Our story

Learn. Eat. Repeat.

Café School is built around a simple, slightly silly idea: the best cafés feel like the best classrooms. Curious, warm, a little bit chaotic, and full of people you'd happily share a snack with.

The lesson plan

We took the things we loved most about being kids — chalkboards, geometry boxes, lunch time, the smell of new notebooks — and built a café around them. Tables that double as blackboards. Menus that read like timetables. A "principal" who'll happily refill your coffee.

The food is comforting and unfussy. The coffee is serious. The tic-tac-toe game on your table is yours to win or lose, as many times as you like. There's no entrance exam, and absolutely no homework.

We are based on Bypass Road in Alibaug, just opposite the church. Walk in, pull out a chalk, and stay a while.

  • FOR THE CHILD WITHIN
    We design for the kid in everyone — playful, curious, easily delighted.
  • Creativity-driven
    Doodle on the tables. Scribble on the menus. Bring your own chalk.
  • Versatile
    Café in the morning, study spot by afternoon, hangout by night.
  • Level-headed
    Quest for the best — whether it's a cappuccino or a chicken biryani.
  • Community
    Built with Alibaug, for Alibaug. And the occasional friend from out of town.
Café School Alibaug exterior on Bypass Road
Outside
Chalkboard welcome sign at Café School Alibaug
Welcome
Comfort food plate at Café School Alibaug
Lunch Box
Chalkboard table with tic-tac-toe at Café School Alibaug
Lunch Time