75 Best Places To Eat In Kolkata During DurgaPuja

Durga Puja is the biggest and most widely celebrated festival in West Bengal. As the saying goes, “You can take a Bengali out of Bengal, but you can not take Bengal out of a Bengali.” Bengalis staying at their home or far from home always plan ahead to be part of this 5 days long ritual. They find ultra level of fun in roaming around the city with friends and family that too while night; and when you are talking about roaming around that can not be done with an empty stomach. Bengalis being the other name of foodie, they always knows the tricks and tips to find good food. During Durgapuja Bengalis keep their diet chart aside; and keep a strip of Gelusil(A famous antacid tablet) handy.

This post is dedicated to those people who have already planned for their trip to Kolkata during Durgapuja. You should try Kolkata’s famous Kathi Roll, Chop, Cutlet, Biryani among the long list during your visit. Also keep Kolkata’s famous Mishti Doi (Sweet Curd) and Roshogolla (Rasgulla) in your to-do list. During your night-out you should not waste your time whole having dinner at a well decorated AC dine out. You should try Kolkata’s famous street foods and fast food junctions. We have listed out the famous shops in Kolkata along with their location, so that it will be easy for our readers to find out the shops, specially for those people who are visiting Kolkata for the first time. Also, at the bottom of the post we have shared the photos of most of the items with name.

Fast food junctions you should visit in Kolkata:

1. Chicken Kathi Roll at Hot Kati Roll, Park Street
2. Kathi Roll and Boti Kebab at Nizam, New Market [***BEST in market***]
3. Brain Chop (Cutlet), Brain Soup, Fish Fry and Kabiraji at Mitra Kafe, near Shobhabazar Metro Station
4. Prawn Cutlet, Chicken Stew at Allen Kitchen, Bidon Street, Shobhabazar
5. Fish Fry,  Mutton Cutlet at Chacha’s Hotel, Bidhan Soroni
6. Braised Cutlet, Mutton Pantharas at Mamu’s Hotel, Shyambazar. Opposite to Manindra Chandra College
7. Mutton Chop, Liver Kosha (Spicy curry) at Niranjan Agar, Near Girish Park Metro Station
8. Tea, Chop (Cutlet) at Radu babu’s shop, near Lake market (South Kolkata) and Hedua (North Kolkata)
9. Kobiraji, Cutlet at Malancha, opposite to Hatibagan Town School.
10. Kochuri (Poori Sabji) at Putiram, College street.
11. Luchi, Kochuri (Poori) and Cholar Dal (Lentil Soup, Chana Dal) at Shree Hori Sweets, Bhawanipore
12. Telebhaja (Fries like Brinjal, Veggies) and Kochuri (Poori) at Potla’s Shop, Bagbazar.
13. Momo, Phuchka, Churmur at Laal Atta near Garia Foot over bridge. 
14. Momo, Pork Shapta at Sikkim House, Salt Lake.
15. Fish Chop, Fish Orly, Mutton Keema Stuffed Mughlai Paratha at Aponjon, Kalighat.
16. Mughlai Paratha at Das Cabin, Gariahat.
17. Pudding, Chicken Stew, Cutlet, Fish Fry at Cafe, Hazra Crossing
18. Kochuri (poori), Cholar Dal (Chana dal) at Nandalal, Maniktala.
19. Beef Halim Near Fancy market, Khiddirpur
20. Peyare Kebab, Afghani Kebab at Delhi 6, Zakaria Street
21. Beef Malai Kebab at Dilshad, Zakaria Street
22. Sutli Kebab at Adam’s, Zakaria Street
23. Beef Chanp at Bombay Hotel, Zakaria Street
24. Momo at Tripti, Shyambazar
25. Litti Chokha at Bhootnath, Ahiritola
26. Paobhaji, chats at Chowrasia, Near City Center
27. Dhoka Bhaja (Fried Lentil Cutlet), Soybean Chop (cutlet) at Jihobar Jol, near Dhakuria Station
28. Chicken Rolls at Kusums, Park Street
29. Vegetable Chop (Cutlet) at Kalika Sweet, College Sqaue

Where to have Biryani and Mughlai dishes during your night out:

Read our post with the list of 10 most popular restaurants to have biryani in Kolkata.

