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Small, inexpensive restaurants cluster around Tirupathi's train and bus stations. The fol-
lowing are all in Tirupathi.
Hotel Mamata Lodge
( 2225873; 1st fl, 170 TP Area; s/d/tr/q ?250/300/400/500)
A friendly, spick-and-span cheapie. Some
of the sheets are stained, but they're tucked in tight and lovingly patched with white
squares. Avoid the downstairs lodge of the same name.
HOTEL
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RAILWAY RETIRING ROOM
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Railway Retiring Rooms
(dm/r from ?75/225, with AC ?225/450)
The station retiring rooms are super value.
Hotel Annapurna
( 2250666; Nethaji Rd; r without/with AC ?1236/1911; )
Rooms at the convenient and well-organ-
ised Annapurna are clean and pink. Since it's on a corner across from the train station,
nonair-con front rooms can be noisy, but air-con rooms are not as good-value. Its veg
res-
taurant
(mains ?100 to ?175) has fresh juices and excellent food.
HOTEL
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Minerva Grand
ANDHRA
$$
( 6688888;
www.minervagrand.com
; Renigunta Rd; mains & meals ?130-185, s/d with AC from ?3147/3822;
7am-11.30pm; )
The dining room here is contemporary and somewhat cold - the Minerva
is part of a new generation of sleek properties in town - but it's warmed up by the exquis-
ite meals: dish after dish of Andhra food done good and right. Follow it with the dynamite
filter coffee. The rooms here are the best in town.
Maya
(Bhimas Deluxe Hotel; 2225521;
bhimasdeluxe@rediffmail.com
;
G Car St; meals & mains ?135-190, r with AC
?1855-2023; 6am-10pm)
Great veg meals in the basement of the Bhimas Deluxe, which also
has good-value rooms (some without windows: beware) near the train station. Not to be
confused with Bhimas Hotel.
INDIAN
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Information
9am-7.30pm)
Next to the bus stand, along with several other in-
Anu Internet Centre
(per hr ?20;
ternet cafes.
Apollo Pharmacy
(G Car St;
24hr)