The Best Sweet Shops in Bangalore, From 1930s Mysore Pak to Holige Hot off the Tawa

“In Bengaluru, a box of Mysore pak is not a gift. It is a negotiation tool, an apology and a reason to visit an aunt you have avoided since March.”

• Tariq Sallam

The best sweet shops in Bangalore are Sri Venkateshwara Sweetmeat Stall in Balepete and Sri Rama Vilas Sweets in Nagarathpete for heritage Mysore pak, Asha Sweet Center (since 1951) and Sri Krishna Sweets for crowd-pleasing boxes, Santhanam Sweets near Commercial Street for South Indian classics, Bhagatram on Commercial Street for jamuns, KC Das for Bengali sweets, Kanti Sweets for North Indian mithai, and a neighbourhood holige mane for obbattu made fresh. With Naraka Chaturdashi tomorrow, Sunday November 8, this is the weekend the whole city lines up at the counter.

Let me be clear about my credentials. I am not a pastry chef. I am a Bengalurean who has eaten Mysore pak at more family functions than I can count and has strong, unprompted opinions about whether it should be crumbly or soft. (Both. Depending on mood. Fight me.)

This guide sorts the city's sweet shops by what you are actually craving: the old-city heritage counters, the holige specialists, the chains that will not let you down when you need forty boxes for the office, and a few newer places dressing up mithai for people who like their sweets in pastel boxes. Facts are from the shops' own histories and published reports; prices move every festival, so treat them as a guide.

Where Can I Get the Best Mysore Pak in Bangalore?

The best Mysore pak in Bangalore comes from the old-city heritage counters, Sri Venkateshwara Sweetmeat Stall on Balepete Main Road and Sri Rama Vilas Sweets in Nagarathpete, while Sri Krishna Sweets makes the most famous soft version. Mysore pak itself was born in the kitchens of Mysore Palace, and the city has been arguing about the right texture ever since.

Sri Venkateshwara Sweetmeat Stall, Balepete

This is the one people talk about in hushed tones. The family traces its sweet-making back over a century and says the recipes have not changed; the Bengaluru shop sits at 181 Balepete Main Road, near Chickpet, with a few branches elsewhere. Expect a handmade, ghee-forward, slightly crumbly Mysore pak and a queue of people buying it by the kilo. Newer additions like a caramel dry fruit gujiya show up around festivals.

Sri Rama Vilas Sweets, Nagarathpete

Started in 1932 by a man named Gundappa and now run by his grandson, Sri Rama Vilas is old Bengaluru in a box. Mysore pak and milk peda are the bestsellers, and festival specials such as kesar peda and pista burfi turn up for Deepavali. Combine it with Sri Venkateshwara and you have done the old-city Mysore pak crawl in under a kilometre.

Sri Krishna Sweets, Across the City

Founded in Coimbatore in 1948, Sri Krishna Sweets made its name with Mysurpa, a soft, ghee-rich, melt-in-the-mouth take that is almost a different sweet from the crumbly palace version. It has outlets in Malleshwaram, Indiranagar and many other neighbourhoods, and it is my default when I need a box that will please absolutely everyone.

Which Are the Oldest Sweet Shops in Bangalore?

The oldest sweet shops in Bangalore include Sri Rama Vilas Sweets (1932) in Nagarathpete, Bhagatram on Commercial Street (1948), Asha Sweet Center (1951, started in Malleshwaram), Kanti Sweets (1957, first store at Kempegowda Circle) and Santhanam Sweets off Commercial Street, which is about six decades old. Most are still run by the founding families.

• Bhagatram, Commercial Street (1948). Famous for gulab jamuns, and for a founder who reportedly handed out free jamuns on the pavement and asked people to pay only if they liked them. The Ulsoor branch is known for Sindhi sweets such as sev barfi.
• Santhanam Sweets and Savouries, Narayan Pillai Street. Off Commercial Street, started by a former head cook. Go for kajjaya, rava laddoo, badusha, chandrakala and jangiri.
• Asha Sweet Center (1951). Began as a small Malleshwaram shop and now has outlets across the city, including JP Nagar. Mysore pak, rasmalai, burfis and their cold badam milk are the regular orders.
• Kanti Sweets (1957). Started at Kempegowda Circle and now has dozens of branches. Strong on kaju katli, dry fruit burfi, laddoos and North Indian savouries, with low-sugar options.

