Go Where (Sector 5 Salt Lake)

Chicken Drumstick

Located just opposite to RDB Big Cinemas main entrance of Sector V, this multi-cuisine food joint, Go Where has become one of the most favourite hangout destinations for Office, IT crowd and nearby college folks. Due to its cheap alcohol and average food price, this restaurant cum bar is crowded on most weekends and weekday evenings. Dimly lit with couches this joint has 2 sections. The inner section is well decorated and cozy compared to outer section. The music they play in the background is popular Bollywood movie tracks and it’s too loud to hear even your own voice. They allow smoking inside the restaurant, which I feel can be disturbing to some visitors. This lounge is surely not a place for family visits. The seating arrangement is better in the inner segment of the restaurant, whereas the front section is overcrowded due to small place and poor seating arrangement.

Azad Hind Dhaba (Salt Lake Sector 5 Globsyn)

Azad Hind Dhaba Sector 5 Interiors

After its first Salt Lake outlet near College More Sector 5, Azad Hind Dhaba has come up with a new branch at Globsyn Crystals building, Salt Lake Sector V. It’s a quite massive outlet spanned in 2 levels having capacity to accommodate 78 persons. Always crowded with regular office a goer of this area, this popular Punjabi Dhaba serves you till midnight (Till 3 a.m. at night during festive seasons of Durga Puja, Diwali & Christmas. This particular outlet is decorated after Bengal and Punjab rural arts (terracotta patachitra on the mud walls), with big chakras (painted cartwheels) and dim lights of Terracotta Lamps hanging from the bamboo rafters. The air conditioned restaurant makes you feel seated in a normal roadside dhaba by its amazing clay wall decoration and terracotta art work.

Bawarchi (Kudghat)

Dry Chilli Chicken

Bawarchi is one of the famous Chinese restaurants located near the Jadavpur 8B bus stand. It’s a very popular restaurant which serves good Chinese and North Indian cuisine. There are many take away shops of Bawarchi across the city which offers exactly the same menu (provided below) which is available in the family restaurant. Similarly one joint is located near the Kudghat area. This joint is basically famous for rolls and Chinese items but north Indian dishes are also quite good.

Shiraz Golden Restaurant (Salt Lake)

Shiraz at Salt Lake Kolkata (HA Block)

Shiraz Golden Restaurant added another branch to Kolkata at HA Block (Near Tank No. 13) Salt Lake. This restaurant outlet has limited seating area with a couple of tables as it serves most of its customers through the Take Away counter and Home Delivery Facility. Similar to the Shiraz of Mallikbazar (Park Street), it not only serves different types of Kathi Kebab Rolls, but also all Indian / Mughlai dishes like Kebabs, Chap, Rezala, Korma, Tandoor Items & Biriyani. The Kathi Kebab Rolls available at their outside counter are a hit among the large no. of students and office goers who come to Salt Lake daily. Their entire list of items & Menu is given below.

Garam Tawa (Shyambajar 5 point crossing)

Garam Tawa at Shyambazar

Garam Tawa is quite popular in the Shyambazar region for Take Away Food. Situated close to Golbari, it serves both North Indian and Chinese cuisines. The interior of this multi-cuisine restaurant is very small with a handful of 3 or 4 tables without any air-conditioning system. There is a take away Roll counter too which serves Kati Kebab Rolls. Popular orders are Fried rice, hot steamed momos with clear soups, chicken bharta, mutton rogan juice, Chicken Shahi Butter Masala, Chicken Reshmi Butter Masala, Tikka Butter Masala, Kebabs, Tandoori Chicken.

Mehfil (Salt Lake)

Mehfil (Salt Lake City Centre)

Situated opposite to City Center (Salt Lake), right beside Le Coffee Crème, this branch of Mehfil specializes in serving fast foods like Kati Kebab Rolls, Biriyani, Kebabs, Tandoori items, apart from regular Mughlai dishes of Rezala, Korma, Chap, Kasha (both Chicken & Mutton). The shop is very small with seating arrangement of just 2 tables inside. However they have placed few chairs outside on the footpath to handle City Center crowds during weekend evenings! They make rolls and other dishes right in front of the customers which is visible through the glass panes. The Rolls have a price range of Rs. 25 – 100 and are pretty heavy & filling in comparison of evening snacks. They prepare using their kebabs very well for the rolls.

