New BEL Road · BLR
A dark cafe interior, warm lights thrown out of focus behind a cup on the counter.

A unit of Anti Labs Studios

Anti
Dote

The antidote to generic café culture — rotating single-origins, unexpected preparations, and a menu designed to fuel creative sessions without the crash.

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The Bar

Come for the coffee,
stay for the community.

Anti Dote is a coffee bar that takes its cues from experimental cuisine. The roster rotates, the preparations are not always the obvious ones, and nothing on the counter is there because every other café has it.

It sits downstairs from two working studios, which means the room fills with people between takes — crews on a break, dancers before a class, and anyone who came in for a flat white and stayed for the argument about it.

Rotating

Single origins

No Crash

Menu built to last

Downstairs

From both studios

7 Min

From MS Ramaiah

The Menu

What’s on

Espresso Whatever is on the bar this week, pulled short. In store
Filter — Single Origin Rotating roster. Ask what just landed. In store
Flat White The control sample. Every bar should be judged on it. In store
Cold Brew Slow steeped overnight, served black or over milk. In store
The Unexpected One A preparation borrowed from a kitchen, not a café. Changes without warning. In store
Not Coffee For the ones on a 3am call sheet who have already had enough. In store
Kitchen A short plate list built to eat standing up, between takes. In store
Beans To Take Bags of the current roster, ground to your method. In store
Coffee beans scattered across a dark surface.
Roster
Beans tumbling out of a roaster in a cloud of steam.
Roast
A hand around a cup in near darkness.
First cup
Coffee poured into a black mug.
Pour
Someone taking the first sip of the day.
Morning
The espresso machine, shot close and thrown out of focus.

How We Work

Experimental,
not precious
about it.

The roster changes because the harvest does. If you ask what’s on, you’ll get a straight answer and probably a taste before you commit to a cup.

  • RosterRotating single origins
  • MethodEspresso / filter / cold
  • KitchenShort, changing plate list
  • RetailBeans, ground to order
  • SeatingWalk in, no booking
  • HireAvailable after hours

Visit

Find us

Mon – Sat
8:00 – 20:00
Sunday
10:00 – 18:00
Address
No 108, AGS Layout, New BEL Road
Area
Bangalore, Karnataka – 560094
Nearest
7 min walk from MS Ramaiah University
Email
theantilabs@gmail.com
Hands wrapped around a black cup on a woven surface.

Enquire

Take the room

Walk in for coffee — no booking needed. For after-hours hire, cuppings, launches and small workshops, tell us what you have in mind.

Name
Roasted beans spread across a cooling tray.

Three Spaces

One address.
Light, motion
and a decent coffee.

Anti Light Anti Motion

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