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Kolkata (Calcutta)

Other restaurants in Kolkata (Calcutta)

  1. A

    Dustarkhwan

    Reliable curries, piled-high biriyanis (Rs100) and vampire-repelling garlic chicken-balls served inexpensively in a well air-conditioned if none-too stylish local restaurant. Cheaper options next door.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Kuzums

    Bengal’s trademark fast food is the kati roll: take a paratha roti, fry it with a one-sided coating of egg then fill with sliced onions, chilli and your choice of stuffing (curried chicken, grilled meat or paneer). Roll it up in a twist of paper and it’s ready to eat, generally on the street. Typical hole-in-the-wall Kuzums is well known.

    reviewed

  3. C

    The Heritage

    The decor isn’t memorable and party-wrapped chairs will prove hard to clean but staff are obliging and the very reasonable 100%-veg food is packed with marvellously complex flavours. A former gallery behind hosts a rare hookah parlour (water-pipe Rs160 to Rs 230, mocktails Rs45 to Rs75) to have survived the October 2008 smoking ban.

    reviewed

  4. D

    Jong’s

    This double-character restaurant is magnificently wooden-panelled like a Raj-oriental gentleman’s club with silver-plated cutlery, antique-style umbrellas and lazy wind chimes dangling overhead. Free nibbles precede the meal, but the Thai and Korean options lack ‘kick’ and teppanyaki isn’t done at the table.

    reviewed

  5. E

    6 Ballygunge Place

    This sturdy but not over-formal Raj-era mansion offers lunch-time buffets with six main courses plus desserts, chutneys and rice allowing a good all-round introduction to Bengali food. Minibus 118 from Jatin Das Park metro stops a block north on Bondel Rd.

    reviewed

  6. F

    Riviera

    ‘Coastal’ cuisine picks the best from a variety of Indian regions: Puducherry stuffed prawns, Mangalore bhekti curry, coconut- flavoured Keralan dishes and Chettinad chicken. Vegetarians can order from the menu of attached Angaar Restaurant.

    reviewed

  7. G

    Bayleaf

    Tibetan, Burmese and semi-Thai options bolster some imaginative Chinese cuisine like the delicious mushroom delights (half mushrooms stuffed with paneer, deep-fried and served in mild sauce). The decor is black seats at black-glass tables.

    reviewed

  8. H

    Fire and Ice

    Self-consciously handsome wait-staff sporting black shirts and bandanas bring forth real Italian pastas and pizzas whose fresh-baked thin crusts are Kolkata’s best, though the home-made mozzarella melts in a rather odd fashion.

    reviewed

  9. I

    Jarokha

    The thali is a good deal in this cosy, attractively vegetarian dining room with Indian historical-fantasy decor, reached via a spiral stairway from within Gupta Brothers.

    reviewed

  10. J

    Beef Hotel

    If your stomach’s stronger than your wallet you can fill up on rice and veg curry for just Rs8 at this entirely unlovely, rubbish-strewn eatery. We didn’t get sick.

    reviewed

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  12. K

    Flamez

    Confuse your taste-buds with sukto, a vegetarian curry that blurs the sweet-savoury divide. Indian and non-Bengali ‘coastal’ cuisines are also available.

    reviewed

  13. L

    Marco Polo

    This invitingly modern, spacious split-level restaurant takes diners on a tempting culinary world tour from Bengal to Italy via Goa, China and even Hungary.

    reviewed

  14. M

    Little Italy

    À la mode but charmingly relaxed, Little Italy manages a remarkable range of great Italian food considering it’s 100% vegetarian. Reservations recommended.

    reviewed

  15. N

    Bhojohari Manna 6

    Bhojohari Manna’s latest and most spacious branch is less daunting for non-Bengali speakers, has gently stylish decor and serves complete thalis.

    reviewed

  16. O

    Midway

    Incredibly good value thalis (veg/non-veg Rs55/65) are served in this attractively designed new chrome and lime-green modernist restaurant.

    reviewed

  17. P

    Haldiram

    Excellent value pay-then-queue vegetarian thalis (Rs60 to Rs66), dosas (Rs30 to Rs42), burgers (Rs28 to Rs48) and Bengalis sweets.

    reviewed

  18. Q

    Anand

    Prize-winning pure-veg dosas served in a well-kept if somewhat old-fashioned family restaurant with bamboo and mirror-tiled ceilings.

    reviewed

  19. R

    Super Chicken

    Succulent chicken tikka and a full menu of tempting alternatives in a small new, well–air conditioned room.

    reviewed

  20. S

    Floatel

    Although primarily a restaurant, wide river views make the Floatel a fine place for a sunset drink.

    reviewed

  21. T

    Gupta Brothers

    Classic sweetshop that’s now a local snack chain. Their Rs6 veg cutlet balls burst with flavour.

    reviewed

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  23. U

    Gypsy Restaurant

    Unusually bright, clean and well appointed for such an inexpensive, open-sided diner.

    reviewed

  24. V

    Crystal Chimney

    Located next door to Anand, this tiny place serves good momos and chilli-chicken.

    reviewed