01MustLalbagh
MTR (Mavalli Tiffin Room)
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Rava idli
Where the rava idli was invented, and they still make it as if it matters. Get there before the queue and wear the loose pants.
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Iconic Bangalore
The ones that define the city. No debate, no tourist tax. Where a local would actually send you.
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Tiffin
6 spots02MustBasavanagudi
Vidyarthi Bhavan
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Benne masala dosa
The benne masala dosa is the whole point: crisp, drowning in butter, zero apology. Go before 9 or you queue in the lane.
03Malleshwaram
CTR (Shri Sagar)
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Benne masala dosa
The other dosa people fight about. Thinner, lacier, somehow even more butter. Come settle it for yourself.
04Basavanagudi
Brahmin's Coffee Bar
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Idli and filter coffee
No menu, no fuss, no seat worth mentioning. Idli, that coconut chutney, one filter coffee, done. That is the whole magic.
05Malleshwaram
Veena Stores
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Idli-vada
A counter in a wall that sells out its idli by mid-morning. Eat it standing on the pavement the way everyone else does.
06Banashankari
Taaza Thindi
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Khara bath
South Bangalore's worst-kept secret. Cash only, no seats, and a dosa that earns the trek across town.
Meals
6 spots01MustSt. Marks Road
Koshy's
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Mutton cutlet, cold coffee
Not the best food in the city and it could not care less. This is where Bangalore has argued about everything for seventy years. Get the cutlet, stay two hours.
02Residency Road
Nagarjuna
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Andhra mutton meals
The Andhra meals that ruins every other Andhra meals for you. Ask for the mutton, brace for the spice, keep the rice coming.
03Jayanagar
Shivaji Military Hotel
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Donne mutton pulao
Opens at 12:30, sold out by 2. A donne mutton pulao worth planning your whole day around. Go hungry, go early.
04Koramangala
Meghana Foods
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Boneless biryani
When someone in this city says 'let's get biryani', they quietly mean here. Get the boneless and do not overthink it.
05Church Street
Empire Restaurant
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Kebabs, past midnight
The 2am answer to every night out. Loud, bright, fast, and the kebabs land exactly when you need them to.
06Residency Road
Karavalli
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The coastal thali
The one splurge here, and it earns every rupee. Coastal cooking done with real reverence. Book it, dress up a little.
Coffee
1 spot01Lavelle Road
Airlines Hotel
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Filter coffee, under the tree
A drive-in from another era with a giant tree in the middle of it. Filter coffee in a steel tumbler, nobody rushing you off.
Sweet
1 spot01Residency Road
Corner House
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Death by Chocolate
Death by Chocolate is not a suggestion, it is the order. Every Bangalorean's first heartbreak recovery plan.
Pints
1 spot01Indiranagar
Toit
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Toit Weiss
The brewery that set the bar for the rest. Get the Weiss, go before 8 or you queue on the stairs. Touristy now, still right.