Best Restaurants in Bangalore Where You Can Enjoy Authentic Bengali Cuisine

Do you miss the tiny cross of Kolkata, and the smell of different foods following you throughout? Those feelings are the true emotion of any Bengali staying far away from home. Imagine yourself sitting inside a fine best Bengali restaurant in Bangalore, and your table is full of authentic Bengali foods of your choice. Sounds dreamy right? Why to miss your “Luchi-Cholar daal” in Sunday breakfast, or a plate of “Kolkata Mutton Biriyani” with the Golden Fried Aaloo, and Egg? And then the sweet touch of “Mishti Doi” as a dessert is enough to make any Sunday special. Now you can taste all the known flavours of Bengal right here in Bangalore. Here we have listed the best places where you can find the best Bengali cuisine in town. Visit the restaurants, go through the menu, and have a perfect weekend meal.

Oh! Calcutta

While thinking about the best Bengali Cuisine in town, the first name that comes to our mind is Oh! Calcutta. This is one of the most famous restaurants in town to serve the taste of Bengal. To try their topmost dishes start with “Fish Fry”, boneless fish marinated with lime juice, ginger juice, and chilli paste, deep fried after coated with egg and bread crumbs, or a piece of deep fried “Chicken cutlet”, served with Kasundi, a sour mustard sauce. Moving to the main course your tummy will start saying yes to flavorful Kolkata Biryani, known for its exotic aroma and flavour, served with a brown fried potato, piece of meat, and egg. If you are not so a biryani person, Bengali cuisine has a lot more to offer. Try out “Daab Chingri”, the prawns cooked with tender coconut milk and served inside a coconut shell, or “Kosha Mangso”, finely cooked juicy mutton pieces, mixed with dry rich gravy a great combination with hot steamed rice. It is now time to have something sweet while ending your meal, let’s order “Rosogolla” dipped in sweet syrup, and “Chaler Payes” made with scented Gobindavog Rice, cooked in sweet condensed milk, mixed with dates palm jaggery. They also have a wide range of veg and non-veg thalis, some are even customizable. Here are the details about the restaurant listed down below, like contact number, location, timings, etc may help you later while contacting the restaurant.

Bhojohori Manna

In search of the best places in town, we found another hidden gem to offer you. Bhojohori Manna is one of the renowned restaurants, currently available in four cities in India. The name of the restaurant is influenced taken from a popular movie song, “Ami Sri Sri Bhojohori Manna”, sung by one of the legendary signers of Bengal Manna Dey. Here Bhojohori Manna is a chef who travelled to different parts of the world and finally landed in his motherland with the signature culinary style. To give a fresh start let’s start with “Aam pora Sorbat”, a special non-alcoholic drink made with grilled mango pulp. Moving with your meal have fluffy “Luchi” or “Koraisutir Kochuri”, Indian bread stuffed with green peas, accompanied by “Aloor Dom”, baby potatoes cooked in Bengali style. Beginning with the main course it’s time to have one of the most iconic dishes of Bengal, “Shukto”, a healthy and traditional vegetarian dish cooked with different bitter mixed vegetables, or “Jhinge Aloo Posto”, Ridge Gourd and potato cooked with poppy seeds, mix it with a small amount of steamed rice, and later we will move to continue our main course with “Chanar Dalna”, a dish made with cottage cheese fried and include them in the curry, “Bhetki Paturi”, boneless Bhetki fish mixed with all the spices, wrapped and cooked inside a banana leaf, “Mangser Jhol”, finely cooked chicken or mutton served with flavorful gravy. Ending your meal with something sweet, you can always check out “Misti Doi”, sweet curd. They have a lot more thali options available in both veg and Non-veg. Check out all the details listed below for your further requirements.

Sorse

A fine dining restaurant that servers the core flavours of West Bengal on your plate. In sorse, they have different ranges of veg and non-veg starters, like “Mochar Chop’, a cutlet made with crumbed banana blossom mixed with all the spices, “Mach’er Dim’er Bora”, deeply fried chops made with fresh fish roe mixed with spices. While moving forward try out “Luchi” and “Cholar Daal Narkel Diye”, a dish of roasted chana daal cooked with chopped coconut. You can check out their Kolkata Style “Chicken and Mutton Biryani”. Apart from that they have a wide collection of dishes to serve you in the main course. “Pathar Jhol Alu Diye”, a runny mutton curry cooked with juicy mutton and potato, “Chingri Malaikari”, prawns cooked with coconut milk and mustard oil, “Potol Chingri”, pointed gourd, cooked with fried prawns, and served with a gravy flavourd with crispy onions and tomato. Some are the bestselling dishes on their menu are “Sukto”, “Kosha Mangso”, and “Chicken Dak Bangalow”. End your meal with “Aam’er Chutney”, a pulpy sweet and sour chutney cooked with semi-riped mangoes, & “Mishti Doi”. They also have many unique thalis, both in veg and non-veg, including “Raja-Rani Thala”, “Bhoj Thala”, “Veg combo Thali”, “Chicken Thali”, and many more. For your further needs, we have enlisted all the required details like location, timings, contact number, etc.

