South Delhi: Hauz Khas, Mehrauli, Saket

Feels:

Ruins, cafés and residential neighbourhoods

Suits:

Repeat visitors, cafés, Qutub Minar

Best time:

Morning; evenings for bars

Watch out for:

Assuming it is close: it is not.

In short:

Older ruins and modern cafés; 45–75 min from the centre by car.

Delhi is spread out: Old Delhi in the north, Connaught Place in the middle, Humayun's Tomb and Nizamuddin in the south-east, and the south (Hauz Khas, Mehrauli, Saket) and the NCR beyond. Everything outside a cluster is a metro or car ride.

Lines from the Delhi drinking guide that name this district.

• Hauz Khas Village · Cafés, bars, rooftops · until about 01:00Popular with students and young professionals; car back late.
• Craft beer · Local IPAs and wheat beers · until about 01:00 · ₹300–600 (≈ US$4–7) a glassHauz Khas, Connaught Place, Aerocity

Markets and shopping streets from the Delhi buying guide that name this district.

• Khan Market and Hauz Khas Village · Books, homeware, boutiques, cafés · About 10:00–21:00About 10:00 AM–9:00 PM · haggling: noFixed prices; expensive for Delhi.
• Malls (AC, cinemas, food courts) · Select Citywalk (Saket); Ambience (Gurugram); DLF Emporio (Vasant Kunj) · About 10:00–22:00About 10:00 AM–10:00 PMFixed prices; the heat and smog refuge.

• South Delhi cafés and barsday: oknight: ok

  Use app cars after dark; check the meter or fare before a street auto.