Kasturi - Bengali restaurant in Kolkata - Kolkata, India

Excellent food. They have their signature food items that are fantastic. Everything tastes the best. However, the price is on the higher side. The only thing to improve is the management. While the restaurant is super busy, you will need patience and time to get your food on the table. But, the overall experience will surely be worth it.

Being a Bengali myself, I tend to avoid restaurants which serve Bengali food. The logic is that we usually eat this or even better at home. Today, I affirmed my beliefs when I went to Kasturi. The Jumbo Prawn Malai curry was a betrayal. The Malai Curry was bland and the piece of prawn only was Jumbo in size, not in taste. We ordered thali and everything on the side was a miss. The kochu chingri side dish was trash and the sobji was mid. The only thing that saved my meal was the Bhetki Paturi which was the only saving grace. You know it's bad when the thing I liked the most is the Mishti doi in the whole meal. Service? The waiters just looked at our faces when we tried to make an order. I understand when restaurants take time to serve your order but at least take my damn order?? They did so after we complained but even then the service was trash. If you wanna try this place once, sure. Go ahead. If you are a Bengali, "ghore ja banye che, ota ei khe ney". I'm definitely not coming back. [The food is still making me sick, What a waste of Rs1600]

Went for tasting Bengali cuisine. We relished fish and prawn Location is a bit inside But I absolutely Recommend to try

They basically serve various types of Bangladeshi Dishes. Food quality is super. But one thing i did not like the qualtity, it is very very much less . Specially for rice items . Even the rice quantity is not enough for an adult person. They serve chickn and mutton items in 3 piece each plate. So if you want to share one plate in two you can't. Atmosphere is decent.

It is one of the famous restaurants in Kolkata when it comes to authentic Bengali cuisine. Recently my friends hosted my Aiburovat there. They ordered vetki paturi mahavoj thali for me. There was Rice, Pulao, Dal, jhuri ALU vaja, Lau chingri, vetki paturi, Mutton, chatni, papad, misti doi and salad. The quantity of Rice and Pulao both were abundant. I liked the taste of the pulao, it was balanced not the regular extra sweet one types. I loved the taste of the lau chingri. That exhibited precision in the art of cooking. The vetki paturi was made with fresh fish and the size of the piece was really good as well as the whole preparation. Moving to the mutton, the slow-cooking technique employed was evident in the breakdown of collagen fibers in the mutton. This meticulous process allowed for the infusion of spices, creating a complex flavor profile and a tender texture. Chatni was an okay type but there was something wrong with the papads. It seemed that those were not well fried. I enjoyed the misti doi also. Overall the thali was more than enough for one person. One thing that was less average was the straberry lassi. It was extremely sweet and tasted awful. The ambience of the restaurant was pretty good but a bit congested. The service was great they even allowed us to sit and wait for almost 1 hour for one of my friends. But remember one thing they don't offer any special arrangements of any occasion. They also serve mini and medium thalis.

Looking for Bengali food near Esplanade?__ this is the one. Kasturi offers some fresh and quality Bengali food at moderate prices. This outlet is located around 15-20mins walk from Esplanade and also at a 10mins walk from Park street. Coming to food we tried their fish cutlets with mustard sauce (cutlets contained pure Bhetki fish) which costed around 180rs and were great. We also tried kochupata diye chingri (kasturi special and a highly recommend dish), polao and chicken duckbunglow (another recommended one). At last we tried their mocktails which was quite refreshing. However, this outlet having a limited capacity of seats offers a waiting area. The management of resturant is quite good.

Love their environment. Food taste was so far so good

Authentic Bengali food at a reasonable price. I won't tell that the price was cheap but it is not that expensive. They have huge variety of items and all the items I had were fresh.