6 restaurants · updated November 2026
The Best Indian Restaurants in Bengaluru
Bengaluru eats breakfast like nowhere else: benne dosa, idli and filter coffee at tiffin rooms that have barely changed in a century. The city also has some of India's most talked-about new kitchens, from farm tasting menus outside town to restaurants built around Karnataka's own regional food.
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Farmlore
#4, India Top 50 Restaurants 2026 (Condé Nast Traveller)A farm restaurant outside the city with tasting menus built on what it grows. Ranked fourth in India in 2026.
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Nāvu
#15, India Top 50 Restaurants 2026 (Condé Nast Traveller)A restaurant devoted to Karnataka's regional cooking, ranked in India's top twenty for 2026.
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The coastal Karnataka and Kerala restaurant at the Taj on Residency Road, a city classic for decades.
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Butter Chicken
Pongal
Fish CurryTiffin rooms
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The grand old tiffin room, open since 1924 and said to be where rava idli was invented.
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A one-room Gandhi Bazaar institution since 1943, famous for its crisp, ghee-soaked masala dosa.
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A Malleswaram favourite since the 1920s, and the place many locals say makes the best benne dosa.
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Masala Dosa
IdliHow we chose
Picked from the Condé Nast Traveller x District Top Restaurant Awards 2026 (via Esquire India), Cathay Pacific's local guide, Outlook Traveller and The Better India. Restaurants change, close and lose or gain stars, so check before you travel. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.