Surya is a sleek, low-lit restaurant and boîte that offers the most stylish setting in the city for contemporary Indian cuisine. The lounge is a chic place to stop in for a cocktail, like the house tajmapolitan (a cosmopolitan with cinnamon). After that drink, you might want to move into the sultry dining room for dinner (beef-free), featuring a wonderful list of inspired vegetable dishes like birianyi—basmati rice perfumed with sweet spices and served with raita—and urulakilangu katrika koze, spiced potatoes and eggplant served with paratha (griddle-fried bread). In warm weather, you can dine outside in the restaurant's lovely leafy garden.

Surya Information:

• Indian menu. Lunch, dinner. Bar. Casual attire. Reservations recommended. Outdoor seating.