Safa Dine

You can find us at the Beauty Plaza Building in Hampankatta. We are right across from the City Light Building, which most people in Mangalore know. It’s a busy part of town with a lot of shops and people walking around. We decided to open Safa Dine here because it’s a central location. It’s not a very big place, but we have enough tables for the daily crowd. We don’t go for anything fancy with the decor. It’s just simple tables and chairs where you can sit and eat. My staff and I aren't professionals in suits. We are just regular people who know how to run a kitchen. Sometimes the service is a bit slow when we have a full house, but we do our best. We don't have any advertisements in the newspapers. Usually, someone eats here and then tells their friend about it. That’s how we like it. The kitchen gets hot and the noise from the street comes inside, but that’s part of being in Hampankatta. We keep our menu simple so we can focus on what we know. It’s an honest way to make a living. We’ve been here long enough that the regulars don’t even need to look at the menu anymore. They just tell us what they want and we get to work. It’s a plain and simple business for us. We just try to make sure everyone leaves with a full stomach and no complaints.