Reviews Babumosai

Name: Babumosai
Address: Raghukul Nagari, Pune, Maharashtra, I-411007
Telephone: 25811202
Rating: 70

Randeep Bhatti

This is an old place for outstanding bengali sweets.
Chamcham is simply amazing.

one month ago

Souvik Ghoshal

What excites me is the availability of typical Bengali spices, ghee, bori in Khadki area. Quality of sweet is good, Sunday special dalpuri is great. Availability of bengali magazines are like cherry on top.

3 months ago

Swati

Please start home delivery orders.

11 months ago

Simple Recipes

This place is for authentic sweets, Bengali spices, and Bengali puja materials.Sweets are delicious and you can get original Bengali taste and flavor.Food quality is good.No sitting arrangements available here.Follow me on Instagram:food_camera_life

Apr 07, 2019

Nirupama Kondayya

I love desserts and who doesn't love Bengali desserts really? I was looking for an authentic place nearby and this popped up. Totally worth the 8 kms away from home. Lurve their Nolen Goorer Rosogolla and Mishti Doi. Please go and have everything at this little shop! Don't go by the size of the shop, they have amazing desserts!

Oct 11, 2018

Sumit Shah

+3.5

The go to place for authentic Bengali Samosa ( singhada).
This place is authentic Bengali sweets and provide really great rossolgulla. You find mustard sauce and what not straight from kolkata side.

Dec 24, 2017

Archisha Tripathi

+3.5

I have got a sweet tooth and if I ever cross a sweets shop I stop by,so guess I did not need a reason to stop by here and give it a try. First of all the shop's name is quite a attention seeker, then comes the menu, the pronunciation of all is very sweet that you wanna try all. I tried Gopal bhog, roll chom chom, rosagolla obviously. I dnt know how the Bengali sweets actually taste but if they had made it that way then yes its a must try.

Nov 30, 2017

Mayur

+3.5

This is a place that provides Bengali sweets, tried the Nolen Goorer Rosgulla, they were nice, not at par to what I tasted in Kolkata. I felt the prices are way too high. The staff is not that open about letting the customers know about the delicacies they selling, won't give you information until you ask persistently.

Oct 08, 2017

Anshul Sharma

+3.5

A small sweet shop which offers bengali sweets and snacks.
Now coming down to the reason I visit this place every sunday, Radhaballavi. Lightly stuffed radhaballavi, deep fried to perfection, served with potato/bengal gram curry. Curry has a mild sweet taste to it, but it goes well together.
It costs Rs60 for 1 plate which serves 2 radhaballavi. PS - Radhaballavi is available only on Sundays. So plan your visit accordingly.

Taste - 3/5
VFM - 5/5

Oct 01, 2017

Shyamananda Kangsabanik

+3.5

Nice delicious bengali sweets. Selling other bong products also... But PRICE are much higher according to the size of sweets. Anyways In pune bengali sweets have to be costlier.

Sep 17, 2017

Milind Rijhwani

+3.5

The Rosogollas were really yummy. Gulped almost 4 to 5 of them. When asked for parcel they stated they don't provide plastic bag that really nice. But the sweet is packed in a plastic bag and given in a paper bag. The only issue is staff has a bit of attitude while serving.

Sep 07, 2017

Sushmita Choudhury

+4.5

The MISTI doi is awesome guys must try, for breakfast radhapollobi is good must visit please one stop shop Bengali sweets.u get a good Bengali sweets and snacks

Jul 30, 2017

Kanishka Kamat

Super soft...melt in mouth rassogullas. Bengali sweets have finally found their mark in Pune. A wide range of products are displayed at this outlet. Go for the rassogullas soaked in jaggery. It's to die for!!

Jun 06, 2017

FoodShashtra

+3.5

Hey Folks,

Babu Moshai - two words made famous back in the day by the infamous classic hit movie 'Anand'. Since then it has become a cliched way to call out or refer Bengali males. I think it is a smart move by the owners to name their shop as such and thus attract attention.

So as the name suggests, this is a sweet shop which offers Bengali sweets mostly. Like all sweet shops, you can order by piece or more. You can also buy some traditional Bengali items like Kasundi, some Bengal achchars, chanachur, etc.

I tried quite a few of the sweets, the one with the gur (jaggery) was a stand out. However, the veg chop was served cold, which was not cool of the place. The man behind the counter was anyway concentrating too much on Kapil Sharma to notice the cold food.

The variety, being a small shop, is also limited.

But, that being said, it is a safe haven to get your hands on some delicious Bengali sweets, if you crave for it.

Located next to Aaoji Khaoji in Aundh Khadki road, you cannot miss it.

