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eat · jayanagar · ₹₹ · bangalore
Shivaji Military Hotel
Lunch-only donne biryani in Jayanagar, cash only, served in dried-leaf bowls. The family makes it by hand each morning.
why we keep going,
Mutton biryani in a donne. That's the order. Skip the chicken; skip the menu, even.
Closes by 3pm and runs out earlier on weekends. Show up by 1pm or you're eating elsewhere.
Expect a 30-minute wait on a Tuesday. The line moves; sit through it.
local context
Running since 1935 in Jayanagar; the founding family came from the Maratha community and brought their military-hotel cooking tradition into Bengaluru. Donne biryani served in leaf bowls is the recipe that hasn't changed.
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