The Local Cafe- Best Cafe/Restaurant/Bakery Shop in Gangtok

Keeping up with its name, this cafe offers really good food. We had Mocha, Latte, Laphing, Tibetan Sandwiches. All the food was extremely tasty and the ambience was awesome. One of the most delightful thing the cafe is often visited by a local 🐱.
Only drawback - Limited seating arrangements.

Located on the busy MG road, a small place (just 3 seats) with great menu and premium food. Loved everything that i ordered.
1. Mexican chicken wrap
2. Korean hot and crispy fried chicken
3. Non veg Laphing
4. Tibetan tea
5. Peach iced tea
6. Lemon cake

A must try place!.

Food and Ambience is really good. As a tourist, I loved the TLC Exclusive dishes such as Yellow Laphing, Shanghai Pasta and Tsamthuk soup.

The staff are really polite and helpful. I highly recommend this place for tourists.

Got a double espresso and yellow (veg.) laphing. Both the dish and the coffee were exceptionally flavorful. The coffee beans seemed freshly grinded and the profile was sour-bitter in a 50-50-ish proportion and I liked it a lot. The laphing was very, very soft, with a little bit of resistance and the filling was very soft, slightly paste-like and spicy, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Recommended.

The food is delicious. The Manager and staff were welcoming. We went in the beginning of December 2023 and it was cold , the Tsampthuk Soup (non veg) made us feel all warm inside . Bacon Laphing was excellent. Try the Gorkha Spicy Pizza (non veg) if you feel you would like a pizza with a twist. We were in Gantok for 5 days and had most of our meals at the Local Cafe. Will be patronizing this quaint little restaurant again .

Pretty aesthetic cafe situated in M.G Road, Gangtok.
They had a wide variety of food items and bakeries in their menu.
The must try one is The Lafing, we tried the Veg Lafing, stuffed with spicy soya bean, absolutely delicious ❤‍🔥 10/10.
There are other varieties of Lafing available.

It is located in the mg marg. It's a small cafe with good ambience and good food. Especially, coffee and cakes are highly recommend.
Price is worthy according to quantity.
Must try- lemon cake and red velvet cupcakes.

Less glamour and more taste. A good blend of a dedicated menu of local cuisine. The photos give a better testimony to the vibe and taste. Shout out to the hardworking staff.

Undoubtedly the best pizza place (they make their own base) in Gangtok till date. Lovely ambience, great vibe and tastiest food in town. I found heaven in their peri peri chicken pizza. Go through their wonderful food creations to discover your own guilty pleasure. Lovely view, great service complements the amazing food.

The Local Cafe is one of my favorite place in Gangtok. And you could notice female staff manages the counter and male staff prepares the food. That's a rare thing to see and I really appreciate it. I tried variety of dishes here. Their potato wedges were really crispy and tasty. I tried laphing, sandwiches and pizza. All were delicious. All in all you must visit this cafe to enjoy their delicious food.

Had probably the best Fried chickens ever - their Korean style fried chickens are to die for. I wish they had more space to cater to foodies like us.

Best Cappuccino in Gangtok, amazing Gorkha Pizza local delicacy 'laphing'. You are doing a great job. Keep it up.

Landed on the first day of my Gangtok trip to this little cosy cafe and fell so much in love with it that I spent every day there till the last day of my tour. Their chocolate brownies are so chocolaty and gooey, the cheesecake is straight from the heaven and the new found love ‘lafing’ was spicy and fabulous!
If you are in Gangtok, give this place a try♥

I ordered a chicken laphing and a red velvet cupcake. The laphing was well-seasoned, albeit slightly saltier than I expected. The cupcake was definitely above average, if not the best I've had.

The place is small with seating for about 8-12 people. I originally went in for the cheesecake but it wasn't available.

It's the best cafe in Gangtok, for me. It not only serves delicious food but also has excellent staff services. The Tibetan dish, Laphing is served in this cafe and it is really tasty, believe me it is the tastiest laphing you'll get in Gangtok. So if you're planning to visit this place, do try out the laphing. The only drawback of this place is it is unspacious and you need to wait for your turn to eat if the seats aren't empty.

Tl;dr: Come for the coffee, stay for the Bermiok tea/muffins and keep returning for the excellent Lephing.

Dissapointed with the usual suspects on Gangtok's premier walking mall MG Marg, I found myself cautiously strolling into The Local Cafe on a rainy Wednesday afternoon in search of some strong coffee and a non-mediocre morsel or two. This place certainly lifted my spirits. The double shot espresso was rich even if a tad bit acidic and came with a respectable Shrewsbury stand-in cookie. Next came the showstopper. The most perfectly-timed Lephing I've ever had. Spicy, cold and easy. I understand the perils when I say I liked it better than samples served in Delhi's Majnu Ka Tilla but I will still do so. While the MKT ones undeniably seem like they were made by your best friend's mother, the one at The Local Cafe seems like it was made by the friend who took that recipe and gave it the finesse and technique you'd expect if you were paying for it. Strongly recommend. Next up, a giant cup of pleasantly fragrant Bermiok tea quickly became the defining beverage of the session which came to a close with Monaco Chicken - basic chicken salad on Monaco biscuits done right. For purely academic purposes, I took home a vanilla cupcake and wasn't disappointed. The succint menu had a few other items that deserved exploration but I had to move on. Do give this quaint, thought-through and well-curated joint a try.

Amazing food... Amazing service... Please make sure you go to the restaurant before 8pm as they strictly follow the timings.

I had my breakfast everyday here. Excellent food and cleanliness. All the menu items are delicious and brings out the local flavour effortlessly. Do visit once if you are in Gangtok. Bon appetit!

You sikkim tour is incomplete without visting this lovely cafe at the heart of Mg Marg.....a must visit place to try authentic Tibetan food and their Tibetan tea will touch your soul........must try their special Tibetan breakfast, the coffee from the local farms............and the owner is very welcoming and friendly❤.

Loved the mocha, banana cake and red velvet cupcake here. It's a tiny nook with great vibe and amazing music. The service is super quick and food is yum.