Welcome to South Delhi, and the very first thing you get to hear about the place is, ‘it’s so expensive, every inch of it, that you would rather prefer buying a piece of the moon or investing in the NYSE than look for a property for yourself’. A little exaggerated though, but the truth is not much different.
Now imagine this. In the heart of one of South Delhi’s most exclusive posh localities sits a café where you can go, bum around, exchange travel stories, make travel plans, read travelogues and travel books, post your own travelogues and travel pictures, write books, have amazing coffee with some cookies, use Wi-Fi, and at the end of it, pay zilch! Sounds utopian, eh? Well, welcome to Kunzum Travel Café.
Situated at T-49, GF, Hauz Khas Village, Kunzum provides a perfect refuge for a loner who’s seeking some solace from the daily rush of life, or a group who’s looking for a place to get together without the annoyance of a mechanically-humble executive who keeps asking you at regular intervals with a fake smile whether you would like to order something or not. It’s a place where travellers meet, exchange travelogues, make travel plans, or just sit around, doing almost nothing. Even if you are not much of a traveller (like the 99% of us), and you don’t even have any of those Ruskin-Bond-stories to share, you are still qualified to avail this amazing hospitality.
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| Paintings on Sale @ Kunzum |
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| A 'let's decide about the next venture' gathering. |
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| Books to read and on sale. |
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| A not-so-very-attractive view from the outside. |
The ambience:
Kunzum was launched as a Picture-Gallery. But the owner, Travel-Photographer Mr. Amit Jain, didn’t want this to be yet another gallery, and thus decided to transform it into a café, which evidently made it one of the most colourful and scenic cafés around. Elevated a few feet above from the ground (which should have technically made it an upper-ground floor) the place doesn’t look even fractionally as attractive from the outside as it is from the inside. It’s not very roomy; can hardly accommodate more than 15 people at a time, which is, in a way, good only. They don’t play music, but that again is good. Because to compensate for that, Kunzum offers you an amplifier where you can plug ’n play your own i-Pod (for as long as it’s bearable). When you are done yapping, reading, writing, sipping, nibbling, ogling and escaping from the routine and are comfortably walking out, you’ll find a modest black box, which will humbly ask you to ‘Pay whatever you feel like’ for all these services, like a noble host from the long-lost medieval ages.
Kunzum was launched as a Picture-Gallery. But the owner, Travel-Photographer Mr. Amit Jain, didn’t want this to be yet another gallery, and thus decided to transform it into a café, which evidently made it one of the most colourful and scenic cafés around. Elevated a few feet above from the ground (which should have technically made it an upper-ground floor) the place doesn’t look even fractionally as attractive from the outside as it is from the inside. It’s not very roomy; can hardly accommodate more than 15 people at a time, which is, in a way, good only. They don’t play music, but that again is good. Because to compensate for that, Kunzum offers you an amplifier where you can plug ’n play your own i-Pod (for as long as it’s bearable). When you are done yapping, reading, writing, sipping, nibbling, ogling and escaping from the routine and are comfortably walking out, you’ll find a modest black box, which will humbly ask you to ‘Pay whatever you feel like’ for all these services, like a noble host from the long-lost medieval ages.
Rating: 9/10 (For the fact that they have accommodated a whole new world in a mere gallery)
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| Coffee and the Cookies. |
The food:
Dining etiquettes say, ‘when the food is for free, you should stop being critical’. There’s not much to eat at Kunzum anyway, only a cup of coffee and a few cookies at a time. But it’s good, and free (unless, of course, your conscience tells you otherwise).
Dining etiquettes say, ‘when the food is for free, you should stop being critical’. There’s not much to eat at Kunzum anyway, only a cup of coffee and a few cookies at a time. But it’s good, and free (unless, of course, your conscience tells you otherwise).
Rating: 8/10
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| Wall of Travel. |
Overall:
Kunzum is one such place which is often conceptualized, discussed, debated and finalized as a prospective business plan among the exuberant MBA students bitten by the entrepreneurship bug. However, none of these plans ever get to see the light of day. Thus, this is one brave attempt, and a much-awaited one. It’s more about the experience, so you better pay a visit and see it for yourself. One of the most recommended ones from us.
Kunzum is one such place which is often conceptualized, discussed, debated and finalized as a prospective business plan among the exuberant MBA students bitten by the entrepreneurship bug. However, none of these plans ever get to see the light of day. Thus, this is one brave attempt, and a much-awaited one. It’s more about the experience, so you better pay a visit and see it for yourself. One of the most recommended ones from us.
Rating: 9/10
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