Reviews Desher Khabar

This is quite an old sweet shop in the Kalighat area. I had their Pantua and Kaju Barfi once. Price was reasonable enough. Sweet quality was also good and fresh. Service was quick.

Been there since I was a kid. Kachuri and alur torkari or singhara or the n number of sweets to meet your cravings. They have recently added a set of new flavours to their doi collection and they taste just great too.

As someone who has grown up on sweets and samosas from here I accept to be completely biased towards this place. They have the yummiest samosas or should I say shingara, since it's the proper Bengali aloo affair ( during winters cauliflower makes an appearance too) this gets sold out within an hour or two from when they fry it in the evening.
The kachoori sabzi is amazing and one those things that we would get on Sundays when mom was too busy to make lucchis.
Among the misthis, everything is good. My favourite being milk cake; which mom would take to my sister when she was in Bombay. The kacchagola, sandesh, Rosogolla are all fabulous. Their Gujias are the right amount of soft and what we would get on Fridays as shini. Their misthi doi is good as well, though I would suggest going for the small cups.
Overall if you want a proper Bengali sweet shop this is the place.

This is very small sweet shop situated in chetla road. Sweet lovers must visit this place. I really love their Rasogolla , sorbhaja. Sweets were very fresh & yummy. Affordable sweet shop in kolkata.
Taste: 5/5
Quality: 4.5 /5
Price: 4/5
Service: 4/5

It's located more in the Chetla locality. The Luchi with Aloor Torkari is just so good. I even love the Gurer Rossogolla and Taalshaash Sandesh. They are just so good. Fingers lickin' good. Happy Dining! :)

Not just for food this place is also a very important Landmark for Chetla .
They have gulab jamuns and rasagullas to kill for .
Also try the Singara .I like it much .
Very contemporary and old shop so it basically stores the taste of Bengali heritage :)

This is a sweet shop that I have been frequenting since last few years, Desher Khabar is a landmark at Chetla and it is extremely prominently located and noticeable. The place still serves as a meeting point for people and still retains the old world charm of ancient orthodox Bengali sweet shops! The place has got the exteriors revamped a bit (like their name board) in last few years, rest everything remains as it is. Though the place sells decent sweets but I would say it has got no trademark item for which it can be termed as famous. It is frequented mainly because of its prominent location and consistent quality.

LOCATION - - - - - The place is located at Chetla right at the corner of a crossing that leads to Chetla Agrani Club (if you take left turn from Desher Khabar). This prominent sweet shop can be reached easily from Rashbehari crossing if you go straight towards Chetla Bridge; just cross the bridge and keep moving (for a few meters) till you find the shop on your left.

AMBIANCE - - - - - The place has got no touch / feel of modern sweet shops and has nothing much to talk about. Sticking to the old structure / furniture and old mosaic flooring surely makes you feel like you are in a time warp, but then it is always good to embrace a change if that change is for good. Ambiance of Desher Khabar today is no match to the ambiance of popular sweet shops like Banchharam, Balaram Mullick or even Kamdhenus, and that’s not very commendable.

FOOD - - - - - We usually have Kachori, aloo sabzi and jalebi from this place in the morning hours on Sundays along with some sweets like freshly prepared Sandesh, Rasagolla, Malpua, etc. What I like best from this place is their Rasagolla, infact I believe they prepare the best Rasagollas in the area which are very soft, big, reasonably priced, pleasant to taste and not at all chewy. The freshly prepared Sandesh are also great and you can surely go for them once you are here at this shop. Also the jalebis are good, kachori-sabzi is very average though. Sadly they don’t have any signature sweet dish here. I haven’t tried their Mishti Doi but their Malpuas are good enough and are not too overtly sweet. Overall the sweets taste good, and the standard is maintained more or less all throughout the year.

SERVICE - - - - - Service is prompt and orders are served in proper sequence. Persons at the shop are pleasant order-takers. Needless to mention, only cash is accepted at this place.

OVERALL - - - - - Now here are some points of concern maybe - sticking to this old ambiance and environment surely is hampering the hygiene factor which is quite evident these days. So renovation and restructuring is required if they want to stay alive in this competitive market and if they want to grow. Innovation of sweets and food items is another stuff which is missing here that should be taken up aggressively. As of today, the place serves nice sweet items at reasonable price but then that only makes them an ordinary sweet shop, nothing more than that. Also since the area has no other better sweet shop, this place still draws loads of crowd. The place can really do well / keep growing in the coming days if the reviews and criticisms are taken positively and worked upon.

Cheers!

One of the oldest & best sweet shops in Chetla. Am seeing it ever since I was born & moved to Chetla. The shop which also acts as a toad direction to my home. 😆😆
The sweets are awesomely tasty (though I am not a lover of sweets being a Bong), I love alu torkari & kochuri which they make in the evening as snacks. Yummy.