Taste -4/5
Variety in sweets - 3/5
VFM - 4/5

Cheers !!

Mar 29, 2017

Souvik Chakraborty

+4.5

Located at Ambedkar chowk its a Perfect one stop destination for all kinds of bengali sweets.
Nolen gurer roshogolla and kheerkodom are delicious.

Feb 16, 2017

Dhrub Dey

+3.5

Everything is way too expensive but not much options in pune for good bong shop.
Try radhaballavi on Sunday.
You can get all kind of Bengali food here

Dec 02, 2016

Kaushik Chug

+3.5

If you are a rusgulla fan, you got to try this.

Ideally I review a particular place on basis of service food and ambiance , but since that's nothing concerned here id just like to review one product of this place which draws me closer every time.

There are two types of rasgullas served here. The normal ones are great. Soft and nicely cooked. However my colleagues made me try the ones made in jaggery and it stole my heart . Since then I've been eating the same every time and it's magical. Worth a visit for the jaggery rasgullas

Nov 19, 2016

Ashutosh Chavan

+3.5

One of the best places to get Bengali Sweets in Bopodi - Ambedkar Chowk. This place is more than just a sweet shop.... you can get all sorts of Pickles and Masalas for Bengali cuisine. My personal fav item is Zhaal Mudi Masala that I buy from this place. And the Rasgullas are just huge and mind blowing...

Sep 28, 2016

Nabamita Saha

This sweet shop is adefinition of being bangali....! In Bengali we have a saying "juto shelai theke chondipath" which refers to a person who can do everything from being a cobbler to a priest , this shop has everything a Bengali person needs to feel at home ! This is not just a sweet shop , it has the bangali flavour in every nook and corner of the shop. I had almost five to six types of mishti , 2 shingara(not samosa) , 1 vegetable chop ! I was content to the fullest !

Sep 04, 2016

Ananda Bhaumik

+3.5

The first thing you have to be careful is about the freshness of the food. Most of bengali sweets are milk products and they may get stale pretty soon.

If you get the fresh sweet and you savour for bengali sweets, you will love it.

It is worth trying the bengali samosa and vegetable chop. They make it every evening and tastes good.

Jul 07, 2016

Ashish Kumar

No fancy place but does the thing it is meant for. Authentic bengali sweets. I tried the samosa, rasoolullah and gulab jamun. Taste of rasoolullah was out of this world , the best in Pune of what I had .
Samosa was very good.
Very reasonable pricing. Drop by whenever you are passing by.

Jun 16, 2016

Maanik Anand

Oh just fantastic... Went to a bangali shop for the first time with a bangali friend cum elder brother... N wow amazing... Such distinctive taste in each and every item... Their Kachori aloo such divine taste... They serve it only Sunday by the way... Though the stuff in it was just a lilltle undercooked but the gravy was just awesome... Even had their gud ki MIT hai n yes it wasn't too sweet n just perfect for a punjabi pallette... Then came the red chutney which they probably give samosa n all is just not something to be missed... The guys their are polite n sweet just like their bangali food

Jun 12, 2016

Bibekananda Mohanty

Category - bengali sweets , snacks

Look and ambience - If you are looking for a posh outlet with electronic printers this is not your shop and you are certainly missing a lot. A very humble setting with just the amenities a shop should have.
Not very appealing look wise.

Food - this is taste of Bengal away from home for me and thousands of other migrant bongs. The singara, mishti doi, radha ballavi, chhanar jilipi, plain n gurer rasogalla, etc. Are just awesome. You also get other household commodities ranging from hair oil to masalas.

Price - Moderately expensive. But i don't mind spending for my happiness once a week.

May 20, 2016

Nandysandeep

+4.5

The place for bong sweets and yes everything under one roof you want for your bong kitchen. Sweet were prepared very well tastes great as had been bought from Kolkatta.

May 20, 2016

Subhasish Sarkar

+3.5

Well, first things first. Your wish to taste purely authentic Bengali sweets in Pune ends at BABU MOSHAI MISTI - take my words for that. The last word 'Misti', embedded in the name of the shop, means SWEETS in the Bengali language. But, don't always go by names. Besides selling almost all types of authentic Bengali sweets, which is definitely what they are precisely known for, the Bengali shop also caters to the varying needs and requirements of the Bengali community living in Pune. You will get renowned Bengali magazines, 'PANCHALIs', 'PUNJIKAs' (apologise for using Bengali terms but could not find any other way of expressing them) and varieties of special Bengali foods and spices which are very hard, and in some cases, impossible to find in Pune. The shop is certainly a heaven for the Pune Bengali community.

And, now, an usual detailed, point-by-point review follows.

