Beyondburg Bangalore: Smash Burgers, Founders and What to Order
Who runs Beyondburg, what to order on Palace Road and how it compares with Smash Guys, Bangalore's other smash burger name. Sourced and dated.
Beyondburg is a smash burger restaurant in Prestige Trade Tower on Palace Road, Bengaluru, with a cloud kitchen in Koramangala for delivery. Chef Mohammed Anas co-founded it with Ajmal Jaseem. Order the Smash Burger first. On paper, this is the most ambitious smash burger kitchen in Bangalore: it says it bakes its brioche buns in-house every day, makes its own sauces and smokes its own brisket. Two caveats up front. I haven’t eaten there for this piece, and I couldn’t find a dated menu price or confirm that Palace Road is open this month. I checked everything below against press coverage on 8 October 2026.
Beyondburg Bangalore: key facts
Beyondburg’s Bengaluru dine-in is on Palace Road, its signature is the Smash Burger, and the brand also cooks in Kochi and Kozhikode. The status column shows how solid each fact is.
| Detail | Status | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Beyondburg Inc. | Confirmed (Restaurant India, May 2024) |
| Co-founders | Chef Mohammed Anas (also spelled Muhammed) and Ajmal Jaseem | Confirmed (Restaurant India, The Balcony Stories) |
| Dine-in | Prestige Trade Tower, Palace Road, Bengaluru | Reported; not confirmed open in October 2026 |
| Delivery | Cloud kitchen in Koramangala | Reported |
| Hours | 11am–11pm Mon–Fri, 11am–1am Sat–Sun | Undated LBB listing; may have changed |
| Signature | The Smash Burger | Confirmed (Restaurant India, LBB) |
| Other cities | Kochi, Kozhikode | Confirmed (The Balcony Stories, Dec 2024) |
| Prices | Not published here | No dated menu available |
Beyondburg Bangalore key facts: brand, co-founders Mohammed Anas and Ajmal Jaseem, Palace Road dine-in, Koramangala cloud kitchen, reported hours, signature Smash Burger, other cities, and confirmation status of each fact as of 8 October 2026. (Table: Burger Breton, compiled from Restaurant India (16 May 2024), The Balcony Stories (2 Dec 2024) and LBB; original data, no license restriction)
Those hours come from an undated listing. Check Google Maps, Zomato or Beyondburg’s Instagram before you make the trip.
Who founded Beyondburg? Chef Mohammed Anas and Ajmal Jaseem
Beyondburg Inc. was co-founded by chef Mohammed Anas and Ajmal Jaseem (Restaurant India, 16 May 2024). News reports spell his first name Mohammed. A sponsored Forbes India feature uses Muhammed. None of my sources says where he trained. I’d rather leave that gap than fill it with a guess.
The most telling detail comes from that Forbes India Brand Connect feature (sponsored, 29 July 2026): Beyondburg has taken no outside funding and puts its profits back into the business. Anas puts it this way: “We’d rather reinvest into making every restaurant better than expand faster than we’re ready for.” I like that line. It’s also the brand describing itself, and so is the feature’s count of six restaurants across South India, which I couldn’t confirm.
Where did Beyondburg start? The origin story doesn’t add up yet
Beyondburg’s first city and founding year are disputed, so I’m not stating either as fact. The Balcony Stories (December 2024) says the brand began as a Bengaluru kiosk in 2017. Restaurant India (May 2024) treats Bengaluru as an expansion after Kochi and Kozhikode. Both can’t be right. What is confirmed: Beyondburg operates in Kochi, Kozhikode and Bengaluru. In 2024 it announced Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai (The Balcony Stories), and I found no proof that any of those has opened yet. It has also run a two-day pop-up at Sienna in Kolkata (t2 Online).
How Beyondburg makes its smash burgers
Beyondburg says it makes nearly everything in-house: brioche baked every day, its own sauces, brisket slow-smoked in its own kitchen, and meat bought from specialty butchers across India (The Balcony Stories; Forbes India Brand Connect, sponsored). Those are the brand’s words, not my inspection. Still, they’re specific enough to be checked, and they’re the right things to claim. A bun baked that morning and brisket smoked on site are exactly what separate a craft burger bar from a frozen-patty chain.