Khai Khai

One of the best Bengali restaurants in the city, Khai Khai is located in HSR Layout and an ideal place for those seeking to taste wholesome Bengali homemade food in a pocket-friendly range. From breakfast to dinner Khai Khai has everything you love. To begin with, a perfect Bengali starter check out, ‘Luchi”, “Radhaballavi” an Indian bread item stuffed with chana daal paste, and fried, “Koraisutir Kochuri” fried Indian bread stuffed with green peas, served with ‘Alur Dom”, potato cooked with spices served with semi-dry gravy. In the main course put your hands on “Aloo Posto”, potato cubes cooked with poppy seeds and green chilly, as a topping added raw mustard oil, “Basanti Pulao”, a rice item, a little sweet, riched with the flavour of ghee, “Mutton kosha”, well-cooked mutton pieces, that goes best with any bread or rice items, “Katla Kalia”, South Asian Crap, cooked in Bengali style, “Lau Chingri”, bottle gourd cooked with fried prawns, and much more. You can also try their Kolkata Style Biryani if you are a biryani lover. “Nolen Gur’er Payes” while wrapping up your meal, a kheer item, made with scented rice and milked and infused Dates jaggery. They also have different combos in both veg and non-veg, where you can find the best dishes combined for one. Here are all the details about the restaurant, including mobile number, location, and service timings that you may need further.

Esplanade

One of the finest restaurants in Bangalore to have their Bengali cuisine without any second thought. In Esplaned you will get different types of starters, both veg and non-veg. Here are some best dishes we want to recommend you to start with. “Fish Kobiraji”, boneless fish pieces dipped in egg and fried inside egg net, “Posto Narkel Bora”, a fried patty made with poppy seed and stuffed coconut inside, “Gndharaj Fried Chicken”, fried chicken flavoured with very famous Gandhoraj Lime. Moving with the main course dishes, try their “Shuktoni”, cooked vegetables in ghee, with some added “Radhui” a special spice to add flavour, “Bati Chocchori”, a mixture of vegetables cooked in a bowl, flavoured with five Bengali whole spices, “Macher Matha diye Moong Daal”, moong daal with the broken head of fish included inside, “Kosha Murgi”, chicken cooked and served with dry gravy, “Kosha Mngso”, a semi dry gravy of juicy mutton, “Boneless Doi Bhetki”, Bhetki fish cooked with yogurt. They have some delicious seasonal dishes including, “Mangser Pur Vora Potoler Dorma” & “Chingrir Pur Vora Potoler Dorma”, pointed gourd stuffed with minced mutton or prawn inside, and cooked with all the spices, “Mochar Ghonto”, slow-cooked banana blossoms, with an added flavour of ghee, raisin, and garam masala, “Potoler Dorma”, pointed gourd cooked in poppy seed paste, “Aam Kasundi Bhapa Bhetki”, Bhetki fish marinated in raw mango and mustard paste, wrapped and slowly cook inside a banana leaf. End your meal with the famous “Baked Rasogolla”, rasgullas dipped inside thick milk solution, with some added dry fruits baked and served. To make your work easy, here are all the details including location, contact details, and timings listed down below that you may need further.

Saltlake

A great place to fulfil your Bengali cravings, Saltlake has all the major Bengali dishes included in their menu. For a starter let’s take a bite of “Aloo Chop”, mashed potatoes flavoured with spices and coated in gram flour batter, and deep fried until it becomes crispy enough, “Chicken Cutlet”, cooked and mashed chicken mixed with potato and spices, later coated in egg and bread crumbs, and fried in oil until the color becomes golden brown. Try “Ghugni”, cooked yellow peas, great to accompany any bread items, “Jhinge Aloo Posto”, ridge gourd, and cubed potato cooked in poppy seed paste with green chilly, “Kochi Pathar Jhol”, juicy mutton cooked with big size potato, served with flowy gravy, “Chicken Kosha”, thick brown gravy and properly cooked tender chicken to pair with “Basanti Polao”, a slightly sweet rice item. End the meal with “Sandesh”, “Rasogolla”, or “Pantua”, which is a similar dish to Gulab Jamun. iN Saltlake you will find out a various range of combos like, “Pulao ar Kosha Combo” Basonti pulao, and any dry gravy choice of yours, “Halka Pet Combo”, a combo for a small appetite. They also have a special birthday platter named, “Saltlake Jonmodine Mayer Ador”. Apart from this they have, Chicken Combo, Fish Combo, Mutton Combo, Veg Combo, and many more. Here are the details of the restaurant that you may need later, including the contact number, location, and service timings.

