Entertainment in Delhi

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Keeping pace with globalization, there are many discotheques and the city of Delhi has a vibrant nightlife, although most clubs are located in five-star hotels. Some of these are C.J.'s (Le Meridien), Annabelle's (The Hilton), Dubliner (Maurya Sheraton Hotel), Agni (Park Hotel), Oasis (Hyatt Regency), Djinn's (Hyatt Regency) and My Kind of Place (Taj Palace). Other places include Shalom (Greater Kailash), Voda (Saket), Buzz (Saket), T'zers (Saket), Punjabi by Nature (Vasant Vihar) and Fabric. The shopping malls in Delhi are usually crowded and many a times people head to Gurgaon, which probably has the highest concentration of shopping malls in India.^{[citation needed]}

There are many modern restaurants and a wide array of cuisines, including Greek (It's Greek To Me in Safdarjung), Chinese, Thai, Italian (Olive Bar and Kitchen in Mehrauli), Mediterranean (Moshe's Oliva in Capital Court) and American. National and International restaurant chains, fast food chains run successful franchises in Delhi, prominently including Nirulas, Pizza Hut, Subway, McDonald's, and Baskin-Robbins. A typical similarity among these chains is that all of them have modified their menus with respect to Indian culture and religion, clearly indicating vegetarian and non-vegetarian foods, often by a relatively common colour code (red for non-vegetarian foods, green for vegetarian foods) and preparing the vegetarian foods in compliance with Hindu customs and practices. A wide variety of hybrid foods (a combination of western food with regional food) are also common, with even American fast food giant McDonalds offering entrees like McAloo.

Delhi has been chosen as the site for the Commonwealth Games of 2010. This has led to a spate of development work like construction of flyovers, metro rails, etc. The New Delhi Metro opened on Christmas Day in 2002 and caters to the commuting requirements of the urban area.