Araku coffee · Andhra kitchen · Bonfire grill
Dining
One small kitchen, cooking the food this region actually eats — and a bonfire grill that runs every night the weather allows.
The cafe
Coffee grown on the hill you're standing on
Lambasingi and Araku sit in the same coffee belt, and the estates start where our garden ends. The filter coffee served on the veranda from six in the morning comes from beans grown within a short drive of the resort — which is the whole reason it tastes different up here.
The rest of the kitchen is straightforward Andhra home cooking: rice, pappu, rasam, gongura, country chicken, and biryani when you give us the notice. Spice is adjusted on request, and the kitchen is happy to cook plain for children and older guests.
Coffee from
6:00 AM
Breakfast
7:30-10:00 AM
Dinner
7:30-10:00 PM
What's cooking
The menu
Dishes are cooked to order rather than held on a buffet, so please place lunch and dinner orders a couple of hours ahead. Meals are charged separately from the room tariff — the day's rates are on the board at reception and we'll confirm them on WhatsApp before you arrive.
Sunrise & coffee
Served from 6:00 AM on the veranda, while the fog is still in the valley.
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Signature
Araku filter coffee
Grown in the estates around us, brewed strong and served hot
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Veg
Masala chai
Ginger, cardamom, plenty of it
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Veg
Black coffee / green tea
For the 5:30 AM View Point run
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Veg
Hot chocolate
The children's order, every single time
Breakfast
7:30 AM to 10:00 AM. Ordered the night before so it's ready when you are.
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Veg
Idli & vada
With coconut chutney and hot sambar
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Veg
Upma / pesarattu
Andhra-style green gram dosa with ginger chutney
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Veg
Poori & aloo curry
The winter-morning favourite
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Egg
Bread omelette / boiled eggs
Simple, fast, warm
Andhra lunch & dinner
Home-style Andhra cooking. Spice level to your taste — just tell the kitchen.
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Veg
Andhra veg thali
Rice, sambar, rasam, two curries, pappu, curd, pickle and appadam
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Non-veg
Non-veg thali
The veg thali plus country chicken or fish curry
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Non-veg
Chicken / mutton biryani
Cooked to order — give the kitchen an hour
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Non-veg
Gongura mutton
The Andhra classic, sour and fiery
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Signature
Bamboo chicken
A Ghats speciality, cooked inside green bamboo over coals
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Veg
Dal, jeera rice & roti
When the spice needs a night off
Bonfire barbecue
Lit at dusk on the lawn. Book the grill when you check in — it runs on a first-come basis.
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Non-veg
Tandoori chicken
Marinated through the afternoon, grilled over the bonfire coals
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Both
Chicken / paneer tikka
Off the skewer, straight to the plate
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Veg
Grilled corn & potatoes
Butter, chilli, lime
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Non-veg
Fish fry
When the catch comes up from the coast
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Veg
Marshmallows
For the children, and for the adults who admit it
The bonfire is lit at dusk and the grill goes on beside it
Tell us at check-in how many are eating and what you'd like on the coals. In December, come out in your warmest layer — it drops close to freezing by ten o'clock.
Pure veg on request
Tell us in advance and the kitchen will cook and serve your meals entirely separately.
Spice, your way
Andhra food is hot by default. Say the word and it's cooked mild — no one minds.
Order ahead
Biryani and bamboo chicken need about an hour. Message us the day before and it's ready on arrival.
Allergies
Let us know at booking. It's a small kitchen, so we can genuinely work around it.