Restaurant Week India returns after decade
- Restaurant Week India returned on April 24 after a 10-year hiatus, bringing fixed-price menus and curated dining events to Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru. - The 10-day festival runs through May 3 with more than 55 restaurants, offering three-course menus and prepaid reservations through the Putting Scene platform. - Its comeback tracks India’s shift toward experience-led spending, with affluent consumers prioritizing travel, dining and exclusivity. (visa.co.in)
Restaurant Week India returned on April 24 after a 10-year break, reviving a dining festival that once helped define India’s fine-dining calendar. (rwi.puttingscene.com) (firstpost.com) The 2026 edition runs through May 3 across Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru, with more than 55 restaurants serving fixed-price three-course menus. (rwi.puttingscene.com) (firstpost.com) Bookings are being handled on the Putting Scene platform, where participating restaurants list lunch and dinner slots as prepaid reservations rather than walk-in deals. (rwi.puttingscene.com) (hospitalitycareerprofile.com) Published reports say menus start around ₹1,600++ for lunch and ₹1,900++ for dinner, a format aimed at getting diners into restaurants that are usually harder to book. (hospitalitycareerprofile.com) (timeout.com) The relaunch is narrower than the old mass-market restaurant promotions that trained diners to chase discounts. Organizers and partner coverage describe this version as more curated, with storytelling, chef-led menus and a focus on occasion dining. (hotelierindia.com) (deccanchronicle.com) That shift matches a broader change in Indian consumer spending. Visa’s 2025-2026 affluent economy white paper says travel leads discretionary spending at 58%, while dining is becoming more deliberate and skewed toward exclusivity. (visa.co.in) (cnbctv18.com) Restaurant Week India was one of the country’s earlier nationwide dining festivals before going dormant for about a decade. Its return lands in a market where diners already know the restaurants, but are being sold access, curation and a set-menu experience. (firstpost.com) (zeezest.com) City guides published this week highlighted restaurants such as Olive Bar & Kitchen, O Pedro and The Table among participants, underscoring how the festival is leaning on established premium names. (timeout.com) (curlytales.com) The festival ends on May 3, but its real test is whether India’s post-pandemic appetite for premium, book-ahead dining can sustain a brand that disappeared for 10 years. (rwi.puttingscene.com) (visa.co.in)
