Kaaya Nature Café · Tilwari, Dehradun
A mud-built café in the village of Tilwari, 40 minutes from Dehradun
A village place to spend the day: a farmer's market, an art gallery, a café, and a few rooms to stay. Open daily from eleven.
The village
Mud walls, thatch, the kitchen garden and the fields around. Come for a slow afternoon, or for one of the evenings that bring people together each week.
Friday Musings: AI in Our Life
This week's conversation: AI in our life. How it is quietly entering the way we work, learn and relate, and what we might want to hold on to. An unhurried evening over chai, open to every view.
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Saturday Retro Night
Old songs, warm lights and an open mic. Bring a song, a poem or a story to share, or simply come and listen. Some nights with live music.
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Sunday Brunch: Exploring a Mud-Built House
This week over brunch: what it means to live in a mud-built house. The coolness, the upkeep, the slowness, and what the walls teach you. A slow Sunday at Kaaya, among the very walls we talk about. ₹600 per person.
Book a placeFriday Musings
Unhurried conversations about life, over chai at the café. Each week we pick a theme, or take one suggested by guests.
RSVPSaturday Retro Night
Old songs, warm lights and an open mic. Bring a song, a poem or a story to share, or simply come and listen. Some nights with live music.
RSVPSunday Brunch
A slow Sunday brunch at Kaaya, among mud walls and the kitchen garden. Some weeks with a guest, a short hike or a garden walk. ₹600 per person.
Book a placeAt the Farmer's Market this week
From the women farmers of the villages around Tilwari, bought directly at a fair price, not a premium one. Fresh things come in small amounts and go fast; the shelf is always stocked.
Board updated Saturday, 31 October
Fresh today while it lasts
On the shelf keeps for months
Art Gallery
Original works by young Himalayan artists of the Padav fellowship, hung at the café and sold directly from the artist. Prices are in the catalogue at the gallery.
Living through it
The fox within
Chromatic metanoia
The rhythms of the coastal lineOn the board today
From the tandoor and the pahadi kitchen. 104 dishes on the full menu, vegetarian and non-vegetarian.
Come back for longer
Liked the place? Stay a night in a mud cottage with your family, or bring your school or team for a workshop or a visit.
- Mud Earth Cottage
- Family Room
- Loft Room
- Attic Room
- Dormitory
We don't take instant bookings. Tell us your dates and we'll write back.