Tilve Bhojanalaya’s Really Honest Goan food, Bandora, Ponda, Goa, August 2023

Tasty thalis with bhajis as delicious as the fish curry. Generous quantities. Reasonable and transparent pricing. Where else could we be but Ponda’s famous Tilve Bhojanalaya.
Tilve Bhojanalaya, Donshivaddo, Bandora, Ponda
Google Maps location: goo.gl/maps/AmEb9uDsgaE7sMh9A
Timings: 12.30 to 3.30 pm; 7.30 to 11 pm; open all days
Tilve Bhojanalaya is centrally located amidst a number of Goa’s most important temples, in Donshivaddo, Bandora, Ponda. To reach there, drive towards Kashi Mutt from the Bandora Tisk on the Panjim-Ponda-Margao highway. Continue straight past Kashi Mutt till you reach another tisk under a mango tree. This is in Donshiwado, next to the Bandora panchayat Take the right turn towards Shri Nagueshi temple. Then the first left turn at the small circle. And the first left turn again, towards Ramnathi. Tilve Bhojanalaya is less than 100 metres down this road, on your left
The restaurant in the Tilve family home has seating both in and outdoors. As the weather is great, we’ll eat in Tilve’s outdoor area today.
On arrival we are greeted by Vandesh Tilve, the second Tilve generation running his family’s restaurant, which was founded by his parents 30 years ago and has become one of the most popular eateries in the Ponda area. The food at Tilve is still prepared according to Vandesh’s mother’s recipes.
While we are chatting, I see something very eye-catching on the wall behind Vandesh. The Tilve menu spells out the prices of all fish dishes - and not just the fish curry rice plate - something which is extremely rare in Goa, where most restaurants simply put ‘as per size’ or ‘as per market rate’ against all fish and seafood items on the menu.
Tilve’s fish rice plate at Rs 120 and chicken rice plate at Rs 160 is really reasonable. The vellio and tarle plates at Rs 140 each, lepo fry plate at Rs 150 and bangda fry at Rs 160 is well within our budget. It’s a delight to discover such an honest eatery. Tilve is the answer to all Goan eateries who are overcharging behind the cover of daily ‘market rate'. Hope others follow Tilve’s example
Today, I’m having Tilve’s special fish thali with kingfish, and Maria is having the chicken rice plate. On my plate today is kingfish, rice, sal kadi, prawn curry, kismur, bhaji, chapati, salad and pickle. Maria has chicken curry, salad, rice, chapati and sal kadi.
As regular viewers of our channel know, we have tried a lot of fish thalis. And so we can say with some authority, that the curry at Tilve is just one of the best in Goa. No wonder this eatery is famous far beyond Ponda
One of the best items on my thali was the bhaji. On that day, Tilve had prepared an akhi masoor (whole red lentils) and batata (potato) bhaji. Just delicious. Something different I’ve not had before
In less than Rs 500, we both have had a fabulous lunch, enjoying fish, prawns, teesri, chicken and a sublime bhaji. This is why we both come to Tilve again and again.
Tilve restaurant is close to Ramnathi temple, Shri Mahalaxmi Saunsthan, Shri Nagueshi Temple and Shri Shantadurga temple in Kavlem, among others.
After visiting the temples, come and do some pet puja at Tilve, for a real authentic taste of Goa
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[@dratiurrahmankhan8974]

Hi Lesley, it's been quite some time that I and my family have been enjoying your videos celebrating simple yet lovely and delicious authentic Goan food. I particularly like the Goan thalis you have been featuring in your videos.

[@lesleyingoa]

Thank you so much!

[@anupamkulkarni5514]

This my all time favourite while visiting shantadurga and mangueshi temple. Thanks for taking me back there virtually. ❤

[@shivanandgurav2410]

Excellent coverage just fabulous feels like we are travelling together keep it up thanks

[@lesleyingoa]

Thank you. Happy New Year! 🙏🏼

[@marinadsouza5115]

I will have to extend my vacation just to be able to eat at all your recommendations!

[@gaurav37]

Amazing food place I stumbled upon my visit in 2021.

