Sumeet Arora ( Foodie.From.Kolkata )
+4
This 1 restaurant always make me nostalgic coz couple of decades back when there were no malls lik every kolkata family we had only options of esplanade and park street so with family used to go there in those cubical to enjoy some real lip-smacking non veg my dad used to say how he used to eat there after movies every Sunday on his bachelors days almost 38 + yr back.
Went there several times since my childhood....Had their Laccha Paratha & Panner Butter Masala which is very much good in taste.....Ambience is very nice....Will try to visit again......🙏🙏
I came here so many times that I forget. My father introduced us to this hidden gem. I have tried their chicken tandoori, chicken bharta,chicken do pyaza, chicken reshmi butter masala, chicken butter masala, chicken biryani , chicken fried rice, egg fried rice etc etc. Special mention goes to their chicken fried rice. I am sure guys you have never tried this Indianised version of fried rice. I recommend you guys to try their fried rice because it is tastier than their biryani. Biryani is alright but not that grand. Well last time when I had their biryani they provided us 2 chicken leg pieces.💛. Plus its a pocket friendly family restaurant with well arranged seating arrangements. The staffs are very courteous.
Loved it! Heaven for budget foodies like me! A small restaurant, with the old kolkata feel, complete with personal cabins, awesome service and ofcourse, great food in low price range! We had a chicken item and masala kulchas. Lip-smacking! The waiters are friendly and courteous!
Saptorshi Chatterjee
+3.5
Mutton Biryani
Chicken Kashmiri
Tandoori Ruti and
Salad from Anarkali
Food was really good. Ambience is very average. Pocket friendly budget restaurant in the camera goli. Nearest metro station is Esplanade.
25-June-2017 Sunday
total nostalgic place. used to hang out for dinner here during my college days. chicken tandoori butter masala and kulcha is a must have. love coming here every time I visit Kolkata
It's just an amazing place for have a lunch.Me and my family went this place for a day per month .It was like a Mughals feeling and also dedicated the film "Anarkali".Not only the Biryani and non-vegetarian dishes ar so delicious but also the veg dishes ar so good .A very effective thing to know that it's cost effective restaurant .
I still remember those days when we use to shop at New Market and have our dinner at this very restaurant. Located at the famous Metro gully, this place serves awesome North Indian Punjabi dishes.
Recently visited this place, ordered Chicken double leg Butter Masala , Mutton Keema and Butter Naan. I'm amazed they still serve the same quality unlike other old restaurants of Calcutta which has deteriorated in terms of sheer quality.
Quite a popular and equally aged restaurant in the heart of our city, Esplanade. I've visited here for the first time and rejoiced as I found such a restaurant. This place mainly provides North Indian Dishes and has two types of seating arrangement i e, 6 seater tables on one side and 2-4 seater tables on the other side behind Curtains. The food quality is good and quantity is "sufficient" compared to its pocket friendly prices. They don't take much time to provide food after its being ordered. Now, let's come to food we've ordered...
Tandoori Roti- 4/5
Butter Roti- 4.5/5
Chicken Do Piyaza- 5/5
Mutton Kassa- 4.5/5
Last but not least, the service was impressive. The waiters were always ready with the menu card and a warm smile in their face. 🙂
Well this a very popular food joint located in Esplanade.The menu comprises mainly north indian cuusine and the speciality out here is perhaps the biriyani among others.I had the biriyani along with tandoori roti and chicken tangdi masala.The Biriyani was perfect and fit to be included among the best biriyani in our City of Joy.The tandori roti served hot felt equally good in tastebuds with the tangdi masala.The service is quick and the staff is eveready with the menu card and a smile.so Friends who are hanging out in Esplanade a little outing in Anarkali would make your time more memorable...Sujata Manna
It's a very old restaurant in esplanade, easy to find the location.
They have big family tables for 6 on one side as we enter and a table for 2 or 4 on the other side, with curtains.
We ordered a biryani, tandoori roti and chicken reshmi butter masala.
