M.G.Road

For all the BUDGET TRAVELLERS to BANGALORE (BENGALOORU)
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Food expenses can range from mega cheap to expensive. I am refering to pure veg south indian stuff.

But Halsur is the mecca for real cheap southie food. Outlets located
along the Old Madras Road are the haven for cheap madrasi veg food. Checkout the roadside shops near the bus stand.. they taste helluva great and are very easy on the pocket.

Filter coffee for INR 5 !! served piping hot over the counter in small steel tumblers.. Forget starbucks.. u cant beat the taste of a hot tumbler of FC !!

Idli-s, Dosa-s, Bhajji-s, Bonda-s.. none of them above INR 20 (USD 0.50)
and the taste is heavenly and they are gentle on your gastric system.

Just tip the staff handling the works inside 2-5 bucks and see the ROYAL treatment meted out to you !!

Hardcore sandwich and burger joint which is always crowded and open till late in the night.

They have seating for around 30 people or you can drive near the restaurant and they will deliver the food to you in your car where you can have it.

I had a roast lamb sandwich there which was excellent. Will explore this place again later.

Premshree (who showed me this place) recommends the Club Sandwich too.

Walk in at 8 in the morning and you will see all the south indian bachelors (& families) tucking into piping hot idlis / dosas / upma / pongal etc. Probably the best mainstream south indian breakfast (if you take out some of the regional specialities like MTR that is more karnataka). This is the only place in Bangalore i can identify with the sambar that is served.. all the Sagars of the world pass out some real bad concoction as sambar.

Go home and walk in again at 12noon and people will be waiting for the restaurant to open for Lunch, which consists of unlimited chapatis, rice, sambar, rasam (fantastic!!!), 1 dry subzi, 2 kootu (wet subzi) and kurma. Round it up with some nice curd rice.

The meal costs you 45bucks and most of the south indian snack dishes are < 20Rs. Coffee can be sweet & light. So ask for strong with less sugar.. and you will get the perfect filter coffee.

BTW checkout the set dosa & vada curry served only on Sundays for breakfast. My personal favourite.

The Heavy Metal lovers hangout. It's usually full with people headbanging to Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, etc. The dark ambiance lends to the hardcore nature of the place.

The draught pints are nice and chilled. The food is avoidable. The music rocks!

Be warned they play nothing but metal and a few hard rock numbers.