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The best Idli Vada in Bangalore

Also spelt idli vade, idly vada, idli sambar and medu vada. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Brahmin's Coffee Bar

    Shankarapuram, Basavanagudi Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    6am to noon and 3pm to 7pm, shut Sundays
    Where
    Pushp Kiran, 19 Ranga Rao Road, near Shankar Mutt Road, Shankarapuram, Bengaluru 560004

    Ask for idli vada with white butter and let them flood the plate from the chutney counter. There is no sambar here at all, no seating either, and Sundays it stays shut.

    What to orderIdli vada with white butter and the green coconut chutney

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  2. Number 2.Veena Stores, Margosa Road

    Malleswaram Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    About 6.30am to noon, then 3.30pm to 8.30pm
    Where
    183/187, 15th Cross, Margosa Road, near BSNL telephone exchange, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560003

    Two idli and one vada, chutney ladled on without limit, is the whole reason to come. You eat standing on the pavement, and the weekend queue spills into Margosa Road traffic.

    What to orderIdli vada with the mint-coconut chutney, refilled as often as you like

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  3. Number 3.Sri Raghavendra Stores (by Malleswaram railway station)

    Malleswaram West Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    6am to 11am, then 4pm to 9pm, all days
    Where
    11th Main Road, opposite Manipal North Side Hospital, next to Malleswaram railway station, Malleswaram West, Bengaluru 560055

    The vada is what regulars queue for, crisp enough to crack audibly, and the idli comes drowned in runny chutney. No sambar, no chairs, and dosa is sold from the shop opposite.

    What to orderUddina vada with idli and chutney

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  4. Taaza Thindi, Jayanagar 4th T Block

    Jayanagar Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    7am to noon, then 4pm to 9.30pm daily
    Where
    1004, 26th Main Road, 4th T Block East, Jayanagar 9th Block, opposite HDFC Bank, Bengaluru 560041

    Take the idli vada chutney rather than the dosa, which people over-order. Machine-washed plates and quick counters, but the queue at nine on a Saturday is long and there is nowhere to sit.

    What to orderIdli vada with chutney, single of each to start

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  5. Udupi Sri Krishna Bhavan

    Balepet, near Avenue Road City Market and Chickpet

    Open
    7.45am to 7.45pm, all days
    Where
    123-124, Janardhana Buildings, Balepet Main Road, near Chickpet, Bengaluru 560053

    One of the few old rooms that gives you proper sambar with the idli vada, sweetish and thick. Balepet lanes are too narrow for a car, so come by two wheeler or metro.

    What to orderIdli vada with the Karnataka-style sambar

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  6. The Rameshwaram Cafe, Indiranagar 100 Feet Road

    Binnamangala, Indiranagar Indiranagar

    Open
    About 5am to 1am, every day
    Where
    847/1, Binnamangala 1st Stage, 100 Feet Road, Indiranagar, Bengaluru 560038

    Ghee podi idli is the plate here, thatte style and heavy with ghee, and the uddina vada holds up. Expect a self service scrum and almost no seating; prices sit above any darshini.

    What to orderGhee podi idli with uddina vada

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  7. Iyer Idly

    New Thippasandra, HAL 3rd Stage Indiranagar

    Open
    6.30 to 11.30am and 5 to 9pm; Sundays morning only
    Where
    1887/A, 8th Cross, 2nd Main, HAL 3rd Stage, New Thippasandra, Bengaluru 560075

    Idli and vada arrive with a fierce green coconut chutney and nothing else, no sambar. Ask for the thick chutney if you are parcelling. It sells out well before the morning closes.

    What to orderIdli vada with the thick getti chutney

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  8. Sri Lakshmi Venkateshwara (SLV) Coffee Bar

    Banashankari 2nd Stage Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    6am to 8.30pm; Sundays only until 12.30pm
    Where
    187, 16th Main, 24th Cross, Banashankari 2nd Stage, opposite BDA park, Bengaluru 560070

    Idli and vade with a knob of butter, chutney only and no sambar, is what south Bengaluru queues here for. Cash in hand, nothing else works, and Sundays it closes at half twelve.

    What to orderIdli vade with benne and the getti chutney

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  9. Airlines Hotel

    Lavelle Road, Shanthala Nagar MG Road and central

    Open
    7am to 10pm daily
    Where
    No. 4, Madras Bank Road, off Lavelle Road, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru 560001

    Order the sambar vada and eat it under the banyan while a waiter walks it to your car. Breakfast items stop around eleven, and the North Indian half of the menu is skippable.

    What to orderSambar vada, with idli and filter coffee

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  10. Sree Krishna Kafe

    Koramangala 5th Block Koramangala

    Open
    7.30am to 11.30am, then lunch from noon
    Where
    143, 60 Feet Road, KHB Block, Koramangala 5th Block, Bengaluru 560095

    Tamil style plate, so the sambar is savoury rather than sweet; take idli and vada in it. Carry cash, they take no UPI, and the room sits up a flight with no lift.

    What to orderIdli and vada in the sambar, or the masala idli

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  11. Arogya Ahaara

    Jakkasandra, HSR Layout Sector 5 HSR and Sarjapur Road

    Open
    7am to 3pm and 4pm to 9.30pm, all days
    Where
    108, 4th Cross Road, 13th Main Road, Jakkasandra, HSR Layout 5th Sector, Bengaluru 560034

    Idli vada with chutney is the reliable order, cheap and quick off a self service counter. Seating is limited and the 8am to 10am office rush is heavy, so go earlier or later.

    What to orderIdli vada chutney, with a maddur vada after

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  12. Hegde's Fast Food

    Vidyaranyapura Hebbal and the north

    Open
    8am to 11am and 6pm to 9pm
    Where
    Vidyaranyapura Main Road, HMT Layout 3rd Block, Vidyaranyapura, Bengaluru 560097

    Run by a former Veena Stores hand, and the idli vada shows it. Chutney only, no sambar, and you stand on the road to eat. Khara bath often runs out by mid morning.

    What to orderIdli vade with chutney, and the kashaya

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  13. Shree Idly Corner, Veera Pillai Street

    Shivajinagar and Bharati Nagar Frazer Town and Cantonment

    Open
    Mostly evenings, about 5pm to 9.30pm
    Where
    22/1 Veera Pillai Street, near Balaji Auto Stores, Bharati Nagar, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru 560051

    Butter idli with vada and both chutneys, green and red, is what people come down Veera Pillai Street for. The lane defeats map apps, so ask locally, and leave the car behind.

    What to orderButter idli with vada and both chutneys

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  14. Umesh Dosa Point

    Seshadripuram and Kumara Park West Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    Roughly 7am to 11pm, every day
    Where
    21, 1st Main Road, 4th Block Kumara Park West, off Nehru Nagar Main Road, Seshadripuram, Bengaluru 560020

    The ghee podi idli, seasoned with a podi they also sell in packets, is why food writers send you here. Cash only at this counter, and there is nowhere at all to sit.

    What to orderGhee podi idli, with a vada alongside

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