Siddu, ghee & chai before 9 AM
Two steamed siddu with walnut chutney and a spoon of ghee, plus a cup of Kangra chai. For the ones who walk up before the sun clears the ridge.
₹199dine-in & pickup · 7:30 – 9 AM
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Old Manali · 2,050 m above sea level · Since 2014
Coffee at cloud height, siddu by the wood stove
A timber café on the slope above the Manu Temple road. Hand-brewed pour-overs, Himachali plates from Rahul's mother's recipes, trout from the Beas, and a window that faces the snowline all winter.
2,050 mAltitude of the café deck
4.8Google rating · 1,400+ reviews
11Winters on the Old Manali slope
6 kmDelivery radius, by motorbike
Weekly Pass
Seven days of a reserved window seat, unlimited pour-over or chai refills, one meal a day and the fastest Wi-Fi in Old Manali. Power backup included.
₹1,999per person · 7 days · any week
10% off your first WhatsApp order
Order from this page instead of the apps and use code PAHADI10 on orders above ₹999. We adjust the bill on confirmation.
10% offcode PAHADI10 · above ₹999
Treks, baskets & passes
Things to do above the café
Climb to a sunrise, picnic in an orchard, eat by a fire in the snow, or move your desk to the snowline for a week. Book below or message us.
Sunrise
Breakfast Trek & Café Brunch
Leave the café at 5:30 AM with Sonam, climb 400 m through the deodar forest to the Lama Dugh meadow for sunrise over the Pir Panjal, and come back down to a hot siddu-and-pancake brunch.
₹1,499per person · 5:30 AM · min. 2 people
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Orchard
Apple-Orchard Picnic Basket
A basket for two: sandwiches, apple pie, cider, a flask of pour-over and a rug, with directions to a friend's orchard in Naggar. Return the basket, keep the afternoon.
₹1,200for two · order by 10 AM · Aug–Oct
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Winter nights
Bonfire Dinner on the Deck
November to March, from 7 PM: a fire on the deck, trout or momos cooked over it, mulled cider, blankets and the valley lights below. Twelve seats a night.
₹899per person · 7 PM · Nov–Mar
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Workation
Weekly Workation Pass
A reserved window seat facing the snowline, fibre Wi-Fi with power backup, unlimited pour-over or chai, one meal a day and a locker. Quiet hours 10 AM to 4 PM.
₹1,999per person · 7 days · Mon–Sun
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2,050 mOld Manali
Our story
A wooden house on the slope, and a coffee grinder that came up by bus
In 2014 Tenzin Dolma, who grew up in the Tibetan colony below Manali, and Rahul Thakur, from an apple-growing family in Naggar, rented a two-storey timber house above the Manu Temple road. The first winter they served pour-over from a single hand grinder that had come up from Delhi on the overnight bus.
The kitchen is split down the middle: Tenzin's side makes momos and thukpa the way her grandmother did; Rahul's side makes siddu, madra and the Sunday dham from his mother's recipes. The trout comes from the Beas hatcheries at Patlikuhl, the apples from the family orchard, and the honey from a beekeeper in Kullu who takes payment in apple pie.
- Single-estate beans, ground to order for every cup
- Siddu and dham from a Naggar family kitchen
- Beas trout, delivered the morning it's caught
- Fibre Wi-Fi with power backup and a wood stove
- Dogs, muddy boots and trekking poles welcome
- Zero-commission direct ordering on WhatsApp
Tenzin Dolma & Rahul Thakur
FoundersTimings & getting here
Open with the first light, closed after the last pie
Daily · 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM
Hours this week
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Breakfast is served till 1 PM. Sunday dham from 12:30 PM till it runs out. The kitchen closes at 9:30 PM; coffee and pie till 10.
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Delivery & pickup
By motorbike within 6 km — Old Manali, Vashisht, Mall Road, Aleo, Prini and Nasogi. Hot food travels in insulated boxes; siddu is steamed just before we leave.
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Bean card
Every coffee, chai or siddu plate earns a stamp. The eighth is on the house — ask for a card at the counter, or tell us your number when you order on WhatsApp.
Getting here
Upper Manu Temple Road, Old Manali
Manali, Himachal Pradesh 175131
Cross the Old Manali bridge, walk up past the Manu Temple turn-off for about eight minutes; we're the timber house with the green roof on the right. Two-wheeler parking outside, cars at the bridge.
Get directionsGood to know
A wood stove downstairs and a heated deck upstairs. Power backup and fibre Wi-Fi. Go slow on your first day at altitude — the ginger tea helps. Dogs welcome.
Why the slope
Small house, long winters, strong coffee
Brewed, not poured
Every cup is ground to order and hand-brewed. The lot, roast date and altitude are chalked on the board above the grinder.
From the valley
Trout from Patlikuhl, apples from Naggar, honey from Kullu, rajma from Bharmour. The menu changes when the season does.
Built for staying
A wood stove, a heated deck, fibre Wi-Fi with power backup and nobody hovering over your third refill.
Direct, not through apps
Order here and we skip the 25% commission — which is how the siddu stays at ₹240.
The people
Who keeps the stove going
Tenzin Dolma
Co-founder & Head BaristaGrew up in the Tibetan colony below Manali; trained at a Delhi roastery and came home with the grinder. Runs the coffee bar and the momo kitchen.
Rahul Thakur
Co-founder & KitchenFrom an apple-growing family in Naggar. Cooks the siddu, madra and the Sunday dham from his mother's recipes, and picks the trout every morning.
Priyanka Negi
BakerBakes the apple pies, cinnamon rolls and walnut brownies at 6 AM and again at 3 PM. Keeps the honey beekeeper supplied with pie.
Sonam Bodh
Trek Lead & HostFrom Keylong in Lahaul. Leads the sunrise breakfast treks, lights the bonfire and knows every path above the café by heart.
Regulars say
Overheard on the deck
Worked from the window seat for three weeks in January. The Wi-Fi held through two snowfalls, the wood stove never went out, and the pour-over is better than anything I get in Bengaluru.
Aditya MenonBengaluru · Workation pass
We did the sunrise trek with Sonam — brutal, beautiful, and the siddu at the end made it all worth it. Ordered the apple pie whole to take home, and it survived the bus.
Ritika SharmaChandigarh · Sunrise trek
Came for the momos because a friend insisted, stayed for the bonfire dinner. The trout over pine coals with the valley lights below — I've been telling everyone in Delhi about it.
Kabir AnandDelhi · Bonfire dinner
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City Food AwardsBest Café, Himachal · 2024
City Café of the YearManali · 2023
Kitchen Hygiene Rating5 stars · independently audited
Reservations
Save a window seat
Mostly walk-in, but the deck, the Sunday dham and the bonfire nights fill up. Tell us when, and we'll confirm on WhatsApp.