Bengaluru bids farewell to classic Samrat Restaurant after four decades of service

The renowned Samrat restaurant in Bengaluru is scheduled to close on Monday. A short distance from the Vidhana Soudha, this restaurant has been serving delicious masala dosas, fluffy idlis, and many other regional specialties to city residents for four decades. This childhood favourite restaurant of many Bengaluru millennials must now bid farewell.

“Well-known advocate Brijesh Kallappa visited Samrat for one last time on Sunday morning and tweeted: “We visited the Chalukya Hotel this morning. Samrat restaurant closes for food on the 26th September. The bill thanks us and urges us to ‘visit again’, but there will be no more visits(Sic)”

Many people have been thronging this eatery for the last few days to relish its delicacies before it closes. A Twitter user wrote: “I went to Samrat Restaurant at Hotel Chalukya and put it up on my story with the caption ‘one last time’ as the restaurant is closing shop in 2 days. People are replying to that story asking if I’m leaving the country for my masters. Makes you think, doesn’t it(Sic)”

Another user tweeted: “#Samrat restaurant is counting days. It was one of the finest hotels in Bangalore. Of late it has lost its charm, taste and smile. Today we went there to pay homage. (Sic)”

The media reports that the restaurant will remain open for a limited time. The Samrat restaurant’s owners made the decision to relocate the establishment, albeit they have not yet chosen a site.

The late Dr. Rajkumar, a famous Kannada actor, and even his son, Puneeth Rajkumar, frequented the eatery.