Mylari Dosa Hotel (Original Vinayaka Mylari)

Mylari Dosa Hotel, often listed as the original Vinayaka Mylari, is a tiny vegetarian eatery at 769 Ashoka Road in Nazarbad, Mysuru. It is best known for soft, butter-topped Mysuru dosas, a regional style that is thicker and more tender than the crisp dosas of Bengaluru. Mysuru's food identity is strongly tied to such small, long-standing tiffin houses, and Mylari is one of the places that local residents name first when asked where to eat breakfast in the city. The menu is short and built around the dosa. The signature item is the butter Mysuru dosa, served soft with a smear of butter and accompanied by coconut chutney, and the kitchen also serves idli and filter coffee. There is no elaborate wine or beverage programme; the drinks are coffee and tea, and alcohol is not served. The dining room is very small and plain, with limited seating and a quick turnover, so the atmosphere is bustling, informal and highly local. Dress is casual and no formal code applies. Prices are low, with a plate costing about INR 60-90, which makes the eatery one of the cheapest reference meals in the region. Because the restaurant is small and the batter is made in limited quantities, it opens early and typically closes by late morning or early afternoon once the batter is finished. Approximate hours are 6:30 AM to 11 AM, but these can change, so visitors should confirm locally. There are no reservations; the restaurant is walk-in only, and arriving in the first hour of service is the most reliable way to be seated without a long wait and to be sure the dosa has not sold out. Nazarbad sits close to the centre of Mysuru and is reachable by auto-rickshaw from the Mysore Palace area in a few minutes, making the eatery a natural start to a day of sightseeing at the palace, Devaraja Market and Chamundi Hill. Visitors staying in Mysuru often make it a breakfast stop before the palace opens.