Koshy's

Koshy's Parade Café, popularly known as Koshy's, is a family-owned restaurant in Bangalore, India.

Jawaharlal Nehru, Queen Elizabeth II and Nikita Khruschev are among those who have dined at Koshy's.

Koshy’s started off as a bakery in 1940, set up by P.O. Koshy, a Syrian Christian from Kerala. In 1952, the restaurant was built next to the bakery. After the death of P.O. Koshy, his sons took over the establishment. Since the 1990s, third generation Koshys, Prem and Santosh, have managed the eatery.

The colonial-era restaurant has maintained its old-world decor which is a draw for its clientele. The interior consists of wooden chairs, tables, creaky fans, antique mirrors and shuttered windows.

Koshy's regulars include journalists, writers, literati and intellectuals.

Gundu Rao, erstwhile Chief Minister of Karnataka, once described Koshy's to Prem Koshy as follows.

“I have met your grandfather and father and seen you as a kid. I have travelled across the globe looking for peace and quiet and this is the only place I find it.”

Ramachandra Guha — historian, environmentalist, writer and public intellectual — has described Koshy's as follows.