Delhi Fish Hotel

If you find yourself in the Kaiser Ganj area of Meerut, you’ve probably walked past our place. We are at Kothi No-198, right on Delhi Road. It’s a bit of an old building, tucked behind Mehtab Cinema and across from the Mayur Hotel. The Gudd Mandi is just nearby, so the street is always full of people and carts. We specialize in fish, which is why we named it that. It’s a basic setup. We’ve got the frying pans going most of the day. The smell of the spices usually drifts out onto the road. We aren’t trying to be a five-star restaurant or anything. It’s just a place where you can get a hot meal without spending too much. The walls could probably use a new coat of paint, but we’re more focused on what’s happening in the kitchen. My brother and I manage things, and we have a couple of helpers who have been with us since the start. It gets pretty crowded in the evenings when the cinema crowd comes out. We just try to keep up with the orders and make sure everyone gets fed. It’s a bit chaotic, but that’s just how Kaiser Ganj is. We’ve been here a long time and know most of the regulars by name. Sometimes we run out of the daily catch early if the market was slow that morning. We just close up when the food is gone.