The order arrived after 10 mins. They had given an egg in the biryani.
The biryani tasted good. The pieces were full. The tandoori roti was the usual one.
The chicken item was disappointing though. It didn't have proper taste. The pieces were charred and the gravy lacked proper amount of spices.
The service was good and staff were courteous.
Awesome taste... living upto its name ... an old restaurant situated just near esplanade metro entrance... but the aroma of the dishes and the huge crowd it pulls is totally justified... very low maintenance of ambience though..
Located in the famous metro gully this place will surely remind you old kolkata scenario.They still have cabins.Though this place is shady and it's popular because of it's previous goodwill but I must say they serve good foods still now.
Service-service it promt & attentive
Tandoori kebab-it was good enough & tasty
Chicken butter masala-Perfectly cooked chicken in more delightful gravy
Tandoori roti-soft & tender.
Masala kulcha-good enough
Kulfi-pure delicacy served with or without faluda as per your choice.My recommendation is kulfi without faluda.
This place is pocket friendly so you can give it a try.
After watching alauddin khilji gorging on succenlent meat, we went in full beast mode and were in no mood for a dainty chinese restaurant. What we needed was fulfilling North indian without any frills. So if you don't care about the niceties just head to this place and don't miss ordering their mutton masala and naan. For starters definitely don't miss out the amazing chicken tandoori. Good food, no bull.
This is a restaurant which is associated with many happy memories of my childhood. Located inside the famous metro gully of Esplanade this is also a hidden gem as per my opinion. From my childhood we used to visit this restaurant after every shopping spree. The food is wonderful. Chicken Curry everyone should try with Tandoori Roti. The age old waiters are quick and wonderful. Actually this is a restaurant that is only known to the old Kolkata crowds who crave best taste at a reasonable price. Not many people know about this place and many will not even enter by the looks of it. But if u are in the vicinity and want some Mughlai cuisine of old kolkata days then this is the place. In my mind it can compete with big names like Royal and Shiraz. But that's my opinion. Visit this place and share your thoughts. Cheers!!
I have been visiting this restaurant since my childhood.It is one of the best restaurant at low cost.Low cost but high on quality.Food is very good here.
The abience and atmosphere is not at all up to the mark. The biriyani is cheap but not heavenly. Won't recommend anyone making it a first choice.it can be an option though.
It's the Calcutta of the late 70s a young lad is drawn by a powerful music tune emanating from the Opera House at Lindsay street in esplanade. Unable to contain the urge he goes on to purchase a gramophone record of it from the symphony beside metro cinema in esplanade. This leads him to his usual repertoire the bylanes of metro gully where he finds Anarkali. The reason I am telling this story because this what you seek here. 4decades later this young lad's daughter visits the same Anarkali tucked in metro gully. While the Opera House and metro has lost the gully is rife with visitors and so is Anarkali. The daughter and her friend tries out the age old mutton Biriyani (which comes with an aloo, egg and 2pieces of mutton) and chicken tikka kebab. The parallel universe lies hidden in our taste buds. In some restricted pockets of the world time has stopped traveling. The decadent Anarkali is that constant in time.
It is one of the oldest restaurants in town. You can understand that once you step in because the decor highlights the Mughal Era. But don't let the decor and ambience confuse you because their food is the best. Their North Indian delicacies are to die for. Try out their chicken butter masala with butter naan. For desserts you can go for kulfi. It is extremely pocket friendly and the amount is generous.
This restaurant is located beside the bi lane of Symphony music stores, esplanade. This lane is popularly known as "Metro Gully".
Anyway lets come to the point.
Today I have visited here with a friend and we ordered Chicken Tandoori, Mutton Masala with keema, Mutton Liver Masala with keema, tandoori rooti.
Food taste is avarage. But service is good and the staffs are well behaved. Moreover another pocket friendly restaurant in Kolkata. Make a visit here at least once.
