Bombay Brasserie, Indiranagar: Modern Indian That Actually Tastes Indian

“Modern Indian usually means small portions, foam and an apology. This is the version where it means researched regional cooking with a good bar attached.”

• Why this one is worth the table

Bombay Brasserie is a modern Indian restaurant and bar at 2989/B, 12th Main Road, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar, serving regional Indian small and large plates with a full bar, open roughly 12 pm to 11 pm daily, rated around 4.2 to 4.7 across platforms, at about 3,000 rupees for two per Zomato and District.

I approach the words modern Indian with my wallet already defensive. Too often it means a famous regional dish deconstructed into three small things on a slate, priced at four times what the original costs, served by someone explaining it to you. It is Indian food performing for an audience that has been told Indian food needs improving.

Bombay Brasserie describes itself differently, and the difference matters. The restaurant is presented as the culmination of years of research creating a unique bouquet of flavours, sourcing unique ingredients from across India, with an invitation to sample small plates or indulge in large ones from an eclectic selection of ingredients and pairings that infuse the familiar with the unexpected.

And the menu backs that up. Dabba gosht, galawati kebab, mango prawn curry, chur chur parantha, phodni rice, banana leaf coconut rice, Amritsari aloo kulcha. That is a menu of actual regional Indian dishes, some of them quite obscure, rather than a tasting menu built out of one idea.

What Is Bombay Brasserie in Indiranagar?

Bombay Brasserie is a modern Indian restaurant and bar on 12th Main offering an experimental interpretation of Indian ingredients and flavours, built on years of research into regional dishes from across the country. It is casual dining with a full bar rather than a formal fine dining room.

The framing the restaurant uses is rediscovering India through an explosion of flavour, serving the best of India's ingredients and dishes for the armchair traveller. Strip the marketing off that and you get the useful bit: the menu is organised around regional specificity rather than a generic North Indian spread.

It also functions as an events venue, hosting family functions and corporate events for between 10 and 250 guests, with vegetarian menus starting around 750 rupees per plate and non vegetarian from around 850. That is genuinely useful information if you are the person in your family who gets landed with organising things.

What Should I Order at Bombay Brasserie?

Order the galawati kebab, the dabba gosht and a chur chur parantha, and get a masala cola alongside. Those are the dishes the restaurant is known for and the ones that appear in its popular items across platforms.

• Galawati kebab. The Lucknow classic, melt in the mouth minced meat kebab. If a modern Indian kitchen cannot do this properly, nothing else on the menu matters.
• Dabba gosht. A Bohri Muslim dish, rarely found on Bengaluru menus, and exactly the sort of regional deep cut that justifies the research claim.
• Mango prawn curry. A coastal dish with a fruit and seafood pairing that sounds odd and works. One of the named favourites.
• Chur chur parantha. Crushed, layered, buttery. Order it with anything with gravy and do not attempt conversation while eating it.
• Kashmiri naan. Sweet, nutty, studded. A named favourite and a good counterpoint to the spicier mains.
• Seekh kebabs and roasted chicken. Both singled out by guests as nicely cooked.
• Lasooni spinach and phodni rice. The vegetarian orders that hold their own rather than filling a gap.
• Masala cola, masala chai, thandai. The non alcoholic side of the drinks list is unusually good. The masala cola is the one to try.
• Kulfi or bread pudding. Both named by guests as good ways to finish.

“Dabba gosht on a Bengaluru menu is a statement. It says someone in the kitchen went looking rather than copying the restaurant next door.”

• The dish that tells you this kitchen is serious

How Much Does Bombay Brasserie Cost?

Budget around 3,000 rupees for two, the figure Zomato and District list. Given this is a full bar with cocktails and beer, drinking will push the number up in the usual way.

What is notable is the value perception. Guests generally consider the dishes to be offered at fair prices, which is not something you often hear about a 12th Main restaurant with a bar. Zomato and District now list it at about 3,000 rupees for two, so that reputation rests on guest reviews rather than on being cheap for 12th Main.

• Lunch for two. Around 1,200 to 1,600 rupees. A kebab, a curry, breads, and you are done.
• Dinner for two with drinks. Around 2,500 to 3,000 rupees once cocktails are involved.
• A group celebration. Event menus from around 750 per plate vegetarian and 850 non vegetarian, for parties of 10 to 250.
• Service charge. Check the bill. As everywhere in India, it is not legally compulsory.

What Is the Service Like at Bombay Brasserie?

Service is one of this restaurant's strongest points, which sets it apart from most of 12th Main. Guests describe the staff as terrific and agree that service is prompt, with the ambience and decor also drawing consistent praise.

I do not say that lightly. Slow service is the default complaint about almost every busy restaurant in this neighbourhood, and it appears in the review record for nearly every place I have written about on this street. A restaurant where prompt service is the thing customers agree on has solved a problem most of its neighbours have not.

The ratings back the overall picture: around 4.2 on Tripadvisor across 175 reviews, ranked roughly 150th of more than 8,400 Bengaluru restaurants, and around 4.7 on EazyDiner across 727 reviews. Two different platforms, two different crowds, both positive.

Is Bombay Brasserie Good for Vegetarians?

Yes, and the vegetarian dishes are real dishes rather than substitutions. Lasooni spinach, phodni rice, banana leaf coconut rice, Amritsari aloo kulcha, lachcha pudina paratha and malabari paratha all appear on the menu.

Phodni rice in particular is a good sign. It is a Maharashtrian tempered rice dish, essentially a home cooking staple, and its presence on a restaurant menu suggests the kitchen is drawing from regional home food rather than a standard restaurant playbook.

The breads section is also unusually strong across the board, which matters more than people admit. A modern Indian restaurant with bad bread is a modern Indian restaurant you will not return to.

How Does Bombay Brasserie Compare With Other Indian Restaurants in Indiranagar?

It occupies the space between a traditional North Indian restaurant and a fine dining modern Indian room, which is a genuinely useful position on 12th Main. The street has plenty of Indian restaurants, but most are either casual and traditional or expensive and conceptual.

• For a work lunch. Strong. Opens at noon, serves proper food, prompt service, fair price.
• For regional deep cuts. The dabba gosht and mango prawn curry are the reason to pick this over a standard North Indian room.
• For a big family gathering. It hosts up to 250, which very few restaurants on this street can.
• For pure fine dining. This is not that. It is a good restaurant with a bar, not a tasting menu experience.
• For cheap Indian food. There are better value options across the city. This is priced for the neighbourhood.

My honest position: this is one of the easier recommendations on 12th Main, precisely because it does not try to be clever at the expense of being good. Order the kebabs, get the breads, try one dish you have never heard of.

Galawati, dabba gosht, chur chur parantha, masala cola. Same city, new flavours, always.

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