If you are already in the area for clothes or lights, my Diwali shopping guide covers Commercial Street, Chickpet and the old markets in detail, so you can do the sweets on the same trip.

Where Can I Buy Fresh Holige in Bangalore?

The best place to buy fresh holige in Bangalore is a holige mane, a small specialist shop that rolls and cooks obbattu on a tawa through the day, usually in coconut and jaggery (kai obbattu) and dal and jaggery (bele obbattu) versions. You will find them in most older neighbourhoods; Bhaskar's Mane Holige, for example, has outlets in the city, including Vidyaranyapura, and many take orders on food delivery apps.

• Eat it warm. Holige is at its best within a few hours, with a spoon of ghee or a little hot milk. Buy it on the day, not the day before.
• Ask about the dough. Many shops now offer whole wheat, millet or sugar-free versions alongside the classic maida.
• Order early on festival days. Holige shops sell out by lunch on Ugadi and Deepavali mornings. Call ahead or pre-order.
• Try the full meal. Some Malleshwaram and Basavanagudi eateries serve an obbattu oota, a full meal ending with holige and ghee. Worth one lazy afternoon.

“There is no such thing as one holige. There is the first holige, and then there is everything after it.”

• Tariq Sallam

Where Can I Find Bengali and North Indian Sweets in Bangalore?

For Bengali sweets in Bangalore, KC Das on Church Street is the long-standing name for rossogolla, rossomalai and sondesh, and for North Indian mithai the big chains (Kanti Sweets, Anand Sweets and Savouries, India Sweet House) cover kaju katli, motichoor laddoo, barfis and jalebi across the city.

• KC Das, Church Street. Rossogolla, rossomalai, khir kadam and sondesh. Buy the tins if you are travelling.
• Anand Sweets and Savouries. Koramangala, Old Airport Road and other branches. Several Mysore pak versions (classic, dry fruit, cashew, sugar-free), plus motichoor laddoo and besan barfi.
• India Sweet House. A Bengaluru chain with dozens of stores, useful when you need a familiar box close to home.
• Sangam Sweets and Bansuri Sweets. Neighbourhood favourites in Koramangala and BTM Layout for malai sandwich, chum chum and jalebi with rabri.

Are There Any Modern Mithai Shops in Bangalore?

Yes, Bangalore has a small but growing set of modern mithai shops that sell classic sweets in smaller portions, new flavours and gift-ready packaging, alongside the heritage counters adding their own twists. Mithaicana, which announced its first store in Marathahalli in 2023, lists about 250 varieties, and the old names are experimenting too, with baklava, chocolate burfi and jaggery-and-date burfi appearing on festive counters.

My honest view: the new-wave boxes look gorgeous on a corporate desk, and that is a perfectly good reason to buy them. For your grandmother, go old school. She will notice.

How Do I Avoid Queues and Stale Sweets This Deepavali?

To avoid queues and stale sweets this Deepavali, pre-order by phone or app, shop before 10 AM, buy milk sweets last and keep them refrigerated, and check the manufacturing date on every sealed box. Ghee-based sweets like Mysore pak keep for days; milk sweets like peda, rasmalai and kalakand need to be eaten fast.

• Pre-order. Most big names take phone and app orders for festive boxes. Do it by Saturday for Sunday collection.
• Go early. The Chickpet and Commercial Street counters are calm at 9 AM and a scrum by noon. Use the metro; parking in the old city is a myth.
• Read the label. Sealed boxes should show a manufacturing date and a best-before date. If there is no date, ask.
• Mind the milk. Milk-based sweets usually last a day or two outside a fridge. Mysore pak and dry fruit sweets last much longer.
• Gift smart. For relatives, one heritage box beats three generic ones. For the office, go for a chain with consistent quality and a printed label.

If you also need the festival dates, cracker rules and timings, my Deepavali guide has all of it in one place.

Happy Deepavali, Bengaluru. Same city, new stories, always.

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