1135 AD

What it is

A fine-dining restaurant inside Amber Fort, in the fort's own courtyard setting, serving Rajasthani royal cuisine. The name refers to 1135 AD, when the Kachwaha dynasty established itself at Amber.

🏰 Why the setting changes the meal

This is the only place in Jaipur where you eat Rajasthani court food inside the fort it came from. Safed maas — the pale, creamy mutton curry built on yoghurt, cream and cashew rather than chilli — is palace-kitchen food rather than hunting-camp food, and eating it here is the context that explains it.

🍛 What to order

• Laal maas — the fiery Mathania chilli mutton curry, the dish Jaipur is known for
• Safed maas — its mild creamy counterpart; order both and you understand the range of the cuisine
• Gatte ki sabzi and ker sangri — the two vegetable dishes that mark real Rajasthani cooking
• Dal baati churma — the complete Rajasthani plate
• The Rajasthani thali — the best single order if you are going once and want to taste everything

⚠️ Practical notes that matter here

Amber Fort entry applies. You are eating inside a ticketed monument. Amber Fort is ₹200 for Indians and ₹1,000 for foreign visitors under the Rajasthan fee revision of 1 January 2026, with student rates around ₹100 and ₹500.

The fort's hours govern your visit. Amber Fort runs roughly 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM with last entry around 5:00 PM. Check whether the restaurant is serving outside fort hours before you plan a dinner here — this is the single most common mistake travellers make with it.

Book ahead. Unlike every other restaurant on this list, this one genuinely needs a reservation, and it needs one for the sitting you want.

It is expensive and that is the point. Budget ₹1,500–3,500 per person. If that is not the meal you want, Spice Court in Civil Lines serves comparably serious Rajasthani food for a third of the price.

📍 Combining it

The efficient Amber day: Amber Fort at the 8:00 AM opening, then Panna Meena ka Kund 200 metres away, then Jaigarh Fort above, then the Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing (closed Mondays), and lunch at 1135 AD inside the fort before you leave. That is a full morning and it beats doing Amber in a rush.