Keralapura Santosh Hindu Military Hotel

Our place is called Keralapura Santosh Hindu Military Hotel and you can find us in the cellar of Maharaja Complex. That is right on B N Road in Mysore, basically directly across from the sub-urban bus stand. Being in a basement means it stays a bit cooler than the street, but it also means there isn't much of a view. We have been here for a good while now. The space is filled with simple wooden tables and we don't bother with fancy tablecloths or anything like that. People come here for the food, mainly the non-veg items and ragi mudde that we prepare every day. It gets really loud during the lunch hour because of the crowd coming in from the bus stand. You will hear the clinking of plates and people talking over each other. My family helps out with the cooking and serving most of the time. We don't have a big menu, just a few things that we do well. Sometimes the floor gets a bit messy when it's raining outside, but we try to sweep it up as quickly as we can. It's a busy, cramped spot but it works for us. We start early in the morning to get the meat ready. There is no air conditioning, just the ceiling fans going at full speed. We aren't trying to be a fancy restaurant. We just provide a place to sit and eat something heavy before you catch your next bus. It is just a normal military hotel.