Not a hotel. Just a quiet home in Kathmandu.
Affordable rooms from NPR 1,200, home-cooked dal bhat from our own kitchen, and a rooftop where the city slows down at sunset.
Namaste, you're home
Walk in through the bamboo gate.
The lane is quiet. The gate is the same one our family built years ago. Beyond it — plants, hanging vines, and usually somebody's mother stirring a pot in the kitchen.
No uniforms, no scripted "welcome sir." Just chai poured into a real glass, and a small room key handed to you by a real person.
Where guests gather
A living room, not a lobby.
Soft sofas, slow afternoons, a few books left behind by the last guest. A trekker from Germany ends up sharing dinner with a student from Pokhara — that's a normal evening here.
Rooms
Simple. Clean. Honestly priced.
Hot showers, fresh sheets, big windows and warm walls. No minibars, no marble — just a comfortable room you can actually relax in.
Cozy Double
NPR 1,200 / nightA small, warm double — perfect for a solo traveller or a couple on a budget.
Twin Room
NPR 1,800 / nightTwo beds, a sofa and soft pink walls — good for friends or two backpackers sharing.
Family Room
NPR 2,400 / nightA large room with a king bed, a sofa lounge and big curtains — room for the whole family.
All rooms include free Wi-Fi, hot water, fresh towels and morning chai.
Food that tastes like someone's home.
Our kitchen is small, the recipes are old, and the ingredients come from people we actually know — farmers from Mude village, the morning vegetable market, our own terrace pots.
You eat in the courtyard under the blue canopy, with the sound of the neighbourhood waking up around you.
From our kitchen
A taste of the hills.
Dishes our grandmother taught us, made with what the village sends down each week.
Dal Bhat Thali
Lentils, seasonal greens, pickle and a mound of red rice. Refills are free — it's a Nepali rule.
Steamed Momo
Hand-folded dumplings, steamed in bamboo. Veg, chicken or buff — with our spicy tomato achaar.
Chhurpi Chilly
Our signature: smoky yak cheese tossed with capsicum, onion and Himalayan chillies.
Local Village Chicken
Free-range country chicken, slow-cooked with mustard oil and timur — exactly how it's done at home.
Mude Potato Curry
Sweet, earthy red potatoes brought down each week from Mude village in the hills.
Dhido — Wheat, Millet, Barley
The original hill staple. Hand-stirred, served hot with gundruk soup and a smile.
Morning chai. Evening silence.
Climb up before the city wakes — hills on three sides, the call of crows, the kettle already on. Come back at dusk for the kind of quiet you forgot existed.
After dark, the bar lights come on.
Fairy lights in old bottles, a small bar with cold Tuborg, local raksi, Old Durbar, and a quiet corner for shisha. Fonepay and eSewa accepted — pay how you like.
Most nights it's just a few guests, slow music, and someone telling a story about a pass they crossed last week.
The property
A walk-through.
Guests
What people remember.
"It really does feel like staying with a family. I came for two nights and stayed a week."
— Marta, Spain
"Cheap, clean and warm. The chhurpi chilly and a cold beer on the rooftop — that's my whole memory of Kathmandu."
— Kenji, Japan
"Aaipo gharma jasto lagyo. Khana mitho, didi haru malsroto. Pheri aaunchhu."
— Aarav, Pokhara
Annapurna Chowk, on foot.
Five minutes to the local tea shops, fifteen to Swayambhunath, a short ride to Thamel when you want the noise. Ask at reception — we'll draw you a map on the back of an envelope.
- Morning walks to the monkey temple
- Friend-of-the-house taxi drivers, fair price
- Trek prep — we know the right shops in Thamel
- Long-stay discounts for students and trekkers
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