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Cafe · Fort Kochi

Kashi Art Cafe and Gallery

Vegan dishes downstairs, changing art on every wall.

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Kashi Art Cafe and Gallery is a café and art gallery in a restored Dutch-style house on Burgher Street, Fort Kochi. Its address is near the Police Station, so look for that landmark on the street. The café opens every day at 8:30am and shuts at 10pm. A meal for two at the café costs about ₹1,000.

The house opens onto a leafy courtyard. Artworks hang on the walls inside the café, and the display rotates between visits. The building was upgraded by the architect Karl Damschen’s office between 2012 and 2014. The menu is mostly café food. Breakfast is served all day.

The café opened in 1997 and was conceived as both a café and a gallery. Anoop Skaria and Dorrie Younger founded the gallery. It was one of the sites of the first Kochi-Muziris Biennale in 2012, and the artist Rajan Krishnan had his first solo show here in 2004.

What the cats hear

Worth knowing

  • Prices are on the higher side.
  • Service can be inconsistent at peak hours, with long waits.
  • No dedicated parking.

What visitors liked

  • Calm, artistic, art-filled atmosphere.
  • Good food and coffee; the chocolate cake is a standout.
  • Friendly staff.

Did you know

  1. Kashi Art Cafe and Gallery opened in 1997 in Fort Kochi, conceived as both a café and a gallery.

  2. A meal for two at Kashi Art Cafe and Gallery costs about ₹1,000.

  3. Kashi Art Cafe and Gallery is open every day from 8:30am to 10pm.

  4. Artist Rajan Krishnan’s first solo show was held at Kashi Art Gallery in Fort Kochi in 2004.

  5. The architect Karl Damschen’s office upgraded the Kashi Art Cafe in Fort Kochi between 2012 and 2014.

  6. Kashi Art Gallery in Fort Kochi was founded by Anoop Skaria and Dorrie Younger.

  7. The café is housed in a restored Dutch-style building that opens onto a leafy courtyard.

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