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The best Set Dose with Sagu in Bangalore

Also spelt set dose, set dosa, set dosai and sets dosa. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Hotel Dwaraka

    NR Colony, Basavanagudi Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    7am to 12.30pm, 3.30pm to 8.30pm, most days
    Where
    7th Cross Road, NR Colony, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru 560004

    The soft dose is the whole point, two rounds under white butter, and you should ask for sagu on the side. There is no sambar at all, and mornings fill up by eight.

    What to orderBenne khali dose, the local set, with sagu and extra chutney

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  2. Number 2.Hotel Janardhan

    High Grounds, near Race Course Road City Market and Chickpet

    Open
    7.30 to 11am, 12.30 to 3pm, 5 to 9pm daily
    Where
    6-1, Kumara Krupa Road, High Grounds, near Race Course Road, Bengaluru 560001

    Cops, politicians and old High Grounds regulars come for sagu, so take the set dose and a plate of Mysore pak. Breakfast shuts at eleven sharp and you will share a table.

    What to orderSet dose with sagu, then Mysore pak

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  3. Number 3.Mahalakshmi Tiffin Room (MLTR)

    Gandhi Bazaar Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    7am to 11.30am, 2.30pm to 8pm; may shut one weekday
    Where
    DVG Road, Gandhi Bazaar, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru 560004

    Ask for the khali dose, which is what they call the soft set here, and pay the extra for sagu. Board is in Kannada only, and breakfast stops at half eleven.

    What to orderKhali dose with sagu, and the rava vade

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  4. 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

    Everyone queues here for the benne masala dose, so order the set dose as well and let the sagu do its work. Expect twenty minutes on the pavement at weekends, and no afternoon service.

    What to orderSet dose, with one benne masala dose alongside

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  5. Chikkanna Tiffin Room

    Cubbonpete City Market and Chickpet

    Open
    7am to noon, 3.30pm to 8.30pm; Sunday mornings only
    Where
    32/1, 30th Cross, Cubbonpet Main Road, Chickpet, Bengaluru 560002

    Here the soft one is called kali dose, layered with sagu, chutney and a great deal of ghee. It sits down a lane too narrow for a car, and there is almost nowhere to stand.

    What to orderKali dose with sagu, ghee poured over

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  6. MTR, Lalbagh Road (the original)

    Lalbagh Road, Mavalli Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    6.30am to 11am, lunch 12.30pm to 2.30pm
    Where
    Lalbagh Road, near the Lalbagh main gate, Mavalli, Bengaluru 560027

    Order the set dose with sagu and the rava idli they invented; leave the masala dose to the tourists. Sunday queues run half an hour, and breakfast service ends around eleven.

    What to orderSet dose with sagu, plus rava idli

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  7. Cafe Amudham

    Koramangala 5th Block Koramangala

    Open
    6.30am to 12.45am, every day
    Where
    146, ground floor, next to William Penn, KHB Colony, 5th Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru 560095

    Three fluffy rounds in ghee with vegetable saagu, served from six thirty in the morning until well past midnight. Prices are triple a darshini's, and the garlic roast dose disappoints.

    What to orderGhee set dose, three pieces, with saagu

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  8. Sri Devi Darshini

    Banashankari Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    6am to 8.30pm; shuts about 3pm on Tuesdays
    Where
    4th Cross Road, Srinivasanagara, Hanumanthanagar, Banashankari 1st Stage, Bengaluru 560019

    Fifty rupees buys three spongy rounds with vegetable saagu, which is why the counter is three deep by nine. Come before ten, and do not bring a car; parking here is hopeless.

    What to orderSet dose with saagu and filter coffee

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  9. Woody's

    Commercial Street MG Road and central

    Open
    8.30am to 10.30pm daily
    Where
    177-178, Commercial Street, Tasker Town, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru 560001

    Set dose with butter and sagu, eaten between shops on Commercial Street, is what this two floor canteen does properly. Ignore the Chinese and North Indian half of the menu.

    What to orderSet dose with butter, sagu on the side

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  10. Cool Corner

    Basavanagudi Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    7am to 10.30pm daily
    Where
    1/10 Nisha Complex, KR Road, near National College, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru 560004

    National College students keep this place busy all day, and the set dose is the reason to join them. Skip the sandwiches and cold coffee, and go early if you want a table.

    What to orderSet dose, with akki roti if it is going

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