Coffee Island, the Greece-based coffee chain, has opened its first café in Bengaluru. The 80-seat outlet in Koramangala opened on 1 November 2026 and extends the brand to another Indian city in a network built through a master franchise partnership with Vita Nova Group, according to FranchiseTV.
The Koramangala outlet is laid out for both quick coffee stops and longer visits, with dining and hangout areas and a separate leisure space for reading, journaling and working. Coffee is the centre of the offer, with House Blend, Global Blend and Global Single Estate beans from origins such as Kenya and Ethiopia, brewed via Chemex, AeroPress and Island Pour Over.
The food menu leans Greek, with gyros, spanakopita and koulouri sandwiches, plus all-day breakfast, flatbreads, rice bowls, pasta and desserts such as mascarpone tiramisu. FranchiseTV puts the average meal for two at about Rs 1,000.
Coffee Island entered India in January 2025 through an exclusive master franchise partnership with Vita Nova Group, opening its first café in Gurugram. Vita Nova is responsible for operating and expanding the brand across the country. Since then the chain has spread across Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad before reaching Bengaluru.
Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos, Global CEO of Coffee Island, said:
“We see strong potential to build a sustainable, long-term presence in India.”
The Coffee Island rollout follows a pattern visible across India’s café sector: a foreign brand appoints one master franchisee, opens in the National Capital Region first, then adds metros one at a time. The same playbook is behind the Caffè Nero and Trent partnership in Mumbai, and Cooks Coffee’s India and UAE store pipeline shows the sector’s pull for international operators. Bengaluru’s established café culture makes it a demanding test, and it will show whether a Greek specialty-coffee proposition can hold up outside the capital region.
The market backdrop supports the push. FranchiseTV, citing IMARC, reports that India’s café market reached USD 424.6 million in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 1,152.1 million by 2034, a compound annual growth rate of 11.14% for 2026-2034. In the same coverage, FranchiseTV notes that Caffè Nero, which operates more than 1,200 coffee houses across 12 countries, has entered India through Trent Limited, and that Mary Brown’s Chicken plans 220 outlets in India by 2030.
For operators weighing master franchise rights in India, the useful detail is the pacing: Coffee Island moved from its first Gurugram café in January 2025 to Bengaluru in November 2026 under a single exclusive master franchisee, adding one metro at a time rather than opening everywhere at once.
Source: FranchiseTV — Coffee Island Opens First Bengaluru Café in Koramangala
