Idli Sambar
This is a delicious combination of idli and sambar but the resultant thing is totally different. since the idlis are put in a bowl with steaming sambar poured over them, the aroma and spicy effect is really marvellous. and they charge less than rs. 20.00 for the whole thing.
Bisibele Baath
Made of rice and lentils with a lot of local spices. this is one of the most sought after dishes of mysore. it is served hot and usually costs rs.25.00 in an average restaurant.
Raagi Mudde
 it is a staple food in some of kannadiga households in the cauvery basin. it is made by cooking raagi flour in water and later rolling it into thick-consistency balls. raagi mudde is swallowed and not chewed after dipping it into ghee and sambar.
Mysore is famous for its most famous traditional sweet, the Mysore Pak. Mysore Pak is a sweet dish generally cut into rectangular pieces and is made out of Gram Flour, Sugar or Jaggery and lots of Ghee clarified butter. You can find it all over the city.
South Indian breakfast favourites like idlis, sambars, masala dosas are widely available and quite good. It is not clear if the Mysore Masala Dosa actually origininated in Mysore, but you can try asking. You can find some of Karnataka's speciality dishes like:
Raagi and Akki Rotis
They are similar to tortillas but made of raagi english: coracan, finger millet or rice flour along with black cumin, asafoetida, fresh coriander, green chillies and finely chopped onions.
Restaurants
Hotel Mylari
Udaya ravi road, kuvempunagar, mysore
Tina's Cafe
At gokulam main road offers delicious home cooked indian food. the decor is artistic.
Raghavendra Bhavan
Lemon Tree
Adi pampa road, v.v. mohalla, mysore
Hotel Annapoorna
N. s. road, mysore
Temptations
Kalidasa road, v.v. mohalla, mysore
Shree Devi Restaurant
Rajkamal talkies road, mysore
Bombay Indra Bhavan
Indra Sweet 'n Spice
42, kalidasa road, vv mohalla, mysore
Tegu Mess
Adi pampa road, v.v. mohalla, mysore
Hotel Siddhartha
Ramya Drive-in-Restaurant
# 995/1, radhakrishna avenue, mysore
Nalpak Restaurant
Kuvempunagar
The SIXTH MAIN
Opp to loyal world road,6th main,9th cross, post office road, vani vilas mohalla, mysore. sixth main is a restaurant and coffee shop parallel to kalidasa road. you would always find more foreigners than localities especially at the weekends. the ambiance is quite relaxing with jazz playing in the background.
Veg Kourt
Hotel Mahesh Prasad
New kantaraj urs road, ballal circle
Dasaprakash
Near the city bus-stand.
Cafe Coffee Days
Mysore has 7 Cafe Coffee Days, one on Kalidasa road, one on Kanthraj Urs road, one on Devraj Urs road,one on Vasanth Mahal roadGinger Hotel,and 3 outlets in Hootagalli Infosys Campus
Edelweiss The Austrian Cafe
Parallel to kalidasa road, has great food at very affordable prices and authentic, heavenly cakes baked by an austrian. the kitchen is open so you can see your food being cooked.
Hotel Govardhan
Nalpak Restaurant
Gokulam main road, v.v. mohalla
Bombay Tiffany's
Kafe Biryani
Vishwa manava double road, kuvempunagar, mysore
Nalapak
Mylary and gayathri tiffin roomgtr are places to find very good dosas.
Vishnu Bhavan
Opp to main bus stand
Biryani Paradise
Near mysore medical college, rifah complex, new sayyaji rao road, mysore
Biriyaniwalla
Adi pampa road, v.v. mohalla, mysore
Top Stuff
Kalidasa road, v.v. mohalla, mysore
Corner House
In vontikoppal is a nice place for ice creams
Kuttera
Kuvempunagar, mysore
Green Leaf
Kalidasa road, v.v. mohalla, mysore
Shri Shanthi Sagar
1014, udaya ravi road, kuvempunagar,
Gayathri Tiffin Room
Good South Indian vegetarian snacks and coffee.
Hotel Shree Guru Residency
Jlb road
Santhosh Hotel
Near sangam theater
Indradhanush
Hotel airlines complex, geetha road, mysore
Hotel Kamat Yatrinivas
Nanjangud road, mysore
Pizza Outlets
Pizza cornernear harding circle, pizza huton temple road-v.v.mohalla, dominoson temple road-v.v.mohalla and infosys campus, u.s.pizzaon ramavilas road near marimallapa college
Non Veg Restaurants
Hotel Shringar
Shivrampet, mysore
Hang Out
Hotel Vybhav
New sayajji rao road, mysore
Kamat Nalpad
Highway circle, mysore
Kafe Mallige
Nageetha complex, vishwa manava double road, saraswathipurm, mysore
Nakshathra (Hotel Roopa)
Hotel Indra Bhavan
Dhanvanthri road, mysore
Samrat Vegetarian Restaurant
Dhanvanthri road, mysore.
Shilpashri Rooftop Restaurant
Popular foreigner hangout, nice outdoor rooftop environment and cold beers. Try the Gobi Manchurian and the Chicken Noodles
Penguin Ice Creams
Dhanvanthri road, mysore
Hotel RRR
Gandhi square, mysore
Hotel RRR
Near the woodland theatr is a lovely place for biriyani
Khatta Metta
Dhanvanthri road, mysore
Iyengar's Tiffin Center
Chamaraja double road
Mughal-E-Durbar
New sayyaji rao road, bamboo bazaar, mysore
Kalidasa road
In jayalakshmipuram has fairly good restaurants like green leaf, tao. everybody seems to like the shawarma at casino park and lemon tree
Iyer's Mess
Near rto circle. the perfect place for authentic home cooked south indian food served on a plantain leaf. service is hospitable. all this at a humble price of rs.25 per meal. open only in the afternoons
Hotel Sapthagiri
Siddappa square, mysore