Entertainment and Nightlife in Hubli

Although Hubli is a commercial center of North Karnataka, it is however still a second tier city. Hence as compared to leading metropolitan cities like Bengaluru and Mumbai, entertainment options and nightlife in Hubli are still catching up.

Nonetheless, the few entertainment and nightlife options are pretty good enough to offer you some fleeting moments of great fun. Here is a brief roundup of all the popular entertainment and nightlife options in the city of Hubli.

Pubs, Lounges and Bars in Hubli

Amongst the most sought after lounge bars of Hubli is OMG lounge bar, located inside the famous ‘The Hans’ hotel. It is a poolside lounge bar and wine/drinks & foods served here are absolutely of top notch. You’ll surely enjoy great evening here.

Another very fine lounge bar that is again located inside The Hans Hotel is Nirvana Lounge. This lounge bar is as fine as OMG lounge, but only difference is that it is not a pool side lounge. Besides, there are hordes of bars all throughout Hubli where you can enjoy range of drinks at very affordable rates.

Cafés and Coffee Shops in Hubli

There are two Café Coffee Day (CCD) stores in the Hubli. One in TB road and other in Deshpandenagar. Just like in all other cities, even locals of Hubli don’t just go to CCD to sip hot coffee but also to have some great fun and unwind themselves.

Besides, we also recommend two other popular coffee stores: Gossips Coffee Shop located inside The Hans’ Hotel and Seven Beans Restaurant at Vidyanagar.


Besides, there are also quite a few popular fast food joints which are till late night and where along with food you can also have some fun time too. These are Dominos Pizza at Gokul Road, KFC at Gokul Road and Smokin Joes Pizzas at Keshawapur.

Cinema Halls and Multiplexes in Hubli

Though Hubli has just one multiplex, but it has no dearth of single screen theatres. The lone multiplex is called Cinepolis Cinema located inside Urban Oasis Mall. Besides, there are some 8 popular single screen theatres located mostly at busy areas like PB road and near station road. 

All these theatres play the latest Bollywood and Kannada blockbusters. However, since Cinepolis Cinema is the only theatre of Hubli offering most sophisticated cinematic experience, we highly recommend it to all the tourists and also locals.

Shop at Urban Oasis Mall

The state-of-the-art Urban Oasis Mall is the only shopping mall of Hubli. The shopping mall is quite big and sells around 200 local and international brands under one roof. And of course here you’ll also find some good multi cuisine restaurants and fast food joints. The immensely popular fast food joint ‘KFC’ has recently opened its store here. Overall, Urban Oasis Mall will offer great dose of shopping recreation and entertainment to you.

Enjoy some great sightseeing: In Hubli you can also have some great time in the midst of nature. There are three tourist hotspots in Hubli city where nature and fun time go hand-in-hand.

These are Nrupatunga Betta, Unkal Lake and Indira Gandhi Glass House. But we highly recommend Nrupatunga Betta to everyone, especially who is visiting Hubli for the very first time. It is a small hillock that has been developed into a fine tourist spot. You’ll love this place for sure.