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Food tours in Bengaluru

Bengaluru Food Tours Guide 2026

Discover the best food tours, cooking classes, and culinary experiences in Bengaluru.

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The short answer: start with Malleswaram Idly Dosa Walk, VV Puram Food Walk and Russell Market Food Walk. This guide profiles 10+ food tours and culinary experiences in Bengaluru, with prices, timing, and the practical notes that decide whether each one earns a place in your plan.

Bengaluru is the capital of Karnataka and India's technology hub, a high-altitude city of gardens, lakes, palaces, and a famously inventive food and craft-beer scene. Colonial-era cantonment avenues, Tipu Sultan's fort, and the Lalbagh Botanical Garden sit alongside glass-walled tech parks and the cafes of Indiranagar and Koramangala.

Top food tours

Guided experiences that show you Bengaluru through its food.

Food tour

Malleswaram Idly Dosa Walk

3 hoursINR 5,000 per person (approx $52 USD)

A Malleshwaram morning walk built around traditional idli-dosa tiffin rooms and the neighbourhood's older streets, run by the Bengaluru walking operator Unhurried.

Includes: Malleshwaram tiffin rooms · Local storyteller-guide · Filter coffee stop · Runs on request
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VV Puram Food Walk

2 hoursINR 3,000 per person (approx $31 USD)

An evening walk through VV Puram Food Street's stalls of dosa, chaat, holige and bajji, run by Unhurried.

Includes: VV Puram Food Street stalls · Evening street-food tastings · Short 2-hour format · Local storytelling
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Russell Market Food Walk

3 hoursINR 4,000 per person (approx $42 USD)

A Shivajinagar walk beginning at St. Mary's Basilica, moving through Russell Market and its surrounding eating houses with Unhurried.

Includes: Starts at St. Mary's Basilica · Russell Market visit · Meat-focused eateries · Guided by local storytellers
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Basavanagudi Thindi Walk

3 hoursPrice quoted at booking

A Basavanagudi 'thindi' (food) walk through the Gandhi Bazaar area's traditional tiffin rooms, run by Unhurried.

Includes: Gandhi Bazaar tiffin rooms · Filter coffee · Local storytelling · Heritage neighbourhood
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Basavanagudi Tiffin Trail Walk

About 3 hoursPrice quoted at booking

Gully Tours' Tiffin Trail through Basavanagudi combines traditional tiffin and filter coffee with stories about the neighbourhood's food origins.

Includes: Storytelling on food origins · Tiffin and filter coffee · Heritage neighbourhood · Small groups
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Malleswaram History and Food Walk

About 3 hoursPrice quoted at booking

A Malleshwaram walk with heritage commentary that stops at long-running tiffin rooms including CTR.

Includes: Kadu Malleshwara Temple · CTR tiffin stop · Heritage and food combined · Relaxed pace
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Ethnic Cuisines Food Walk

3-4 hoursPrice quoted at booking

Bengaluru By Foot runs walks exploring the cuisines of the city's ethnic communities, with dishes such as masala dosa, bisi bele bath and biryani.

Includes: Community cuisines · Guided storytelling · Regional dish tastings · Small groups
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Customised Food Tour

3-4 hoursINR 1,000 per person (approx $10 USD) non-refundable deposit; balance quoted at booking

Bangalore Walks arranges customised food tours in Bengaluru, taking a non-refundable deposit of INR 1,000 per person.

Includes: Customised routes · Deposit-based booking · Small groups · Tailored to interests
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Basavanagudi to Nagarathpete Food Walk

About 3 hoursPrice quoted at booking

Oota Walks, founded by Simi Mathew and Shibaji Ghosh, runs food tours from Basavanagudi to Nagarathpete.

Includes: Founder-led walks · Basavanagudi to Nagarathpete route · Old-city food · Small groups
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VV Puram Street Food Tour

2 hoursINR 1,250 per person (approx $13 USD)

A listed two-hour VV Puram street food tour starting at VB Bakery, priced at INR 1,250 per person on the Thrillophilia platform.

Includes: Two-hour tour · Starts at VB Bakery · INR 1,250 per person · Morning and evening slots
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Tour formats

Different ways to experience Bengaluru's food scene.

Format

Tiffin room walk

Morning walks through Basavanagudi or Malleshwaram tiffin rooms, tasting dosa, idli and filter coffee

Typical duration: 2-3 hours

Format

Street food walk

Evening walks through VV Puram Food Street's stalls of chaat, dosa, holige and bajji

Typical duration: 2 hours

Format

Market and kebab walk

Shivajinagar Russell Market and Muslim-quarter kebab eateries

Typical duration: 3 hours

Format

Customised food tour

Bespoke routes arranged with local walking operators

Typical duration: 3-4 hours

DIY self-guided food tour

Basavanagudi and VV Puram form the densest self-guided eating area in Bengaluru. The route below takes about three hours, covers roughly two kilometres and costs under INR 700 (approx $7 USD) per person. Start early and end at the evening food street.

  1. 1

    Stop 1 - Brahmin's Coffee Bar, Ranga Rao Road, Shankarapuram: idli-vada and filter coffee at the standing counter

  2. 2

    Stop 2 - Vidyarthi Bhavan, 32 Gandhi Bazaar Main Road: butter masala dosa, open since 1943

  3. 3

    Stop 3 - Gandhi Bazaar: browse the flower and sweet shops between meals

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    Stop 4 - VV Puram Food Street, Sajjan Rao Circle: evening dosa, holige, bajji and chaat at the stalls

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    Stop 5 - MTR, Lalbagh Road: rava idli or a filter coffee, reachable by short auto-rickshaw ride

Foodie tips

Get more out of every meal.

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Karnataka tiffin rooms usually close for a midday break; plan mornings and evenings

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Weekends bring long queues at Vidyarthi Bhavan, MTR and CTR

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Carry cash or UPI; small counters do not take cards

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The term 'hotel' in Kannada usage means a restaurant

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Filter coffee is served in a steel tumbler and davara

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VV Puram Food Street is best after 5PM

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Monsoon can turn the street slippery; wear closed shoes

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Confirm vegetarian options for Shivajinagar meat-focused walks

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Walks often run on request; book several days ahead

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Commercial cooking-gas supply issues in 2026 sometimes reduce restaurant hours

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