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Akiya CafeFrom the Heart of South

From the Heart of South

Ghee dosa,thatte idli& degree coffee.

Authentic South Indian cooking in Noida and Greater Noida. Batter ground and fermented overnight, real ghee on every dosa, and podi pounded in our own kitchen.

Rating
4.1· 327 ratings on Zomato
Menu size
42 dishes from 39
Hours
11am – 11pm, daily
A ghee dosa rolled on a banana leaf, served with coriander, coconut and tomato chutneys

Ghee Masala Dosa

Served with sambar and three chutneys · ₹179

Open every day · 11:00 am – 11:00 pm
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A folded ghee dosa on a palm-leaf plate with sambar, coconut chutney and potato masala
Our story

From the heart of South, to your table in Noida.

Akiya Cafe began with a simple frustration: it is hard to find a dosa in the NCR that tastes the way it does back home. Not a thin, dry disc served in a hurry — but a proper ghee dosa, poured on a well-seasoned griddle, crisp at the rim and soft where it folds.

So we kept it small and stubborn. Batter is ground and left to ferment overnight, never rushed. Podi is roasted and pounded in-house. Coffee is a chicory blend, brewed into a decoction and pulled between tumbler and davara until it foams.

Two kitchens now — one in Gaur City 2, one in Sector 75 — cooking the same short menu, the same way, from eleven in the morning until eleven at night.

Overnight batter

Rice and urad dal, soaked and ground on site, fermented overnight. That sourness cannot be shortcut.

Real ghee

Every dosa on the card is a ghee dosa. It is what makes the edge shatter instead of bend.

Podi pounded here

Our gunpowder podi is roasted and ground in the kitchen, not bought in bags.

Degree coffee

Decoction brewed the slow way and served in a steel tumbler and davara, as it should be.

In the kitchen

Four steps, and none of them are quick.

01

Soak & grind

Rice and urad dal soak for hours, then go through the wet grinder until the batter is smooth and aerated.

02

Ferment overnight

The batter rests overnight. This is where the sourness and the lift come from — there is no substitute for time.

03

Pour on the griddle

A ladle, a spiral, a ring of ghee. The griddle is seasoned and never scrubbed down to bare metal.

04

Serve immediately

Straight from the tawa to the plate with sambar and three chutneys. A dosa does not wait.

Degree coffee

Decoction brewed slow, pulled between tumbler and davara.

A chicory blend, dripped through the filter overnight and cut with boiled milk. Poured back and forth until it foams — that is the only way it gets that head.

₹49Hot filter coffee · Ice filter coffee ₹59
Guest book

What people say after the first bite.

4.1/ 5

Rated by 327 guests on Zomato.

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Two kitchens

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Gaur City 2

Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Shop 2, Divyansh Flora

Opposite VVIP Homes

Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201009

11:00 am – 11:00 pm

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Hungry now? The tawa is already hot.

Call ahead and we will have it ready, or walk in any day between eleven in the morning and eleven at night.