Karnataka Non-Veg Sunday Supper Club · New Brunswick · NJ

Baadoota

ಭಾನುವಾರದ ಬಾಡೂಟ — Sunday Supper Club

A fixed fifteen-dish country-Karnataka feast — non-vegetarian, served together on one banana leaf and eaten by hand. A midday Sunday lunch, hosted from home.

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Next: Sun Jun 28 · then Jul 19 · Aug 2 · Aug 23 · 2026

Est. 2026 · By invitation
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Ten seats · Noon–3 PM lunch · Non-veg · 18+

"ಭಾನುವಾರದ ಬಾಡೂಟ" — A Sunday Supper Club. Once a week, our New Brunswick home becomes a country-Karnataka kitchen for ten — kheema saaru on the fire, the leaf laid, the door wide open. An invitation, not a menu.

— Country Karnataka, in New Jersey

Our Story

A Karnataka Sunday lunch,
hosted from home.

Baadoota is a country-Karnataka non-vegetarian Sunday lunch hosted from our home in New Brunswick. Ten guests, one long table, fifteen dishes served together on the baale ele — banana leaf — and eaten with our hands. Doors open at noon. The same feast, on select Sundays.

Country Karnataka cooking — unadapted, unapologetic, unhurried.

Everything is sourced from Dey Farm at Oliveira Acres in Cranbury, NJ. The chicken is naati — country-bred, slow-grown. The mutton is country goat with the bone in. Spices are ground the morning of. The menu is fixed: we do not adapt for vegetarian or vegan diets and cannot accommodate allergies. If that isn't your meal, we'll say so kindly. If it is, the leaf is laid.

A full Karnataka non-veg spread laid on a banana leaf — rice, naati chicken, mutton kheema, neer dosa, ragi mudde, halwa and more, on dark wood with curry leaves and dried chilies
10 Seats · 18+ only
$65 One seat · One feast
10 seats $65 / seat 18+ only

From the Soil

ನಾಟಿ

Naati.
What Karnataka means by 'country.'

"Naati" is the Kannada word for native, country-bred, raised the old way. Naati koli is the small, slow-grown country chicken with the muscle of one that walked. Naati mamsa is country goat raised on rain-fed grass. Every plate at Baadoota is sourced from Dey Farm at Oliveira Acres in Cranbury, NJ — birds the size they should be, mutton with the bone in, eggs the colour of yolk butter. The leaf changes nothing. The sourcing changes everything.

Sourced from Dey Farm at Oliveira Acres
Spices Ground that morning

This Sunday's Table

Sunday

28

June, 2026

The First Lunch · Country Karnataka

The full naati feastಸ್ವಾಗತ

Fifteen dishes — country meats, donne biriyani, ragi mudde, neer dosa, rasam and two sweets — all served together on one banana leaf, with a welcome glass of kokum juice (a tart purple-fruit cooler). Farm-sourced. 18+ only. See the full menu ↓

Doors
12:00 — 3:00 PM
Seats
5 of 10 open
Per seat
$65 · paid on confirmation
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Upcoming Sundays

Pick your Sunday.

Same fifteen-dish feast, select Sundays. Doors at noon. Ten seats, no more, no fewer. Pick a date and request — we'll write back with the payment link.

June, 2026

28

Sunday · Doors at Noon

The full naati feast

$65 / seat · ೧ ಊಟ

5 of 10 seats remain

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July, 2026

19

Sunday · Doors at Noon

The full naati feast

$65 / seat · ೨ ಊಟ

7 of 10 seats remain

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August, 2026

02

Sunday · Doors at Noon

The full naati feast

$65 / seat · ೩ ಊಟ

8 of 10 seats remain

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August, 2026

23

Sunday · Doors at Noon

The full naati feast

$65 / seat · ೪ ಊಟ

9 of 10 seats remain

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A Seat at the Table

One menu. One price.

No tiers, no upsells, no surprise add-ons. 1 · Request a seat → 2 · we reply by email within 24h with a Venmo/Zelle link → 3 · pay to lock your seat. The seat is held only after payment. Full refund if you cancel more than 48 hours ahead; inside 48 hours it's non-refundable but freely transferable.

The Seat

ಒಂದು ಆಸನ

$65

per guest · ten seats on select Sundays at noon

  • The full fifteen-dish country-Karnataka lunch, served together on a banana leaf
  • Welcome glass of kokum juice (a tart purple-fruit cooler) on arrival
  • Liver dry fry · chicken naati fry (country-chicken) · fish kabab
  • Mutton chops · mutton kheema saaru (spiced mince in broth) · prawns ghee roast
  • Donne biriyani (biryani in a leaf cup) · ragi mudde (steamed millet ball) · neer dosa (lacy rice crepe) · rice · rasam · egg
  • Spiced majjige (savory buttermilk) · badam halwa (almond fudge) · shavige payasa (sweet vermicelli pudding)
  • Everything farm-sourced · cooked the morning of
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No tipping. The price is the price. Baadoota is a dry table — please no alcohol on premises. 18+ at the table.

The Afternoon

What to expect, hour by hour.

