Where to Plan a College Reunion or Friends' Get-Together Near in Bangalore

For a college reunion or a friends' get-together in Bangalore,The 13th Floor is the natural anchor. It is an open-air rooftop lounge bar on the 13th floor of Barton Centre at 84 MG Road, inside Hotel Ivory Tower, and it is the venue where the hotel hosts parties and private events, with room for groups of up to about 70. Because it shares one floor and one kitchen with two sister restaurants, a group can start with drinks and move to a seated dinner without leaving the building. The address is about 50 metres from MG Road Metro Station, which makes it a fair meeting point for friends arriving from across Bengaluru. Entry is for guests aged 21 and over.

TL;DR

The 13th Floor, Hotel Ivory Tower's rooftop lounge bar, is the venue for parties and private events, holding about 70 guests.
It is open-air, glass and brushed steel, with an unobstructed view across central Bengaluru.
Music stays at conversation-level volume, so a group can actually hear each other.
The cocktail list is built on Indian ingredients such as raw mango, fermented plum and pickled mango ginger.
The bar shares a kitchen with Ebony and ASEAN On The Edge, so the full food menu is available at the bar.
Entry is 21 and over. The bar is open 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM, running to 12:30 AM on Friday and Saturday.

Why MG Road Works for a Reunion When Friends Are Coming From Everywhere

A reunion has a logistics problem an ordinary dinner does not. People arrive from different parts of the city, and some are travelling back into town for it. The venue has to be somewhere everyone can reach without a long journey home after midnight.

MG Road answers that. It sits in Bengaluru's Central Business District, and The 13th Floor is about 50 metres from MG Road Metro Station on the Purple Line. Friends coming from opposite ends of the city meet roughly in the middle rather than half the group crossing the whole of Bengaluru after dark. For anyone returning to Bangalore for a college reunion, a central address is also the easiest kind to find and the easiest to build an evening around.

There is lift access to the 13th floor, so nobody is climbing to the rooftop.

The 13th Floor Is the Natural Anchor for a Get-Together

The 13th Floor sits on the rooftop of Barton Centre, with open spaces clad in glass and brushed steel that give an undiluted view across central Bengaluru and the sky above. It sits above one of the busiest stretches of MG Road, yet the traffic fades to a soft hum at that height.

Two things make it work for a reunion specifically.

First, it is the outlet Hotel Ivory Tower uses for parties and private celebrations, with room for groups of up to about 70. A reunion is not a table booking. It is an event, and this is the room built for one.An intimate rooftop bar is how the venue describes itself, and the scale is right for a class rather than a crowd.

Second, the music stays at conversation-level volume, a mix of retro pop, rock ballads and lounge. That matters more at a reunion than almost anywhere else, because the whole point of the evening is the talking. A rooftop with a DJ and a wall of sound defeats the purpose of gathering people who have not spoken in ten years.

The view is at its best through sunset and into the early evening, so build the arrival window around that. The terrace catches the evening breeze, and a light layer is worth carrying from October through February.

Check the Age Policy Before the Guest List Goes Out

The 13th Floor admits guests aged 21 and over, in line with the legal drinking age in Karnataka. For a college reunion this is rarely a constraint. For a get-together that includes younger siblings, interns or anyone under 21, it is a hard stop, and it is worth confirming before the invitation goes out.

Turn It Into a Full Evening Across Three Connected Spaces

The 13th Floor shares one rooftop floor and one kitchen with two sister outlets at Hotel Ivory Tower:Ebony, a Pan Indian and Parsi restaurant open since 1993, andASEAN On The Edge, an open-air Thai and South East Asian rooftop restaurant.

Guests at the bar can order from the full Ebony and ASEAN On The Edge menus alongside the bar's own snacks, appetizers and platters. That range is rare for a rooftop bar. The Kakori Kebab, a silky fine-ground lamb kebab, is the dish most regulars order first, and the Burmese Khaoswe from the ASEAN menu travels well to a bar table.

For a group that arrives in waves, which every reunion does, this matters. Sharing plates over drinks works better than a sit-down order when half the party is still in traffic. If the evening firms up into a proper dinner, the group can move to a seated table at Ebony, which takes group tables of up to about 30, or take over ASEAN On The Edge for 30 to 40.