Cheap, clean, well behaved servers , good food in short a no nonsense place.
I tried their chickn chilly fry which was basically a punjabi dish getting married to a chinese. Lip smacking.
They serve fresh tandoori rotis too.
For dessert i had their kulfi.. Not too sweet yet well balanced.
They have family cabin type seating arrangements which is rare these days.
Food quality: Standard
Food quantity: Satisfactory
Ambience: Outdated
Price: Very reasonable (₹200/person approx.)
You can try: Chicken kabab butter masala
Overall Remarks: Kam paiso mein accha khana!
just went their with mah gf.... we ordered butter nun, laccha paratha, chic.reshmi butter masala and chic.biriyani. Nun was average; laccha paratha was fine, biriyani was too good,it had a superb flavour..but reshmi butter masala stealed the show, those juicy chicken pieces were just heaven nd we were charged just 355/- ; GST added. An awesome restaurent with good food, courtious staffs and decent ambience.will visit again for sure.
The place has casual ambience. But the food is too good. It is cheap as well as comes in great quantity. I would suggest you to try the kulfi. It's the best.
This place is one of the oldest joints of Esplande situated at the Metro Gali.
If you are in Calcutta and looking for place which would offer great food and at the same time won't burn your pocket,this is the place.
Ambience is good.They have a bit old fashioned sitting arrangments with cabins,and old chair tables.
The place serves one of the best Biriyani. I love visiting this place for Biriyani.The Chicken/Mutton pieces are also good.
The Chicken dishes were good.
For starter we had ordered Chicken Reshmi Kebab.It was lip-smacking.There were 6 medium sized pieces of kebab which were super tasty.
For the main course we had ordered Chicken Biryani which had 2pieces of Chicken.The best part is pricing here is kept reasonable.
The staffs behaviour and service was really nice,as was the food.
Pocket pinch : 600 for two. Plus no taxes.
Those who haven't tried this place yet please do try.
Really good food!! Price also reasonable. Service is also good.
Really enjoyed their chicken bharta and Reshmi kabab. Will definitely visit again.
Good place to have dinner or lunch. Foods are priced at reasonable rate. Pocket friendly place to spend time and eat. Decoration of the restaurant is retro style and a nice place to have a quick stop.
Anarkali is one of the oldest restaurant in this area. Their food is really good. The restaurant is located in Metro gali which was the Camera hub of West Bengal.
Anarkali have small cabins type places inside to give you privacy. Their interior js reteo.
Food is appriciable. Biryani is really good. I also had their Chicken Tandoori which was fantastic.
AnarKali restaurant is located at Esplanade near Metro cinema.
Ambience is nice with ample sitting arrangements.
Staffs are nice with prompt service.
Tried Butter naan, aloo dum, Chicken butter masala & Bundi Raita.
Butter naan was nicely made and was soft.
Aloo dum had thick tasty gravy and well cooked.
Chicken butter masala was very tasty, rich & flavourful.
Raita was nice too.
Pocket pinch is reasonable.
A decent place to dine in.
Food: I ordered non-veg dishes here as I heard a lot about them as legend.
1. Chicken Tikka Masala
2. Mutton Liver Masala
Both of the dishes were superb and very authetic.
Tried both of them with butter nan. No doubt, that was the best combination..
Considering the cheap price I'll not give much of my talk to the ambience here.
People come here just to eat , plain as that.!!!
Service was good. The waiters were good mannered and well in uniform.
If you are hungry and looking for some heavy fooding without paining your pocket much.. This is another great place to go...
Situated in an area bustling with people....Quite economical...Food is satisfactory..... Try the punjabi food items.The biryani and mughlai items in this place is average but the stand out dishes have to be chicken tandoori and the variety of naan the reataurant serves.Their butter chicken and chicken do piazza along with their super soft butter naans are my favorite. Order anything and I can guarantee they won’t disappoint you
A vintage restaurant in Kolkata in the metro galli. Try the punjabi food items.The biryani and mughlai items in this place is average but the stand out dishes have to be chicken tandoori and the variety of naan the reataurant serves. I have tasted tandoori chicken in many places in India including Moti Mahal, Delhi which claims to be the inventor of the dish but personally I found this dish of Anarkali at par with the best. Perfectly spiced and full of flavours. The coolfi faluda is also pretty good here.
