Dining · Indian · Rishikesh
Little Buddha Café
A treehouse-style café above the Ganges at Laxman Jhula, where a steep climb ends at tables facing the river.
Up the stairs at Laxman Jhula
Little Buddha Café stands on Laxman Jhula Road in Rishikesh, close to the Laxman Jhula bridge. The building takes the form of a treehouse, and the stairs up are steep; at the top, the tables face the Ganges.
Evenings are the busiest time. Esquire India describes the café filling up as people settle in to watch the lights along the river, and guides suggest arriving for the sunset.
A traveller’s menu
The menu is broad and casual, running from Indian dishes to continental and vegan plates. Guides mention wood-fired pizzas and smoothies, momos and thukpa, platters and desserts; Housing.com singles out the mixed vegetable platter.
It is a café rather than a restaurant in the formal sense, and Esquire India finds it works as well for a group as for someone travelling alone: a place for a long meal facing the river.
Sources: Esquire India; HIDMC; Housing.com