Mangalore on my plate :)

Three years of college + 6 ‘foodie’ friends = many a eat outs explored :)

Here’s quite a handy guide to eating out in Mangalore.

Since we are talking about Mangalore, let’s start with Mangalorean specialties. And it is Ayodhya near PVS which provides the best ever Mangalorean and south Indian snacks. The place is very pocket friendly too. Best quality at the lowest of prices.

Hotel Krishna Bhavan near Janatha Bazaar is a great place for lunch. A place to go when you have only lunch in mind. Not a place to ‘hang out’. It’s sit-eat-leave system. But the food here is just lovely, feels good on stomach too.

Utsav in Kodialbail is a great place for North Indian food (Veg). They also have a Buffet lunch on the top floor. You get quite a huge spread for Rs.75 . Not recommended for someone with a light appetite: P

Cherry Square near SCS hospital is a cozy little place. Has both vegetarian and non vegetarian food. Great place to go with friends. The only place in Mangalore where I have ice creams, after Ideals or Pabbas. Very special assortments I must say, a must eat. Yummy ! :)

Chefs at Nanthoor and Urva

Heavenly burgers! These are not the typical burgers, like the ones you get in Mc. Donald’s. Go try them if you haven’t or you’ll be missing something really wonderful.

Hao Hao and Hao Ming in Balmatta

The best Chinese restaurants in Mangalore. Reasonable pricing too. There’s a good number of choices for vegetarians too, but non vegetarians have quite a treat in store. Am a vegetarian but my friends have had some very good times 

Taj Mahal- Really disappointed with the north Indian food here. Change plans and go to utsav for north Indian.

Janatha Deluxe- Nice place for a good old south Indian Thali. The thali in the AC section comes with a lot more varieties of side dishes. Well, the prices vary too 

Chutney- Vegetarian Restaurant at Hotel Deepa Comforts.

I haven’t been here many times. I really liked the south Indian thali here. North Indian was nothing special, you can get it at utsav for half the price.



Phalki at Jyothi

Food is good but overpriced since it’s a ‘posh’ restaurant.


Hotel Navrathna

Food was good but again not something suited for a student’s pocket.

There’s a new place called Sizzler’s Ranch near Canara school Urva, their speciality being sizzlers. I ve been there only once and I made the mistake of ordering north Indian khana, donno why, maybe there were no veg sizzlers? I don’t remember. Anyways it turned out to be a bad idea. Well, the place was packed with people so I guess the sizzler’s must be good.


Bon Bon’s – In Yeyyadi and a outlet in Balmatta.

This place, owned by a very friendly couple is the best place for pastries. I owe at least a few of my extra kilos to this place :P . Visit for pastries of the finest quality, all for Rs. 20 or lesser.

Ideals and Pabbas Icecreams.

I don’t think there’s any Mangalorean who hasn’t had ice creams here. They are simply the best. They also come packed, so you can have them at your nearest retail store too. I have never ever had such good ice creams.

Food Court, Empire Mall

I don’t think there’s anyone who has not been here. You get almost everything in there and you won’t be disappointed with the taste.

There are so many more great places for short eats. Visit Car Street in the evening for some yummy hot pakoras or charmuri :) Marwadi Sweets in Empire Mall is the place to go for tasty samosas and kachoris. The best lassi in Mangalore is also found here. Shreya and Arya sweets in Saibeen Complex and Jyothi respectively are a great place to get some real good pedas, burfis etc.

Ooph .. that was long … There are so many more places I would like to explore but sadly, there’s no time left  Will be moving to Bangalore very soon for my MCA. Will surely miss all these places!