Sonamati Restaurant — Restaurant in Kolkata

Behala now has so many places to offer you great food but sonamati has been there for quite some time . It is one of the oldest food joints in here and hence more dependable . It is a multi cuisine restaurant serving Chinese as well as indian preparations. Prices may look on the higher side but believe me quantity and quality makes its up .

Reaching this place is very easy, any bus going to behala 14 number will drop you right in front of this big spacious restaurant. At the entrance you will see a gorgious looking macaw waiting for you to greet . Inside you will find dim lights with comfy sitting arrangements . This place can accomodate a huge mass at a time.

We mainly focused on their Chinese cuisine . Service was pretty fast and accurate. Here is a detailed review of what we ordered .

We opted for two drinks Blue Lagoon which costed around ₹90 and Strawberry Blossom that was of ₹100. The blue lagoon had more amount of fizz than one would expect and the strawberry blossom was overly sweet. Hence the drinks could be prepared with a little more care .

Moving on to our starters which were mostly outstanding. Started off with Dragon chicken that costed ₹280 . Big 8 portions of chicken cut in cuboidal shape coated in a flour batter and den tossed in rich spicy sauce to finish off. The portion size very impressive .

Then we had Drums of heaven. 6 pieces of drumsticks costed 260 . I found it little overpriced. Although the chicken drumsticks were spicy and tasty but the price could be lowered a bit.

Golden Fried Prawn ₹ 320. This wasn't upto the mark. The coating was really thick , the dip being the saviour. The prawns were french and thoroughly cooked . But wasn't tasty. May be a thinner coating could have made the difference. It was served with onion rings which were crispy and very tasty . We all enjoyed munching them.

Next we moved on to our main course which consisted of the following items Mix Chow ₹190 Mix singapore Fried rice ₹210 Chilli chicken ₹190 Hunan Chicken ₹220 Lemon Fish ₹250

First of all quantity is huge. Like one rice and a side dish could be easily shared by 2 adults . Both the fried rice and noodles was full of chicken chunks, fried egg and prawns . It went very well with the chilly chicken. The chilly chicken was mildly spicy . Portion of chicken pieces were good. The hunan chicken had a really aromatic gravy and shredded pieces of chicken in it. I paired it with my noodles which again was well prepared. The lemon fish gravy had very strong taste of lemon and i personally feel it's slightly challenging preparation which they executed very well.

Overall a great dining experience with live sports streaming on the tvs hung on the walls. Will love to get back in here to try out their Indian...

The restaurant is in Behala 14 no. It's in the ground floor of a building. Keep your eyes open while walking in the footpath, you'll find this place.

I have been visiting this restaurant since 2018. Since then I've been liking this restaurant for it's ambience, it's service. Everything is being maintained very well. It has some beautiful art works in its' wall, showing classical 'calcutta'. It's really a nice place.

Now coming to other facts. It's absolutely a pocket friendly restaurant. They serves many varieties of dishes. A multi cuisine restaurant. But what disturbs me is that their quality of foods is decreasing day by day, which I didn't expect from them. I have always been amazed by their food. But last time I ate the in Durga Pujo'21, and I was so shocked by the food served by them. Also some of the dishes were actually good. But that doesn't justify other dishes. I hope that was for pujo only. Hope they'll serve better next time. I'll recommend to visit any day with your tight budget. And quantity is always enough for two.

Review after next visit : It was great to have dinner again in sonamati after years. Every dish was so delicious, mouthwatering and quantity was more than enough as always. But they took a bit much time to serve the food. Staff behavior is good at all.

Recommend dishes : Chicken 65, Mixed fried rice, Singapore fried rice, Schezwan chicken, Hunan chicken, Sweet and Sour chicken, Gravy chowmin.

Would love to...

Sonamati is one of the oldest restaurant at Behala 14.number. It is a multicuisine restaurant serving Chinese as well as Indian preparations.

In the starters we tried -

1. Mumtaz murgh tikka kebab - It consisted of 6 kebabs and was served with chutney. It tasted damn good and highly recommended.

2. Chicken 65 - It consisted of chicken balls, the quantity of which is enough for two persons. The chicken were succulent and spicy. Thus it tasted very good and the ones who prefer spicy items will love it.

In the main course we had - 1)Chicken Biryani - It consisted of egg, potato and chicken. The size of chicken was big and succulent. Thus tasted good.

2. Butter naan - The size and portion of butter naan was enough for two persons. There was sufficient amount of butter on it and tasted good.

3. Kadai paneer- It consisted of many paneer and the size of paneer was also good. It tasted damn good and thus recommended.

4. Chicken butter masala - The chicken was succulent and tasted good. It consisted of two pieces of chicken.

5. Chicken bharta - It was well cooked and was damn tasty. Thus recommended.

Lastly we had cold drinks and ice-cream - We had butterscotch ice-cream with chocolate sauce in it. It tasted fantastic after a heavy meal.

The ambience is renovated and is looking very beautiful. With beautiful romantic music and news streaming on the television, it is a great place for both couples and family gatherings. Thus highly...