Picnic setups in Bengaluru: what they cost and where you can have one
We read the requests for a picnic, teepee or low-seating setup that 30 people sent mytribe since April, and the rate card our picnic setup provider sent us this month. We also read the prices the few Bengaluru picnic businesses publish, and the latest Lalbagh and Cubbon Park rules. This answers where you can have a styled picnic, what it costs for two and for a group, and why some setups for two cost so much more than others.

Can I have a picnic with decor and a cake in Cubbon Park or Lalbagh?
No, not with food, a cake or a birthday. Even a mat and sandwiches runs into the food ban. Lalbagh's November 2025 notice bans outside food, birthday celebrations, outside balloons and shoots for reels, bridal showers and pre-wedding photos, with a ₹500 fine. Cubbon Park has stopped people bringing food in since 2023, and its rules bar birthdays, balloons and commercial shoots. Have the picnic on a terrace, at home, in a private garden or on a farm (question 2).
Where can I have a styled picnic in Bengaluru, if not in a park?
Your own terrace or home costs nothing but your society's yes. A farm puts the place in the price, and a private garden like Cozy Celebrations' in RR Nagar charges for the setup. Thota, a farm on the city's edge, charges ₹5,400 to ₹6,400 plus 5% GST for an open-air picnic for two with a 3-course meal, by time of day. At Cozy's garden, ask whether the garden itself is in the setup price.
How much does a picnic setup for two cost in Bengaluru?
Doing it yourself costs ₹999 for a picnic blanket if you bring cushions from home, or about ₹5,800 with four floor cushions, and you keep them. A farm picnic for two with a 3-course meal is about ₹5,700 to ₹6,700 with GST, by time of day. A styled setup at Cozy Celebrations' garden is ₹8,000 to ₹9,000 with your own food. Ask Cozy whether the garden is in that price, how long you get it for and how many people the price covers. A styled picnic brought to your terrace is ₹13,500 at DOTTEDi, with snacks for two, and other costs at actuals.
₹999 to about ₹5,800
A blanket, and four floor cushions, you buy
A Decathlon picnic blanket is ₹999. Four IKEA floor cushions add ₹4,760. Our sum
About ₹5,700 to ₹6,700
A farm picnic for two, place and a meal in
Thota: ₹5,400 in the morning, ₹5,900 at lunch, ₹6,400 at sunset, plus 5% GST
₹8,000 to ₹9,000
A styled setup at Cozy Celebrations' garden
Cozy's own rate card: a teepee or a fairy-light cabana with low seating ₹8,000, a proposal teepee ₹9,000. Your food. Ask whether the garden, how long and how many are in it
₹13,500, other costs extra
A styled picnic brought to your terrace
DOTTEDi's Classic, for 2 to 4, with ₹2,500 of snacks. The venue isn't included, and other costs are at actuals
How much does a picnic setup for 10 people cost in Bengaluru?
Cozy Celebrations prices by the setup, from ₹10,000 for a bride-to-be arch with a low picnic table to ₹15,000 for a teepee with two balloon arches and a long low table, with your own food. Its rate card doesn't say how many each one seats, so ask Cozy whether it takes 10. A farm prices by the head: Thota's Pavilion is ₹28,000 to ₹32,000 for 10 plus GST, with a 3-course meal. DOTTEDi's styled group picnic, brought to your place, starts at ₹30,000 for up to 16.
Cozy Celebrations' garden setups, for two or for a group
A teepee with petals
₹8,000 a setupCozy Celebrations, RR Nagar garden. Not on its card: the garden, the hours, the seats
- Time:
- Ask
- Needs:
- Your own food
A white fairy-light cabana with low seating
₹8,000 a setupCozy Celebrations, RR Nagar garden. Not on its card: the garden, the hours, the seats
- Time:
- Ask
- Needs:
- Your own food
A proposal teepee with MARRY ME letters
₹9,000 a setupCozy Celebrations, RR Nagar garden. Not on its card: the garden, the hours, the seats
- Time:
- Ask
- Needs:
- Your own food
A bride-to-be table in yellow and blue
₹11,000 a setupCozy Celebrations, RR Nagar garden. Not on its card: the garden, the hours, the seats
- Time:
- Ask
- Needs:
- Your own food
A teepee with two balloon arches and a long low table
₹15,000 a setupCozy Celebrations, RR Nagar garden. Not on its card: the garden, the hours, the seats
- Time:
- Ask
- Needs:
- Your own food
Why do some picnic setups for two cost so much more than others?
