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The most iconic restaurants in Bangalore

The top 3 according to 1,989 votes from people: Mavalli Tiffin Room (MTR) · Vidyarthi Bhavan · Koshy's. (Updated Mar 26, 2022.)

Masala dosa since 1943, military-hotel biryani and Koshy's breakfasts: Bengaluru's legendary eateries according to locals.

Ankit Iyer · · 12 items · 1989 votes · 16 comments

Top 12

  1. 1

    Mavalli Tiffin Room (MTR)

    Vegetarian institution since 1924.

    ▲ 225 ▼ 18

    207
  2. 2

    Vidyarthi Bhavan

    Crispy masala dosa since 1943.

    ▲ 203 ▼ 22

    181
  3. 3

    Koshy's

    Breakfasts, appams and filter coffee since 1940.

    ▲ 171 ▼ 17

    154
  4. 4

    Brahmins Coffee Bar

    Idli, vada and the famous coconut chutney.

    ▲ 159 ▼ 29

    130
  5. 5

    Shivaji Military Hotel

    Donne biryani since 1939.

    ▲ 150 ▼ 23

    127
  6. 6

    Central Tiffin Room (CTR)

    Benne masala dosa in Malleshwaram.

    ▲ 137 ▼ 24

    113
  7. 7

    Nagarjuna

    Andhra meals and biryani since 1984.

    ▲ 122 ▼ 24

    98
  8. 8

    Karavalli

    Coastal Karnataka seafood at the Taj.

    ▲ 107 ▼ 30

    77
  9. 9

    The Only Place

    Steaks and burgers since 1965.

    ▲ 106 ▼ 34

    72
  10. 10

    Corner House

    Death by Chocolate sundaes.

    ▲ 101 ▼ 35

    66
  11. 11

    Toit

    Brewpub that kick-started the city's craft beer scene.

    ▲ 90 ▼ 30

    60
  12. 12

    Truffles

    Burgers loved by students.

    ▲ 91 ▼ 41

    50

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Comments (16)

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Sarah

Brahmins Coffee Bar chutney is unreal, standing only though

Harriet

Vidyarthi Bhavan dosa is still the best in the city, the queue says it all

tripnerd_york

Truffles burgers in Koramangala, college memories

Corey Patel

Corner House death by chocolate was every kid's dream growing up in Bangalore

Travis Crawford

The Only Place has been around since forever, steak sizzlers

Eleanor Walker

Karavalli is pricey but the coastal food is the best in the city

knitter.slow

CTR benne masala dosa > Vidyarthi Bhavan, fight me

Ishita P.

Both are great, but CTR is less crowded at least

outdoorsy.curious

Where is Rameshwaram Cafe? Everyone queues there now

J. Ferguson

its a list of iconic ones, the old places, not the new hype

daniel_otaku

Koshy's is nostalgia on a plate, the cutlets and coffee

dealhunter_slow

Good list. Would add Hotel Empire for late night ghee rice and kebabs

menuhunter

Toit is the reason I started drinking craft beer lol

Erin Brown

Shivaji Military Hotel donne biryani at 7am, legendary

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