Ice cream and snacks
Pabba's
At lalbagh diagonally facing saibeen complex. is also one of the outlets of ideals.
Cherry Square
Next to scs hospital.
Dino's
Awesome snacks and pastries. located at falnir, behind misbah supermarket.
Cream Caramel
Saibeen shopping complex. mouth watering pastries, cakes, pizzas & other products.
Komal's
Hampankatta, adjacent to ideals milagres junction. sells good indian sweets.
Danish Bakes
Bendorewell road. a.r.d'souza complex
Pop Tates
In balmatta area, opposite cafe coffee day and adjacent to froth on top.
Cochin Bakery
Three outlets throughout mangalore, at ceebees tower on old pumpwell road kankanady, at a.b. shetty circle near state bank and at padua circle opposite padua high school
Complex's
"joofris" in the ground floor.
Snack-Shack
beside move'n'pick supermarket at valencia
Bon Bon's Bakery
Yeyyadi, near madhuvan village. tiny place run by an old lady gives a very homely feel to it with absolutely awesome french cakes and pastries, a must-taste. hot favorite here is the "day and night" pastry.
Mahalaxmi Sweets and Chaats
Kankanady.
Ideals'
Hampankatta. there are three parlours 2 ideals, proximity located 200 metres of one another. one is located near the milgres junction and the other one is near the next junction heading towards the market 3rd one pabba's, at lalbagh diagonally facing saibeen complex . ideals is marked as one of the best ice cream in dk, when you are in mangalore this is a must try place. you have to try out "gadbad" ice cream which is only available in ideals and the best of all ice creams. gadbad icecream is an old favorite which has dry fruits and fresh ones chopped up with nuts, layered with icecream strawberry and vanilla and topped off with jello. hot favorites are "chocolate dad" and "tiramisu".
IceBerg
Souza arcade, opposite jyothi talkies, balmatta.
Minimelts ice cream
Available in saibeen, bharath mall and emipire mall
Premium restaurants
Diesel Café
Mischief--scs hospital road, balmatta.
Gold Finch
Bunts hostel road.
Coconut Grove
Opp colaco hospital, bendore main road, kankanady
Abhiman Residency
Kadri road near bunts hostel.
Royal Durbar
Kankanady.
Maharaja
Bunts hostel road.
Kadal
Light house hill road nalapad residency enjoy fine-dine with overlooking the mangalore skyline.
Kudla
Balmatta road.
Gajalee
Circuit house compound, kadri hills
Amazon
Mg road, empire mega mall.
Trishna
padavinangadi--three floors of themed restaurants. punjaabi dhaaba remains the city's favorite.
Pegasus
Jeppina moger.
Madhuvan Village
Yeyyadi.
Mughul Treat
Falnir, highlands.
Pegz
K.s.rao road, veg bar n restaurant.
Paalkhi
balmatta road a four-star restaurant. great food but will be heavy on your wallet.
If you're ready to spend a little more money to give yourself and your family that perfect tummy treat while in Mangalore, visit the various restaurants around which offer varied cuisines of your choice and taste, at a price! The 'Chicken Ghee Roast', which is a delicacy specifically of Dakshina Kannada is available at many of the premium restaurants.
Some of the famous restaurants:
Udupi-style restaurants
Taj Mahal
Located in two different locations in mangalore car street,(since closed hampankatta & kodialbail -town hall- since closed). the coffee served in taj mahal is regarded by many to be the best coffee available anywhere-the exact contents of the coffee powder used are kept a secret, taj mahal has a lot of patrons who visit the restaurant almost ritualistically thrice a day. apart from the coffee there are a wide variety of dishes available including the dosas.
Hotel Ayodhya
Is famous for authentic mangalore style food items. try appam, ghee dose, vastad roti, parota/tingalavare song.
Janata Deluxe
Also serves authentic udupi style food items.
There are numerous small restaurants where one can gorge on cheap food as long as one likes South Indian food. The most typical ones are the Udupi-style restaurants which serve the staple fare of idli, wada and a variety of dosas. You can wash them down with some home-grown filter coffee or tea.
One of the more famous Udupi-style restaurants is the Woodlands situated on Bunts Hostel Road which has preserved its old-world quaintness. The gentry of Mangalore drive into its courtyard and remain seated in their cars. Nimble-footed waiters with their white mundus hitched up scamper around to serve them their food which is eaten inside the cars.
The lunch menu in Woodlands is particularly tasty if you like typical South Indian food. Lunch includes two varieties of rice, normal rice and Boiled rice Kerala style. The tiffin menu evening also is delicious with several choices. The dinner menu is very plain and contains many repeat dishes.
North-indian cuisine
The Royal Darbar
Otherwise for the Mughlai-tandoori variety, don't forget to check out The Royal Darbar Bendorewell-Kankanady Road and The Mogul Treat at Highlands, opposite Highland Hospital.
Chicken Tikka Halal
saibeen complex
Biryani Paradise
kankanady-pumpwell road.
Hotel Srinivas
If you are looking for North Indian food, you are not spoilt for choice. Some of the larger hotels have a larger menu but the food is not particularly appetizing. One important joint in this category would be the restaurant at Hotel Srinivas on G.H.S Road: awesome food at great prices vegetrian-only.
Shetty's Kori roti
near canara college it supplies mangalore style chicken curry with kori roti rice papads.
Seafood
Coconut Grove
At hotel kumar's international is the most famous for mouth watering world delicacies in mangalore opp colaco hospital, bendore main road
Narayana Hotel
At bunder is famous for delicious mangalore style fish fry with fish curry rice.
Anupama
bunts hostel
Maharaja
near jyoti
Madhuvan Village
yeyyadi
Palkhi
jyothi circle
Try such dishes as Kane Rava fry, Anjal Masala fry and Manji Masala fry.
Amantran
attavar, near the city railway station is a must try for sea food.
Kings Court
highway near kottara chowki
international flavours
If you're in for the other famous & international eating places, try:
Domino's Pizza Bendorwell and Kodialbail Opp Ocean Pearl
Pizza Hut Bharath Mall and City Centre Mall
Cafe Coffee Day Bharath Mall, Empire Mall & Oberle Towers, Balmatta and 6 other outlets
ChicKing Empire Mall,City center Mall
Hao Ming Chinese Restaurant Balmatta
Bon Bons Bakery Yeyyadi, near Madhuvan Village Excellent Cakes and pastries, one should tryout.
Kentucky fried chickencity centre mall ks. rao road,and Times Square ,Kadri
Subway Food court @ City center mall
Baskin Robbinsbharath mall,city center mall
kerala cuisine
Another category of small eateries is the Malayali joints. As Mangalore is adjacent to Kerala, it has a fair share of Malayalis who patronize these places. You will see that these eateries have their names written in large letters in the Malayalam script. They provide a selection of non-vegetarian food prepared in typical Kerala-style. A famous place to cite in this category would be Kairali Restaurant, near the Railway Station behind Milagres Church.