4 Best Restaurants in Kolkata (Calcutta), India

This sleek, modern restaurant with massive ceilings is an expat favorite in Kolkata. As the name suggests, the menu here covers a broad variety of dishes from Japan, Mongolia, Korea, Thailand, and China, all made with ingredients sourced from its very own kitchen garden.

Popular with locals and tourists, the best Chinese fine-dining restaurant in the city has elegant interiors, with old mirrors, paintings, and glass pots that immediately catch the attention of the guests. Try the kung pao pork ribs, steamed scallop morsel, or the crispy lamb.

This restaurant serving North Indian and Bengali dishes is a tasteful replica of a rural house, complete with a courtyard, a well, dark wood details, copper curios, and metal light fixtures. The traditional Bengali kebabs are wildly popular.

Set in the upscale Quest Mall, Yauatcha, a well-regarded dim sum house, is known for great dumplings, tea, and seafood—in short, everything Kolkata is obsessive about. The crispy duck, prawn, and chicken shu mai (dumplings) seem to be the overall favorites.