The restaurants below have been grouped into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over Rp2,000)
$$$ (Rp1,000 to Rp2,000)
$$ (from Rp500 to Rp1,000)
$ (under Rp500)
Prices are for a three course meal for one with half a bottle of house wine or equivalent (where applicable), tax and service included unless noted.
Ebony
Indian and western businessmen go to this restaurant for its variety of food from Indian to Thai to French. It is on the 13th floor and has a terrace with tables overlooking the city. It also serves a choice of cocktails and mocktails
(non-alcoholic cocktails).
Barton Center, 84 MG Road
Tel: (080) 2558 9333.
Price: $$$$
Mavalli Tiffin Rooms (MTR)
This restaurant is a mecca for locals and has a gastronomic reputation for genuine Indian cuisine, especially
masala dosa (a rice pancake with a meat or vegetable filling). Good food in plain surroundings with plastic chairs.
Corner of Lalbagh and Siddalah Roads
Tel: (080) 2222 0022.
Price: $$$
Daddy’s Deli
1km (0.6 miles) south of MG Road this is becoming the trendy place for locals and visitors alike. It offers authentic, homemade Parsi dishes in an interesting, off-beat room with walls lined with Zoroastrian texts and writings about Parsi history.
12/3 Alexandra Street
Tel: (080) 2229 4594.
Price: $$$
Casa Piccola
This is a budget restaurant which specializes in western dishes. It is open and airy with a patio feel and serves casseroles, pizzas, pasta, and milkshakes. There is an upstairs lounge,
Casa del Sol, which serves tapas.
131 Residency Road
Tel: (080) 2221 2907.
Price: $$$
Udupi Park
One of the cheapest eateries in town. It serves traditional north and south Indian food to a clientele mostly made up of locals.
30 Church Street
No telephone.
Price: $
Nightlife:Bengaluru has the liveliest nightlife outside of Mumbai and pubs proliferate along Brigade Road, Residency Road and Church Street.
Local newspapers and the free local listings monthly,
Trailblazer, give details of several discos and live music and theater venues.
Pubs open before noon and close their doors at 2300-2330, but anyone inside can usually get served until later.
Down Town in Residency Road,
Guzzlers Inn in Rest House Road just off Brigade Road, and
Nasa in Church Street are all popular.
Special to Bengaluru is the phenomenon of lounges, to which most clubs have been converted in recent times. They have comfortable sofas around the dance floor and serve food and alcohol. Try
Cosmo Village at 29 Magrath Road,
Spinn at 80, 3rd Cross, Residency Road, and
Urban Edge at 131 Brigade Road.
Live music venues include
Nineteen Twelve at 40 St Marks Road,
A Pinch of Jazz at 47 Dickenson Road and
Purple Haze at 17/1 Residency Road.
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