u/Maximum-North-7993

We booked a cafe and invited 14 strangers.

You see, Bangalore has no shortage of places to meet people.

There are dating events. Networking events. Pub nights. Social mixers. Board Games.

But sometimes you don't want to date/network.

You don't necessarily want to drink with them either.

You just want to meet some new people, do something fun, and maybe leave with a couple of people you'd actually hang out with again.

That's what we wanted to test.

Most of them didn't know each other.

We had some games, food, a little jamming session, and enough time for people to actually talk.

People talked, laughed, played, ate, exchanged numbers and somehow left as slightly less-strangers.

We're building Orchy around this problem, helping people find the right people to do things with, without everything having to become a date, a networking opportunity or a night at a pub.

This was our first meetup, hopefully we'll do our next one this week.

If you showed up from reddit, thank you for your support!

We booked a cafe and invited 14 strangers.

You see, Bangalore has no shortage of places to meet people.

There are dating events. Networking events. Pub nights. Social mixers. Board Games.

But sometimes you don't want to date/network.

You don't necessarily want to drink with them either.

You just want to meet some new people, do something fun, and maybe leave with a couple of people you'd actually hang out with again.

That's what we wanted to test.

Most of them didn't know each other.

We had some games, food, a little jamming session, and enough time for people to actually talk.

People talked, laughed, played, ate, exchanged numbers and somehow left as slightly less-strangers.

We're building Orchy around this problem, helping people find the right people to do things with, without everything having to become a date, a networking opportunity or a night at a pub.

This was our first meetup, hopefully we'll do our next one this week.

If you showed up from reddit, thank you for your support!

We booked a cafe and invited 14 strangers.

You see, Bangalore has no shortage of places to meet people.

There are dating events. Networking events. Pub nights. Social mixers. Board Games.

But sometimes you don't want to date/network.

You don't necessarily want to drink with them either.

You just want to meet some new people, do something fun, and maybe leave with a couple of people you'd actually hang out with again.

That's what we wanted to test.

Most of them didn't know each other.

We had some games, food, a little jamming session, and enough time for people to actually talk.

People talked, laughed, played, ate, exchanged numbers and somehow left as slightly less-strangers.

We're building Orchy around this problem, helping people find the right people to do things with, without everything having to become a date, a networking opportunity or a night at a pub.

This was our first meetup, hopefully we'll do our next one this week.

If you showed up from reddit, thank you for your support!

Yo, so I saw this movie - vishwanath and sons.

Reviews are good.

I don't have work today. Thought I could go for the 7:40 PM show today.

It's in Lido Mall - Ulsoor.

Does anybody want to join??

Nothing wrong with going alone but it'll be fun if I've someone to go with.

Lmk if you wanna tag along, we'll book tickets together.

Making friends in Bangalore is hard. Especially when you are an adult.

Everyone's busy, exhausted, and stuck in traffic.

You keep saying “let's catch up sometime,” and somehow it never happens.

So I thought, why not just create the thing I'm looking for?

I'm hosting a small meetup this Sunday for people from Bangalore who want to meet new people, hang out, and hopefully make a few friends.

• 🗓️ Sunday, 16 August
• ⏰ 6–8 PM
• 💰 ₹250/person — to cover the café booking
• 🎲 Icebreakers + social activities
• 🎸 Casual jamming session
• 🍕 Food + hanging out
• ❌ Not a dating event

Come alone or bring a friend. No networking, no agenda — just a bunch of strangers seeing if we get along.

If you're interested, DM me, and I'll share the details.

Making friends in Bangalore is hard. Especially when you are an adult.

Everyone's busy, exhausted, and stuck in traffic.

You keep saying “let's catch up sometime” and somehow it never happens.

So I thought why not just create the thing I'm looking for?

I'm hosting a small meetup this Sunday for people from Bangalore who want to meet new people, hang out, and hopefully make a few friends.

• 🗓️ Sunday, 16 August
• ⏰ 6–8 PM
• 💰 ₹250/person — to cover the café booking
• 🎲 Icebreakers + social activities
• 🎸 Casual jamming session
• 🍕 Food + hanging out
• ❌ Not a dating event

Come alone or bring a friend. No networking, no agenda — just a bunch of strangers seeing if we get along.

If you're interested, DM me, and I'll share the details.

Making friends in Bangalore is hard. Especially when you are an adult.

Everyone's busy, exhausted, and stuck in traffic.

You keep saying “let's catch up sometime” and somehow it never happens.

So I thought why not just create the thing I'm looking for?

I'm hosting a small meetup this Sunday for people from Bangalore who want to meet new people, hang out, and hopefully make a few friends.

• 🗓️ Sunday, 16 August
• ⏰ 6–8 PM
• 💰 ₹250/person — to cover the café booking
• 🎲 Icebreakers + social activities
• 🎸 Casual jamming session
• 🍕 Food + hanging out
• ❌ Not a dating event

Come alone or bring a friend. No networking, no agenda — just a bunch of strangers seeing if we get along.

If you're interested, DM me, and I'll share the details.

A couple of weeks ago, I told my girlfriend: “I've been feeling like I need to meet new people.”

She said, “Okay? Are you breaking up with me? Am I not enough for you?”

Then I told her I was going to spend my Sunday evening with a bunch of strangers.

She went silent.

“Strangers?”

“Yes.”

“But why?”

“To make new friends.”

That somehow made it worse.

Bangalore has this weird problem where you can be surrounded by people all the time and still feel lonely and struggle to make actual friends.

Everyone is either working, exhausted, stuck in traffic, or saying “let's catch up soon”.

So I thought, fuck it. I'll create the thing I'm looking for.

I asked my female friend to book a venue and invite a bunch of strangers from Reddit without my girlfriend's knowledge to meet this Sunday, 16 August, from 6–8 PM.

She is bringing her friends, and I am bringing mine.

6:00 — Check-in + welcome
6:15 — Icebreakers
6:30 — Social activities
7:15 — Jamming + food
7:45 — Free socialising + group photo. The venue is already booked.

There's just one tiny problem: We're currently at 7 guys and 3 girls.

I'm keeping the ratio reasonably balanced, so hoping the gender ratio is much more balanced.

The venue is in Koramangala, near Indiranagar. The cafe looked so cozy, so I booked it without a second thought.

Both men and women are welcome; it's ₹250 per person.

This isn't a dating event, just an event to meet new friends.

Also, my girlfriend doesn't exist; I made it up for dramatic effect. This is genuinely just about meeting new people, making friends, and having a good Sunday evening.

If you're in Bangalore and want to meet some new people, Dm the account below and I'll send you the details.

u/orchygirly

Came to visit a temple but the roads are so bad, genuinely curious why

Hosting a meetup to touch some grass this Sunday.

Because touching grass is essential and it's free.

Date: 2nd August, 2026.

Time: 11 AM - 12 PM

Location: in the comments

Link in the comments