- New Friends Colony
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New Friends Colony's market caters to all kinds of food lovers. Nathu's, McDonald's, Nirula's, Domino's, Albake, Pizza Hut, Maze, Bon-Bon Pastry Shop and confectioneries,other Indian, Chinese and Thai restaurants and various coffee shops like Barista and Cafe Coffee Day for the fast food lovers. Also there are Thai and Chinese restaurants like the brand new ['The Yum Yum Tree'] that are known to be the best in Delhi. It is also home to Godfrey Philip's popular restaurants by the name of Ego Thai, Ego Desi, Ego Obsessions and Ego Cafe. This market has many dhabas serving from kebabs to Lebanese 'Shawarmas' and everything else that fits into a small pocket. The market also has few of the most upscale beauty shops in delhi from affinity,dessange and others. The Market also has a small but unique shop Galore Galleria where you can find gifts, toys and gadgets like iPods, PlayStations, Digicams etc. This colony also have very exotic food places like Lotus Pond and Crown Plaza. Recently opened frozen yogurt place known as Cocoberry is also a famous hit. It's low fat yogurt with fruits makes it a healthy food which can even be consumed diabetic patients.
The area lately has turned into the pub district of delhi with many like Nothing Authentic, Moksha, Mistique Heights, Pebble Street, Ego's, IVY Lounge and Mezz dotting in vicinity. Being a market near Jamia Millia Islamia University, it gets a lot of youth crowd. This can even be proved with the fact that this place has so many party places. A fairly complete list of restaurants in New Friends Colony can be found at http://www.zomato.com/ncr/restaurants/south-delhi/new-friends-colony.
The area also has popular saloons/parlors like Affinity and Prince and Princes. Both of these places are really good and are quite popular in the area.
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Area markets
Sarai Jullena Market
The market is mainly populated with chemists,guest houses,travel agents servicing to requirements of floating population coming to Escort Heart Institute in area. Nath Brothers Chemist, Escort Chemist,Globex International Pvt. Ltd. Shri Ram Chemist, Amar Medicos, Cyberica Travel & Forex, Jamia Cooperative Bank are few of them. This place also has a small market for household needs mainly for kitchen and bathroom. Although these shops are small yet they have a huge variety with different qualities. The market have an office of Veena gas.
Bharat Nagar Market
This market has basic amenities like dry cleaners,banks etc. Many Offices and Major Shops like Namdhari Fresh, Gargee Hair Salon are also placed in this commercial street. Apart from these, this area has a lot of small shops to where people can buy daily use groceries.
Recently this market is becoming a small hub for fitness and sports shops. Fitness Studios is a new gym in this area which have good workout machines. To buy sports, workout and other small gifts, one can can go to Smiles the gift shop, a store from Fitness World group, etc.
Taimor Nagar Market
This market is the new shopping area with new retail outlets like Reliance Fresh,Big Apple, Khubsoorat Beauty Saloon, Honey Money and Top are located. This market is also known for its Study Abroad training with major providers like, PythaGurus, Jamboree, The Princeton Review located in the area.
Nearby
Educational Institutions in Area
- Jamia Millia Islamia University
- Cambridge Primary School
Computer Training Institute in Area
- NIIT (Address: 54, 2nd Flr, Old Ishwar Nagar, Mathura Road, Above Bank of India (Near Tribhuvan Complex) Ph: 011 - 47512400, 11)
Medical Facilities in Area
- Holy Family Hospital
- Escorts Heart Institute
- Sujan Mahindra Hospital
- Bansal Hospital(Apollo Clinic)
- Dr. Lal Pathlabs
Clubs in Area
- New Friends Colony Club
- Friends Colony Club
Landmarks
The landmarks in the area are 5 star hotel Crown Plaza(Surya Hotel) and Lotus Tower(Berjaya Tower) which can be seen from anywhere in the locality. Anther important landmark in the area is Mata Ka Mandir which is also located centrally and is easily accessible to all sub-areas listed. Other nearby landmarks are Sailing Club and Kalandi Kunj park. Yamuna river is also quite nearby although it is really polluted.
Current Local Governance
- Dr Vijay Malhotra (B.J.P) Member Parliament South Delhi - (Boundary currently being redrawed to include area in East Delhi Constituency)
- Asif Mohammad Khan (RJD) M.L.A.
- Pervez Hashmi (Congress-I) M.P. (Rajya Sabah)
Corporate Houses in Area
- L.I.I. EXPORTS PVT. LTD.
- Globex International Pvt. Ltd.
- Marubeni
- Modi Group
- Godfrey Phillips
- TATA AIG
- Cyberica Net Technologies
- Usha Martin
- Law & Kenneth - Branch Accountant - Nandan Kumar
- BSL Group
- Bluescope Steel
- EMC
- MITSUBISHI
- I.V Associates
- Leeway Infotech
Bank Branches
- Standard Chartered Bank
- Life Insurance Corporation of India
- ICICI Bank
- IDBI Bank
- Kotak Mahindra Bank
- State Bank of Patiala
- State Bank of India
- Central Bank of India
- Punjab & National Bank
- Centurion Bank of Punjab
Nearby Suburbs
- East of Kailash
- Greater Kailash
- Lajpat Nagar
- Jamia Nagar
External links
Stipe. "The New Friends Colony Community Centre". blog. http://newfriendscolony.blogspot.com/. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
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