Kolkata (Calcutta) Restaurants

  1. Amber/Essence

    The reliable Indian and Continental food is the same on different floors but the slightly pricier 2nd floor dining room has the nicer décor, being upmarket yet relaxed, with trendy grey-and-orange backlit panelling.

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  2. Bar-B-Q

    This enduring family favourite offers truly delicious Indian and Chinese food in separate nearby sections. Genteel head-waiters are sharp-witted but obliging and décor is comfortably unpretentious.

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  3. Drive Inn

    Plate-lickingly good Indian vegetarian food served in a modest open air 'garden' with simple fan-pavilion tables. Do yourself a favour and order the stuffed capsicum.

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  4. Rupasi Bangla

    Cane, glass and wrought-iron furniture create a low-key but gently stylish ambiance in which to savour a great range of genuine Bengali cuisine. Friendly management can help you decipher unfamiliar menu terms.

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  5. Teej

    Above a good sweet shop and Dominos pizzeria, this wonderfully atmospheric place has been superbly painted with Mughlai-style designs to look like a Rajasthani haveli (merchant's house). The excellent, 100% vegetarian food is predominantly Rajasthani too. Superb Paneer Sartaj.

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  7. Zurich Restaurant

    A convivially comfortable diner atmosphere with good-value thalis (from 35 ) and English-language explanations of Indian menu items for the uninitiated.

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