Bhavnagar district ยท Saurashtra
Bhavnagar
Bhavnagar, a former princely state, is known for the nearby Alang ship-breaking yard, one of the world's largest, and its diamond and plastics trade. Source
Business ratings collected July 2026
Ranked lists for Bhavnagar
Food and drink
Health
Beauty and fitness
Shopping
Services
Stay and travel
Also counted in Bhavnagar, but too few well-reviewed places for a fair ranking yet: fast food places (22), supermarkets and grocery stores (21), clinics and doctors (12), bakeries and cake shops (11), gujarati thali restaurants (10), street food stalls (9), sports shops (8), electronics and appliance stores (8), builders and developers (7), clothing stores (5), ayurveda and homeopathy clinics (4), physiotherapy clinics (3).
Bhavnagar at a glance
Every ranked list for Bhavnagar, with its median Google rating and the place ranked first.
| List | Listed | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 121 | 4.2 |
| Beauty parlours and salons | 95 | 4.9 |
| Hotels | 95 | 4.0 |
| Dentists | 92 | 5.0 |
| Pharmacies | 91 | 4.7 |
| Jewellers | 88 | 4.9 |
| Hospitals | 84 | 4.7 |
| Mobile phone shops | 68 | 4.7 |
| Sweet shops | 50 | 4.4 |
| Cafes | 43 | 4.5 |
| Gyms and fitness centres | 32 | 4.7 |
| Ice cream and dessert shops | 23 | 4.3 |
| Mobile repair shops | 20 | 4.8 |
Busiest areas in our Bhavnagar listings
Localities with the most listed places, and what they are known for in this directory. A sample of what we collected, not a census.
What Gujaratipedia lists in Bhavnagar
Places per section, from Google Maps listings we collected
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| Section | Places |
|---|---|
| Food and drink | 290 |
| Health | 288 |
| Shopping | 203 |
| Beauty and fitness | 132 |
| Stay and travel | 96 |
| Services | 30 |
Highest-rated places with real volume
Best review-weighted scores in Bhavnagar among places with 100 or more Google reviews.
| Place | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| M D JewellersHill Drive | 5.0 | 682 |
| ๐๐๐ก๐โ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ฅ๐ - Best DentistHill Drive | 5.0 | 294 |
| CaratLane Jewellery Waghawadi RoadHill Drive | 5.0 | 643 |
| Navdant Dental ClinicVijayrajnagar | 5.0 | 275 |
| Shubham Orthopaedic & Dental HospitalTakhteshwar Plots | 5.0 | 208 |
| Viva PhonesDarbargadh | 5.0 | 585 |
| Raninga jewellersKaliyabid | 5.0 | 307 |
| 9 MobilesKrishna Nagar | 5.0 | 427 |
| Orofix Dental CareKaliyabid | 5.0 | 104 |
| Dhruvi Dental ClinicBortalav | 5.0 | 102 |
Places and festivals in and around Bhavnagar
Places to see
Palitana Temples
A cluster of Jain temples atop Shatrunjaya Hill, among the holiest Jain pilgrimage sites
Velavadar Blackbuck National Park
A grassland national park known for large herds of blackbuck and harrier roosts
Nishkalank Mahadev
sea Shiva temple
Shatrunjaya (Palitana Temples)
Jain temple city
Gopnath Beach
A coastal Shiva temple site linked to Narsinh Mehta
Sihor
A historic Gohil Rajput fort town in the hills
Piram Island
A fossil-rich island off Ghogha in the Gulf of Khambhat
Festivals and fairs
Palitana Jain Festivals
Jain pilgrimage observances at the Shatrunjaya hill temples near Palitana in Bhavnagar district, including Kartik Purnima and the winter pilgrimage season
Nishkalank Mahadev Mela, Koliyak
Amavasya fair at the sea-submerged Nishkalank Mahadev temple at Koliyak near Bhavnagar
Kartik Purnima Palitana Pilgrimage
Reopening of the Shatrunjaya pilgrimage route at Palitana on Kartik Purnima after the monsoon closure
Khodiyar Mata Fair, Rajpara
Fairs at the Khodiyar Mata temple at Rajpara near Bhavnagar, especially on Maha Sud Aatham