The best Haleem in Bangalore
Also spelt haleem ramzan, hyderabadi haleem, khichda and harees. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.
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Number 1.Hotel Fanoos (Johnson Market)
- Open
- 11am to 1am, every day
- Where
- 17 Hosur Road, opposite Johnson Market, Richmond Town, Bengaluru 560025
Beef haleem is the one to get, smokier than any goat version, and in Ramzan it outsells the rolls. Takeaway counter downstairs, restaurant upstairs, and the haleem is a Ramzan item rather than a year round one.
What to orderBeef haleem, small container
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Number 2.Albert Bakery
- Open
- Ramzan, from 3.30pm; haleem usually gone by 6pm
- Where
- 93 Mosque Road, Frazer Town (Pulakeshi Nagar), Bengaluru 560005
Ask for the goat haleem at the counter, then a bheja puff while you queue. Get there by five, because most of what matters has gone by six, and the shop only does this during Ramzan.
What to orderGoat haleem, plus a bheja puff
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Number 3.Savoury Restaurant (Frazer Town)
- Open
- 1pm to 3am daily, haleem all year
- Where
- 27 Mosque Road, near Haji Sir Ismail Sait Mosque, Frazer Town, Bengaluru 560005
The mutton haleem runs all year here, which is rare in this city. Pair it with the harissa, a blander cousin. Expect a long wait for food once the fasting crowd arrives.
What to orderMutton haleem, with a side of harissa
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Chichaba's Taj (MM Road)
- Open
- Noon to 11.30pm daily
- Where
- 50 Madhavaraya Mudaliar (MM) Road, Frazer Town, Bengaluru 560005
Third generation, same recipes, and the chicken haleem is what regulars come for. Take the baida roti alongside. Family boxes go quickly in the last week of Ramzan, so ring ahead if you want one.
What to orderChicken haleem with baida roti
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Karama Restaurant (Mosque Road)
- Open
- 7am to 1am daily
- Where
- 55 Mosque Road, Frazer Town (Pulakeshi Nagar), Bengaluru 560005
Creamy mutton haleem, closer to the Arabian end than the Hyderabadi one. Sit down and add the mohabbat ka sharbat. Parking on Mosque Road during Ramzan is hopeless, so walk in from Coles Road.
What to orderMutton haleem with mohabbat ka sharbat
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Pista House Haleem (Mosque Road
- Open
- Ramzan only, from 2pm until the pots run dry
- Where
- Mosque Road, opposite Albert Bakery, near Haji Sir Ismail Sait Mosque, Frazer Town (Pulakeshi Nagar), Bengaluru 560005
Order the mutton haleem, cooked on firewood in a brick kiln the Hyderabad crew rebuilds each Ramzan. It vanishes when the month ends, and the counter runs dry most evenings well before closing.
What to orderMutton haleem, small container
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Empire Restaurant (Mosque Road
- Open
- Roughly 11am to 2am, later during Ramzan
- Where
- 34 Mosque Road, Frazer Town (Pulakeshi Nagar), Bengaluru 560005
Empire started the Ramzan booth habit on this street, and the mutton haleem is the reason to stop. Portions are large, prices are not street prices, and the queue peaks right after the evening call.
What to orderMutton haleem
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Sharief Bhai (Mosque Road
- Open
- Noon to 1am daily
- Where
- 10, Ground Floor, Mosque Road, Frazer Town, Bengaluru 560005
Dakhni style mutton haleem, finished with ghee and fried onions, sold by the bowl or by the kilo. Skip the paneer and soya version. Biryani dominates the kitchen, so haleem can run out early.
What to orderMutton haleem (gosht), by the bowl
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Rahhams Families Restaurant
- Open
- Noon to midnight daily
- Where
- MM Road, near the Mosque Road junction, Frazer Town (Pulakeshi Nagar), Bengaluru 560005
Where families go when the street outside is too much. Ask for the mutton haleem, shredded fine rather than pasty. Tables fill by seven in Ramzan and they do not take bookings for them.
What to orderMutton haleem
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The Grand Hyderabadi Biryani (MM Road)
- Open
- Open 24 hours
- Where
- 145/1, Ground Floor, MM Road, Frazer Town (Pulakeshi Nagar), Bengaluru 560005
Open around the clock, which makes it the fallback when everything else on MM Road has shuttered. Take the mutton haleem and the custard apple after. The biryani is what the kitchen actually prioritises.
What to orderMutton haleem, then custard apple
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City Durbar (Tilak Nagar)
- Open
- 11am to 11pm daily
- Where
- 76/1, 30th Cross, Tilak Nagar, Jayanagar 4th T Block, Bengaluru 560041
South Bengaluru's answer, near Bilal Masjid, doing a dense and deeply coloured mutton haleem. Broast chicken is the house dish, so say haleem clearly. Stalls on the street outside run only through Ramzan.
What to orderMutton haleem
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Zayan Kebab Corner
- Open
- 10am to 10pm daily
- Where
- Mosque Road, Frazer Town (Pulakeshi Nagar), Bengaluru 560005
Cheap, cramped and busy, and the haleem is worth the shuffle to the front. Order it with the pathar ka gosht. It sits opposite the mosque at the MM Road junction, with no real seating.
What to orderHaleem with pathar ka gosht
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