Cafe 7
At the city center plaza, near the high courts - a multi-cuisine restaurant. a class apart from rest of the restaurants in solan .
Chanakya
Mall road, next to anand complex solan - clean hygenic vegeterian food, chinese, sandwiches, burgers, pizzas, indian chats, fresh fruit juices, ice-creams. a quaint little haven, decorated in bamboo-wood-motifs-strawroof fervor. makes for a good evening sit out and the music here is very fascinating. a must visit indeed.
Himalayan Coffee House
Located on mall road, it is one of the most oldest coffee house in solan. a most favourite place for office goers for a cup of coffee/ tea along with some snacks. one can grab some nice south indian preparations.
Himani
Mid-range, multi-cuisine, bar and restaurant. Expensive compared to other in Solan; but preferred by the business traveller.
Must haves.... solan chana, on the mall road, near old bus stand. Famous sweets on different sweet shops. Samosa at Rattanjee's mall road, burfi at Preemjee's old bus stand, Jalebi in upper bazar/chowk bazar paddu Halwai, gulab jamun at Sharma Sweets near DC office.
Paragon
Mall road check out the south-indian cuisine, others too not quite bad.
Anupama
Mall road, next to st lukes school; almost good. multi-cuisine, also offers buffet lunch.
Solan is renowned for its roasted corn, and is famous for its seasonal fruits and vegetables. The fresh cucumber is great and the fresh corn is the sweetest.