Explore Bengaluru
Bengaluru balances shaded boulevards and royal palaces with India's most dynamic tech scene and craft-beer culture. Chauffyr moves you through the city's legendary traffic in a fixed-price black car, from a heritage dosa breakfast to a coastal-Karnataka feast.
India's garden city and tech capital — parks and palaces, craft-beer culture and coastal-Karnataka cuisine.
The facts, upfront
The best restaurants in Bengaluru
Karavalli
South Indian · Coastal · $$$$ · Residency Road
A revered coastal-Karnataka and Kerala kitchen at the Vivanta on Residency Road.
Farmlore
Contemporary · $$$$ · Whitefield
A destination farm-to-table tasting menu set on a working farm outside the city.
Dakshin
South Indian · $$$ · Vasanth Nagar
A classic four-southern-states fine-dining room at the ITC Windsor.
Naru Noodle Bar
Ramen · Japanese · $$ · Ulsoor
A tiny, cult ramen counter regularly named among India's very best restaurants.
Toit
Brewpub · Casual · $$ · Indiranagar
Bengaluru's most-loved craft brewpub in buzzing Indiranagar.
Vidyarthi Bhavan
South Indian · Tiffin · $ · Basavanagudi
A legendary Basavanagudi tiffin room famed for its ghee-roast masala dosa since 1943.
What to see in Bengaluru
Lalbagh Botanical Garden
Mavalli
A 240-acre botanical garden begun by Hyder Ali, centred on a Crystal-Palace-style glass house.
Bangalore Palace
Vasanth Nagar
A Tudor-revival royal palace of turrets and fortified towers, still owned by the Wadiyar family.
Cubbon Park
Central
The city's central green lung, dotted with colonial buildings, museums and old trees.
Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace
Chamrajpet
The elegant teak summer retreat of Tipu Sultan, painted in Indo-Islamic style.
Vidhana Soudha
Central
Karnataka's monumental neo-Dravidian seat of government — best admired floodlit at night.
ISKCON Temple Bangalore
Rajajinagar
A vast modern Krishna temple on Hare Krishna Hill, blending glass, steel and gold gopurams.
One perfect day in Bengaluru
9:00 · Morning
Lalbagh Botanical GardenMavalli — Victorian Glass House
11:00 · Late morning
Bangalore PalaceVasanth Nagar — Tudor-revival architecture
13:00 · Lunch
Naru Noodle BarRamen · Japanese · Ulsoor — Tonkotsu ramen
15:00 · Afternoon
Cubbon ParkCentral — 300-acre green lung
18:00 · Golden hour
Tipu Sultan's Summer PalaceChamrajpet — Teak Indo-Islamic palace
20:00 · Dinner
KaravalliSouth Indian · Coastal · Residency Road — Alleppey fish curry
Book this day, one chauffeur
One fixed-price car and driver for every stop — no parking, no waiting, no surge.