Chai + Parle-G at ₹29
One cutting chai and a pack of Parle-G, every day before 10 AM. The breakfast of the entire country.
₹29till 10 AM · dine-in & pickup
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Hauz Khas Village · Delhi · Since 2019
Cutting chai, cheese Maggi and a terrace over the lake
A tapri that grew up. Kadak chai boiled the roadside way, Maggi the hostel way, pav from a Dadar bakery, and a terrace that stays open till half past midnight. No frills, plenty of stickers.
₹20Cutting chai, always
4.63,400+ verified reviews
16Hours open, every day
8thChai free on the card
Any Maggi + Cutting Chai
Masala, cheese, egg or the double-masala one you're not supposed to order. With a cutting chai on the side, all of Monday.
₹149Mondays · dine-in only
10% off your first WhatsApp order
Skip the apps, order from this page, and use code TAPRI10 above ₹499. We also pack an extra Parle-G because we're like that.
10% offcode TAPRI10 · above ₹499
Events & extras
Things that happen upstairs
Taste five chais in a row, read a poem to strangers, lose at Ludo, or bring the tapri to your office. Book below or message us.
Every evening
Chai Tasting Flight
Five kulhads, five chais: cutting, adrak, elaichi, tandoori and kesar, in that order, with a Parle-G and a bread pakora between rounds. Forty minutes; your chaiwala talks you through it.
₹349per person · 5 chais · any time after 5 PM
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Thursday nights
Open Terrace Poetry Night
Shayari, spoken word, the occasional guitar, on the terrace under fairy lights. Twelve slots of six minutes each, Hindi, Urdu, English, Punjabi — all welcome. Entry includes a chai.
₹199per person · includes a chai · 8 PM Thursdays
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Sunday afternoons
Board-Game Sundays
Forty games on the shelf — Ludo to Catan — and a table that's yours for three hours. Table charge is set off against whatever you order. Maggi Mondays start on Sunday night.
₹99per table · 12 PM – 7 PM Sundays · adjusted against your bill
Reserve a table
Take it to work
Chai Cart for Office Events
A tapri on wheels: two chaiwalas, a gas stove, cutting chai, bread pakora and bun samosa served live at your office, launch or shaadi. Two-hour minimum, Delhi-NCR.
₹4,500per 100 cups · snacks extra · 2 hours minimum
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Since 2019Upstairs · Hauz Khas Village
Our story
A tapri that moved upstairs
For nine years Vicky Rathi ran a chai tapri at the mouth of Hauz Khas Village — a stove, a kettle, a bench and a Parle-G box. In 2019 the landlord upstairs offered him the terrace, Pooja Sethi brought her Maggi recipe and the deposit, and Tapri became a café without ever really becoming one.
The chai is still boiled in the same dented aluminium pan. The pav still comes on the Rajdhani from a bakery in Dadar. The prices are still written in marker on cardboard, and the stickers on the walls are still put up by whoever finishes their eighth chai.
- Chai boiled to order, never kept on the stove
- Assam CTC from the same wholesaler for 15 years
- Terrace open till 12:30 AM, every night
- Board games, plug points and a lake view
- Every 8th chai free on the stamp card
- Zero-commission direct ordering on WhatsApp
Vikram "Vicky" Rathi
Founder & Chai-in-chiefTimings & getting here
Open early, closed very late
Daily · 8:00 AM – 11:30 PM · terrace open till 12:30 AM
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One continuous service: kitchen from 8 AM, last food order 11:15 PM, chai counter till 11:30 PM. The terrace stays open till 12:30 AM — bring your own conversation.
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Delivery & pickup
Within 5 km — Hauz Khas, SDA, Green Park, Safdarjung, Malviya Nagar, Panchsheel, IIT. Chai travels in a flask, Maggi in a steel dabba (₹30 deposit, refunded on return).
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Tapri stamp card
Every chai earns a stamp. The eighth is on the house. Grab a card at the counter, or give your number on WhatsApp orders and we'll keep count.
Getting here
Shop 12, First Floor, Hauz Khas Village
New Delhi 110016
Ten-minute walk from Green Park Metro (Yellow Line), Gate 1. Autos drop you at the Village gate; we're upstairs from the Deer Park end. Parking at the Village lot after 6 PM is a myth.
Get directionsGood to know
The terrace is stairs-only (first floor). Dogs welcome on the terrace. Board games and a plug point at every table. Live cricket on the small TV, on request, loudly.
Why the tapri
Small place, strong chai
Boiled to order
No urn, no thermos, no chai sitting on the stove since morning. Four minutes per glass, every glass.
Open past midnight
The terrace runs till 12:30 AM. Maggi at 11 PM is not a request, it's a right.
Tapri prices, upstairs
Cutting chai has been ₹20 since we moved up. Rent went up; the chai didn't.
Direct, not through apps
Order here and we skip the 25% commission — which is how the Maggi stays at ₹110.
The people
Who's behind the kettle
Vikram "Vicky" Rathi
Founder & Chai-in-chiefRan the roadside tapri for nine years before moving upstairs. Still boils the first pan of the day himself.
Pooja Sethi
Co-founder & KitchenBrought the Maggi recipe from a Delhi University hostel and the bread pakora from her mother. Runs the kitchen and the accounts.
Aman Gill
Head ChaiwalaPours tandoori chai from a height without spilling, does the tasting flights, and sets the playlist.
Neha Kapoor
Terrace & EventsRuns poetry night, board-game Sundays and the chai cart bookings. Knows every regular's chai and their sugar.
Regulars say
Overheard on the terrace
Came for one cutting chai at 11 PM, left at 12:30 with a Maggi, a brownie and three new friends from the next table. This is what Hauz Khas used to be like.
Rohit MalhotraGreen Park · Late-night regular
The chai cart at our office launch was the only thing anyone talked about the next day. Bread pakora at 4 PM for 200 people, and they still had the terrace open when we came to say thanks.
Ananya BhatiaCyber Hub · Office events
Poetry night is chaotic, sincere and the kesar chai is worth the climb. I've filled two stamp cards. The eighth chai really is free, I checked.
Kabir SandhuMalviya Nagar · Thursday regular
City Food AwardsBest Chai Café, South Delhi · 2025
City Lists Delhi50 best late-night spots · 2024
City Café of the YearHauz Khas · 2023
Kitchen Hygiene Rating5 stars · independently audited
Reservations
Save a table upstairs
Mostly walk-in, but Thursday nights, Sunday afternoons and the lake-view corner fill up. Tell us when, and we'll confirm on WhatsApp.