Girish Ch. Dey & Nakur Ch. Nandy

Sweet Shop take away window

Cadbury Chocolate Sandesh

COFFEE sandesh

Chocolate Sorer-naru

Chocolate Malai Roll

This is one of the oldest sweet shops of Kolkata and almost a part of the city's heritage and culture. Older generations still swear by it's superb taste and quality. From a two-item menu consisting of Kada Pak and Monda back in 1844, till today where Chocolate Sandesh can compete for the number one spot, Nakur has come a long way. Walking distance from both Girish Park Metro Station and Hedua Park; 'korapak' or 'kacha golla', this bengali sweet shop is carrying tradition for more than a century. Established in 1844, this 'mishty' (sweet) shop will enthrall you all the way. Hooghly, located on the opposite bank of Ganges River that passes through Kolkata was famous for Sandesh sweets during the 18^th century. Mahesh Ch. Dey came to Kolkata from Hooghly in search of jobs, but as the economy was not good that time, he started this sweet business on the corner of a broken room on Maniktola Street where he was living for the time being. After his death, his son Girish Ch. Dey took over this small sweet business and made it famous in Kolkata as we know now. As he only had one daughter, he chose his only son-in-law, Nakur Ch. Nandy, his business partner. They became experts in the art of sweet and sandesh making. And from that time onwards, this shop has been serving Kolkata with the best of sweets for over 168 years. Girish & Nakur sweet shop is famous for different kinds of "sandesh" especially their authentic liquid Nolen Gur (a special kind of molasses made out of date tree extract) items. These sweets will melt in the mouth in no time but will leave its essence for an hour. All varities that are being displayed there have an individual characteristic of their own. The common sweets are monohora, mousumi, chandrapuli, dilkhush, parijat, Cadbury sandesh, choco roll, kancha golla, jolbhora, chocolate rice balls. Don't miss the 'anaras' (pineapple) flavoured sandesh, Mango sandesh, black currant and many more. One of their very new item is nolen gur ice-cream. The entire list of items & Menu is provided below. The prices are in the range of Rs. 10 – 30 per piece. It is so popular in North Kolkata, that during the festive season of bijoya dasami (durga puja) and Bhaiphota (festival of brother sister bonding), this shop has huge number of footfalls and remains open till 1 am at night. There is no place to sit, so be prepared to stand outside on the footpath outside their small take-away window or pack them for home. Bring your own bottle of water if you want to try them at the shop. However For packing, different sweets remain for different time. There are some sweets (Parijat sandesh, Different varieties of Roll sandesh, etc.), which must be consumed on the same day. So it is advisable to ask the shop employee (before purchasing) that how many days that particular sweet will remain.

Toofan sandesh

nolen gurer BARFI
with Patali gur

Chocolate Rice Balls

Nolen gurer Mousumi

Timings: 7 am - 10:30 pm
Website: http://www.girishnakur.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/girishnakur
Location: 56, Ramdulal Sarkar Street.

Contact No.: (91)(33) 2241-0048, (+91) 9432494423

Sweets on display

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Menu (Food Items with Price – Tax Inclusive):

Parijat - Rs. 10

Dilkhush - Rs. 10

Jalbhara - Rs. 20

Kulfi - Rs. 30

Mango mousumi - Rs. 10

Amrapali - Rs. 20

Guti monohara - Rs. 15

Monopuli - Rs. 15

Chandrapuli - Rs. 10

Black forest - Rs. 10

Rice ball - Rs. 10

Kiwi - Rs. 20

Black current - Rs. 20

Choco chips - Rs. 10

Green apple - Rs. 20

Mulberry - Rs. 20

Strawberry - Rs. 20

Babu - Rs. 10

Sourav - Rs. 10

Pineapple - Rs. 20

Malai roll (chocolate, strawberry, gurer, plain, butterscotch) - Rs. 15

Butterscotch - Rs. 20

Rose - Rs. 10

Golden pineapple - Rs. 20

Choco chocolate - Rs. 20

3star - Rs. 10

Korapaker talsash - Rs. 10 / 20 rupees

Monohara - Rs. 10

Sarpuria - Rs. 10

Sandwich - Rs. 10

Ratabi - Rs. 10

Sugarfree - Rs. 10

Sachin - Rs. 10

Coffee sandesh - Rs. 20
Kulfi - Rs. 30