For the same low picnic for two, the pieces for a simple one cost about ₹7,200 to buy and the pieces for a styled one about ₹15,100. That's our estimate, at IKEA and Decathlon prices. The extra is all things you can see: a second rug, more lights, flowers, four lanterns and a basket. Someone who sets it up for you also charges for carrying, setting up and packing away, and reuses the pieces from picnic to picnic.
One picnic for two on a terrace, simple and styled

An apartment terrace with nothing set up.
About ₹5,800 in pieces, our estimate
A picnic blanket and four floor cushions. With cushions from home, the blanket alone is ₹999.
Decathlon's blanket, ₹999, and four IKEA floor cushions, ₹4,760
About ₹7,200 in pieces, our estimate
Adds a bamboo tray as the table, two plates, two glasses and a string of battery fairy lights.
IKEA: tray ₹699, plates ₹69 each, glasses ₹59 each, lights ₹499
About ₹15,100 in pieces, our estimate
Adds a second rug, two more strings of lights, a vase of artificial flowers, four lanterns and a rattan basket.
IKEA: rug ₹1,890, lights ₹998, vase ₹299, flowers ₹1,290, lanterns ₹2,396, basket ₹999
Can I rent a picnic kit or set up a picnic myself in Bengaluru?
Yes. A picnic blanket is ₹999 at Decathlon, and four of IKEA's floor cushions take it to about ₹5,800, which you keep. DOTTEDi rents a styled kit for two at ₹8,500 for 24 hours, delivered, with low tables, plates, glasses and a basket. A local tent house or decorator may rent you cushions and a low table by the day, but none we found publishes a rate, so ask.
What should I check before booking a picnic setup?
Get three things in writing: how many hours, how many it seats, and what food comes with it. Then ask about setup and pack-up, travel, what the place charges, and cancelling. Thota takes full payment up front and refunds in full only 7 or more days before, and DOTTEDi needs 3 working days' notice.
What happens to a picnic booking if it rains?
Agree the rain plan before you pay: a covered spot, or a free change of date. September and October are Bengaluru's wettest months. Thota offers a new date in severe weather only at its discretion, and DOTTEDi's pages and Cozy's rate card say nothing about weather.
Before you book a picnic setup, settle these
- Where it is, and that the place allows food, a cake and decor
- How many hours, how many it seats, and floor cushions or chairs
- What food comes with it, and who brings the cake, plates and knife
- What the place charges, and the travel
- The rain plan: a covered spot or a free new date
- The advance, and what you get back if you cancel or move the date
What people in Bengaluru asked us for
Requests to mytribe, in our words.
Want us to find one?
The hard part is the place. The two big parks don't allow the picnic people picture, and most setup businesses here take bookings only by message, with no price shown.
Tell us once instead. We'll tell you who fits your date, your place and your budget, each with their own price and past work. We've checked the providers we work with: their real work, their prices, and calls to their past clients, including about what went wrong. Only about 1 in 10 who apply get in, and every one is re-checked at least every six months. How we verify
Every booking comes with an agreement on what's included and what it costs. It's free for you. The provider pays mytribe a small fee when you book, and you pay them directly, at the same price as going to them yourself. If something isn't going to plan, a person here sorts it out.
The same chat answers questions about the plan itself, like whether a place allows a cake. This guide is about Bengaluru. For another city, ask on the same number.
The providers in this guide
Cozy's prices are its own rate card, sent to us on 16 October 2026.
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By the mytribe curation team
Updated 21 October 2026
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