11:45
Doors open. Shoes off in the foyer. A welcome glass of kokum juice as you arrive. ಸ್ವಾಗತ
12:00
To the long table. Banana leaves are laid; all fifteen dishes are served together on the leaf. We eat with our hands. ಊಟ
2:30
Sweet close — badam halwa and shavige payasa, poured warm onto the leaf. ಸಿಹಿ
3:00
The lunch closes. We send you home with a small parcel — usually a square of badam halwa.

House Rules

  • Ten guests, by reservation only — no walk-ins
  • 18+ only. No exceptions
  • Doors open at noon on Sundays
  • Welcome glass of kokum juice on arrival
  • All fifteen dishes are served together on the leaf — no courses
  • Your seat is held only after the payment link is settled
  • Shoes off at the door · slippers provided
  • We eat with our hands · the leaf is your plate
  • Phones on silent at the table · photos welcome
  • No fragrances stronger than the cooking — please

Dietary & Allergies

  • Baadoota is a non-vegetarian, fixed menu. Every guest eats the same fifteen dishes
  • We do not adapt for vegetarian or vegan diets — and will say so kindly at signup
  • We cannot accommodate allergies of any kind. The kitchen handles wheat, dairy, ghee, tree nuts, peanuts, shellfish, mustard, sesame and eggs
  • If anything on the menu doesn't suit you, please book a Sunday it does. We'd rather lose the seat than the trust

Find Us

In a row house on George Street.

Address
1050 George Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
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Parking
Free parking is available on the apartment premises — pull into the building's lot and park in any visitor space. We'll share the gate code with confirmed guests.

Transit: NJ Transit New Brunswick Station — 15 min walk. Rutgers Bus #18 stops on George St.
Reach Us
hello@baadootanj.com
Or via the form below — usually a reply within 24 hours.
At the Door
Exact unit number, gate code and door instructions are shared by email once your payment is settled. Please remove shoes at the foyer — the warmth begins there. 18+ only · please bring photo ID for first-time guests.

Before You Sit Down

Questions, answered.

Three steps. One: you send a request through the form below for the Sunday you want. Two: within 24 hours we write back to confirm a seat is open and send a payment link by Venmo or Zelle. Three: once payment is received, your seat is held — you'll get a confirmation email with the address, gate code, and arrival instructions. Until payment lands, the seat is unconfirmed and may go to the next person on the list.
No. And we want to be plain about it: Baadoota is a country-Karnataka non-vegetarian table. The menu is built around country chicken, country goat, prawns, fish, and egg. We do not adapt the menu, do not offer substitutions, and do not have vegetarian or vegan plates. If that's not your meal, we'd genuinely rather you spend the Sunday somewhere it is.
No. The kitchen handles wheat, dairy, ghee, tree nuts, peanuts, shellfish, mustard, sesame and eggs in close quarters. We cannot guarantee separation, cannot make substitutions, and cannot accommodate any allergy — including mild ones. If you have a serious food allergy, please don't book the seat. Your safety matters more than our lunch.
The conversation is adult and Baadoota is meant to be ten adults at a long table — unhurried, undivided, no separate kid table to manage. We're firm on this for everyone, including private bookings. Please bring a photo ID for your first visit.
Not at all. We start every supper with a quiet walk-through of the leaf in plain English — what to eat with what, what's spicy, what's not. The food is generous and balanced; most guests on any given Sunday are eating it for the first time. You'll leave knowing the difference between a saaru and a curry.
No to both. Baadoota is a dry table — we don't serve alcohol and please don't bring any onto the premises. The drinks at the meal are kokum juice on arrival, rasam to sip, and spiced majjige to close. Plus water, always.
Whatever you'd wear to a friend's home for dinner. The food is rich and ghee-forward — wear something forgiving. Shoes come off at the door, so something easy to slip out of is kind to the line behind you.
Full refund if you cancel more than 48 hours out. Inside 48 hours, the seat is non-refundable but freely transferable — send a friend in your place and tell us their name (and confirm they're 18+). Karnataka hospitality is generous; we just need to plan for a leaf.
Free parking is available on the apartment premises — pull into the building lot and use any visitor space. The gate code is in your confirmation email. No need to circle George Street.
Not yet — Baadoota is a sit-down Sunday lunch for now. If you have a question we haven't answered, write to us at hello@baadootanj.com.

Request a Seat

Come, eat.

Send a request below — within 24 hours we'll write back to confirm a seat is open and send a payment link by Venmo or Zelle. Your seat is held only after payment is settled.

ಸ್ವಾಗತ — If your preferred Sunday is full, you'll be added to the priority list at no cost and notified the moment a seat opens.
Please read before requesting: Baadoota is a fixed non-vegetarian menu, 18+ only, with no substitutions and no allergy accommodations. Doors open at noon Sundays. By requesting a seat, you're confirming this is the meal you want.

Sunday Lunch Request

We reply by email within 24 hrs · seat held after payment · * required

Required acknowledgments*

Your request is in.

ಸ್ವಾಗತ — Welcome.

We'll be in touch within 24 hours. If a seat is open for the Sunday you picked, you'll get a Venmo/Zelle payment link — your seat is held the moment payment is received. Address, gate code and arrival instructions follow by email. (And do check your spam folder — Sunday supper notes sometimes land there first.)

Request a Seat · $65