Motorcycle museum and cafe.

This place is just not a biker’s paradise but a very young, energetic and social place. No class to define who you are, what you are as far as you sit back and enjoy your cup of coffee.

This café is a tribute to the owner’s collection of his love interest “bikes” .The motorcycle museum is on the first floor and the café is placed on the ground floor.

Prabhu the owner of the motorcycle museum & café which is the first of its kind in the country started collecting bikes from 1992, He has been a part of a number of road trip through the length and breadth of the country. This café projects glimpse of his journey so far. “The idea of the cafeteria came to me when friends would come to see my bikes were earlier stored at home and then wander into the kitchen in the hope of a bite to eat,”he says

The café has an unusual atmosphere, people don’t just come there to eat but come there to socialize, meet new people and forgo their worries. They come to relax, sing and laugh . It’s the most interesting café I have been to so far. The bikes definitely make it interesting but for me the atmosphere makes me go there again and again.

Let’s not forget the food, it is yummy the pasta and the mushroom molly is a definite YES, as well as the lime juice. They keep experimenting and expanding the menu on a daily basis .In the hope of turning it into a watering hole for bikers, Prabhu has also applied for wine license.

The décor of the place is very classic, metal buckets as artifacts, old classic furniture, and a wooden coffee bar counter. You will also notice an old sewing machine converted into a table, some interesting ash trays and coasters, strains of classic rock for an old record player can be heard in the background mingled with the sound of steak sizzling on the grill.

The courtyard cafe at fabindia

One rainy evening after a long day at work me and my friend just entered the fabindia store at kormangala, as we are interior designers the place was of great interest to us as it has been designed by a world famous architect called Charles correa, and when I say world famous I mean he has been a great inspiration to all the architects & designers and every one would love to be in the place I was rite then, at the beautiful courtyard of Charles correa’s house,

Well getting back to business … the courtyard of the house has been converted in a café; the ideation is great of combining a café and a shopping place.

Sitting in the courtyard is a great experience as the whole courtyard has kund seating (multilevel seating) it’s open to the sky and has a lot of green all around, the ambiance is just spectacular

It’s perfect for someone to just grab a cup of coffee, have a bite and turn some pages

The service there isn’t that great, would rather say as this place is not very commercial and a revenue generating area they haven’t concentrated on the management, but I would request you to be very specific while ordering your meal as the steward there is very confused and not well aware of the dishes they serve.

The food there is out, straight from your mom’s kitchen very healthy and very homely, and is priced moderately.

I would suggest this place a must visit just for the experience, ambiance and nothing else.