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SunsetSelectors
Golden hour into groove
A selector opens softly while the light goes, then lets the room move once the lamps come on.
Selected evenings↗
Main Beach, Gokarna
A kitchen on the sand,
A kitchen on the sand,
and a room that listens.
All day food, plant forward plates and live music a few steps from the water. Sleep in the garden behind us. Come for lunch, stay for the sunset.
Virama stays
Sleep where the
Sleep where the
garden meets the sand.
Virama is the pause. Four tents in a green garden directly behind the kitchen, with the beach a short walk through the palms.
Canvas, plaster and teak
Air conditioned, with a private washroom just outside the door.
The tentsFour of them, each named and each a little different. Some open toward the ocean, some to the green fields.
WashroomPrivate, just outside the tent. Lime plaster walls and a teak deck underfoot.
The beachDirect access. About five minutes on foot along Main Beach.
BreakfastDownstairs at the kitchen, from eight in the morning.
SugamEaseThe gentle one. Closest to the path and quickest to the kitchen.
DhvaniSoundNamed for resonance. Close enough to catch the music, far enough to sleep.
NilayaDwellingSet into the green, with the fields opening up in front of it.
AlayaAbodeThe quiet corner, furthest into the garden and shaded all afternoon.
Tents are booked separately from tables. Call and we will tell you what is free, or find Virama Gokarna on the usual booking sites.
Earth, water, sound
A project rooted
A project rooted
in the land.
A nature led kitchen shaped by mud, timber, plants and sea air. Food stays simple. Music stays close. The setting does the rest.
Gokarna has no shortage of sea views. Beru is built around what happens between arriving and leaving: the food you actually want, the lamps coming on, and a room that knows when to be quiet.
Rooted in placeGokarna, not Goa. A temple town with a coastline attached, and we behave like we live here.
Roots musicDub, reggae, sufi, jazz. Music with a lineage, chosen for the hour rather than the poster.
Root to leafPlant forward cooking that uses the whole thing. Seafood for those who want it.
What is on
Three moods.
Three moods.
One room.
Music is programmed for the room rather than the poster: jazz, sufi, indie, classical, dub and selectors who know what a beach at dusk needs.
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LiveOn the sand
A full band, close enough to hear
Live instruments, a warm system and tables kept for people who came to listen.
Announced weekly↗
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ListenListening room
Slow, seated and quiet
The room settles. A close set carries the evening into the sound of the water.
At dusk↗
Current lineups are announced through the week.
Call to ask what is on ↗
Kitchen and bar
A short menu,
A short menu,
done properly.
Salads, pastas and global classics alongside what the boats bring in. Vegetarian and plant based eaters are looked after properly here.
Made for the middlePlates that land in the centre of the table.
From the kitchen
All dayBagels and buns, baked hereVeg
Watermelon, rocket and toasted nutsPlant
Pasta of the day, made to orderVeg
Catch of the day from the boatsSea
Cashew rice with the day's curryPlant
Breakfast plates, eight until elevenVeg
Bar and cold press
Cold and slowWatermelon, pressed to orderHouse
Pineapple and limeCold press
Filter coffee, black or with milkAll day
Cold beer, properly coldSunset
Long coolers, low on sugarBar
Masala chai, the way it should beAll day
After the lamps come on
Music with taste.
Music with taste.
Not volume.
Live sets chosen to suit the hour. Nothing that shouts over your table. Nothing that turns the beach into a club. Gokarna was never that.
MusicOne or two nights a week
SoundWarm, close, conversation level
SeatingSand, shade and the sea edge
Finding us
Tucked away.
Tucked away.
Worth the walk.
On Main Beach, near Kariappa Katta Temple Road. Use the plus code H836+C83 and walk the final stretch toward the water.
- 01By road
Aim for Kariappa Katta Temple Road and Main Beach. The final approach is best done on foot.
- 02On foot
Follow Main Beach toward H836+C83. The kitchen sits just steps from the ocean, with the garden behind it.
- 03By train
Gokarna Road station is about 10 km from town. Continue by taxi or auto, then walk the last beach stretch.
Address
Main Beach, near Kariappa Katta Temple Road
Gokarna, Karnataka 581326 Plus code H836+C83
Gokarna, Karnataka 581326 Plus code H836+C83
Serving hours
Breakfast 08:00 to 11:00
Lunch 12:30 to 17:00
Dinner 18:00 to 22:30 Saturday lunch from 12:15. Closed on Tuesday.
Call
+91 70901 00037
For tables, tents, hours and what is on
Directions
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Main Beach, Gokarna 581326
Lunch 12:30 to 17:00
Dinner 18:00 to 22:30 Saturday lunch from 12:15. Closed on Tuesday.
Reserve
Hold a table
Hold a table
by the water.
Walk ins are always welcome. On music nights and at sunset the front tables go early, so it is worth telling us you are coming.
Sea facing on requestGroups welcomeClosed on TuesdayTents booked by phone
Prefer to call?
+91 70901 00037 ↗