhi Open since 1965 between Humayun's Tomb and the Delhi Golf Course, with Dhilli for modern Indian food and a cigar lounge off the bar.
- ITC Maurya Home to Bukhara and its North West Frontier cooking, and to Dum Pukht for slow-cooked Awadhi dishes, in a building of 433 rooms and suites.
- Trident, Gurgaon Low-rise courtyards in almost 30,000 square metres of grounds, with 136 rooms and Saffron for Indian cooking.
- Taj Palace, New Delhi A boomerang-shaped building open since 1983, with 411 rooms and suites on six acres of gardens and Loya among its four restaurants.
- The LaLiT New Delhi Four hundred and sixty-one rooms half a kilometre from Connaught Place, an outdoor pool, and Baluchi among seven places to eat and drink.
- Le Méridien New Delhi Near India Gate and Connaught Place, with 358 rooms and suites, a pool on the fourth floor and a café and bar up on the twentieth.
- Hyatt Regency Delhi Its China Kitchen cooks Peking duck and dim sum in an open kitchen, in a hotel of 490 rooms, including 50 suites.
- Taj City Centre Gurugram Interiors by Warner Wong Design of Singapore, 208 rooms and suites, and a Thai Pavilion restaurant.
Staying at The Imperial New Delhi?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Delhi, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.