Calcutta Bungalow

What a lovely hotel this is! The rooms are so beautifully appointed - no detail is overlooked up to and including a gorgeous hand woven bedspread. The great charm of the place is only matched by the staff whose kindness, good hmour and efficiency helped make my stay so memorable. Be sure to go on some of the fabulous Calcutta Walks affiliated to the hotel. Vedant and Ramanoj, thank you for sharing the city with me. Calcutta’s slow-burn charm has won me over and I will be sure to return.

We went to Calcutta Bungalow just for lunch, and it turned out to be a next-level experience! The food was amazing, but what truly stood out was the hospitality. From the moment we arrived, we were welcomed with so much warmth and care. A big thanks to MD Ayub Khan, Sandip, Madhu, Hemant and the rest of the team – each of them treated us so well and made sure we had a memorable time. Their genuine kindness and attention really made our day. If you want not just a good meal but also an experience filled with warmth and hospitality, Calcutta Bungalow is the place to be. 🌟

What a beautiful place with lots of history! One of the most well curated places I have been to, great Interior, amazing Food, great clean rooms and a service where all requests are handled with so much care! The best places for everyone who wants to see the original Kolkata! Thanks for a great stay! We loved every minute of our stay!

I stayed 5 nights during Durga Puja. Lovely property. Excellent breakfast. Kind staff. I chose the location for easy access to North Calcutta for the festivities and was not disappointed. Service was a little frazzled at times - the cafe was packed with festival celebrators - but overall, I would highly recommend it if you want to be part of a “real” Calcutta neighborhood. The food was excellent, which is a good thing since there aren’t a lot of places to eat nearby. I hope to return.

I had long dreamt of visiting Calcutta, Bungalow in North Calcutta; after all, the place looks like it was plucked straight from Old Aesthetic Calcutta with its gorgeous interior and exterior. Sadly, the beauty ends at the walls, because what lies beyond is chaos disguised as a café. To begin with, the entire café was apparently being run by just two people and by “run,” I mean running around cleaning, sweeping, and then remembering they also had to serve food. Food, however, is a strong word here, because nothing on the menu was actually available. Not even the humble fish fry. Imagine going to Calcutta and being told fish fry is a mythical creature. They had only two mocktails. We made the grave mistake of ordering both. The Imli Mocktail was nothing short of a war crime. It had so much chilli powder that I half expected the Red Chilli Board of India to file a missing stock complaint. One sip, and I swear my entire bloodstream went up in flames and I could feel my ancestors sweating. The second option was the Mango Lassi, which was so badly proportioned that calling it a drink is an insult to both mangoes and lassis. It was a disaster in liquid form, and for a brief second, I contemplated calling poison control. When we complained (naively thinking feedback might help), we were met with arguments. “This is how it’s made here,” they said. If “here” is another dimension where taste buds go to die, then yes, perhaps that’s true. In short, the café is aesthetic tax in its purest form: you pay for the vibe, suffer through the food, and leave with regret as the only flavor lingering in your mouth. I wanted a memorable experience. I got one. Just not in the way I hoped. Verdict: A beautiful place to click pictures; preferably before you eat anywhere else.

A less-known but amazing eatery in Kolkata. This is must-visit for those people who love vintage Kolkata and its food and architecture. Visited this place during Durga Puja. The food is average and somewhat overpriced though. An amazing place to click more aesthetic photos than take your lunch or dinner.

I visited Calcutta Bungalow to dine at Lunchtime. The ambience was good, the place is compact so not much space for a large group of people. Food was good and tasty 😋, but service is not good. Less staff to manage the place. I want to share my experience: we ordered a starter and Main course at the same time. so Food came one by one, but something was missed, like Plates came 10 min after food was served at the table. So we have to eat cold food. No staff nearby to order the next food items, so we waited for the staff to visit us. Too much of a delay in services in this place. So if you have ample time then visit this place.

The building and interior is beautiful. That sums up the majority of the positive sentiment. Overall, as my acquaintance said: "For the price being paid, there is a certain hotel etiquette which is missing, including hospitality and attention to detail" I think there is a thin line between having a friendly atmosphere and an unprofessional one. This experience tips over the latter. Some of the staff were certainly friendly but others' behaviour was lacking. Like when you first checkin the hotel, the lady at the counter does not stand up. Sometimes when you are passing through the main lobby staff members would have their feet on the table in a relaxed manner. Feet would go down once you pass but still. There was an instance where Waseem was yelling and shouting at someone on the phone right next to the lobby, simply unacceptable behaviour. The staircase is very steep and staff have to continually go up and down it to bring you food(Kitchen is in the roof). You can tell some of them get very tired and they come sweaty and out of breath. They said that in the future there may be an elevator arrangement. But it is uncomfortable seeing them like that. There are glass doors/walls that seperate the different ground floor areas, the glass near the lobby had hand stains on it, granted that it was used often, not once was it cleaned, not even early morning. Spent my time in two rooms this time. The second room's sheets and bedding came smelling unwashed and of human body odur, some staining was there, yellow smudging type. It is not fresh, crisp, clean linens. I gave them some laundry to be washed, they said it would be ready the next day in the evening, three days later, they gave it to me soaking wet with water, they said had waited for it to dry. I would gave rather gotten the laundry back unwashed rather than soaking wet with water significantly increasing the weigh in my travel bags! Overall for the premium price paid, you expect things to be more up to par.