Nizam's Restaurant (Salt Lake)

Nizam's (Salt Lake Branch) Kolkata

Nizam’s Restaurant, Salt Lake Branch is located just at the Connector of EM Bypass & below the VIP Road Flyover at Salt Lake – Ultadanga gate. This restaurant has no seating area as it only serves customers through the Take Away counter and Home Delivery Facility. Like the Original Nizam’s of Esplanade (New Market), it not only serves different types of Kathi Kebab Rolls, but also all Indian / Mughlai dishes like Kebabs, Chap, Rezala, Korma, Tandoor Items & Biriyani.

Fusion (Sovabajar - Hatibagan)

Fusion Restaurant at Hatibagan Kolkata

Fusion Restaurant Interiors

Paneer Butter Masala

Fusion is a three storey multi cuisine hub which was put together by modifying an ancient building. If you want to grab a quick roll or have lunch/ dinner after shopping at hatibagan area or after seeing a movie/ theatre at Star Theatre, then this is your place. The ground floor has separate take away counters and a roll counter. The rolls are quite good and value for money. Some of them are Cheese Roll (Rs. 25), Double Cheese Roll (Rs. 45), Vegetable Roll (Rs. 16), Paneer Roll (Rs. 20), Egg Roll (Rs. 16), Chicken Roll (Rs. 22), and Mutton Roll (Rs. 28). The first & second floors have restaurants that serve Indian, Mughlai and Chinese food. The entrance is through a narrow staircase. Each restaurant is small having regular wooden tables and cushioned chairs. There are glass panes entirely on one side having a view of typical narrow North Kolkata roads & old houses on its side. The tables were very near to each other and one could easily eavesdrop into the conversation on another table. Though their menu list is huge with all items of North Indian, Mughlai and Chinese, from kebabs, to biriyanis, from pepper chicken to crispy babycorn, half of the items were not even available. The three waiters really need to pick up on their attires, service and mannerisms. Whatever I questioned for availability they simply looked at me with a blank expression, as if to suggest they have heard the name of the item for the very first time. I kept on giving food item orders, the waiter kept on saying that it was not available that time. So finally he himself made suggestions on dishes and I accepted on having so. White marble flooring and latest wooden casing of walls were not enough as the air-conditioning system was not working on a hot March afternoon. So that’s why I decided to change tables after placing an order, and shift to a table which had a working AC near it. But the waiters said that was against their rule to change tables after an order has already been placed. So I had a kind of tiff with him and finally managed to get to a cooler table. Though the waiters were not even courteous enough to get the paper napkins, water glasses and other crockery on their own, and I had to insist them.

Mutton Sheek Kebab

After such a bad experience, I assumed that the food will also be not that good in quality. But fortunately, the food was astonishingly good both in quality and quantity considering its price. I had ordered Mutton Sheek Kebab (4 pcs - Rs. 120) for starter, Tawa Chicken (14 pcs - Rs. 130), Paneer Butter Masala (6 pcs – Rs. 95), Plain Naan (Rs. 18), Masala Kulcha (Rs. 30). Other popular Mughlai dishes are Biriyani (served in handi, good quantity), Fusion special Chicken kebab and Chelo Kebab. Hot orders from the Chinese section are sweet corn chicken soup, chicken schezuan fried rice, garlic chicken and sweet & sour fish, Chicken 65 and Chowmein. The cost of a complete meal for two persons will be around Rs. 500 (inclusive of taxes). You can check out the menu given below.

So the only thing worth mentioning is the Glass facade this restaurant sports, lending a bright feel to the place and that the food will not disappoint you. But you might get frustrated with the poor service and by chance if the AC is not working.

