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Featuring Café Idly
| Small Business India Intuit
If you close your eyes and think of South Indian food the first thing that comes to mind are the soft idlys and vadas with coconut chutney. Now combine this with some classical rock music. Heaven! Introducing Café Idly
Time Out recommends the best cafes in the city
| TimeOut
Bangalore's best cafes:
Time Out recommends the best cafes in the city.Café Idly tries to render chic the grab-and-go process of snacking on idli-vada
Have 'idli' and music of your choice
| Deccan herald
Good food with fine music is all that a true foodie can ever wish for. And this small eatery in Fraser Town called Cafe Idly offers its customers just this.
Idli, Sambar and Soul Music at Café Idly!
| mybangalore.com
Café Idly started by two MBA graduates could be called the coolest southern tiffin center in town. What sets this place apart is the awesome ambience coupled with great music
Café Idly: Bangalore-based restaurant combining rock music & south Indian food
| YourStory.in
Café Idly has the potential to take the concept forward and hit other cities. More outlets in Bangalore before moving onto cities like Pune and Mumbai might be the sensible way forward.
Idli, vada, and ... Simon and Garfunkel
| The Hindu
It's no run-of-the-mill pop cafe. Off the menu are pastries and burgers. Off the playlist are Shakira, Lady Ga Ga, bhangra pop and the likes. For, at this eatery, the menu is strictly Indian — self-service — and the music classic western rock
Bangalore Mirror Saveur: Cafe idly
| Bangalore Mirror
This eatery in Frazer Town is gaining traction for a unique blend of rock music and South Indian food. Founders, brothers Dinesh and Rajesh Bhaktianathan quit their HR jobs to turn entrepreneurs with this venture in 2009
Hot idli on the rocks? Try new combo
| Times of India
Traditional fast food served with a ‘classic rock’ touch — ever tried a bite of steaming hot and butter-soft idlis dipped in spicy coconut chutney, to the sound of rock numbers by Eric Clapton and the Beatles?
Cafeidly on BBC World News
| BBC World News
CafeIdly featured on BBC World News.
Cafe Idly shared our views on what Small and Medium scale businesses want from the 2013 Budget.
Young Turks
| CNBC YoungTurks
Dinesh and Rajesh Bhaktinathan of Cafe Idly who are adding a dash of cool to South Indian cuisine.
Founded
bootstrapped and started in Oct 2009
Oct
2009
Media Coverage
Featured on BBC World News
Feb
2013
Opened Our Second Outlet
Opened our Second Outlet in Gopalan Signature mall.CV Raman Nagar , Bangalore
Jul
Media Coverage
Featured on CNBC YoungTurks
Jul
2014
Expanded the Frazer town outlet seating capacity
Expanded the Frazer town outlet seating capacity from 8 to 25
Apr
2015
remodelled the frazer town outlet for better space utilisation
remodelled the frazer town outlet,optimised kitchen,brought down labour cost
Oct
looking for location to open 3 outlet
looking for location to open 3rd outlet,total area of less than 150sqft
Jun
2016
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Team Summary
Dinesh has an PGDBA from Symbiosis, Pune . Has previously worked with Infosys, TVA Allegis.
Rajesh has an MBA(HR) ,has worked with Mphasis,IBM.
Team
Founding Team
WORK
Cafe Idly
(2010 - present)
Entrepreneur : Co founder - Cafe Idly
IBM Daksh
(2007 - 2010)
Lead-HR
MphasiS BPO
(2001 - 2007)
Sr Exe-HR
EDUCATION
Bharathidasan Institute of Management Tiruchirapalli
2003 - 2005
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