The first Kamat restaurant was established in Hubli in 1948. It was a hard task in those days, to set up a chain of hotels and restaurants in the absence of any institutional finance, but under the leadership of Late Shri RP Kamat, the family persevered, undaunted by any impediments. Today Kamat Group is a chain of hundred odd vegetarian restaurants and hotels spread over Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Kanrnataka.