Kulhad Chai, Coffee & Shakes in Bargarh

Chaiyo Bar is a kulhad chai, coffee and shakes counter in Bargarh, Odisha, with two outlets: one near the Private Bus Stand and one at the Gandhi Park gate beside Kali Mandir. We brew Kolkata-style chai in unglazed terracotta kulhads, boil coffee on the counter, and blend thick shakes to order. Most cups land between ₹10 and ₹65.

Because the chai is served in a kulhad, an unglazed terracotta cup made in Bargarh's own pottery belt, and it is poured directly from a boiling pot rather than brewed in a kettle and decanted. The clay gives the tea an earthy note that a steel or glass vessel cannot, and it is the reason we do not use paper cups on the chai counter.

At Chaiyo Bar it is the Bargadiya Special Chai, our house blend of strong CTC with fresh ginger, served at ₹10 for a small kulhad and ₹20 for a large. If you want something milder, ask for Malai Chai (₹20); if you want the old clay-pot route, go for a Desi Kawah (₹30), brewed in a clay pot over charcoal.

Twenty-two, across six families: six signature chai, six flavour chai (pan, rose, chocolate, vanilla, mango and saffron), four masala chai, and six green, black and kawah teas. Vanilla is the most ordered flavour and the Bargadiya Special is the most ordered single cup.

Both outlets run from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm, every day of the week, including Sunday and public holidays. The Gandhi Park counter is the busier of the two in the evening, because it sits directly on the park gate.

No. We are a walk-up counter with no delivery fleet, and we would rather not pretend otherwise. The two outlets sit on opposite sides of the main Bazar, so one of them is almost always closer than a rider would be.

₹10 for a small kulhad, ₹20 for a large, across the signature chai range. Flavour chai such as rose, pan and vanilla is ₹15 each. Desi Kawah is ₹30 and Kashmiri Kawah is ₹50. Prices are on the full menu page and have not changed since 2024.

Yes. Hot coffee is boiled on the counter rather than dispensed from a machine: normal coffee ₹15/₹30, elaichi ₹20, chocolate ₹20 and ginger ₹25. Cold coffee runs ₹50 to ₹100 depending on the ice cream and dry fruit toppings.

Chaiyo Bar blends six thick shakes to order, served with a striped straw: Oreo, Kitkat and 5 Star, each with vanilla or chocolate ice cream, ₹60 to ₹90. They are blended rather than mixed from a syrup, so they take a couple of minutes.

It is on the Bazar side of the Private Bus Stand, right beside Reliance Trends. You cannot miss it: the signboard is lit and there is usually a crowd on the plastic chairs outside. The Gandhi Park outlet is the other one, at the park gate near Kali Mandir.

Kulhad chai in Bargarh is chai poured into an unglazed terracotta cup, straight from the boiling pot rather than from a jug. At Chaiyo Bar every one of our 22 chai flavours is served this way, at both the Private Bus Stand and the Gandhi Park outlet, from ₹10 for a small kulhad. The clay holds heat far longer than steel and gives the tea the earthy note people associate with chai from this part of Odisha.

It is a chai bar rather than a cafe: a walk-up roadside counter with pavement seating, no indoor area, no Wi-Fi and no air conditioning. What you get that a cafe does not is 22 chai flavours in real kulhads, kawah brewed in a clay pot over charcoal, and coffee boiled on the counter. If you want chai, coffee and shakes in Bargarh, it is the cheapest place in the city to get all three.

The Gandhi Park outlet is the closer one. It sits at the park gate beside Kali Mandir, about a fifteen-minute walk from Bargarh railway station. From the Private Bus Stand, walk fifty metres towards Reliance Trends and the counter is directly beside that store.

Yes. Both counters are roadside stalls with seating on the pavement, so a family can sit together, and children usually order vanilla chai or a cold coffee rather than a shake. There is no separate family section.

Yes, Google Pay, PhonePe and any UPI app works at both counters, and cash is of course fine. The whole order usually comes to well under ₹200 for two people.