Mahal Restaurant — Restaurant in Kolkata

I am a book lover that's why I go College Street every few days. A bookseller gives me the address of this hotel. Believe me I Love their food. Great hotel of Banedi Bangaliana food.

Situated on a narrow by-lane behind college square, this is one the Bangali Hotel which stands diametrically opposite of the multicusine restaurants which are metropolising our city. Inside there is no artificial decoration but the place is quite neat and clean. As soon as you enter the room you will feel you went fifty years back in their ambience. Sitting arrangements consists of 4 tables each having 4 chairs each.

Food: First thing to mention that it is not a restaurant which you visit once with your girlfriend and celebrate an evening. It is much like a daily hotel which serves plate-scrapingly delicious Bengali food. You definitely take out with your better half if she likes Bangaliana Food. Minimum 10 types of fish preparations are available and if you want to taste the best ones, go early, as within three pm fifty percent of the items are finished. Coming to the menus, to mention a few - Special dal - delicious flavoured Moog dal mixed with a different kind of vegetable. Katla korma and bhapa at Rs 85 this is really delectable and my favourite. Meat Better to avoid as meat is not their forte.To mention, that Wednesday they serve desi chicken served with potato piece. Service of their three waiters are too vigilant, informal and scenic. There is nothing wrong with their hospitality and service. I falling love their delicious food. Please go and taste a actual Bengali Food. Before going please...

Since I am working in Medical college for last 4 years, this restaurant has become the third most important woman in my life! She cooks me food, serves me lunch, keeps me healthy. What else I can ask for!

Situated on a narrow bylane behind college square, this is one quintessential north Kolkata restaurant which stands diametrically opposite of the savvy multicultural restaurants which are metropolising our city.

Inside there is no decor per se but the place is quite neat and clean. As soon as you enter the room you will feel you went fifty years back.

Sitting arrangements consists of 4 tables each having 4 chairs each.

Food: First thing to mention that it is not a restaurant which you visit once with your girlfriend and celebrate an evening. It is much like a daily hotel which serves plate-scrapingly delicious Bengali food. Minimum 10 types of fish preparations are available and if you want to taste the best ones, go early, as within three pm fifty percent of the items are finished.

Coming to the menus,to mention a few - Special dal - delicious flavoured Moog dal mixed with a different kind of vegetable. Katla korma and bhapa at Rs 85 this is really delectable and my favourite. Meat - Better to avoid as meat is not their forte.To mention, that Wednesday they serve desi chicken served with potato piece.

Service, hands down, they know what they suppose to do. the three waiters are too vigilant, informal and scenic. Within two or three days they know the nuance of you order habit. I found that...

The so called famous Mahal Restaurant let me down badly. The food is extremely expensive. They even charge for kolapata or banana leaf. If so, this should have been informed beforehand or written on the menu. Serve in plates and do not do this. I have eaten in all pice hotels in Kolkata and elsewhere in West Bengal for over 15 years. The place is crowded. I had the mutton curry with rice and macher dimer bora or fish egg fritters. The mutton curry was priced at Rs.250. It had 3 small pieces which would make more around 125 gms to 150 gms at max. The 3 tiny fish egg fritters cost Rs.50. The rice costs Rs.20 and no it is not basmati but baskathi rice. My bill was Rs.325 just for eating this simple 3 items meal. People were ordering dishes right, left and centre and then while being asked to shelve a large 3 digit or 4 digit figure, upon billing, were getting utterly surprised and bemused. The taste is decent. The place is originally the once famous Presidency Boarding House. The famous writer Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay used to stay in this boarding house. While staying here, he started writing stories about the character 'Byomkesh Bakshi'. Also, the late renowned poet Jibanananda Das lived here for...