Plain Naan

Tawa Chicken

Location: 151/1, Bidhan Sarani, Near Star Theatre, Kolkata-700006

Contact No.: (91)(33)-25542791, (+91)9674776757

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Fusion Kati Kebab Roll Counter

Fusion Restaurant Decor

Only Alibaba - Sector 5 Saltlake

Only Alibaba outlet at Sector 5 Saltlake

Butter Chicken

Feel like tucking into some Mughlai food? Only Alibaba is a good option. It’s a very small and simple restaurant; pretty much the ideal place to grab a quick & cheap meal with friends or colleagues in the busy IT sector. Only Alibaba was born on 24th September 2008. Like Alibaba who took on the combined might of 40 thieves, ONLY ALIBABA took on the might of the Mughalai food business in its very own food district of Park Circus in Kolkata. The discerning pallet of the people of Kolkata has given Only Alibaba a unique standing. Since the world has become health conscious, the oil, the basic ingredient of all cooking, used here is of the best quality and is refined oil only. No dalda and animal fat is used in the kitchen. The interiors are not that fancy. Just ordinary glass tables and metallic (steel) chairs with reddish colored interiors. There are wall plasters falling off at some places. There is no toilet facility, only wash-basin. Parking is a big problem in that busy location. Still the place can be very crowded sometimes because of its affordable and delicious good; and the food items especially the biriyani gets finished on most days! Their signature dishes are Chicken and Mutton Biryani and Alibaba Special Masala Prawn. The other items on the menu are given at the end.

Badsahi Murgh Biriyani

Biriyani and kebabs tastes good and is very popular. The chicken of gravy items was very hard. The service is not that good as they take a lot of time in serving order. On an expansion mode always, they now have eleven outlets in Kolkata and therefore it is possible for them to do free home delivery anywhere within the city limits within 55 minutes of placing the order, 365 days in the year from 10 am to 10 pm. For more information check their page at http://www.onlyalibaba.com/home.aspx

Location: Block EP & GP, Sector-V, Saltlake City, Kolkata- 700091

Contact No.: (033) 4021-2222 (Home Delivery for any location in Kolkata)
 
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Nizam's Restaurant (New Market Esplanade)

Nizam's Main Entrance

Nizam’s was started in early 1900 by Sk. Hasan Reza by the blessings of a Sufi Saint Hazrat Hasan Waris Shah of Lucknow. Reza who came to Kolkata from Benaras, started as a peon at the Corporation, then decided he would be better off feeding hungry office workers and shoppers and so he started making Kathi Kababs and Parathas from a very small stall. Just because the Englishmen did’nt like the oil to touch their hands, so he stuck upon a novel idea of wrapping up the Kathi Kabab and Parathas into a fine piece of Paper and that’s how rolls came into existence. Reza shifted his stall to a bigger place in 1932 in front of Calcutta Municipal Corporation where the present day Nizam’s lies. It was named after Reza’s son Sk. Nizamuddin; now the restaurant is run by Mr. Irshad Alam & Sons with the blessing of Hazarat Shorab Ali Shah.

A Kathi Kabab roll is so called because the meat (or paneer in the veggie version) is first grilled on a skewer (kathi) until it is soft, then wrapped, along with spices, onions, green chillies, salt and a splash of lime juice, in a fried, crisp and light paratha. The meat could be chicken, mutton or beef; traditionally it was the beef roll that made Nizam’s a name. The whole is wrapped neatly in a square of greyish paper and there you have it, Kolkata’s answer to the sandwich. Made in a jiffy while you wait and watch, easily eaten on the run, this is Mughlai-a-go-go.

Preparing kathi kabab rolls at Nizams

Nizam’s are the inventors of Kathi Kabab Rolls. Ultimately in a roll you should get the taste of kababs and after eating one, you should get the feeling of having another. Nizam’s was the first to introduce bamboo sticks (Kathis) because it was hygienic and good for health instead of iron skewers which get rusted. The kababs are maintained in secret herbs and spices and goes through three levels of processing before coming on to your plate. Living testimony bears that Nizam’s is the only exponent of the art of the roll and fast food.

