Hotel Vybhava

You can find Hotel Vybhava over in Basavanagudi on K P Road. We’ve been at this 35 1 address for a long time. It’s an old building with high ceilings. It stays cool even when it’s baking outside. We serve traditional South Indian food. Most of our regulars have been coming here for decades. They have their favorite tables and they get annoyed if someone else is sitting there. I usually have to step in and find them another spot. The kitchen starts early, way before the sun is up. You can hear the stone grinders working at 4 AM. That’s the sound of the day starting for us. We don't have a fancy menu with photos. It's just a board on the wall with the prices written in chalk. Sometimes we forget to update it. We don't use a lot of oil or fancy garnishes. It’s just simple food like you’d get at home. The waiters have been here forever. They don't write down orders; they just remember everything. It’s impressive to watch when it gets busy. We don't have air conditioning. We just leave the big doors open to let the breeze in. It gets dusty, but that’s Basavanagudi for you. We don't have a website or a Facebook page. If people want to find us, they know where we are. We just keep doing what we’ve always done. It’s worked for us so far.