Kaapi & Idli Combo
Filter kaapi with two idlis, one vada, sambar and chutney. Every day before 10 AM.
₹149dine-in & pickup
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Indiranagar · Bengaluru · Since 2016
Filter kaapi, all-day breakfast and a katte to sit on
A neighbourhood coffee house on 12th Main. Chikmagalur beans in a brass filter, chai the way the tea-stall does it, dosas till closing, and bakes that come out of the oven twice a day.
9Years on 12th Main
4.7Google rating · 2,100+ reviews
2×Daily bakes, 8 AM & 4 PM
25Minutes avg. delivery
Laptop Hours Pass
Weekdays 11 AM – 4 PM: unlimited filter kaapi or chai refills, one bake, and a reserved plug-point seat.
₹399per person · Mon–Fri
Free bake with your first WhatsApp order
Order from this page instead of the apps and we pack a cookie or a slice of banana bread on us. Code KATTE1.
Freeon orders above ₹399
Events & workshops
Things that happen on the katte
Learn to brew, argue about a book, sing badly on a Friday, or take the beans home. Book below or message us.
Saturday mornings
Brew Your Own Kaapi Workshop
Ninety minutes with our head barista: how the brass filter works, decoction ratios, milk temperature, and a pour-over of a single-estate lot. Take home 250 g of beans.
₹1,200per person · 8 seats · 10 AM Saturdays
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Sunday evenings
Katte Book Club
One book a month, discussed over unlimited chai and bun maska. The reading list is chosen by vote at the end of each session.
₹350per person · includes chai & bites · 5 PM Sundays
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Friday nights
Open Mic on the Katte
Acoustic sets, poetry, stand-up — eight slots of ten minutes each. Sign up on WhatsApp by Thursday. Entry free with any order.
Freewith any order · 8 PM Fridays · sign-up on WhatsApp
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Take it home
Beans, Blends & Chai Masala
Our filter blend, single-estate lots from Chikmagalur and Coorg, and the house chai masala — ground to order. Free delivery on 1 kg and above.
₹480per 250 g · grind to your brewer
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Since 2016Indiranagar, Bengaluru
Our story
A coffee house built around a stone bench
In 2016 Meera and Arjun Kulkarni took over a shuttered darshini on 12th Main, kept its stone katte — the ledge where the neighbourhood already drank its morning coffee — and built a café around it. The brass filter from Meera's grandmother's kitchen still brews the first batch every day.
The beans come from a single estate in Chikmagalur that Arjun has visited every harvest since. The chai recipe is borrowed, with permission, from the tea stall opposite. The bakery came later, when a customer named Fatima started bringing in her croissants and never really left.
- Single-estate Chikmagalur beans, roasted every fortnight
- Brass-filter decoction, never instant
- Eggless versions of every bake
- Laptop-friendly: Wi-Fi, plug points, quiet hours 11–4
- Dogs welcome on the katte and the terrace
- Zero-commission direct ordering on WhatsApp
Meera & Arjun Kulkarni
FoundersTimings & getting here
Open early, closed late
Daily · 7:30 AM – 10:30 PM
Hours this week
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Breakfast is served all day. Bakes come out at 8 AM and 4 PM. Quiet laptop hours 11 AM – 4 PM on weekdays.
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Delivery & pickup
Within 4 km — Indiranagar, Domlur, HAL, Kodihalli, Ulsoor, CV Raman Nagar. Hot kaapi travels in a steel flask on request.
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Katte stamp card
Every kaapi or chai earns a stamp. The seventh is on us — ask for a card at the counter or say your number on WhatsApp orders.
Getting here
No. 42, 12th Main, HAL 2nd Stage
Indiranagar, Bengaluru 560038
Two-minute walk from Indiranagar Metro (Purple Line), Gate 2. Street parking on 12th Main after 9 AM; cycle stands outside.
Get directionsGood to know
Wheelchair-accessible entrance and washroom. Kids' menu and high chairs. Board games on the shelf by the window.
Why the katte
Small place, strong opinions
Beans we can name
One estate, one roaster, roasted every fortnight. The lot and roast date are chalked on the board behind the counter.
Breakfast, all day
Dosa at 9 PM is a right, not a request. The tawa stays hot till the kitchen closes.
Made for staying
Fast Wi-Fi, plug points at every table, quiet hours on weekdays and no one hovering over your third refill.
Direct, not through apps
Order here and we skip the 25% commission — which is how the kaapi stays at ₹120.
The people
Who's behind the counter
Sanjay Hegde
Head BaristaTrained in Chikmagalur estates and a Mumbai roastery; runs the Saturday brewing workshops.
Fatima Sheikh
Head BakerLaminates the croissants at 5 AM and bakes the second batch at 4 PM. Eggless is her speciality.
Chef Raghav Iyer
KitchenThirty years of dosas, from a Malleshwaram darshini to our tawa. Judges batter by sound.
Meera Kulkarni
Co-founder & HostKeeps the katte, the book club list and the open-mic sign-ups. Knows every regular's order.
Regulars say
Overheard on the katte
I've worked from the katte three days a week for two years. The kaapi is the best in Indiranagar, the Wi-Fi never drops, and nobody has ever asked me to leave.
Rohan DesaiIndiranagar · Laptop regular
Ordered the breakfast box for a team of twelve on WhatsApp at 8 AM; it was at the office by 8:40, still hot. The rose milk is dangerously good.
Ananya RaoDomlur · Office orders
Came for the book club, stayed for the brownie. Now my Sunday evenings have a place. The open mic is chaotic in the best way.
Vikram NairUlsoor · Book club
City Food AwardsBest Café, Bengaluru East · 2025
Traveller India GuideIndia's 30 best coffee shops · 2024
City Café of the YearIndiranagar · 2023
Kitchen Hygiene Rating5 stars · independently audited
Reservations
Save a table
Mostly walk-in, but weekend breakfasts and laptop hours fill up. Tell us when, and we'll confirm on WhatsApp.