Find us
Third building from the lake end.
Corner of Cambridge Road.
12 Cambridge Road
Halasuru, Bengaluru
Karnataka 560008
Third building from the Ulsoor Lake end, ground floor, green door. The 314 stops outside and Trinity metro is an eleven-minute walk. There is no parking — genuinely, none.
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Kitchen stops at 8:30pm. Coffee until the shutter comes down.
Getting here
Five ways in, and one warning.
Halasuru is easy to reach and impossible to park in. That is not a complaint about Halasuru — it is a hundred-year-old neighbourhood with roads built for bullock carts, and we would rather warn you than have you circle for twenty minutes.
If you are coming from Indiranagar or MG Road, the metro is genuinely faster than driving between about eight and eleven, and again from five.
- Bus
- The 314 stops directly outside, on the lake side of the road. The 302 and 304 stop at Halasuru Gate, four minutes north.
- Metro
- Trinity on the Purple Line is an eleven-minute walk. Come out of the north exit, cross once, and keep the lake on your left.
- Auto
- Say "Cambridge Road, opposite the old stationer's" — every driver in Halasuru knows the corner. The Google pin is accurate if they want it.
- Parking
- None. Genuinely none — no lot, no valet, no obliging watchman. Cambridge Road is one-way and both sides are marked. Two-wheelers manage; cars should park at the Halasuru Gate end and walk five minutes.
- On foot
- Third building from the Ulsoor Lake end, ground floor, green door with the brass letterbox. If you reach the tailor you have gone one too far.
When to come
The room is a different room at four times of day.
Six to eight in the morning is the fastest queue of the day and the best the coffee will taste, because the decoction is four hours old exactly. Mostly regulars, mostly standing.
Nine to eleven fills up with people eating properly. This is when the upma runs out.
Midday to four is the quiet stretch — students, laptops, the ceiling fans, nobody in a hurry. If you want a table to yourself for two hours, come at two.
Four to half past eight is bajji hour and the busiest part of the day. Every table is wanted, the fryer does not stop, and it is the most fun the room is all day. Come for the noise or avoid it entirely.
We do not close for festivals, we do not close for the monsoon, and we have not closed for a day since the shutter first went up. If you are ever unsure, ring 080 4123 8867.