What is a smash burger?
A smash burger is a ball of ground beef pressed hard and thin onto a very hot flat-top, so the surface caramelises into a crisp, lacy crust before the patty is flipped and topped with cheese. Thin double patties need a soft bun that squashes around them. That’s why brioche is the natural partner.
What is a smash burger: balls of ground beef pressed thin on a very hot griddle so the surface caramelises into a crisp crust before the flip and the cheese. (Photo: J Wynia, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/73451168@N00/49978037281), 1024×1024)
The brand also talks up organic vegetables, plastic-free operations, and Asian, vindaloo and Japanese-pickling flavours. All of that comes from the brand or from sponsored content. Treat it as a pitch until someone checks.
Beyondburg Palace Road menu: what to order
Order the Smash Burger on a first visit. It’s the signature, and the kitchen is built around it. Press coverage of the Bengaluru menu lists these items (Restaurant India; LBB):
- Smash Burger: the signature.
- Classic Swiss Cheese Burger
- Nashville Fried Chicken Burger
- Brisket Whopper: built on the slow-smoked brisket.
- Pastrami Sandwich
- Animal Style Fries: loaded fries with caramelised onions and minced tenderloin or chicken.
- New York cheese bagels
- Burnt Basque cheesecake
If you’re ordering a second dish, I’d make it the Brisket Whopper. It’s the one item that tests the smoker, and the smoker is Beyondburg’s boldest claim. Menus change, and no source gives dated rupee prices, so I’m not printing any.
Beyondburg vs Smash Guys: the smash burger in Bangalore
Beyondburg and Smash Guys are the two names that come up for smash burgers in Bangalore, and they’re built differently. Beyondburg is a multi-city South Indian brand with its own bakery and smoker. Smash Guys is a single Indiranagar diner from seasoned restaurateurs and a classically trained chef. I haven’t scored them against each other: I don’t have verified prices and dated tasting notes for both.
| Beyondburg | Smash Guys – Burger Kitchen | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | Palace Road (Prestige Trade Tower); Koramangala cloud kitchen | 948, Ground Floor, 12th Main, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar |
| People | Chef Mohammed Anas, Ajmal Jaseem | Nikhil and Abhijit ‘AB’ Gupta; chef Adithya Kidambi |
| Signature | Smash Burger | Oklahoma Smash (beef or lamb) |
| Chicken | Nashville Fried Chicken Burger | Nashville Chicken burger with chilli oil and chilli sofrito |
| Bun | Brioche baked in-house daily | Milk bun |
| Dessert | Burnt Basque cheesecake | Old Monk chocolate mousse |
| Hours | 11am–11pm weekdays, to 1am weekends (undated) | 11:30am–11pm |
| Price | Not verified | About ₹1,500 for two (aggregators) |
Beyondburg vs Smash Guys, smash burgers in Bangalore side by side: area, team, signature burger, chicken burger, bun, dessert, hours and price (about ₹1,500 for two at Smash Guys; Beyondburg prices not verified). (Table: Burger Breton, compiled from Restaurant India (27 May 2025), LBB (https://lbb.in/bangalore/smash-guys-indiranagar-burgers/) and Zomato; original data, no license restriction)
Smash Guys opened its first restaurant in Indiranagar after a run of pop-ups. The opening was reported on 27 May 2025 (Restaurant India). The Guptas also run The Pizza Bakery and Paris Panini. Kidambi trained at Le Cordon Bleu and co-founded Mossant Fermentary. The brand bills itself as ‘India’s first true smashburger diner’. That’s a slogan, not something anyone can verify. Menu, hours and price come from LBB and Zomato.
