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The best Bisi Bele Bath in Bangalore

Also spelt bisibelebath, bisi bela bath, bisibele bhath and bisi bele huli anna. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Mavalli Tiffin Rooms (MTR)

    Lalbagh Road, Doddamavalli Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    6.30am to 8.30pm, shut between sittings
    Where
    14 Lalbagh Main Road, Doddamavalli, Sudhama Nagar, Bengaluru 560027 (opposite the passport office, near Lalbagh west gate)

    The bisi bele bath comes with a pot of ghee and onion raita, and the benches are worth the wait. Check which sitting has it before you queue, and the room stays shut on Mondays.

    What to orderBisi bele bath with the ghee pot and onion raita

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  2. Number 2.Veena Stores

    Malleswaram, Margosa Road Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    6am to noon and 3pm to 9pm; bath goes early
    Where
    187, 15th Cross, Margosa Road, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560003

    Order the bisi bele bath at the kiosk, then eat standing at the counter or on the pavement bench. It runs out well before noon, and there is no sambar with anything here.

    What to orderBisi bele bath, with a vada on the side

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  3. Number 3.New Modern Hotel

    VV Puram, near Minerva Circle Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    7am to 7pm; bisi bele bath Mondays and Fridays
    Where
    143 Dr A N Krishna Rao Road (Diagonal Road), near Minerva Circle, Vishweshwarapuram, Bengaluru 560004

    A plate here tastes of old Udupi cooking, mild rather than fierce, and costs almost nothing. The catch is the calendar: they make bisi bele bath on Mondays and Fridays only, so ring first.

    What to orderBisi bele bath on a Monday or Friday

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  4. Puliyogare Point

    NR Colony, Basavanagudi Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    8.30am to 9.30pm, bath from about 11am
    Where
    81 East Anjaneya Temple Street, NR Colony, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru 560004 (a lane off Bugle Rock)

    Everyone comes for the puliyogare, but the bisi bele bath, red and heaped with boondi, holds its own. Eight tables, no parking and no raita, so take curd rice if you want relief.

    What to orderBisi bele bath with extra boondi

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  5. Maiya's

    Jayanagar 4th Block Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    7am to 10pm; bath is breakfast only, goes early
    Where
    459/30, 30th Cross Road, 4th Block, Jayanagar, Bengaluru 560011 (opposite Jayanagar police station)

    Whole cashews go into the bath here, and raita and ghee arrive on request. It sits on the breakfast menu and disappears by mid morning, so Sunday latecomers end up with dosa instead.

    What to orderBreakfast bisi bele bath with cashews, ghee added

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  6. Palm Grove, Ballal Residency

    Residency Road MG Road and central

    Open
    7am to 10.30pm; bath served 10am to 3pm
    Where
    Ballal Residency, 74/4, 3rd Cross, Residency Road, Bengaluru 560025 (behind the hotel reception)

    Inside the Ballal Residency, the plate arrives bright red with spicy crisps instead of boondi. Service for it is roughly ten until three, and the lunch crowd from Residency Road fills the room.

    What to orderBisi bele bath with the spicy crisps

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  7. Halli Mane

    Malleswaram, Sampige Road Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    7am to 10pm daily
    Where
    3rd Cross, Sampige Road, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560003 (a short walk from Sampige Road metro)

    Village style cooking on Sampige Road, where the bisi bele bath comes hot with ghee poured over. Seating is communal and noisy, and weekend queues spill onto the street, so arrive early.

    What to orderBisi bele bath from the ground floor counter

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  8. Sri Udupi Park

    Indiranagar, 100 Feet Road Indiranagar

    Open
    7am to 11pm, bath available all day
    Where
    273 Monalisa Building, 6th Main, 100 Feet Road, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bengaluru 560038

    Thicker and hotter than the southern versions, topped with boondi and served with raita. The reason to come is timing rather than nostalgia: it is on the counter all day with no queue.

    What to orderBisi bele bath with boondi and raita

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  9. TKS Iyengar's

    Basaveshwaranagar Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    7am to 10pm, lunch service from 1pm
    Where
    274, 8th Main Road, West of Chord Road 1st Stage, Basaveshwaranagar, Bengaluru 560079

    Iyengar cooking without onion or garlic, so the bisi bele bath leans on tamarind and roasted spice. Rice dishes appear with the lunch service after one, and the small room fills fast.

    What to orderBisi bele bath, then filter coffee

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  10. Udupi Sri Krishna Bhavan

    Balepete, in the old pete City Market and Chickpet

    Open
    7.45am to 7.45pm, shut Tuesdays
    Where
    123-124 Janardhan Buildings, Balepete Main Road, near Balepete Circle, Bengaluru 560053

    What they pour here is the rava version, semolina rather than rice, and it is a Balepete breakfast habit rather than a lunch plate. The lanes around are too tight for a car, so come by metro.

    What to orderRava bisi bele bath

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