Military hotels in Bangalore

History

It is not clearly known that how the term "military hotel" was coined. According to an artist and art historian Suresh Jayaram, after Shahaji Bhonsle's conquer of Bangalore in 1638, most of these hotels were run by his men and the Maratha descendants, and as they were military people, the hotels got this name. A prefix "Hindu" was added here to clarify that they don't serve beef or pork. And there are some people who think that these hotels used to serve mainly the soldiers of Bangalore, both British and Indian, and that's how it got the name. According to Rajiv L, owner of Shivaji Military Hotel in Jayanagar, South Bangalore, the soldiers used these hotels as a meeting place and plan their campaigns. Shivaji Military Hotel is one of the oldest military hotels in the city and it was established in 1924.

Cuisine

Military hotels in Bangalore serve mainly non-vegetarian foods, but they generally don't serve beef and pork. Some of the commonly served food items are biryani, mutton chaap, keema, chicken items, ragi mudde. it was only for Hindu civilian and military people have non veg lunch or dinner,

Hotels

Some of the notable military hotels in Bangalore are:

1. Shivaji Military Hotel,
2. Ranganna Military Hotel,
3. Naidu Military Hotel,
4. S.K Donne Biryani Military Hotel
5. Chandu’s Military Hotel
6. Gowdru’s Military Hotel
7. Rajanna Hindu Military Hotel etc.