100 Feet Road, Indiranagar, by night: the Bangalore bar and dining belt where Smash Guys runs its smash burger diner on 12th Main, HAL 2nd Stage. (Photo: Indiranagar Seller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indiranagar\_Shopping\_Hundred\_Feet\_Road,\_Indiranagar\_Bangalore\_by\_night.JPG), 4608×3456)
My take: go to Beyondburg for the whole kitchen (brisket, pastrami, house bakes). Go to Smash Guys if you want one thing done well on a night out in Indiranagar. An Oklahoma Smash, with onions pressed into the beef, is a narrower and more purist idea of the genre.
Where Beyondburg fits among the best burgers in Bangalore
Beyondburg is part of a newer wave of craft smash burger places in a city whose burger history goes back decades. The Only Place has served its Beef and Lamb Whopper since the 1960s (Explocity). Burgerman, founded by Sunil Cherian, reached Bengaluru in December 2009 (Deccan Herald). I haven’t checked that those older addresses still trade. For the full city picture, start with our Bengaluru burger guide.
Timeline of burgers in Bangalore: The Only Place (1960s), Burgerman arrives (December 2009), Beyondburg’s reported kiosk start (2017, disputed), Beyondburg’s Bengaluru launch coverage (May 2024) and Smash Guys’ Indiranagar opening (May 2025). (Chart: Burger Breton, data from Explocity, Deccan Herald (https://www.deccanherald.com/content/146882/hey-mr-burgerman.html), The Balcony Stories and Restaurant India; original chart, no license restriction)
Map of smash burgers in central Bangalore: Beyondburg at Prestige Trade Tower, Palace Road; Beyondburg’s Koramangala cloud kitchen; Smash Guys in Indiranagar (HAL 2nd Stage). (Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright))
FAQ: Beyondburg and smash burgers in Bangalore
Who founded Beyondburg and where did it start? Chef Mohammed Anas and Ajmal Jaseem co-founded Beyondburg. Sources disagree on where it started: one says a Bengaluru kiosk in 2017, another puts Kochi and Kozhikode first.
Where is Beyondburg in Bangalore and what are its timings? The dine-in restaurant is in Prestige Trade Tower on Palace Road, with a cloud kitchen in Koramangala. Reported hours are 11am–11pm Monday to Friday and 11am–1am at weekends. The listing is undated, so check before you go.
What is Beyondburg’s signature burger? The Smash Burger, served on a brioche bun the brand says it bakes in-house every day.
What is a smash burger, and where can I eat one in Bangalore? It’s a beef patty pressed thin on a hot griddle until it forms a crisp, caramelised crust. In Bangalore, the two names to know are Beyondburg on Palace Road and Smash Guys in Indiranagar.
Beyondburg or Smash Guys: which is better? It depends on what you want. Beyondburg has the bigger menu, with smoked brisket, pastrami and house-baked brioche. Smash Guys is a focused smash diner with an Oklahoma Smash on a milk bun.
How much does a burger cost at Beyondburg Bangalore? I couldn’t find a dated, verified menu price, so I’m not quoting one. Check the current menu on Zomato or at the counter.
Does Beyondburg serve beef, and are there vegetarian options? Yes, beef and other meats are on the menu: the Brisket Whopper, the pastrami and the minced-tenderloin Animal Style Fries. Beyondburg says it buys from specialty butchers. None of my sources lists a vegetarian burger, so ask the restaurant.
How I researched this profile
This is a profile, not a review: I didn’t rate Beyondburg because I couldn’t make a dated, priced visit for this piece. Every fact comes from press coverage and local food media, checked on 8 October 2026: Restaurant India (16 May 2024 and 27 May 2025), The Balcony Stories (2 December 2024), LBB, Zomato, Explocity, t2 Online, Deccan Herald and Wikipedia. Anything that appears only in Forbes India’s sponsored Brand Connect feature (29 July 2026) is labelled as a brand claim. Once the Palace Road menu and hours are confirmed, I’ll add prices and a verdict.
More burger guides from India
Beyondburg has named Mumbai as one of its next cities, so the best burgers in Mumbai is the natural next read. Heading to the capital? My guide to the best burgers in New Delhi covers it. For another South India stop, there’s our guide to Burger King locations in Chennai. Or browse every city in the Burger Breton restaurants section.
