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The best-known cafes in Pune are not coffee shops at all: they are Irani cafes, where bun maska and sweet Irani chai have been the breakfast since 1935. Around them sit the old Parsi-Irani bakeries of Camp and, across the city in Koregaon Park, a newer scene of specialty coffee and laptop-friendly rooms. Here is how to choose between them and where to find each.
Three kinds of cafe
Pune's cafe culture has three layers, and they rarely overlap: the old Irani cafes, the Parsi-Irani bakeries of Camp, and the specialty coffee and work cafes of Koregaon Park and Kalyani Nagar. Prices run from ₹ to ₹₹.
Irani cafes (₹–₹₹)
A short menu built around bun maska (a soft bun with butter) dunked in sweet, milky Irani chai. Cafe Goodluck on the corner of FC Road has run since 1935, with its cane chairs and marble-top tables, and is the best known; Cafe Yezdan at Sharbatwala Chowk in Camp, run by the same Parsi family for three generations since 1964, adds brun maska to the bun maska; Vohuman Cafe, near Pune railway station, has served eggs, bun and tea since 1978, and its cheese omelette is what made the name.
Old bakeries (₹–₹₹)
Kayani Bakery in Camp has baked since 1955 and is the reason visitors leave Pune with a box of Shrewsbury biscuits, a buttery, crumbly shortbread; over three hundred kilos are baked a day and they still sell out. The mawa cake and the chocolate-walnut cake are the other orders. There is no seating: it is takeaway. Cake N Counter, up a flight of stairs off East Street since 1986, is known for its chocolate and chocolate-walnut cakes. German Bakery in Koregaon Park, near the Osho ashram, is the traveller and expat meeting point, with cheesecakes, coffee and garden seating.
Specialty coffee and work cafes (₹₹)
Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters, an Indian specialty roaster, pours single-origin pour-overs, cold brew and cortados in Koregaon Park and is set up for laptops, with plug points and wifi. One O Eight Lifestyle Cafe (since 2013), all-vegetarian with eggs, has big communal tables in the Monalisa Kalagram art village. The Flour Works in Kalyani Nagar (since 2011) is the brunch choice: an all-day breakfast menu of crepes, waffles, eggs and fresh bakes, indoors or in the garden.
Where to go for what
Camp (the old cantonment around MG Road and East Street) holds most of the heritage: Kayani Bakery, Cake N Counter, Cafe Yezdan and Vohuman Cafe are all here, a short rickshaw ride from Pune railway station.
FC Road and Deccan, around Fergusson College, is where Cafe Goodluck stands. The nearest metro station is Deccan Gymkhana on the Aqua line.
Koregaon Park and Kalyani Nagar are the new cafe districts: German Bakery, Blue Tokai, One O Eight and The Flour Works. The closest metro stations are Ruby Hall Clinic and Kalyani Nagar, then a rickshaw. Koregaon Park is also a common area to stay; see where to stay in Pune.
What to order in an Irani cafe
The order is short. Bun maska is a soft bun with butter, and at Cafe Yezdan there is also brun maska. The way to eat it is dipped in Irani chai, sweet and milky. Eggs are the other half of the menu: a bun omelette or spiced kheema pav (minced meat with a bread roll) at Cafe Goodluck, the cheese omelette at Vohuman. For a vegetarian, bun maska and chai are the meal.
Irani cafes are breakfast places first. Cafe Goodluck is best for breakfast, and at Vohuman a queue builds as the morning goes on. To take something home, the Shrewsbury biscuits from Kayani travel well in their boxes. For a full morning of Pune breakfasts beyond the cafes, see breakfast in Pune.
Before you go
A few things worth knowing.
- Kayani sells out — The Shrewsbury biscuits are often gone by the afternoon, and on festival weekends people queue from opening. Go in the morning.
- Order cakes ahead — Cake N Counter's popular cakes sell out; order a day ahead and collect from the shop.
- Laptop days — For work, Blue Tokai and One O Eight have plug points and wifi; Blue Tokai is quietest on weekdays, and German Bakery is calm by day.
- Vegetarian? — One O Eight is all-vegetarian apart from eggs. In the Irani cafes the eggs are the stars, but bun maska and chai are vegetarian.
- Coffee or tea — The Irani cafes are built around chai: for an espresso or a pour-over, go to Koregaon Park.
FAQ
What are the best cafes in Pune?
For history, Cafe Goodluck (1935), Cafe Yezdan (1964) and Vohuman Cafe (1978); for bakes, Kayani Bakery and German Bakery; for coffee and work, Blue Tokai and One O Eight; for brunch, The Flour Works.
Is there a hidden cafe in Pune?
One O Eight Lifestyle Cafe is tucked inside the Monalisa Kalagram art village in Koregaon Park, away from the main lanes, with big communal tables and a calm crowd.
Where can I get good coffee in Pune?
Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters in Koregaon Park is the specialty choice: single-origin beans as pour-over, cold brew or cortado. The old Irani cafes serve tea rather than coffee.
What is Pune famous for at cafes and bakeries?
Bun maska with Irani chai in the old Irani cafes, and the Shrewsbury biscuits of Kayani Bakery, which most visitors take home in a box.
Which cafes in Pune are good for working on a laptop?
One O Eight Lifestyle Cafe and Blue Tokai have plug points and wifi; German Bakery in Koregaon Park also has wifi and is calm by day.
What are the best cafes in Koregaon Park?
German Bakery for the classic traveller hangout, Blue Tokai for specialty coffee and One O Eight for a quiet, vegetarian work cafe; The Flour Works is next door in Kalyani Nagar.
Facts checked: 15 October 2026. Prices and hours are approximate; check locally.
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