Bangalore Dines with a difference, in style

Bangalore is a gourmet’s paradise, with choices ranging from the simple to the sumptuous, nibbles at a roadside joint to the fine dining episode at a high-end restaurant. For the bon vivant, the city provides ample scope where one can indulge in rich flavours amidst the luxury of an awesome setting.

Want to check out the watering holes of the rich and famous or sip a shaken-and-stirred Martini as you watch the city lights changing a few hundred feet below? Head to 13th Floor, a pub perched on the thirteenth floor, atop Hotel Ivory Towers. As the amber glow of the evening sky merges with the city lights, the surreal ambience sweeps you off your feet completely. Before long, you find yourself heading off to Ebony, the restaurant adjacent to the pub, where tempting aromas from the kitchen cajole your senses and pledge a great night.

Eager for a change of elevation? Waltz into Blue Ginger at Taj West End. This restaurant with its gentle waterfalls, warm fire torches, fine cocktails and oriental food is a romantic rendezvous for couples. The cuisine is Pan Asian and the mood absolute bliss.

Feel like pampering yourself with herbal body massage amidst medieval charm, surrounded with stone, mud bricks and gardens? Head to the unique restaurant within Kuteeram Health Resort amidst gravel paths and bamboo shrubs. The kitchen here has a menu planned for health aficionados, and the food reverberates with wellbeing and care.

And finally if you are in a mood for a leisurely weekend dine-out amidst lush settings and have a dekko at designer clothes, head off to Grasshopper or Opus. These new-age restaurants have informal ambience, great food, and galleries displaying a host of designer items.

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