T1’s main duty-free stop sits just past security.
Flemingo Duty Free in Terminal T1 comes right after security for international departures, so you pretty much walk through it on the way to your gate. Shelves lean heavily on 1L liquor bottles, big-brand perfumes, and standard travel retail chocolates. Prices sit closer to downtown India duty-paid shops than to ultra-cheap Gulf duty free, but liquor often runs 10–20% under typical Bengaluru city MRP, especially on whisky twin-packs.
The shop layout in T1 is single-level and open, with liquor on the left as you enter, beauty in the middle, and chocolates and snacks pushed toward the gate exits. Tobacco and cigarettes stay behind the counter with quantity limits tied to your customs allowance: India currently allows 100 sticks or 25 cigars per adult on arrival, and outbound rules depend on your destination country. Staff tend to push bundle deals on spirits and chocolate multipacks; the savings usually start to make sense from two units up.
Most payments go through card or UPI, and prices show in INR with some tags listing USD equivalents for through-ticketed international passengers. Smaller 50ml and 100ml liquor minis sit near the counters, useful if you’re trying to keep under the liquor allowance of 2L per adult that Indian customs applies on arrival. Stock tilts toward mainstream global brands, so if you’re chasing niche whisky or limited-edition gin, this isn’t the place.
Last tip: walk the full loop once, photograph the promo tags, then buy on the way back toward your actual gate; the same offers usually show at the final checkout station closest to boarding.