# IndiaRestros MCP server

> Search Indian restaurants, cafes and dhabas, read their menus and prices, and report corrections to listings.

- Listing: https://mcp.tc/i/indiarestros
- Connect: use the server's own URL `https://indiarestros.com/mcp` (no sign-in); clients connect to it directly. The listing link is a page, not an MCP endpoint.
- Type: remote (Streamable HTTP)
- Auth: none
- Category: [Travel & Maps](https://mcp.tc/c/travel-maps)
- Vendor: IndiaRestros

## About

IndiaRestros is an open restaurant graph for India. It covers restaurants, cafes, dhabas, bakeries, bars and sweet shops, each with a permanent id. You can search by name, dish, cuisine and place, read phone numbers, timings and menus with INR prices, browse states, cities and localities, and send corrections.

Runs as a hosted streamable HTTP endpoint at https://indiarestros.com/mcp. No sign-in or API key is needed. Each fact carries its source and a confidence score, and results are never ranked by payment.

## What it can do

- Search restaurants by name, cuisine, city, locality or coordinates
- Get full restaurant records with phones, timings and ratings
- Find dishes across menus with price and veg filters
- Read restaurant menus with INR prices
- Browse states, cities and localities with counts
- Report corrections to listing data

## Tools (8)

- `search_restaurants`: Find restaurants, cafes, dhabas, bakeries and bars by words and place. (read-only)
- `get_restaurant`: Full record by id: address, phones, timings, cuisines, ratings, menu summary. (read-only)
- `search_dishes`: Find dishes on menus with price in INR, veg/non-veg and restaurant. (read-only)
- `get_menu`: Menu sections and items with INR prices and veg marks. (read-only)
- `list_places`: Browse states, cities or localities with restaurant counts. (read-only)
- `get_place`: A city or area with counts by kind and cuisine and its areas. (read-only)
- `report_correction`: Submit a correction such as a dead phone or new timings; ask the user first.
- `about_dataset`: Dataset counts, sources, top cities, ranking and confidence. (read-only)

## Example prompts

- "Find veg paneer tikka under 300 rupees in Bengaluru"
- "Which biryani places are in Kondapur, and are they open now?"
- "Show the menu for restaurant IRR-XXXXXXXXXX"
- "List the cities in Karnataka with restaurant counts"

## Install

### Claude Code

1. Run this in a terminal, in your project folder:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http indiarestros https://indiarestros.com/mcp
```

2. Start Claude Code and type `/mcp`. **indiarestros** should show as connected.

Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project, not just this one.

### Claude Desktop

1. Open **Customize → Connectors**, click **+ Add**, then **Add custom connector**.

2. Name it **IndiaRestros** and paste this URL:

```url
https://indiarestros.com/mcp
```

3. Click **Add**. Its tools appear in the chat’s tools menu.

Claude Desktop’s JSON config file only starts local servers. Remote servers go through Connectors, and connectors you add on claude.ai show up here too.

### claude.ai

1. Open the connector form on claude.ai. This button fills in the name and URL for you:

[Add to claude.ai](<https://claude.ai/customize/connectors?modal=add-custom-connector&connectorName=IndiaRestros&connectorUrl=https%3A%2F%2Findiarestros.com%2Fmcp>) (opens connector settings)

2. Check that the URL reads `https://indiarestros.com/mcp` and click **Add**.

3. Turn it on in a chat from the tools menu.

Free plans allow one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under **Organization settings → Connectors**.

### ChatGPT

1. On chatgpt.com, go to **Plugins**, select **+**, then **Add custom MCP server**.

2. Enter a name for the server.

3. Under **Connection**, paste `https://indiarestros.com/mcp` as the server URL, then for authentication choose **No authentication**.

4. Check **I understand and want to continue**, then select **Create as a plugin**.

Whether you can add a custom MCP server depends on your ChatGPT plan and your workspace permissions (in Business workspaces, admins and owners can).

### Cursor

[Add to Cursor](<https://cursor.com/install-mcp?name=indiarestros&config=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2luZGlhcmVzdHJvcy5jb20vbWNwIn0%3D>) (opens Cursor)

Or add it by hand to `~/.cursor/mcp.json` (all projects) or `.cursor/mcp.json` (this project):

`mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "indiarestros": {
      "url": "https://indiarestros.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

[Install in VS Code](<https://vscode.dev/redirect/mcp/install?name=indiarestros&config=%7B%22type%22%3A%22http%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Findiarestros.com%2Fmcp%22%7D>) (opens VS Code)

Or from a terminal:

```bash
code --add-mcp '{"name":"indiarestros","type":"http","url":"https://indiarestros.com/mcp"}'
```

Or commit it to the repo in `.vscode/mcp.json`:

`.vscode/mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "indiarestros": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://indiarestros.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Devin Desktop

1. Add it to `~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json` (macOS and Linux) or `%APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json` (Windows):

`mcp_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "indiarestros": {
      "serverUrl": "https://indiarestros.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

2. Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade.

Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf. It reads `serverUrl` (or `url`) for remote servers.

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add indiarestros --url https://indiarestros.com/mcp
```

Or edit `~/.codex/config.toml` directly:

`config.toml`:

```toml
[mcp_servers.indiarestros]
url = "https://indiarestros.com/mcp"
```

### Gemini CLI

```bash
gemini mcp add --transport http indiarestros https://indiarestros.com/mcp
```

This adds it to the current project. Add `-s user` to use it everywhere.

### Any client

Most clients accept this shape. Some name the URL field differently: `serverUrl` in Devin Desktop, `httpUrl` in Gemini CLI’s settings file.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "indiarestros": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://indiarestros.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Zed puts servers under `context_servers` in its settings. Cline needs `"type": "streamableHttp"`, or it assumes SSE.

Client only starts local servers? Bridge it with `npx -y mcp-remote https://indiarestros.com/mcp`.

## Recent changes

- 2026-11-08 05:52 UTC: 1 tool changed. Source: automatic check. Changed: search\_restaurants.
- 2026-10-30 05:43 UTC: New version 1.1.0 (was 1.0.0), reported by the server. Source: automatic check.
- 2026-10-30 05:43 UTC: 1 tool changed. Server instructions changed. Source: automatic check. Worth a look: new server instructions. Changed: search\_restaurants.
- 2026-10-25 05:24 UTC: Tracking started: 8 tools read. Source: automatic check.

More on the History tab, with descriptions before and after for the newest entries: https://mcp.tc/i/indiarestros#history (Atom feed: https://mcp.tc/i/indiarestros/history.xml). It records what mcp.tc's anonymous checks saw, every 3 hours where the tool list can be read without sign-in; it is not a security review.

## Details

- Server version: 1.1.0
- MCP protocol version: 2025-11-25
- Last checked: 2026-11-12 (reachable)
- Listed: 2026-10-25
- Updated: 2026-11-08

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