Megu Restaurant - New Delhi

Very high class dining. Service that excells in every way thinkable. I have dined in fine restaurants all over the world and last night's meal was one of the top, if not THE top meal and experience I have had.

Maybe the best place for sushi in New Delhi! Quality of fish tasted fresh out of the water. I would definitely recommend visiting this place if you are nearby or staying at the Leela. Just a heads up, it is very expensive...but well worth it! The place itself has a beautiful atmosphere and decor, the photos do not justify reality! Service was brilliant too, I ended up having a wonderful conversation with the floor manager (cannot remember his name) he, and his staff were great and made our meal memorable! I will 100% make sure that I visit this place again, the menu had to much to try in one sitting! Oh well, its an excuse to come again!

Literally MEGU means "love" or "affection" which is apt to the name of the restaurant.Talk about the food and it's worth going to have either lunch or dinner.This restaurant serves modern japanese cuisine in an authentic manner.Chefs are creative and are skilled. Service is just amazing and the staff is attentive as well as courteous.

Excellent food and service.

Megu is the Japanese Speciality Restaurant located in The Leela Palace , New Delhi. Megu was one of the first Michelin Starred Restaurant to open it's door in India ( New York Megu has a Michelin star). Once you enter the beautiful property , is when the experience starts . The courteous hotel staff greeted us and we're willing to walk us down to the Restaurant. Megu is located in the right hand corner of the lobby area , just next to the library bar , giving it a nice secluded feel. It was Saturday night and we had our reservation , which helped us secure our table as after sometime the whole restaurant was packed. The wait staff took us to our table and greeted us wonderfully. The restaurant is divided into multiple sections - a main dining room, Sushi table next to the chef and another dining room. We luckily were given our seat in the Main Dining room , which is the place to be. The ambience is just amazing , dark in the colour tone but with more than enough light . The centre piece of attraction is the giant Buddha Statue Sculpted out of Glass and on top of it a giant Japanese Bell with red on the inside , just makes for a perfect look. We were attended by definitely the best Server or Manager in the place and his name was Pavan. He was just very warm and welcoming . He helped us in ordering and answering all questions we had. Before the menu was given to us we were given Wet Towels to clean our hands . That in itself is a great sign of service and it's very rarely seen in restaurants. We had a glass of Red Wine along with our food which was very nice and was the Fratelli Sette. We ordered 3 starters , 2 Mains and a rice on his recommendation and honestly it was way more than what we could have , so at the end of the Meal we had to pack quite a bit of food. The food served here is Japanese but mostly Modern Japanese. And most of the things we ordered , actually just by our food choice and preference , were the signature dishes of the restaurant. For starters we ordered - Yellowtail Carpaccio , Dragon Sushi Roll and Chicken Yakitori Skewers. The Yellowtail Carpaccio and Dragon Rolls were Signature dishes. The first dish to arrive was the Yellowtail Carpaccio . Carpaccio inherently is an Italian Dish of very Thinly Slices Meat with a sauce or an oil . Japanese cuisine also incorporated this style of food but use japanese sauces and fish instead of meat . We ordered the Yellowtail Carpaccio which came with 7 pieces of Yellowtail , so thinly sliced that it was close to transparent. The Fish was topped with an Onion Jam , Daikon Oroshi Dressing , Crispy Garlic Chips and Mushrooms. Once the dish was placed , Pavan told us that all their Fish comes from the world famous Tsukiji Market of Japan . The dish was excellent , very beautiful and tasty . The fish was light and the Dressing really highlighted the fish very beautifully. The Garlic Chip just gave a great contrast to the light flavour and the mushrooms just added a great delicate mouth feel to the dish. Amazing dish and very well executed. Next dish to come to our table was the Dragon Sushi Roll , Another Signature Dish. They have traditional Nigiris , Sushi and Sushi Rolls . Sushi Rolls generally are 5-6 Pieces , but the Dragon roll is the only sushi roll which comes with 8 pieces . The Sushi comes along with Ginger and Wasabi , but they even brought out a fresh root of Wasabi which Pavan Grated in front of us to serve us Fresh Wasabi. The Fresh Wasabi was amazing , I am a fan of Wasabi but the fresh Wasabi was next level for sure. The Sushi was beautiful . The Dragon Roll consists of Avocado and Tempura Flakes on top , drizzled with Dragon sauce. The Seafood used in the Sushi is - Shrimp , Crab and Eel. The Sushi was stuffed with loads of seafood and the size of each Sushi was great . Flavour no doubt was the best I have had and really the combination of seafood with avocado and Tempura Flakes was great . The Dragon sauce was a bit sweet and spicy at the same time. Highly recommend this Sushi for first time goers as they will love it . Next was the Chicken Yakitori.

Its the most worst place to have japanese restaurant. If anybody has ever had authentic Japanese food then this is certainly not the right place to go to. If you are a first timer and have no idea what Japanese food tastes like then you may like it. I visited this ridiculous place on just a week back and had the most horrifying experience. the ambience is good but the food is pathetic. We ordered sushi which was raw in the middle, certainly sushi grade salmon or tuna was not used. I cannot believe the ignorance of these people that they run a restaurant and do not know the grade of fish to use. Now the Salmon steak was bitter probably because it was too old or because the chef put too much soy sauce and burnt it. The next day I fell sick due to food poisoning because of having raw fish and then the stale fish served as Salmon steak. Please do not serve Thukpa and call it Ramen. Both are different and both have a different taste and a different way of preparation. Putting noodles in water and serving it doesn't make it RAMEN. There is some problem with the menu too as they have not even listed the items properly. Salmon roll is available but they have not mentioned it on the menu. Are we supposed to guess what is available in your restaurant? Now the 2 Guards standing at the exit have some major issues with serving the guests leaving. They behave like they own the place, no humility at all. Horrible experience at Leela Palace and Megu restaurant. Will not be trying anything out here again.

Great place! An incredible experience! Food served was incredibly flavourful. The staff knows what they are upto, just a bit slow to react.

Our wedding anniversary dinner 2022 was at Megu since we both love Japanese cuisine. The sushi, etc. was authentic though one should be cautious while ordering from the menu (lest be charged more). For its setting, courtesy of staff, personal care and quality, Megu deserves our approbation.