From fashionable ladies shopping at New Market, cinemagoers and tourists to office-workers and students, Nizam’s welcomes them all. Even today, with prices starting at Rs 20 for a basic egg or aloo roll, there is a large-hearted hospitality to diners of every budget. And the factor that really makes the difference at Nizam’s is the attitude of the staff. Neatly dressed in green shalwar kurtas, they will guide you through the menu and talk at length about Nizam’s with the magisterial air of chhota Nizams. They will introduce you to the delights of ‘tumtum biryani’ (biryani with tomatoes in it), reputedly created in the 1970s to please the manager of Elite.

Chicken Roll served on table

The restaurant was closed for 29 months and re-opened in 2006; with its new plaster-moulded ceiling, tiger-stripe sofas and prolapsed LED lights isn’t exactly stylish, although everything is spotlessly clean and the marble underfoot is spectacular. The list of rolls that they sell includes Chicken Roll (Rs. 30), Mutton Roll (Rs. 32), Egg Roll (Rs. 20), Aloo Roll (Rs. 20), Paneer Roll (Rs. 25), Paneer Aloo Roll (Rs. 30), Egg Chicken Roll (Rs. 35), Egg Mutton Roll (Rs. 37), Egg Aloo Roll (Rs. 25), Double Chicken Roll (Rs. 53), Double Mutton Roll (Rs. 56), Double Egg Roll (Rs. 30), Double Egg Single Chicken Roll (Rs. 40), Double Egg Single Mutton Roll (Rs. 42), Double Egg Double Chicken Roll (Rs. 63), Double Egg Double Mutton Roll (Rs. 66), Single Egg Double Chicken Roll (Rs. 58), Single Egg Double Mutton Roll (Rs. 60), Egg Chicken Aloo Roll (Rs. 40), Egg Mutton Aloo Roll (Rs. 42). The main restaurant now is ‘no beef’, while the Nizam’s Mughal Gardens next door is the ‘beef’ section. The Tandoori / Kabab menu serves Tandoori Chicken, Chicken Reshmi Kabab, Chicken Tangri Kabab, Chicken Boti Kabab, Mutton Bara Kabab, Mutton Seekh Kabab, Paneer Tikka Kabab, Murg Harli Kabab, Kathi Kabab. Don’t forget to try firni from the dessert section. The cost for a complete meal for two persons is Rs. 250.

Must eat dessert - FIRNI

Perhaps due to competition from KFC & McD, one section of the restaurant is now made air-conditioned. Even though malls have taken away most dedicated of shoppers of New Market and falling profits have softened people’s attitudes to change; Nevertheless, a little band of aficionados, in which I must include myself, know that New Market has a secret the malls will never have: its magic name protects it from ever being old. You might park your car in the brand new automated parking plaza, as I did, have a coffee in its attached underground mall, but you’ll still want to go to Nizam’s for your kathi roll.

Location: No.23 & 24, Hogg Street, BBD Bag (Dalhousie Sc), Beside New Market, Kolkata- 700013

Contact No.:  (+91) 9831073534, (+91) 9836194669, (+91)(33) 32928340
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Nizam's Restaurant - Salt Lake
Read more about Nizam's Outlet at Salt Lake which has Take Away Counter / Home Delivery Facility and also serves similar Kathi Kebab Rolls, Biriyani, Chaps, Kebabs, Rezala, Korma, Firni & more..

Sher-e-Punjab - Jessore Road (Near Airport)

Sher-e-Punjab Kolkata

Sher-e-Punjab is basically a dhaba style restaurant located at Sukantanagar near Airport, on Jessore Road. There are 3 styles of sitting arrangements: Dhaba style non air conditioned, Air conditioned and open-air sitting style. Watching planes take-off and land is an added attraction here. Its most delicious cuisines is obviously Punjabi & North Indian, in which Kadai Chicken, Butter Chicken, Chicken Hydrabadi , Tandoori chicken, Kebabs are the specialties. The Vegetarian items which are on demand are Dal Tadka, Masala Chana, Punjabi chatpata Paneer, Punjabi Paneer Tikka.