La Terrasse
The Sunday brunch buffet at La Terrasse, the Oberoi Grand, is to die for.
Budget
Arsalan
Arsalan is a tiny hole in the wall serving some of the best biryani in Kolkata.
Eau Chew
Eau Chew (Tel 91-33-22378260) is a New York Times-reviewed restaurant serving superb Chinese food out of a home.
Bijoli Grill Food
Bijoli Grill Food World is a true son of the soil, serving fresh, hot fast food.
Midrange
Mocambo
Mocambo, off Park Street (Tel 91-33-22172934) is a culinary throwback to the 1960s, with prawn cocktails and sizzlers on the menu.
Oh! Calcutta
Oh! Calcutta at Forum Mall has a choice of Anglo-Indian and Bengali food.
Kewpie's
Visit Kewpie's, at 2, Elgin Lane (Tel 91-33-24759880), for authentic home-style Bengali food.
luxury
La Terrasse
The Sunday brunch buffet at La Terrasse, the Oberoi Grand, is to die for.
Pan-Asian
Pan-Asian at the ITC Sonar has the city's best line-up of Asian dishes.
Zaranj
At standalone Zaranj, you can sample excellent north Indian cuisine.
Astor
The three-star Astor (from Rs 6000) boasts one of the best kebab restaurants in town in Kebab-e-que.
Budget
34, Allenby Road
Try the Bed&Breakfast 34, Allenby Road (arayccu@gmail.com; Tel 91-33-24861854/91-9830041781; Rs 2400), which offers air-conditioned rooms and breakfast.
Best Inn
Try Best Inn, a Bed&Breakfast on the Metro route.
Sunflower Guest House
The Sunflower Guest House (Rs 1000), which offers a convenient location and decent rooms.
Hotel Rose Valley
Try Hotel Rose Valley (from Rs 2800), which offers air-conditioned rooms and breakfast.
Hotel Aston
Hotel Aston is a good bet for business travellers (from Rs 1600).
Midrange
Astor
The three-star Astor (from Rs 6000) boasts one of the best kebab restaurants in town in Kebab-e-que.
The Floatel
The Floatel (Rs 4200) is a unique floating hotel on the Hooghly, stationed very close to Eden Gardens, with great discounts for internet bookings.
Peerless Inn
Peerless Inn (from Rs 6300) is also excellently located for the stadium.
Luxury
Oberoi Grand
The centrally located Oberoi Grand (from Rs 9600), housed in a magnificent colonial structure.
Park Hotel
The Park Hotel (from Rs 7000) is a boutique five-star hotel on Park Street, the nightlife headquarters.
ITC Sonar
The teams will be housed in the ITC Sonar, rather far away, especially when you don't have a police escort clearing your way through traffic.
Taj Bengal
The Taj Bengal (from Rs 10,800) is a modern luxury hotel with all the trappings
Sheesha
Sheesha, located atop a shopping mall on Camac Street, is a bar, lounge and outdoor deck rolled into one.
Budget
Park Street bars
Most of the many bars dotting Park Street will offer you a tipple and a snack at prices that will not pinch.
Midrange
Sheesha
Sheesha, located atop a shopping mall on Camac Street, is a bar, lounge and outdoor deck rolled into one.
Luxury
Roxy and Tantra
Roxy and Tantra, both at the Park Hotel, are the city's glitziest party places.
Café Mondegar
Mondegar's nightly traveller-based crowd is as 'colourful' as the wall caricatures by a famous Goan artist, but that could be our beer-goggle glasses talking. Expect to shout your draught beer (around Rs85) orders over the popular, non-stop CD jukebox.
Drive around in Bangalore
Whenever I have to make any important decision, I go for a drive in the city. At nights. Around Ring Road, the Mysore highway, on that beautiful stretch on Cubbon Road or the new airport road. Bangalore is beautiful at nights and driving helps me clears my mind and think. ...More details
Relax at Cafe Mocha on Lavelle Road
It's an ideal place to lounge around with your friends. It has a relaxing vibe about it. You'd enjoy just sitting there and talking about this and that.
Watch a play at the Rangashankara theatre
Bangalore was known for plays but over the years it died down. Rangashankara still hosts great plays and I enjoy going out and watching these live shows. It has a different buzz about it. They run it professionally and make the whole process very enjoyable for you.
Eat Corner House ice-creams
The hot-chocolate fudge there is to die for. It's a popular ice-cream haunt for locals in Bangalore.
Order dessert at Cafe Fresco's
I have been visiting Fresco's at Cunningham Road for the last five or six years. It's a fantastic open-air restaurant. The food is good but the dessert is just brilliant! You get a 24-layer cake and all that jazz. I go have a Caesar's salad or something and then scream ...Getting around Bengaluru
The common man's mode of conveyance is either the bus or the auto-rickshaw. However, buses are not advised if you aren't familiar with the local language. Auto-rickshaws are tricky: drivers are known to fleece their passengers - if they agree ...
Weather in Bengaluru
21 °C | Partly Cloudy While north India heats like a cauldron in summer, Bangalore, which probably has the best climate of all the metropolitan Indian cities, is still tolerable. Temperatures usually hover between 30°C and 35°C during the day and evenings are pleasant.
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