CEO & Co-Founder
Hosts the nights and builds the formats and the software behind them. Samiksha decides how a night is scored, seated and remembered, and is the one at the front with the mic.
— Samiksha Gurung
Notes
We make Kathmandu feel smaller.
The Guest List began with a question: what if going out felt less like scrolling and more like belonging. Eighteen strangers sat down. People stayed longer than they needed to. That is still the work.
Samiksha Gurung and Samman Bikram ThapaTwo of us, hosting Kathmandu one table at a time.
Co-Founder
Runs the room. Samman writes the run of show, notices when a table has gone quiet, and is usually the most excited person at the back of the room.
— Samman Bikram Thapa
Archive
How the rooms started
From a table of 18
Sip and paint, speed dating, Pitch Your Friend, intentional dating — the nights that taught us what Kathmandu would come back for.Read the journey
What's on
The next night is the proof.
If you have a venue, a format, or a reason to be in the room, say so. We answer when there is a night to make.