It was one of my family friends who first introduced me to ‘Anarkali’ way back in 1998. Situated in a lane right next to the Iconic ‘Metro Cinema’ on Chowringhee Road, you can easily give it a miss if you are not a True fan.
The food joint is quiet old and caters to its patrons for decades. Try anything and everything and you won’t be disappointed. The numerous visits that I have made here since 1998 has left me asking for more and more. Their butter chicken and chicken do piazza along with their super soft butter naans are my favorite. Order anything and I can guarantee they won’t disappoint you
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This one of the best places for biriyani lovers. The preparation is perfect. Also one must try the special koolfi here. The ambiance is very comfortable.
Surja Chakrabarty Tithi
+3.5
Pocket friendly restaurant with good quantity of food...
We ordered egg fried rice, chicken tikka butter masala and butter tandoori roti. All were good in taste and have enough quantity 😊
I visited this place today with one of my friend after purchasing camera for a nearby store. I have heard about this place before and it came out of nowhere between camera shops.
The inside had a look of Old restaurant and is divided into small chambers which can accommodate 2 people.
The food was good. We too Mutton and Chicken Biryani having 2piece of Mutton and Chicken each. But the biryani has too much oil in it andI can say it was just satisfactory.
The Chicken dishes were good. The Tandoori Chicken was fantastic.
At the end we tried the curd and it was good too.
A good place at affordable price. Recommend.
Have beet here for a few time. Entrance of the restaurant is really very bad. It is in a small, narrow gully. Ambience is also below average but I like their food quality. They serve very good biryani, I must admit. In the end they serve pan masala in a beautiful Pandoras box sort of thing, and I like that thing. This place can be visited if you u have a hungru stomach and light wallet.
a really old food joint with not flashy decor. Its like the restaurant has not moved with time ( and thats its biggest advantage ) awesome delicacies with back dated prices that are easy on the pocket !
This place in famous metro galli... I tried their chicken korma which was too good... Butter roti was also good... But the best part was the tangri kebab... Juuicy chicken... The behaviour of the waiters very nice...
Visited this place on 28.06.2016.. It is located inside the famous "metro gali".. Not at all difficult to find.. The restaurant has two sections - an ac section and a non-ac section and both the sections has cabins along with normal dining place.. We opted for the ac section... The ambience was very cosy and comfortable.. Neither too dim nor too light.. It was just perfect.. Now coming to food our order comprised of a starter and main course..
For starter we had ordered CHICKEN RESHMI KEBAB.. It was lip-smacking.. There were 6 medium sized pieces of kebab which were super tasty... Though i missed the mint dip...
For the main course we had ordered CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA ans TANDOORI ROTI.. The chicken tikka masala has 5 medium sized tikka kebab in a rich and tasty butter masala gravy.. It was very tasty and went well with tandoori rotis..
The service was promt and pocket pinch was light.. :-)
Dis iz very old restro and one of the most famous restro of esplnd... i love all der foods spcly der chicken bharta which iz amazing........
Pocket friendly restaurant for decent quality North Indian food.
Another popular place for Kolkatan biriyani. I enjoy this biriyani from my childhood, even 1st time having taste of biriyani at this place. Place is big and nostalgic. Food quality is awsm.
With a vintage ambience at the beautiful heritage esplanade area, this restuarant which comes in both non ac and ac is perfect to give a try atleast once. Good food is guaranteed.
Been here multiple times. Very pocket friendly. And the quality of the food is also good, not to mention the quantity. A very good option for giving treats to people. Or bring friends. There are cabins, so you can come in duos too!