[@ravindrapatil8216]

Very very happy to see this video,Thanks

[@vaibhavdinkarmardhekar]

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience! 🙏

[@pauldsouza3622]

Wow thank you for the Ponda video it used to be a one street bus terminal it has expanded so much 😮

[@manojkulkarni350]

Dear Lesley I like your vidio wherever you go.👍👍👍👍

[@lesleyingoa]

Thank you so much 🙏🏽

[@vincydiniz5266]

Hi guys, that's a great recommendation. You've planned our next outing. Thank you. Also please try Sheetal Bar And Restaurant at Usgao, their chicken breast/leg fry is to die for. ❤❤❤

[@EatwithCelisa]

Like how you also give clear direction. Food look delicious for the price.

[@jonathanarul3696]

Nice 😋

[@ranjitshindde185]

Best food excellent authentic goan gravy...value for money rather than those hyped by other eateries... Thanks a lot leslie...

[@lesleyingoa]

My pleasure, yes this is a humble and wonderful eatery of Ponda

[@SACHINLAWANDE1977]

I've visited this place 2-3 times and always found the fish to be fresh and taste very homelike. I was going to ask why you guys hadn't yet visited Tilve since it was so famad :) Anyways, thanks for visiting. Please try and diversify your format ... I had a couple of suggestions to make ... on a dark evening all the ladies can gather and start narrating ghost stories from their childhood ... mark my words ... it'll be a HIT episode. Cheers!!

[@manojkulkarni350]

Affordable price I like it.👍😀

[@lesleyingoa]

It sure is!

[@Mukund777]

thi is our favt place when we visit Ponda.

[@lesleyingoa]

Ours also!

[@abhishekwagle3059]

Dear Leslie... So good to see a vlogger covering this amazing tilve bhojnalay.... We ve been eating here when our father used to say...... khara goan khhay cha ahe tar tilve.... Seldom any vlogger has covered this amazing place again Kudos to you and your team.....

[@lesleyingoa]

Thank you for your support and encouragement

[@rupeshchawan2684]

Love from Quepem....... beautiful video 🤗

[@lesleyingoa]

Thank you so much 😊

[@maheshdhaimode441]

Chicken🐔🐓🐤 Thali was ❤❤❤ n good👍👍👍

[@user-sb1qz3dk1c]

Wow,as always ,TOPCLASS vdo Description of Taste of Thalis.By seeing & imagining your vdos,I must have increased my weight by some pounds😂,what will happen ,when I really eat at those eateries??!? Anyhow ,God bless you .PS. I ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE YOUR INNOCENT HUNGRY FACE,WHILE EATING PRAWNSCURRY RICE,WHICH DEPICTS GRADE OF THAT CURRY,THANQ.

[@lesleyingoa]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@dharmeshnaik9465]

Ma'am visit to Mahesh bar restaurant sadus chicken chilly at ramanathi bandora goa

[@lesleyingoa]

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[@tushartamhane7128]

Can you give me reference of homestay in Ponda

[@nividismiranda5909]

Ma'am greetings from Germany If u huv time jst visit at canacona , Agonda we huv many popular restaurant Thanks

[@charlottesoares9455]

Where is this rest.

[@Fondyacho]

Tilve is no doubt the best!!!!! Also try Swagats restaurants Goan & Malwani Chonak and Mori in Ponda Shantinagar near Ponda Main Market (Dada Vaidya Chowk)

[@lesleyingoa]

Sounds delicious! We will definitely cover these Malvani items at Swagath 😋

[@mamtashedde2302]

Hi again. We come to shanthadurga often as she is kuladevtha. But after Darshan and pooja at the temple my amma 85 and a pure veg won't let me have fish. So every visit of ours one day for pooja and one day for pet pooja at my request. I will refer your vedios during our next visit. Thank u

[@lesleyingoa]

Thanks for sharing your experience and for your kind comment

[@SantoshSingh-tb7eo]

Kal jaunga ma'am, Me Curti me rahta hu

[@krantesh3913]

Tilve bhojanalaya is not good ,,We have better places than this in ponda Raikar farm is best for fish thali