Food can be served in your room, in the open courtyard by the pool or at Shanti’s formal dining room ‘The Lantern Restaurant’.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all available from the multi-cuisine kitchen.

Breakfast is served between 7:30 to 10:30am but can also be served earlier on special request. It features a satisfying mix of Indian and continental food with eggs cooked to order, toast, fruit and fresh juice accompanied by the Indian special of the day. When we visited, the poori-aloo served to us was exceptional, the pooris light and fluffy, the aloo perfectly favoured. Portions are generous and you can order as much or as little as you like.

During the daytime, the selection of soups and starters includes old-school favourites like chicken wings, fish fingers, kathi rolls and grilled sandwiches. Chicken steak, grilled fish and salad make up the continental mains and there is a small Goan menu with a fish curry, vindaloo and prawn balchao listed.

It is with the north-Indian menu that the greatest care has been taken and where Shanti truly excels. Head chef Adil has spent years working in the finest Mughlai restaurants across north India and can rustle up a mean biryani, varieties of marinated and spiced kebabs, meat curries, robust dals and delights from the tandoor.

Shanti’s jazzy Jacuzzi bar with built-in bar stools is the perfect place to unwind over a sunset cocktail. The drinks list is small but varied and the cocktails are authentically reproduced by Sonu – the resident waiter, barman and trouble-shooter – who’s trained and worked in some of the best five-star hotel bars in Delhi.