When you go to a restaurant, what do you go for? If it is just food, I would argue that you can get better food at your home or a relative’s home. Most of us go for the experience, the theatre, the presentation, the service, the feeling of being cosseted. This is what we pay for. The question is, how much premium are you willing to pay for this?

For restaurants in luxury hotels, this becomes a key question. “The problem is that there are too many standalone restaurants competing for customers,” said one luxury hotel’s general manager ruefully.

It’s true. The Bangalore restaurant scene is surging with new openings, many of them brewpubs. Standalone restaurants are packed, even on weekdays. This is normal in Delhi and Mumbai, but Bangalore was considered to be a sleepy city. Not anymore. T

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