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The best Masala Dosa in Bangalore

Also spelt dosa, masala dosai, masaal dosa and Mysore masala dosa. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Shri Sagar (CTR)

    Malleswaram Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    7am to 12.30pm, 4 to 9.30pm daily
    Where
    7th Cross Road, off Margosa Road, opposite Malleswaram Grounds, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560003

    Order the benne masale dose, and a Mangalore bajji to fill the wait. Sunday mornings the queue takes half an hour, tables are shared, and the kitchen shuts between 12.30 and 4.

    What to orderBenne masale dose

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  2. Number 2.Vidyarthi Bhavan, Gandhi Bazaar

    Basavanagudi Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    6.30 to 11.30am and 2 to 8pm, shut Fridays
    Where
    32, Gandhi Bazaar Main Road, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru 560004

    The benne masala dose comes stacked along a waiter's forearm; take it with filter coffee. It shuts on Fridays, and by nine on a weekend the Gandhi Bazaar queue is round the corner.

    What to orderBenne masala dose with filter coffee

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  3. Number 3.MTR (Mavalli Tiffin Rooms)

    Mavalli, Lalbagh Road Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    6.30 to 11am, 12.30 to 8.30pm, shut Mondays
    Where
    14, Lalbagh Main Road, Doddamavalli, Sudhama Nagar, near Lalbagh main gate, Bengaluru 560027

    Masala dosa here is thinner and softer than the benne style, served with sambar; the rava idli is worth adding. Mondays it is closed, and weekend mornings fill with Lalbagh walkers.

    What to orderMasala dosa with rava idli

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  4. Umesh Refreshments

    Kumara Park West, Seshadripuram Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    7am to 11pm daily
    Where
    23, 3rd Main Road, 4th Block, Kumara Park West, Seshadripuram, Bengaluru 560020

    Ghee pudi masala dosa is the order, and it comes out the same every time. Bring cash, the Kumara Park counter refuses UPI, and expect to eat standing on the footpath.

    What to orderGhee pudi masala dosa

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  5. Bengaluru Cafe, Jayanagar 2nd Block

    Jayanagar Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    7am to 9pm, shorter on Sundays
    Where
    6, 9th Cross, 9th Main Road, 2nd Block, Jayanagar East, Bengaluru 560011

    Benne masala dosa, and stand while you eat it, because seating amounts to one bench for the elderly. Carry cash. The token queue on a weekend morning moves fast but starts long.

    What to orderBenne masala dosa

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  6. Lakshmi Nataraj Refreshments

    Nagarathpet, City Market City Market and Chickpet

    Open
    8am to 11pm daily, lunch 1 to 3.30pm
    Where
    126, Nagarathpet Main Road, behind Kalamma Temple, near Dharmaraya Swamy Temple, Bengaluru 560002

    Ask for the pudi masala dosa, dark with fried gunpowder and ghee. Finding it is the hard part: a narrow Nagarathpet bylane behind Kalamma Temple, with nowhere at all to park.

    What to orderPudi masala dosa

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  7. 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

    Butter masala dosa under the banyan tree, with jeera water and filter coffee, is why people still come. Prices have climbed well past what the food is; skip the chow chow bath.

    What to orderButter masala dosa

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  8. Cubbonpete Tiffin Room, Gandhi Bazaar

    Basavanagudi Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    7.30 to 11.30am, 5.30 to 8.45pm
    Where
    9/46, West Anjaneya Temple Street, off Gandhi Bazaar, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru 560004

    Pudi masala dosa here has a powdery crunch you will not find at the bigger names nearby. There is no seating whatsoever, and the shutters come down at 11.30am until evening.

    What to orderPudi masala dosa

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  9. Naveen Butter Dosa Camp

    Shivajinagar, off Commercial Street Frazer Town and Cantonment

    Open
    Evenings only, about 4 to 8pm
    Where
    168, Veera Pillai Street, at the Jeweller's Street corner, Tasker Town, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru 560051

    Butter masala dosa, spongy rather than crisp, cooked on three tavas at once off Jeweller's Street. It opens only in the late afternoon, and the man will tell you fifteen minutes.

    What to orderButter masala dosa

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  10. Old Original Vinayaka Mylari

    Indiranagar, HAL 2nd Stage Indiranagar

    Open
    6.30am to 11pm daily
    Where
    225/172, 9th Cross Road, off 80 Feet Road, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar, Bengaluru 560038

    The masala dose is soft, not crisp, with green sagu and a lump of white butter. Newly opened, so queues are long; nothing is on the delivery apps, so go in person.

    What to orderMasala dose with green sagu

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  11. Dose Of Davangere, Jayanagar 4th T Block

    Jayanagar Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    7am to noon, 4 to 10pm
    Where
    1467, 11th Main, 38th Cross Road, 4th T Block East, Jayanagar, Bengaluru 560041

    Davanagere benne dose, roasted over firewood with unsalted village butter, is what the small room does properly. Twenty seats only, so a busy morning means fifteen minutes standing about outside.

    What to orderDavanagere benne dose

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  12. Basaveshwaranagar Benne Dose Corner

    Basaveshwaranagar Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    About 7am to 10pm daily
    Where
    8th Main Road, 3rd Stage, West of Chord Road, Basaveshwaranagar, Bengaluru 560079

    Masala benne dose, roasted on a firewood tava, is the whole reason to come west for breakfast. Only dosas here, no sambar and no coffee, and nowhere to sit down.

    What to orderMasala benne dose

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