Food in Kolkata

Street food and local eats in Kolkata

  • 6 Ballygunge Place

    6 Ballygunge Place is a popular Kolkata restaurant known for authentic Bengali cuisine, especially its fish and prawn preparations like bhetki paturi and chingri malaikari.

  • Arsalan Restaurant & Caterer

    Arsalan is a popular Kolkata restaurant known for its Kolkata style biryani, made with tender meat, a soft potato and fragrant spiced rice.

  • Balaram Mullick & Radharaman Mullick

    Balaram Mullick & Radharaman Mullick is a well known Kolkata sweet shop famous for its baked mishti doi, nolen gur sandesh and innovative fusion sweets.

  • Durga Pandit Puchka

    Vivekananda Park phuchka stall near Lake Kalibari, a South Kolkata street-food landmark.

  • Flurys

    Park Street tearoom since 1927, famous for cakes, pastries, and classic breakfast.

  • Golbari

    Shyambazar kosha mangsho landmark at the Five Point crossing.

  • K.C. Das

    KC Das is a historic Kolkata sweet shop credited with popularising rasgulla, famous for its soft, spongy version made in the traditional way.

  • Kusum Rolls

    Kusum's is a legendary Kolkata eatery famous for inventing the kathi roll, serving parathas stuffed with spiced egg, mutton or chicken.

  • Mitra Cafe

    Sovabazar North Kolkata cafe known for fish fry, cutlets, and classic snacks.

  • Nahoum & Sons

    New Market Jewish bakery since 1902, known for fruit cake and macaroons.

  • Nizam's Restaurant

    Nizam's is a historic Kolkata eatery widely credited as the birthplace of the kathi roll, famous for its mughlai paratha stuffed with egg and minced meat.

  • Paramount Sherbats & Syrups

    College Street sherbet house since 1918, known for coconut and fruit coolers.

  • Peter Cat

    Park Street bar and grill landmark famous for chelo kebab.

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