Handcrafted Cafe & Roastery, Arera Colony
43 people recommend, 6 warn against itvia r/Bhopal·30 comments quoted below
The comments quoted below are a sample of the full tally across 31 threads.
What people say, in short
Handcrafted's recommendations are pooled across its Bhopal outlets, with Arera Colony mapped here. Coffee is the main draw, including praise for black coffee and manual brews. An Arera Colony visitor recommends the pizza. Work and solo-visit suggestions also appear, but these are not promises about every outlet. Dissent includes mediocre coffee, high prices and a diner receiving a different roast than requested. Lalghati has separate complaints about coffee and value alongside positive recommendations; those experiences should not be read as reviews of Arera Colony.
Address
Handcrafted Cafe and Roastery, E-3/75, Arera Colony, Besides IDFC First Bank, near Narmada hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462016, India
At a glance
- Signature dishes
- Coffee, Pizza
- Best for
- Specialty coffee, Work, Solo
- Opinions divided
- Yes
The evidence
Every point below is paraphrased from a real public comment, ordered by how much the community engaged with it. Caveats and negatives are kept in — follow any link to read the original for yourself.
Calls it the GOAT; the coffee is great.
Finds the Arera Colony coffee satisfactory rather than outstanding.
Calls Handcrafted the best in response to a request for coffee roasters.
Recommends Handcrafted as answer to the coffee shop request.
Recommends this cafe and roastery for its coffee and pizza.
Good pizza, coffee and hot chocolate, but the place is tiny.
Enthusiastically recommends Handcrafted.
Recommends the Arera Colony branch for best coffee.
Recommends this cafe as a good place for coffee in Bhopal.
Considers it hands down the top coffee spot in central India.
Lists Handcrafted as their pick for coffee.
Says it is clearly the best place for both coffee and food.
Names it as their go-to coffee place in Bhopal.
Says it is so expensive a coworking chair would be better for the same money.
Recommends Handcrafted as the answer to the black coffee request.
Received a medium roast instead of the requested dark roast and preferred another coffee brand.
Calls it the best coffee in town.
Adds another recommendation for Handcrafted coffee.
Good roast and coffee quality, though lacking in space.
Recommends it to anyone who appreciates good coffee.
Recommended as a coffee place in Bhopal.
Found the Lalghati coffee disappointing and poor value compared with Ten Number Market.
Praises the hot coffee.
Says they enjoy Cafe Handcrafted.
Listed among their favourite cafes in Bhopal.
Disagrees, says the coffee is bad
Agrees that Handcrafted Cafe has respectable coffee.
Recommends the Arera Colony cafe for coffee.
Seconds the recommendation of Handcrafted.
Suggests trying it, has seen people working there.
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