It’s a Tuesday afternoon at Overflow. The espresso machine is hissing softly behind the counter. Somewhere in the bakery, a tray of focaccia is cooling. A laptop opens at a corner table; two friends slide into the booth by the window and start scanning the menu. Someone at the bar orders a flat white and an avocado toast, no rush, the afternoon’s still long.
This is lunch at Overflow, and we think it’s worth telling you exactly what to expect before you come.
The phrase “cafe-style lunch” gets used a lot, but it can mean very different things from one place to another. So here’s our version of it: what it means to us, what’s on the plate, and how to plan your visit.
What cafe-style lunch means to us
Three things matter to us when we put lunch on the table.
Ingredients you can actually taste. Our breads are baked in-house; sourdough, focaccia, pita, brioche buns. Our sauces, syrups, and dressings are made here too: the caramel, the chocolate, the chimichurri, the garlic toum, the za’atar curd. When you bite into an avocado toast, you should taste the avocado before you taste the bread; when you eat a quinoa bowl, the feta and honey-lime dressing should hold up against the grains. That kind of clarity only comes from caring about every layer.
Portions that respect your afternoon. A good cafe lunch shouldn’t put you to sleep. Our bowls, toasts, and sandwiches are sized so you can have a full, satisfying meal and still get back to your desk, your meeting, your errands. Or you can stretch lunch into two hours over a second coffee and that’s also a perfectly fine plan.
Coffee and food from the same kitchen philosophy. Adam, co-founder of Overflow and SCA certified barista trainer, trains every barista at Overflow personally. So, when your flat white lands on the table, it’s been made by someone who’s been taught to care about every detail. The kitchen team holds themselves to the same standard. The cappuccino and the smash burger come from the same house, and they’re held to the same bar.
The lunch menu, walked through
Here’s how we’d think about ordering, depending on what kind of afternoon you’re having.
If you’re eating light, or eating clean
Some days you want lunch to be the easy part of the day, nourishing, fresh, finished in forty minutes.
The Quinoa Protein Salad (₹400) is a fluffy quinoa base tossed with sweet corn, protein-rich rajma, crunchy bell peppers, carrots, onions, with feta and a honey-lime dressing pulling it together. The Beet & Goat Cheese Salad (₹400) is a more delicate plate, pickled beets, seasonal greens, whipped goat cheese, frosted almonds, spicy lemon cranberry, and an orange balsamic vinaigrette.
If you want something heartier in the same spirit, the Superfood Bowl (₹550) is built on a quinoa base with your choice of roasted pumpkin or chicken, cherry tomatoes, avocado, candied pumpkin seeds, charred broccoli, and a chickpea chilli crunch on top, small, deliberate details that turn a bowl into a meal.
If you want a proper lunch without the food coma
These are the plates that feel substantial without slowing you down for the rest of the day.
The Chipotle Bowl (₹550) is herbed rice with chipotle chicken or paneer, rajma, corn salsa, an avocado slice, za’atar curd, and charred pineapple, sweet, smoky, fresh all in one bite. The Shawarma Bowl (₹500) brings chicken or paneer together with garlic toum, hummus, pickled onions, red cabbage slaw, mini pita breads, and a summer salad on the side.Our toasts are a lunch favourite for a reason. The Avocado Toast (₹675) is sourdough piled with avocado puree, balsamic cherry tomato, whipped feta, spiced apple chutney, and pickled onions. The Sundried Tomato & Avocado Toast (₹600) takes a different direction with sun-dried tomato jam, avocado, goat cheese, dried cranberries, sesame seeds, and roasted pumpkin seeds, all the textures playing off each other.
If lunch is the highlight of your day
For the long, unhurried lunches, a catch-up, a date, a Saturday with no plans after.
The Pesto Pasta (₹625) is penne with pesto sauce, béchamel cream, whipped feta, and a gremolata crust, with cherry tomatoes and sourdough crisps. The Truffle Mac & Cheese (₹600) is macaroni in cheese sauce with truffle oil, baked under a parmesan gremolata crust, comfort food with a real sense of craft.
The Caprese Flatbread (₹700) with a pesto sauce topped with Parmesan cheese, juicy tomatoes, arugula, and drizzled with whipped feta and balsamic glaze. And on the burger side, the Chicken Smash Burger (₹650), smashed double chicken patty, cheese, spicy chimichurri, lettuce, garlic toum, red cabbage slaw, pickled onions, or the Mutton Smash Burger (₹700) with a double lamb patty, over-easy egg, caramelised onion, and spicy mayo. Both come with dips, side salad, and potato salli.
If you’re eating while you work
Some lunches happen between meetings. These are the one-handed, keyboard-friendly orders.
The Four Cheese Melt (₹550) is focaccia with mozzarella, emmental, cheddar, and our in-house cheese sauce, simple, hot, deeply satisfying. The Chicken Caesar Sandwich (₹575) layers grilled chicken, romaine, Caesar mayo, pickled microgreens, and garlic toum on focaccia. The BBQ Sandwich (₹575) takes BBQ chipotle paneer or chicken with red cabbage slaw, arugula, and spicy mayo.And for the lightest working lunch, the Shawarma Wrap (₹350), a flour tortilla with crispy lettuce, shawarma chicken, fries, pickled veggies, and garlic toum, served with a dip on the side.
A note on coffee pairings
Since our coffee program runs alongside the food, a few easy pairings worth knowing: a Flat White (₹275) with the Caesar sandwich, a hand-brewed Pour Over (₹300) with avocado toast, or an Iced Latte (₹275) if it’s a warm Lucknow afternoon and you want something bright next to a bowl. All our traditional drinks can be made hot or iced, just ask.
A sweet finish, if you have room
The bakery is just a few steps from where you’re sitting, and the case changes through the day. A few lunch-friendly picks:The Lemon Tart (₹325), buttery vanilla sable, zesty lemon curd, torched meringue is the bright finish a heavier lunch asks for. The Chocolate Hazelnut Pastry (₹450) is the indulgent route: chocolate cake layered with salted hazelnut crème and milk chocolate hazelnut mousse on a hazelnut crunch base. The Korean Cream Cheese Roll (₹225) is the sleeper hit, a buttery brioche stuffed with spring onion cream cheese, topped with coriander, butter, and cheese. And there’s always the classic Chocolate Chip Cookie (₹200), available eggless or with egg, soft inside with crisp edges.
Before you come
We’re on the ground floor of Click Collection Hotel in Golf City, near Medanta Hospital, easy to reach from Sushant Golf City, Shaheed Path, and most of South Lucknow.
We’re open 8 AM to 10 PM Monday through Friday, and until 11 PM on Saturday and Sunday, so a late lunch at 3:30 PM is very much a thing here. Reservations are welcome through our website, or you’re welcome to walk in.
Phone: 95111 13220
A few add-ons worth knowing about, since most of our lunch plates can be built up to taste: chicken or paneer (₹150), sautéed mushrooms or avocado slices (₹75), an extra fried or poached egg (₹75), guacamole (₹50). For your coffee, oat or almond milk is ₹50, an extra shot is ₹75.
Come hungry
Lunch at Overflow is one of our favourite parts of the day, the room is calm, the light is good, the kitchen is at its most creative. Whether you’re here for a quick bowl between meetings or a long, slow afternoon over pasta and a pour-over, we’re glad to have you.
See the full menu · Reserve a table · Or just walk in. We’ll find you a seat.
