Take a seat.
You’re invited to a Madras cocktail experience unlike anything Waterloo has tasted.
Most of what happens that evening isn’t written on this page. Some of it isn’t written anywhere — we would rather you met it at the table.
The invitation
Madras Social
There’s a version of South Indian cooking that never leaves the house. On Saturday 19th, we’re cooking it for twenty-five guests, before the doors open to anyone else.
You’ve eaten South Indian food before. You haven’t drunk it.
Before any of it
A box arrives
The night before you sit down, something turns up at your door. Open it slowly.
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Something to sip
A cordial of our own making, and the beginning of a drink you’ll meet properly on the night.
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Something to smell
Curry leaves, dried in our kitchen. Open the box and the room arrives a day early.
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Something to keep you going
Muruku and banana chips, straight from the kitchen, for the hour before you leave the house.
The particulars
Where and when
- Where
- 8 Erb St. W, Waterloo ON N2J 2W6
- When
- Saturday 19th, September 2026Arrival 6:30 PM · about three hours
- Table
- Twenty-five seatsOne long table, family style
Fall colours only — amber, rust, burgundy, wine, pastel blue.
You will talk about this evening. That is the only thing we’re asking for.
In return
What we’d love to see
- 01One reel from the night
- 02One unboxing story from your PR box
- 03A few stories through the evening
Tag @madrassocial and @ethereal_pr so we can reshare.
Save your seat
Your seat is requested
Twenty-five seats at one table — we’ll read and confirm every RSVP personally.
Twenty-five seats, and this one is yours alone — we aren’t able to accommodate plus-ones.
Boxes are hand-delivered the day before, across Kitchener–Waterloo–Cambridge, Brampton and Mississauga. Please RSVP by Friday so yours makes the run.