4.7 stars · around 182 Google reviews · about ₹200–400 for two · open till 10 pm · Dharamkot. Ratings checked August 2026.
The name is accurate. On one page you will find chole bhature, a mezze platter, coconut ramen and a Vietnamese peanut Buddha bowl. That should be a disaster, and in most hill cafés it would be. The reason it is not is that Chef Aatish actually cooks each of them rather than approximating them.
It is women-owned, run by Khush and Nikita, and it carries a second Hebrew name — הירושלמי, the Jerusalemite — which tells you exactly which travelling community adopted it first. Listings file it under Lebanese and vegetarian, which undersells the range.
What to order
The coconut ramen is the signature and the dish people describe in the most detail. A coconut broth base rather than the standard shoyu or miso sounds gimmicky written down; at altitude, in cold weather, it works better than the original would.
The Vietnamese peanut Buddha bowl is the lighter pick. Crispy malai kofta and coconut rice with vegetables both come up repeatedly in reviews. And if you are here for breakfast at the weekend, the chole bhature is one of the very few genuinely good North Indian breakfasts in a village that otherwise runs on Israeli and Western food.
Saturday jachnun
This is the reason to plan a Saturday around the place. Jachnun is a Yemenite Jewish pastry that has to bake slowly overnight — around twelve hours at a low temperature — until it turns dense, rolled and faintly sweet. It is traditionally eaten with grated tomato and a hard-boiled egg, and it is not something you improvise on the morning.
Dharamkot has a large Israeli traveller community and this is the dish they turn up for. It is Saturday-only and it does run out. Go before 11 am.
The vibe
Warmer and smaller than the big view-first cafés further down the hill. There are resident dogs. It suits a long lunch with one or two people rather than a group of eight, and the room is quiet enough to actually talk in — which in Dharamkot is a genuine selling point.
Vegetarians and vegans are unusually well covered here, not as an afterthought section at the back of the menu but across the whole thing.
It is open till 10 pm, which puts it in a small group of Dharamkot kitchens you can rely on for a late dinner. That matters more than it sounds in a village where a lot of places have stopped serving by nine and the walk home is dark and steep.
Honest drawbacks
There is an older thread of reviews complaining that the presentation outran the taste — food that looked considered and landed flat. Recent reviews do not repeat it, which suggests the kitchen tightened up, but it is worth knowing where the criticism came from.
The other thing is simply breadth: a menu this wide means the kitchen is better at some things than others. Order the ramen, the jachnun, the chole bhature and the Buddha bowl and you will have an excellent time. Wander too far into the middle of the menu and results vary.
Know before you go
- Open till 10 pm, which makes it a workable dinner option.
- Saturday morning before 11 am for jachnun — it sells out.
- Strong for vegetarians and vegans.
- Better for two than for eight. It is a small room.
If it's closed, or full
Jachnun is Saturday-only and it goes early. If you have arrived to find it finished, the weekend chole bhature here is the consolation prize and a good one. For a different Saturday breakfast entirely, 3 Trees and Mysore Café are both doing South Indian food a short climb up.
If the room is full — it is small, and it does fill — Bodhi Greens is the larger, busier vegan-friendly option on the main street, open till 10 pm. For dinner with more of an occasion to it, The Hot Pot House is the rooftop worth booking an evening around.
Read the full roundup: the best cafés in Dharamkot. Planning a month in the hills? See our Dharamkot workation guide, or read the Dharamkot village guide for how the place actually works.
← All blog postsQuestions, answered
What is jachnun and when can I get it at The Crossover Café?+
Jachnun is a Yemenite Jewish pastry baked slowly overnight for around twelve hours until it is dense, rolled and faintly sweet, traditionally served with grated tomato and a hard-boiled egg. The Crossover makes it on Saturdays only, and it regularly sells out — go before 11 am.
What should I order at The Crossover Café in Dharamkot?+
The coconut ramen is the signature, built on a coconut broth rather than shoyu or miso, and it works surprisingly well at altitude. The Vietnamese peanut Buddha bowl is the lighter option, the crispy malai kofta is a repeat favourite, and the weekend chole bhature is one of the few genuinely good North Indian breakfasts in Dharamkot.
Is The Crossover Café vegan-friendly?+
Yes, unusually so. Vegan and vegetarian options run across the whole menu rather than sitting in a separate section, and listings categorise the café as vegetarian. It is women-owned, run by Khush and Nikita with Chef Aatish in the kitchen, and open until 10 pm.