Bengali Fun Foods

One-stop solution for a small appetite or a full-size meal, Bengali Fun Foods is always a great choice for all the Bengalis in Bangalore. They have a wide range of quick bites that include, “Chicken Mughlai Paratha”, a fluffy paratha stuffed with cooked chicken with special spices, “Chicken Cutlet”, mashed chicken mixed with boiled potato, coated in egg, rice flour, and bread crumbs, fried and served with mustard sauce and salad, “Chicken Kabiraji”, chicken fried inside egg net. In the main course check out “Chicken Bharta” cooked and mashed chicken added with spices, “Katla Kalia”, South Asian Crap cooked in Bengali style, “Chicken Kosha”, ‘Mutton Kosha”, “Doi Katla”, Katla fish cooked in yogurt, have them with any rice or bread items. End the meal with a sweet touch, try “Payes”, made with scented rice, infused in milk, “Gulab Jamun”, and “Misti Doi”, curd that tastes sweet. Apart from these, they have a large list of combos that includes Luchi combos, Rice Combos, Polao Combos, and many more thalis. We have listed down all the key details like location, timings, and contact details below.

Kitchen of Joy

This restaurant is the best place if you want to try best Bengali street food in town. In their food menu, they have items like “Egg Chicken Mughlai Paratha”, “Chicken Cutlet”, “Luchi and Alur Dom” a fluffy Bengali bread with spicy aloo cooked and served with dry gravy, “Ghugni”, well-cooked yellow peas, with all the special spices. You can also try their different types of “Kolkata Kathi Rolls”. Here are the required details about the restaurant mentioned below, including location, contact details, and timings.

Bangaliana

It is time to celebrate the bangaliana culture in Bangaliana, a Bengali restaurant located in Marathalli. Give a try to their “Fish Fry”, “Veg Chop”, different cooked vegetables, shaped into a round structure, coated in gram flour batter, and deep-fried, “Fish Finger”, fish chops that are shaped like a finger. In the main course try their “Aloo Posto”, cubed potatoes cooked in poppy seed paste, “Echor er Dalna”, Banana blossom cooked with green chilli, mustard oil, and other added spices slowly. You can also have “Kosha Mangso”, well-cooked mutton or chicken rich in flavours to accompany with the bread and rice. At the end have the most famous seasonal dish, “Aam er Chutney”, semi-riped mango, cooked and balanced with sugar, or the always available “Rosogolla” soft and round dipped in sugar syrup. Do not forget to check their meals and thali combos. Check out all the required details mentioned down about the restaurant such as location, timings, and contact number.

Bangali Dhekur

As the name says, we are sure their fooAnother famous restaurant in Bangalore that will start every single item to fulfill your cravings. Start your meal with a piece of “Beguni”, sliced eggplant coated with gram flour and deep fried until it becomes deep brown and crunchy, “Bhetki Fish Fry”, marinated and deep fried Bhetki fish fillet coated in egg, rice flour, and breadcrumbs, “Dimer Devil”, an egg-shaped chop filled half of the portion with a half sliced boiled egg, and half of the part with mashed and cooked potato, coated in gram flour batter and breadcrumbs, deep fried. Moving to the main course item you can order “Katla Jeera bata Jhol”, a South Asian Crap cooked with green chilli and cumin seed paste, “Pabda Macher Jhal”, a simple and spicy gravy of Pabda fish, “Pabda Sorshe”, Pabda fish cooked in mustard paste, “Tangra Aloo Jhol” light Tangra Fish curry. All items are a great choice to have with white steamed rice. In the end, to change the taste and sweeten up a little try “Mango chutney” and “Rasgulla”. To make your work easy, here are all the details including location, contact details, and timings listed down below.

Amontron

Another Bengali restaurant that serves food from breakfast till dinner, and gives the same homemade food taste. To begin with their breakfast menu, you will find “Luchi”, and “Koraishutir Kochuri” an Indian brad item, stuffed with green peas inside, to have along with “Alur Dom”, potato cooked in Bengali style with dry gravy, “Ghugni”, yellow peas curry, “Alur Torkari”, cubed potato, cooked with simple spices and green chilly, Moving to the main course, “Jhuri Aloo Bhaja”, finely chopped potato, fried until it is enough crunchy, “Phulkopir Dalna”, cauliflower cooked with Bengali spices, “Chicken Dak bungalow”, tender chicken and whole egg cooked together, “Muro Ghonto”, raw rice and broken fish head mixed and cooked together until the rice is fully cooked, “Doi Katla” fish cooked with curd. End your meal with “Simui Er Payes”, vermicelli soaked and cooked in milk. Here we have listed all the required details of the restaurant, including location, contact details, and timings for you.