Arindam Sinhamahapatra
+3.5
Pocket friendly restaurant for decent quality North Indian food.
LOCATION: 'Metro gali' - narrow, congested,Street hawkers dominated lane beside metro cinema hall. Near to M M photography shop (famous among photographer)
AMBIENCE: Old place with wide sitting arrangement. Both AC and non AC sections are there. In non AC section you may have to share your table with unknown people. They also have cabin section for family. Still the ambience is not good,rather shabby.
SERVICE: Most of the staffs are experienced and prompt in their service. They want tips. Some young staffs are not apt in service.
FOOD: Traditional north Indian foods, tasty but much oily. No experiment with food. Chicken butter masala (2 leg pieces) mutton korma, keema mutton (oily) are good option with nun or kulcha. Biriyanis are average.
They also serve lassi and firni.
I went to anarkali after a decade.. Food is tasty.. It contains good amount of oil and spices to ignite your taste buds.. The century old etched glass with anarkali on the lap of salim is an added attraction.. It's good that such resturants have maintained their standards of good and bad...we ordered dal fry , keema mutter , roti and salad .. Food was served hot..quantity was enough for two grown up hungry men., The waiters are attentive .. The pinch on pocket was only rs 280/-., long live anarkali restaurant..
Another late night eatery hidden within the bowels of Esplanade.
Went there at midnight...ordered a tandoori chicken,chicken tarka, chicken korma and roomali Rotis. Also had a glass of lassi.
The food was good...the kind of greasy food that simply invites you to dig in. The lassi was okayish...we wanted to have their much-raved about kulfi but it was over.
Nominal taxes if you sit in the ac section. Good service. They still have those old-fashioned cabins.
Nice for hunger pangs late at night.
Anarkali was my favorite destination in my college days. It's tasty and very pocket friendly too.
Located at the metro gali this place is quite a popular one among the students in my days even family crowd used to be regular there.
They make awesome Punjabi dishes ..
-> Chicken Tandoori
Chicken tikka masala
Chicken butter masala
Chaps and butter nans and rotis are the items to order and enjoy.
The sitting arrangements might be a little awkward as it's a little dim and shabby one . also the location is a bit clumsy one but it's really good. Dnt knw the present situation here but it will remain one of fav in the city :)
Anarkali is one my favourite hotels ........ The moghlai dishes chicken moghlai and chicken do pyaza is just awesome.... Best place if the main constraint is moghlai dishes
This is one of the favourite restaurants of my dad. Been here a number of times when I was younger. Now though continental and Chinese food are my main focus, still this restaurant has a special place. It's good in its price range. Good to know that they don't compromise in quality and quality for their price range.
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A good number of my friends are great photographers and like all good photographers, visiting Metro Gully is a must-do. Its the narrow lane just beside the Metro Cinema Hall (now closed) in esplanade area.
Now, the lane is full of street hawkers selling different items ranging from imported (mostly fraud) shoes to expensive (mostly original) cameras and lenses. Its this lane, which has got a strict grey-market feel attached to it and probably the reason why some people love to roam around there than in swanky malls.
Now coming down to the point, last time when we went, it was almost lunch time and we had to find out a place and we were fed up of CCD.
Just then, somebody suggested this place called Anarkali Restaurant. Its a shabby looking place, let me be quite honest, which is running for more than 50 years. And, here, please don;t get panicked if some unknown person suddenly comes and shares your table. Its the standard norms here- nothing to get hyper about.
Whatever, as we always do, rather than tasting my knowledge (which mostly betrays me), I asked the waiter “Dada, what can we have which is spicy and slightly dry ….. ” and he served us the 2 dishes, which still today I feel are the best that the joint could’ve offered. He offered me plain tandoori Roti, mutton keema matar and Chicken Fry chilly. Frankly, I was a little taken aback with the name. Chicken fry chilly ( I mean WTF). But then the dishes arrived. Like any good place, they offer hot rotis one by one. The keema Matar@ 115/- is a still and can easily be shared among 2 persons. And we ordered for the chicken fry chilly (half)@ 140/-, which the waiter told us would be enough for 3 persons, when combined with rest of the order. And, it was delicious. Fried succulent chicken pieces tossed in a brown gravy (spiced with tomato sauce and chilly sauce) and tampered with slit green chillies. Even as I am writing this, frankly, i am longing for this. We are not very sure how many rotis we had with this beauty- but we were bowled out- clearly.
