New Light Hotel

Finding New Light Hotel can be a little tricky if you don't know the layout. We are on the 9th Main Road in Pillanna Garden 3rd Stage, over in the Bharatha Matha Layout of Krishnarajapuram. It’s a residential-feeling area but it gets a lot of foot traffic. Our building isn't very tall, and we’ve lived in this neighborhood for a long time. When we opened the hotel, we just wanted a place where local folks could get a decent meal without spending too much. The "hotel" name is what we call restaurants around here, so don't expect a lobby with suitcases. We have a few wooden tables and chairs that have been around since we started. The kitchen is visible from the front, so you can see the steam coming off the pots. We usually start the prep work very early, around five in the morning, when the air is still a bit cool. By noon, the place is full and it gets pretty loud with everyone talking at once. We don't have a big menu, just the things we know how to make well. Sometimes we run out of certain items by the evening, and we just have to tell people to come back tomorrow. It’s just us and two helpers keeping the place clean and the food ready. It's a lot of work but it's what we do to get by in the city.