1. Mutton Biryani, Chicken or Mutton Chanp at Royal, Park Circus
2. Kachchi Biryani, Galouti Kebab, Chicken Chanp at India Restaurant, Khiddirpore.
3. Mutton Special Biryani, Mutton Tikka, Mutton Stew, Firni, Halim at New Alia, Dharmatala
4. Chello Kebab at Peter Cat, Park Street
5. Rumali Roti, Chicken Bharta, Chicken/ Mutton Stew at Chitto Da’s Shop, Deckers Lane
6. Biryani at Oudh, Salt Lake
7. Beef Biryani and Malai (Cream) at Zam Zam , Ripon street
8. Biryani at Shiraz, Park Circus
9. Chicken Rezala at Sabir’s, Chandni chowk
10. Mutton Biryani, Malai Kebab at Haji’s, Dumdum
11. Beef Steak at Olly Pub, Park Street*
12. Biryani and Tandoori at Kareem’s, Sector V, Salt Lake
13. Mutton Rosh, Chicken Sizi at Kabul, Park Circus
14. Nihari Gosht, Haleem at Sufia, Zakaria Street
15. Chicken Chatpata at Aminia, Dharmatala

Restaurants to have Bengali food during Durga Puja

Read our post with the list of top 10 Bengali restaurants in Kolkata.

1. Bengali Buffet at 6 Ballygunge Place, Salt Lake or Ballygunge
2. Daab Chingri (Prawn in Coconut, a special Bengali cuisine) at Charnok City, Salt Lake
3. Kochu pata bata Chingri (Prawn with Taro Root leaf paste) at Kasturi, Ballygunge
4. Fusion Foods like Gondhoraj Jolep, Baked Crab, Kolmi Greens at Bohemian, Ballygunge
5. Dajaj Charmoula, Beer Can Tempura Fish, Jack Daniel Moushe at Spice Kraft, Ballygunge
6. Mutton Kosha and Parota at Rupa, Shyambazar

Must visit Chinese Restaurants in Kolkata

1. Nomnom, Saltlake
2. Flavours of China
3. Kafulok, China town
4. Tung Naam, Teriti Bazaar

Most Famous shops to have Roshogolla (Rasgulla) and other sweets in Kolkata

1. Daab Shorbot (Coconut Sarbet) at Paramount, College Street
2. Sondesh (Cake made of Cottege Cheese) and other different sweets at Nokur’s , Putiraam, Balarm Mullick, Ganguram
3. Roshogolla at Nabin Dash, Bagbazar [Birthplace of Roshogolla]
4. Babu Sondesh at Sen Mohashoi, Phoriapukur
5. Roshogolla, Modhupokko at Chittaranjan, Bhavatarini at Shyambazar Street
6. Mishti Doi (Sweet Curd) at Amrito, Fariapukur
7. Cakes at Nahum’s, New Market
8. Sondesh at Bhim Nag, Bowbazar
9. Roshogolla at K C Das, Esplanade
10. Cadbury Sondesh at Gupta Sweets
11. Nolen Gur (Jaggery) Ice Cream at Bhojohori Manna
12. Sitabhog, Singara (Samosa) at Deshbondhu Mistanno Bhandar, Burrabazar
13. Mishti Doi and Sorbhaja at Agamoni, Motijhil
14. Faluda at New Market, Tipu Sultan Masjid
15. Mango Lassi, Deckers Lane
16. Muskat Halwa at Haji Liaqat, Zakaria Street
17. Halwa and Gulab Jamun at Haji Alauddin, Zakaria Street
18. Kulfi at Rally’s, Indramahal New market
19. Pudding at Hazra Cafe, Hazra
20. Lassi and Sweet Paan at Kalpataru, College Street

Hope you will enjoy every moment of your stay in Kolkata during Durgapuja. Enjoy the street food and keep the street clean. Let us know your favoutrite restaurant in Kolkata in the comment section. Share your thoughts about this post and let us know if we have missed some names.

Bonus: How these popular food items in Kolkata look like