As you take a stroll around Connaught Place, you can’t help but notice all the fancy new pop-ups emerging in the area. The bar scene has undergone a transformation since Connaught Place has become host to some of the best lounges in the city. If you are looking to party without having to spend so much, then give the usual popular haunts a miss and head for ‘The Connaught Bar’. Grab your friends for a lively time next Saturday night and drive down to this hip exhilarating bar to join in the fun-loving crowd high on life. The entrance to the building is hard to miss. Enter the one with blinking white and blue signage of Radisson Blu Marina on Connaught Circus, New Delhi to find out The Connaught Bar tucked cozily into the posh hotel.

This sophisticated lounge bar keeps an equally classy and impressive bar menu. Being located in the very heart of Delhi buzz, The Connaught Bar strives to match the ever-changing drinking trends with an updated splendid bar menu. A vast variety of wines and malts are paid homage to through an extensive booze selection. Indulge freely in the international level collection of alcohols. Their signature drink ‘The Hulk’ is highly recommended. Team it up with some mouth-watering nibbles to add that salty kick. The chef doesn’t disappoint you with his comforting assortment of appetizers. Up for choosing are, theekha murgh tikka, assorted pickled vegetables bruschetta, wok tossed prawns butter pepper garlic, rajasthani paneer ke soole, diced chicken tossed with garlic & chendu chilly, vegetable & chivas spring roll, oat crusted chicken nuggets with mint mayonnaise and murgh malai tikka.

Interiors are exactly as you hope to see of a Connaught Place lounge bar, trendy. Modern edgy décor is reflected through futuristic lamps canopying the bar and stylish contemporary bar stools flanking it. Gleaming marble flooring sets off beautifully against the bright red sofas and is cast in soft intimate lighting. The Connaught Bar comes across as chic, elegant and upscale. What it lacks in space, it makes up for it through it’s bar selection. If you want to avoid the overcrowded bars in Connaught Place then this hip hotel bar is your best bet. The Connaught Bar remains open past midnight. It’s usually frequented by business crowd and hotel guests. Like every other bar in this vicinity, weekends gets crazy busy for them. Book ahead.