Late night meals in Bangalore | Bangalore

You know the feeling. It's Saturday night and you have just finished partying. Trouble is it's almost 11 P and most restaurants are ready to shut the door on your fa!e. "ell# not $uite so rudely but with the time for the 'last order' over# they are !ertainly not being wel!oming. Thankfully there are enough pla!es around the !ity that manage to dish up dele!table fare even beyond the midnight hour. etro ela went sampling. The Buffets South Parade, Chancery Pavillion % !ontemporary restaurant named after what used to be & road ' (angalore)s most well known street ' South Parade is open all hours. It offers global !uisine in a modern ambien!e. (reakfast# lun!h or dinner# lavish buffets are a spe!ialty at South Parade. The menu offers an ama*ing sele!tion from all !orners of the !ountry. "eekends get even better with the idnight asala ' a uni$ue midnight buffet. The food is good and is a mi+ of Indian and a bit of ,ontinental and there are days when you get a good variety in desserts. There is also an informal setting in the lobby where you !an have a dis!ussion or just while away your time with a tall drink and short eats. -r# if you want# you !an work away on your laptop. Pri!ed at .s. /01 this is one of the !heapest hotel buffets. -n till / % . Address: .i!hmond Town# Shanti 2agar. Tel3 141561616161 Hotel Im erial 7otel Imperial is known for its $ui!k servi!e# late hours# and the best 8ebabs and &hee .i!e in town9 In the age of early nights and $ui!k shut5downs# there are very few pla!es in (angalore that a!tually serve you past midnight. 7otel Imperial is !entrally lo!ated on .esiden!y .oad# and open till an in!redible : or 6 am. %fter a night of bingeing# most party5goers head here# for the staple &hee5.i!e5,hi!ken58ebab !ombo. -ther favourites are the &rilled ,hi!ken# 8erala Paratha# ;ish ,urry and ;ish asala. The pla!e is a delight for non5vegetarians# although vegetarians won)t be disappointed either# thanks to the variety. "ith three bran!hes in (angalore# the restaurant is hard to miss. Address: <06=0># .esiden!y .oad. Tel3 1415/>>44::1

The late night buffet on weekends ?$uietly aptly !alled idnight asala@ at The Chancery Hotel is popular with partygoers in sear!h of good grub during late hours. The food is good and is a mi+ of Indian and a bit of ,ontinental ?read pasta@ and there are days when you get a good variety in desserts. Pri!ed at .s. /44 this is one of the !heapest hotel buffets. -n till / % . You !an get midnight buffet on ;ridays and Saturdays at The Par!. The variety is good and there is a live !ounter dishing out fresh appams# pasta et!. There is a good !hoi!e of both starters and desserts. The food is a mi+ of 2orth Indian and South Indian. Starts at 11.:1 P and is on till / % . Pri!ed at .s. :>1. The upside is a trendy ambien!e# espe!ially if you are on a date.

This bouti$ue hotel# Ista in Alsoor has a midnight dinner e+press at its restaurant Lido on weekends. Pri!ed at .s. 6>1 per person# it's a mi+ of !uisines. -n till /.:1 % . Starting at 11 P # a mi+ of ,ontinental and Indian !uisine is available at Caf" #o$aic for .s. >11 per head. It's Taj# so they don't usually go all wrong with the food. The %uic! Bites

&m ire Hotel needs no introdu!tion for old and new (angaloreans alike. -ne of those few restaurants outside a five star hotel that manages to stay open late# it's the pla!e to !ome for a $ui!k bite late at night. You !an either hang around with the rest of (angalore# that in!ludes IT hon!hos and students alike or sit in your !ar and eat. You will get unusual !ombos like Bosa and keema and popular stuff like grilled !hi!ken. .easonable pri!ing and lip5sma!king food. %lso at 8oramangala and Shivajinagar. Buring the day there is a ni!e and airy rooftop !afC at The Paramount Hotel but that !loses before the offi!ial !urfew hour of 11.:1 P . 7owever# the restaurant is bu**ing till pretty late ?: % sometimes@ and the food is deli!ious. There's biryani# seafood# kebabs et!# all available at a moderate pri!e. The all5pink theme is a tribute to women# as are the DD ?female !hromosome@ in the name Pin''. This is a /65hour !offee shop and you !an get a good variety of sna!ks and drinks# in!luding filter !offee and appam. There's good musi! on# so if you are looking for a !ool pla!e to hang out or talk the night away after everything else has shut down# this is a good pla!e to go# even if a tad e+pensive. The Savera on other late nighters

& .oad is another one of those 'on5until5we5!an5avoid5the5!ops' joints.

Terribly high5end# Citrus is the /6 hour brasserie at The Eeela# (angalore. The sandwi!hes are pretty good. It)s the !hi!ken and biryani routine on!e again at Im erial Hotel. 7owever# there are regulars who swear by it. -pen at least till 1 % or until they're threatened by