#01
Generalist, Polymath
Why knowing a little about a lot is a superpower.
kothanur · opening 1 december 2026
a room for
the neighbourhood.
Ondo is a café on Doddagubbi Main Road where neighbours meet, learn something and make things together. The coffee is good. The people are the point.
the sign on our wall
every block means something.
Our mark is a terracotta jaali, the screen you find in old Bangalore houses. We cut what Ondo is for into its blocks, with a cup of coffee in the middle holding it together.
Meet
A long table where neighbours end up talking. Bring a friend, leave with two.
Learn
Curious Saturdays, a shelf of books to borrow, and people who like questions.
Families
Weekday mornings for small people and their grown-ups, and a nook for slow starts.
Stay
Open from 9 am. No rush, no one clearing your table to turn it.
Coffee at the centre
Espresso made properly, cakes from local bakers. The excuse to come in.
what's on
curious saturdays.
Saturdays · about 20 seats · ₹299 with a drink
One talk or hands-on session every Saturday, small enough to ask questions. The first four start in January.
#02
Mental Models
A small toolkit for thinking clearly about big decisions.
#03
Learning How to Learn
How we pick things up, and why we forget them.
#04
How to Read a Book
Reading slowly, on purpose, with a pencil.
and through the week
Sketch club
Pencils on the table. Draw the room, the cup, each other.
Journaling
How to start, habit tracking, bullet journals.
Little makers
Drawing, music and crafts for kids, with a grown-up.
Board games
Weekday evenings. Old favourites and Indian games.
Dates go to the neighbours' list first, a week ahead.
teach something
what could you teach?
We host the first four Saturdays. After that, the neighbours do. Pottery, birding, a language, budgeting, bread, code, a song: if you know it and like sharing it, there's a table and twenty curious people.
We handle the room, the coffee and the tickets. You bring what you know.
Tell us what you'd teach
families
small people welcome.
Weekday mornings are for parents, grandparents and little ones: a corner to play, books at their height, and Little Makers sessions. Step-free from the pavement, with an accessible restroom.
We're thinking about a weekday-morning play-group. If you'd come, tell us; it decides whether we start one.
I'd come to a play-groupthe room
one room, many uses.
Thirty seats, a long table, a book wall and a baithak that becomes a stage. Stay for an hour or the afternoon; work is welcome on weekdays, and the house rules are on the wall.
Saturday evening
Tables fold away and chairs face the baithak for a talk.
Workshop mode
Long tables pushed together for making things.
The nook
A soft corner for small people and slow mornings.
Design renders, not photos. The room is being built now.
10%
of our profit goes to people who need it.
Once Ondo has paid back what it cost to build, a tenth of every year's profit goes to supporting the underprivileged. We'll publish what we gave, and to whom, here and on the wall.
visit
come say hello.
- Where
- DBC Arcade, #12, Doddagubbi Main Road
Kyalasanahalli, Kothanur, Bengaluru 560077 - When
- Every day from 9 am · opening Tuesday 1 December 2026
- Coffee
- Espresso from AAA-grade beans, teas and hot chocolate, cakes from local bakers.
the neighbours' list
Opening-week invitations first, then one message a week with what's on. Nothing else, and you can leave any time.
Join the list