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Dining The guide was updated: 2024-08-01

Bangalore is a gourmand's paradise, as the local cuisine takes in influences from Andhra, Chettinad, Hyderabadi, Tamil, Mangalorean, and Keralan dishes with a big emphasis on rice, Sambar and Rasam (a lentil-based vegetable stew and spicy soup) dishes.

As a global capital, Bangalore also offers a great variety of international cuisine but the real delight is to fully indulge in its delicious local cuisine, as there is something for everyone.

You should start the day with a plate of unbeatable Masala Dosa, a delicious crepe stuffed with spiced potatoes known as the 'food of the gods', accompanied by some chai tea. Lunch or dinner normally consists of steamed rice, curries, vegetable dishes and pickles, and one or two sweet dishes like poppadoms, buttermilk, curd and ghee. It is tradition to start the meal with a sweet dish and finish it with curd rice, and everything is served on well-rinsed banana leaves.

VV Puram Food Street

VV Puram Food Street

Foodies must head to VV Puram, a bustling food street also known as Thindi Beedi and Chaat Street. The small hole-in-the-wall shops serve up the best vegetarian dishes in town, like Pav Bhaji or the typical Dal Holige or Gulkand. Everything here looks and smells sublime, and the moderate prices are an added bonus.

Ebony

Ebony

Ebony is an elevator ride up to the 13th floor where it boasts a lounge bar and a terrace with tables overlooking the city. Indian and western businessmen head to this restaurant for its variety of food, ranging from typical Indian dishes to Thai to French specialities. Try the Manan’s pepper mutton that comes from the temple town of Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu, while vegetarians should sample the delicious paneer kairi dopiaza, made from paneer, mangoes, onions and fresh coriander.

Jamavar

Jamavar

Jamavar at Leela Palace Kempinski Hotel is one of Bangalore's chicest restaurants, and it is said to serve the best tandoori dishes in the city. While it also offers succulent kebabs and fragrant biryanis from the northern Indian tradition, the southern cuisines influence with some delectable curries.

Karavalli

Karavalli

Set in a wonderfully evocative location that calls an old and royal Mangalorean home to mind, completed with antique furniture and an open-air courtyard, Karavalli at The Gateway Hotel offers some of the best dishes in the city. Try the Goan baby lobster, the Alleppey fish curry or the Mangalorean black pomfret, which are all known delicacies prepared by Chef Jose Thomas.

Mavalli Tiffin Rooms

Mavalli Tiffin Rooms

A much loved and revered Bangalore institution, the Mavalli Tiffin Rooms, serves some of the best Indian food in town, particularly the masala dosa, a rice pancake with a meat or vegetable filling. Delighting the returning clientele for over nine decades, this location is a must visit when visiting Bangalore.

Olive Bar and Kitchen

Olive Bar and Kitchen

This al fresco lounge bar is popular within Bangalore’s in-crowd, serving Indian food with real gusto in a exquisite modern interior. When you think that you already reached the ultimate dining experience, then let yourself indulge on their unforgettable desert of Affogato, coffee beans and Kahlua ice cream with bitter almond cookies.

Italia

Italia

One of the best Italian restaurants in town, i-t.ALIA at The Park Bangalore, is characterised by a deep love for the best ingredients and peculiar flavours. Here you will experience exquisitely prepared dishes from pasta to salads that are rigorously delicious and absolutely authentic.

Blue Ginger

Blue Ginger

Blue Ginger's fine interior has lush tropical foliage and a serene lotus pond to match the fine Vietnamese dining at Taj West End Hotel. Here, chefs work in their open kitchen creating mouth-watering dishes including coconut-based Vietnamese caris (curry), braised fish with pepper, and crunchy stir-fried greens with garlic.

The Fisherman's Wharf

The Fisherman's Wharf

The authentic and unique flavours of the Goan cuisine can be truly experienced at the Fisherman's Wharf. While vegetarian dishes take a seat back here, this restaurant offers a wide variety of seafood specialities and, quite regularly, live music that creates a vibrant and lively atmosphere.

Barbeque Nation

Barbeque Nation

Barbeque Nation serves a little bit of everything, as the menu varies from Indian to Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine offering plentiful choices to satisfy everybody's taste buds. The outstanding selection of both meats and vegetarian options on the BBQ table is its peculiarity, so do not miss that out.

Dakshin

Dakshin

Dakshin is a perfect dining option with live music and a sophisticated atmosphere. Enjoy food from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka all in one place, as you will here travel through Indian's best cuisines.

Sattvam

Sattvam

Sattvam food is known for being divine, authentic and inspiring. While both service and buffet are just unique, the great variety of vegetarian food offers options for indeed everyone.

Chianti

Chianti

As much as the traditional Indian cuisine is truly delicious, especially in Bangalore, Chianti offers a welcoming change with its wide range of Italian dishes. Pastas, pizzas and salads in a mouth-watering selection of dishes await you and you will not leave hungry still.

Millers 46

Millers 46

Millers 46 is one of the top steak houses in Bangalore. While the menu includes a great variety of meat, seafood and vegetarian dishes, accompanied by a tempting selection of drinks, the portions are big and the price is worthy.

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