Guru Bar

Located on the narrow lane along the northern stretch of Anjuna beach, this cozy shack is an inviting eatery with an enjoyable spread across cuisines. A family run establishment since the days of hippie tourists in Anjuna during the late 50’s, Guru Bar is as famous for its short eats and daily specials as for amazing sunset views. The premise also includes a guesthouse and a nightclub for non-trance music. OPEN ALL YEAR!

• The restaurant area can seat 150 guests on maximum occupancy.
• Guru Bar has been hosting live music evenings regularly with artists both Goan and foreign alike.
• The most recent addition to the premises is Club Guru Bar.
• One of the best locations at Anjuna for sunset views.

Guru Bar strikes a chord with someone looking for choices of multiple cuisine, a friendly atmosphere and concoctions to match, all under one place.On the opposite side of the narrow lane, one would hardly miss the entrance to Club Guru Bar which is a one-of-its-kind club in its surrounding. There are graffitti and lasers for company. Behind the club is an Indo-Portuguese styled guesthouse which provides comfortable accommodation.

With humble beginnings as a chai stall and later Guru canteen, this family run establishment currently operates a restaurant, a nightclub and a guesthouse. The owner, Sadguru Purushottham Naik, a former lifeguard at the beaches of Vagator, Anjuna and Baga envisioned this in the early 60’s when Anjuna was beginning to develop as a jaunt for hippies. Coming from a family of farmers, agriculture was the natural way to go. Instead, he saw a lucrative option in this business catering to tourists, especially the inflow of foreigners. He was famously known as ‘Guru’, hence the namesake establishments.

• Being one of the very few eating joints, tourists who enjoyed the then clean beaches, brought their own instruments, played live music and revelled all night..
• He offered them mattresses so they could get some rest.
• He would sell beans bhaji and close to three hundred of vegetable cheese toast everyday; the latter of which is still served here.

Having a grandfather among the Portuguese police, he has helped a few neighbourhood businesses to start. He bought over the land and the house where he was a tenant and has built this business on his own accord slowly expanding the area up to the beach. In the monsoon of 1967 the canteen came to shape and has since grown to be very well known in Anjuna as Guru Bar. His sons, Swapnil Naik and Satyavan Naik manage different aspects of these businesses.