Did You Know That There Is A Cafe In India Where Your Bill Is Already Paid By The Previous Customer?

What if someone else has paid in advance for your meal.? What if you can pay for someone who you don't know. Or that person doesn't know you either? What if your small contribution of you can make smile on faces of needy? Sevacafe is based on the exact same concept.

A cafe with a concept of pay-it-forward run by its volunteers and in this profit-centric world. They serve a bill of Rs.0/- to the guests after their meal is over. Yes, you read very correctly, the guests pay as per their own will or their generosity.

If you are alone, you are welcomed and encouraged to sit at a table with an unknown stranger. No, it is not a blind date. It is about connection, a heart-to-heart bond that we all yearn for, but do not often find. As you look around, talk with those who are serving, and you will realize that they are all volunteers. No one is doing it for the money.

“Atithi Devo Bhava” meaning “Guest is the God”, is the mantra in Seva Café. The guest gets the feeling of sitting in their own house and the family members are serving the food. The ambiance is very ethnic yet modern, and the staff gives the “Seva”- (Service with so much love and affection and in return seeks nothing). They serve you simple and delicious food. Touched hearts, they have. For many college students, even dish-washing becomes refreshing after days of studying because of the energy at Seva Cafe.

It is great to see the surprise on the faces of the guests when they get a note which states- “Your bill has already been paid by someone else”. It is all the generosity of the guest to complete the circle of – giving! What else the Café even share the expenses incurred, and profits made by them. The café is open for any volunteer any time.

Though at times the operational costs are much higher than what is earned as profits, it is the positive attitude towards the concept that is keeping the café alive. It’s just not the experience or the feeling which is shared here at the Café; it is the “joy of giving” which flows with them and the remains till the chain gets a new beginning.

Following this initiative in Ahmedabad, Seva cafe now has their branches at Bangalore, Calcutta, Mumbai, Pune and even The United States of America.!!! :)

Hope We all want to join such initiatives in out Busy life schedule !!!