What to Drink When the Group Lands

The cocktail programme takes ingredients most Indian guests grew up with and reworks them into contemporary drinks. Five are a good place to start:

Bangkok Sour. Vodka, coconut, chilli, kaffir lime and lemongrass soda, built to read like the top notes of a Thai kitchen.
Aam Panna Party. Vodka, raw mango, lychee and mint. The summer cooler given a cocktail frame.
Pickled Up Picante. Agave, pickled mango ginger, gooseberry and grapefruit. Savoury, sharp and slow to finish.
The Naughty Plum. Agave, fermented plum and jalapeño, with an earthy sourness and a gentle warmth on the finish.
Jack The Ripper. Jackfruit, pandan, sesame, cinnamon and milk-washed whisky. The most complex drink on the list and the one to end an evening on.

Alongside the cocktails there is a wine list and a range of wine and champagne cocktails, so guests who do not drink spirits have somewhere to start.The full cocktail programme runs deeper than these five.

Which Space Suits Which Kind of Reunion

Space	Capacity	Suits	Setting
The 13th Floor	Up to ~70	A party, a large reunion, a long catch-up over drinks	Open-air rooftop lounge bar, 21 and over
ASEAN On The Edge	30 to 40, whole restaurant	A themed South East Asian group dinner	Open-air South East Asian rooftop
Ebony	Group tables up to ~30	A seated group dinner with mixed tastes	Pan Indian and Parsi rooftop dining room

All three sit on one floor and share a kitchen, so a group can use more than one across a single evening.

How to Plan and Book a Reunion at The 13th Floor

For a group, call ahead so the team can hold seating together and pace the kitchen. For a party or private event, call ahead to arrange the space and the food. If you are still deciding on the shape of the night,this guide to drinking on MG Road by occasion is a useful starting point. If the gathering is a family celebration rather than a friends' night,the family dinner and birthday guide covers the same floor from a different angle.

The 13th Floor is open from 12:00 PM to 12:00 AM, running to 12:30 AM on Friday and Saturday. Reservations are on +91 80 4178 3355 or +91 80 2513 6622, at Barton Centre, 84 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bengaluru 560001.

For friends travelling in from out of town, Hotel Ivory Tower's suites are on the 12th floor of the same building, androom guests get 20% off their food bill at all three outlets.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I plan a college reunion or friends' get-together near MG Road in Bangalore?

The 13th Floor, the rooftop lounge bar at Hotel Ivory Tower, Barton Centre, 84 MG Road, is the natural anchor. It is the venue the hotel uses for parties and private events, with room for about 70 guests, and it shares a floor and a kitchen with Ebony and ASEAN On The Edge, so a group can have drinks and dinner in one place.

How many people can The 13th Floor hold for a reunion?

The 13th Floor hosts parties and private events for groups of up to about 70. If the reunion narrows to a seated dinner, Ebony takes group tables of up to about 30, and ASEAN On The Edge can be booked whole for 30 to 40 guests.

Is The 13th Floor a good place for a group catching up?

Yes. It is an open-air rooftop bar with an unobstructed view across central Bengaluru, and the music is kept at conversation-level volume, a mix of retro pop, rock ballads and lounge. That makes it suited to a long catch-up rather than a loud night out.

What is the age policy at The 13th Floor?

Entry is for guests aged 21 and over, in line with the legal drinking age in Karnataka. For a college reunion this is rarely a constraint, but confirm it before finalising the guest list.

What food can we order at The 13th Floor?

The full Ebony and ASEAN On The Edge menus, alongside the bar's own snacks, appetizers and platters, because all three outlets share the same floor and kitchen. Popular choices include Ebony's Kakori Kebab and the Burmese Khaoswe from the ASEAN menu.

Can we have both drinks and dinner in one place for a reunion near MG Road?

Yes. The 13th Floor, Ebony and ASEAN On The Edge share one rooftop floor and one kitchen. Guests at the bar can order from the full Ebony and ASEAN menus, or the group can move to a seated table without changing venues.