The CMH outpost is quieter than the 100 Feet Road crowds. Single-estate pour-overs and a small breakfast menu — the egg-on-sourdough is the move.

A cinnamon-swirl institution since 2008. Glen's has outlasted three generations of brunch spots on the same street; the chocolate babka still sells out by noon.

A 24-hour pit stop wedged between Lavelle Road and Cunningham Road, and not actually a hotel. Reliable filter coffee and a benne dosa that holds its own at 3 AM.

The Indiranagar branch of the Shankarapuram original. Two things on the menu — idli-vada and filter coffee — and a queue that proves they're enough.

Bengaluru's most-talked-about ramen, served in a 12-seater off 12th Main. Three bowls a night, bookings open at 11 AM the day before — gone within minutes.

Small plates and cocktails on Wood Street that figured out coastal Konkani for a Bengaluru palate. Weekend brunch gets rowdy by 1 PM.

A Parsi-café homage with the Bombay-Irani signatures — berry pulao, raspberry soda, dhansak. The Lavelle Road outpost has the bigger menu and the brighter room.

Coastal-Karnataka cocktails and Mangalorean small plates by the same team behind Toit. Quieter than its sibling, better food, equally pricey.

Death by Chocolate is the institution. Originally a Brigade Road thing from 1982 — the Indiranagar branch has the same recipe and shorter queues.

Old-school ice-cream sandwich vendor that pre-dates the dessert-café boom. The cassata sandwich is the order; cash only, no app.