Dolly's The Tea Shop - Cafe in Kolkata - Kolkata, India

One of the oldest and authentic tea shop, that serves varieties of tea and snacks. It is a very small shop, with limited sitting arrangements. We had the Darjeeling first flush tea, it was pretty good. The service was also very promt. This tea shop was owned by Dolly Roy, wife of veteran politician Sougato Roy. She left this world in April, 2023 and it was her birthday today when we visited. Spotted Sougato Roy there. The price was nominal, for a hot cup of first flush we only paid 100Rs.

if you want to buy tea of the highest quality, this is the place to do so. i wouldn't suggest this to people who want to go to a typical cafe. this place is for tea enthusiasts. their iced teas are good as well.

This is 30 plus years tea cafe, one of the first of its kind in Kolkata. Tea here was an experience. I went last evening and realised the founder Ms Dolly Roy is no more. No surprise their standards have dropped drastically. I wanted a spot of milk in my tea. Just a spot that I wanted to add myself. But they took back the tea, added loads of milk, made it all white, and gave it back to me. Given the rude behaviour of the store women, i just gulped it down and left.

This place is the perfect example of how can someone's obnoxious behavior spoil the whole experience of having a good cup of tea. There is absolutely no warmth/smile/human touch here. The only savior is good old Indian tea. A shame that it gets hidden in the dark shabby corners of the shop and in the staffs attitude. You would have been received more warmly in any cafe in Europe.

Great selection of loose leaf Darjeeling teas, particularly in the premium price ranges. Have been buying from here for many years now as a part of any trip to India. Sealed plastic foil packaging keeps the tea fresh for years.

I am sorry to say my experience is bellow expectation about tea. I bought some first flush and muscatel tea to Australia. The first flush smelled like plastic. I didn't get time to taste in Kolkata. I suggest any tea buyers to taste before they buy

Dolly's tea shop sustains just because of its fame from 30 years ago. The cafe is the shabbiest and dirtiest place I have ever seen, its probably a health hazard even to eat at this place. There are spider webs everywhere, boxes stacked near the front door, the tea cups are unclean and has tea stains on the rims. We ordered a fish finger what we received was four pieces of overtly fried strips which had little to no fish inside, I would have preferred giving a zero star if I could. The tea which the cafe was once so famous for was disgusting. The first flush Darjeeling tea was bitter and the milk tea that my sister ordered had a consistency of water and tasted like it was prepared by somebody who has no idea how to boil water.

We tried the Mango tango ice tea. Well, I thought that we might get the taste of mango pulp or something but they have used the mango squash to give the flavour which I personally did not like it much. It was okayish for me. And I dont think it was worth the money. A bit overpriced I felt. They charged around Rs 150 for one ice tea and that also if the flavours were upto the mark, I wouldn't have complained but I did not like it much.