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The dining room at night, with dark wood tables and low hanging lights

Kesar Lane

Civil Lines, Jaipur · Dinner, Tuesday to Sunday

Kesar Lane Kitchen

Marwari home cooking, taken slowly. Desert beans, millet and smoke, cooked over a wood fire in an old haveli courtyard.

A plated dish being served at a candlelit table

Recipes from a grandmother's notebook

Chef Meera Rathore grew up in Bikaner eating food that rarely leaves Rajasthani homes. Kesar Lane serves those dishes as they were made, with only the plating changed. The menu follows the desert's seasons and changes every eight weeks.

Chef and restaurant are fictional, made up for this sample.

This season's menus

Seven courses · served Thursday to Sunday, dinner only

Kachri & kair amuse
desert berries, smoked curd
Bajra roti, three butters
garlic, kesar, jaggery
Ker sangri tart
pickled desert beans, millet shell
Laal maas, slow-smoked
Mathania chilli, bone marrow (veg: jackfruit)
Gatte in yoghurt broth
gram dumplings, fenugreek oil
Dal baati, broken
ghee-roasted wheat, panchmel dal
Ghevar with saffron rabri

₹3,200 per guest · vegetarian ₹2,800 · wine pairing ₹2,400

vegetarian contains meat · Prices exclude GST

Plates of grilled meat, salad and chutney seen from above

The bright courtyard dining area at lunch

Reserve a table

We seat 38 guests a night. Send a request and we'll confirm by WhatsApp within the hour, between noon and 11 pm.

Prefer to call? +91 98765 43210

The Jharokha room

A private room upstairs for 8 to 40 guests, under carved windows that look onto the courtyard. It suits anniversaries, offsites and pre-wedding dinners. Set menus from ₹2,600 a head.