With pent-up demand for food and drinks, Delhi has become the Dining Capital of India, and Bangalore, the country’s Liquor Capital, finds DineOut Trends Report.
Despite the pandemic, restaurants in India are keeping their creative edge and are drawing more customers. One could call 2021 the Year of Hungry Customers as more tables were booked across the country. With pent-up demand for food and drinks, Delhi has become the Dining Capital of India, and Bangalore, the country’s Liquor Capital.
According to Dineout Trends Report 2021, more than 45 million Indians loved eating at their favourite restaurants. Approximately, 8,588 tables were booked per hour on the Dineout app. Customers also saved almost Rs1,360 crore via Dineout discounts and offers.
“In the year gone by, it was interesting to observe how revenge dining shot up the average bill by 40% but still diners made a considerable savings. This is a testament to Dineout’s value for the diners,” says Ankit Mehrotra, Co-Founder & CEO of Dineout.
According to the report, Rs.2,670 was the average bill paid in 2021 as compared to Rs.1,907 in 2020. The 40% increase is due to revenge-eating phenomena and pent-up dine-out demands as dining was the only source of entertainment for people who were caught amidst travel restrictions and curfews.
Delhi: The Dining Capital of India
Delhi bagged the ‘Dining Capital of India’ title for third time in a row, accounting for 32% of the total diners in India followed by Bangalore at 18%. Butter Chicken, Dal Makhni and Naan won the league, making North Indian food a hit among Indians at 38%, Chinese at 18% and Continental at 16%. Connaught Place, Delhi, was the most popular dining hub in India.
The City of Lakes, Udaipur, is the new City of Love, with 44% of its bookings under ‘Table for 2,’ whereas the cities of Agra and Ludhiana had the maximum ‘Table for 4’ reservations.
Bangalore: The Liquor Capital of India
Bangalore consumed 50,000 litres of alcohol in December, making itself the Liquor capital of India in 2021. The report also found that Bangalore loved to chill on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays with over 73% of reservations made over the weekends.
According to the report, dinner is the most preferred time to eat out by Indians. While the city of Agra loved to dine out during the night with 59.3% reservations made for dinner, Chennai planned the most number of luncheons with 47% of table reservations.
A total of 73.5% of transactions were made pan India at 4+ rated restaurants. Mumbai stood out from the rest of the cities with a total of 85.2% of transactions done at the best restaurants in the city. About 44% of the total reservations in Ludhiana were made on weekdays.
“Speaking of the overall restaurant revenue, modernizing technologies in restaurants did help us achieve an improved customer satisfaction, thereby boosting restaurant sales,” says Mehrotra.
Owing to the higher disposable income and work-from-home norms, luxury dining across India has increased by as much as 120% and fine dining by 105%, and the average number of diners per booking has also risen.
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