Petuk

Fulfill your “Bangali” appetite in Petuk with their wholesome Bengali dishes. To begin with, try out some delicious starters. “Chicken Pokora” & “Paneer Pokora”, marinated small pieces of chicken and paneer, dipped in batter and deep fried, “Fish Fry”, boneless fish marinated with lime juice, green chilly, salt, and some other spices, later dipped in rice flour batter and egg, coated with bread crumbs and deep fried in oil, served with “Kasundi”, a special mustard sauce and salad. In the main course, “Aloo Fulkopir Torkari”, sallow fried cauliflower and medium size potato cubes, cooked with whole jeera seeds, tomatoes, green chilly, ginger, and other spices, “Chicken Chaap”, tinder chicken cooked in cashew paste with whole garam masala and other spices, “Chicken Kosha” & “Mutton Kosha”, finely cooked meat, little spicy served with a dry gravy. To try some great fish curry items check out “Sorse Fish”, deep fried fish pieces cooked in pasted mustard seed, ‘Dahi Kalia”, fish pieces cooked in yogurt, “Chingri Malaikari”, fresh prawns cooked in coconut milk with green chilly and served with raw mustard oil on top. Have them with plain Steamed Rice” or “Basanti Pulao”. You can also have a look at their menu for special thali, combo, and quick bites. Here are the required details about the restaurant listed for your further needs.

KC Das

By holding the hand of Nobin Chandra Das, the founder of KC Das & Sons, the sweet shop began its journey on 1866, in Bagbazar, a famous place in North Kolkata. In near 1968, he invented the spongy, soft “Rasogolla”, by forming a round shape of cottage cheese and frying them in oil later soaked in sugar syrup. In Bangalore, KC Das has seven outlets to serve Bengali sweets within your reach. This sweet shop is not only famous for their sweet items, but you will get an exciting range of Bengal street food, namkeen, and more. Try out their best-selling “Luchi, Cholar daal, and Aloo r Dom”, “Hing Kochuri Combo”, an Indian bread flavoured with hing, served with daal and, dum aloo prepared in Bengali style. In Snakes, you can taste “ Paneer Chop” chop made with stuffed paneer, “Samosa”, “Dahi vada”, “Veg Chop”, chop made with stuffed vegetables, “Kahasta Kachori” crunchy kachori. In their list of famous sweets, you will get, ‘Rasgulla”, “Fruit Sondesh”, “Mihidana” extremely small boondies fried and mixed with sugar syrup, ‘Ras Malai”, “Cham Cham”, “Ras kadam”, “Pantava”, “Kheer Kadam” and many more. In their best-selling list, there is an item named “Turkish Delight” you must try. Also, do not forget to try their “Misti Doi”, and “Fruit Doi”. Below we have listed all the important details about the shop, including location, contact number, and service timings in case you need them.

Bancharam

Another hidden treasure in the town, Bancharam, is serving the happiness from 46 years. To taste the ultimate flavours of Bengal sweets, this place is a must-visit. Though this place is mostly famous for their sweet items, they have a few savory snacks you try once. “Singara”, samosa, filled with flavourful mashed potato inside, “Veg Chop”, chop filled with cooked veggies inside, and “Khasta Kochuri”. Moving to the sweets item, you must try “Kachagolla Sondesh”, round-shaped chhena balls, with a topping of raisin and pistachio, “Pantua”, sweet balls made with khoya kheer, flavoured with cardamon and pistachio, deep fried in pure ghee and dipped in sugar syrup, “Jibe Goja”, shaped flour doe, fried in ghee and soaked in sugar syrup, it is also the favourite sweet dish of the legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray, from Bancharam’s menu, “Rasogolla”, soft white chhena balls, fried and soaked in cardamon flavoured sugar syrup, “Abar Khabo Sandesh”, as the name suggests, you can not stop yourself from having the sweet one more time, soft cottage cheese balls cardamon flavoured placed inside a cup to get a perfect shape, and “Mihidana Tart” a tart based Bengali sweet. Also try not to skip their “Jolbhora Sondesh” a soft sondesh, with liquid sugar syrup inside, which will come out after each bite. Some more iconic items on their menu include, “Lobongo Latika”, “Malai Roll”, “Chanar Jilabi”, and “Misti Doi”. Here are all the required details about the sweet shop only for you.