Ok, being a bong, we were bound to end up with something sweet, and thus had the Kulfi-Falooda. Its good but frankly, after the chicken, nothing could really match.
So, all in all, definitely a recommendation for the friends going to Metro Gully and the office crowd near that area. For the “sophisticated” guests, take-away might be a better option.
Dr. Tathagata Bhattacharya
+3.5
If u r hungry at 1 am and want some really good Indian Food ...this place is for u
They r open till about 1 :30 in the night.
Its located in the Camera Goli...right next to Metro Cinema Hall.
Try their Chicken Fri Chilly @230...its good enuf for 3 ppl.
They also have an A.C area...and u can easily get a ride back to ur home by taxi.
Not bad.. Old and quaint place.. The Biriyani tastes good, but the meat was rock hard. Their best thing has to be their Brain masala which is rich but extremely tasty.. Recommended only for the Brain Masala...
Awesme food specially itz brain masala , tandoori chicken , bharta and biryani...will visit it again soon .... Cheers to north indian food....
It is located at metro cinema goli.I have been there for 3 times.biriyani is good also have good north Indian foods.space is small.but not so cleaned at all.
Pritish Roy Chowdhury
+3.5
This being a really old place you just cant complain about the interiors or the ambience but the dim lights and peaceful ambience in this busy area does the charm. Food is pretty good as per the price and service is also good. Staff are nice. Special koolfi is my favourite. Pretty much whatever you order tastes good.
When ever I'm out with my family we dine here...The restaurant is located in a bit odd place in the "Metro Ally" but the food is good.
The naan and Tandoori roti is worth trying and Mix veg quality have literally gone down as it use to be 3-4 yrs ago but the butter chicken reshmi masala is worth try...and after a heavy meal its always good to end with an lassi or their special Kulfi!!!
Anarkali Is A Restaurant Near Paradise Cinema Hall Both Maximum 40 Years Old After Watching Aashiqui 2 On 16-05-2013 We Have Gone To Anarkali To Had Our Dinner We Had Tandoori Roti Aloo Dum And Matar Paneer. Hmm Yummy. #THANKYOUDAD. #LOVEYOUSOMUCH. #WORLD'SGREATESTDADEVER.
Tasty food at very reasonable price. Awesome place to curb hunger pangs after extensive shopping at new market. Loved its veg biryani. Looking forward to visit again
Located in the bylanes of esplande is this restaurant still serving up the old world mughlai charm. Although the place is not modernly decorated but the good food makes up for it. Pocket friendly and sumptuous. Definitely recommended.
Pocket friendly and nice food..
Lassi, kulfi and faluda is very good... In fact awesome..
Ambiance is not so great but food quality is nice..
Anarkali amazed me. I went there one summer evening. The moment I stepped in,it felt as if I have entered a world away from the busy one we are used to. The ambience exudes the flavour of a bygone world -quaint and slow in mood and movement. The lights were dim and yet the place was not dark. From where we sat,I could see a mirror with the engraving of a Mughal woman with a rose. It was beautiful. People are very hospitable here as fits the Nawabi mizaj. They are cordial and well-mannered. We ordered Chicken Kashmiri and Masala Kulcha, To say the food was delicious would be praising it less.The Biriyani was a little dry,but then again we prefer our Biryani rich in spices,so it is a personal choice. And finally,arrived the dish that stole our heart/stomach!!! It was the Faluda Kulfi.It was so good that the two of us ordered 3 Kulfis!An out of the world ending to a foodgasmic journey.
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