Hi,
I recently visited Nainital (9th Aug-11th Aug) and the route I took is Delhi – Hapur – Moradabad – Rampur – Bliaspur – Haldwani – Nainital. The road is pretty good except the Ramput-Bilaspur stretch where some 20 KM road is horrible with lot of pits.
Its interesting to drive as it will test our ability to find the best route possible among those pits (sharp cuts and turns in the straight road).
Other than that its pretty good. Initially we planned Nainital trip only but as we went on and on we went till Mukteshwar to have a view of himalaya but unfortunately its cloudy and couldn't see what would have been a great trip.
You can see some of the pics of Mukteshwar and Nainital on my blog.
www.kmohankumar.blogspot.com
Cheers,
Mohan