1. AMBIENCE - Well, not everything about the shop is perfect; the ambience certainly is not. It's definitely not their strength. Well, frankly speaking, there's a complete absence of ambience and that is the undeniable truth.

Some people might argue saying, "so, what's the big deal if BABU MOSHAI MISTI gives a damn care to something called AMBIENCE? They are a shop after all, and not a restaurant/dining place/eatery."

There's absolutely no denying the fact that BABU MOSHAI MISTI is actually a SHOP in real terms of the word. However, I know for sure that people, quite often, try out different tasty and authentic Bengali sweets of theirs at the shop itself. Mostly they are left with no other option but to STAND AND EAT due to the extreme scarcity and/or a total absence of a even a very, very, very basic seating arrangement. And, when you actually have customers trying out your sweets and/or other food items at your shop, does it do any sort of harm if you try and maintain at least a very, very, very basic and decent level of ambience in and around? I believe, no. What that can instead do is to only and only help your cause and business. A good and decent level of ambience is not a choice, but a requirement now a days - whatever business be it; not only food and/or restaurant business. I strongly feel and believe as a customer that BABU MOSHAI MISTI management can and should put in some real efforts to build some sort of good, decent level of ambience.

However, until that really happens, my rating for BABU MOSHAI MISTI's current level of ambience can be a paltry 1 out of a total of 5.

2. CLEANLINESS - Thank God, at least, the level of cleanliness at BABU MOSHAI MISTI is at a much better level as compared to that of their ambience. Their level of neatness, tidiness and cleanliness is sort of OK. However, having said that, there is always a huge room for improvement. In fact, cleanliness and a good ambience are something which are very closely related to each other in a way that a neat, tidy, clean place boasting of a good ambience looks even cleaner, neater and tidier than it actually is. So, if BABU MOSHAI MISTI suceeds in maintaining its current level of neatness, tidiness and cleanlines or exceeds or improves upon it and creates a better level of ambience, then it should appear much, much, much more hygienic and neater, cleaner and tidier than it actually looks now. In short, BABU MOSHAI MISTI definitely strives hard to maintain quite a decent level of neatness, tidiness and cleanliness but a lot more can, should be and needs to be done to make the place and its environment and surroundings more hygienic and cleaner.

My rating of a 3 out of a total of 5 for the CLEANLINESS QUOTIENT.....

3. STAFF AND SERVICE - Nothing special to be mentioned about; the behaviour of the staff-members is usually the type which you would notice typically among the staff-members working in a general shop. In fact, as I have already mentioned previously that BABU MOSHAI MISTI is indeed actually a shop and hence, the typical behaviour of its staff-members is nothing unusual. The staff-members are, in no ways, rude and bad though, mind you. Their service is quite fast, to be very honest and practically, you should be expecting exactly that from a shop like theirs. That's again quite usual. They can always improve - there's always a big room for improvement in these areas for very small shops like theirs.

My rating of 3 out of a total of 5 for their STAFF AND SERVICE.....

4. FOOD - And finally, probably the most important of them all, FOOD...I have already said this previously but would like to reiterate once again - BABU MOSHAI MISTI, for me, is probably the best place in entire PUNE to taste the very best of purely authentic Bengali sweets, Bengali SHINGARAs (we call a SAMOSA 'SHINGARA' in Bengali), Bengali CHOPs and CUTLETs and so on and so forth. Definitely try out their sweets which are made out of KHEJURER GUR (KHEJURER GURER SANDESH, KHEJURER GURER RASOGOLLA) - believe me, they are absolutely heavenly in taste and quality. You can also try out the BENGALI MISHTI DOI. The food tastes great and mark my words when I say this out real loud. The quality is also absolutely fantastic. The quality of the other ready-made and/or packaged food stuffs/food-items is also good.

However, the prices are definitely a bit on the higher side.

My rating of a 3.75 out of a total of 5 for the food.....

So, to summarise all that I have said (and I know that I have said a lot ☺), if u wanna taste purely authentic Bengali sweets, BABU MOSHAI MISTI is the place to rush to.

May 03, 2016

Sonal Shree

+3.5

For people with sweet tooth and a taste for authentic sweets, this is one place that can be explored. Sweets have the absolutely right and balanced blend of ingredients although sometimes, it may be too sweet for a Bengali sweet but then those instances can be forgotten. Must try: mishti doi and samosas other than sweets. And people, please do not go there looking for ambience, just go there for the taste of Bengal! (We have seen some fanciest of sweet shops serving worst items in the name of sweets in Pune!)

Mar 05, 2016

Utsav Sinha

Look no further for authentic Bengali Sweets in Pune.
Their Gur Rosogulla and Misti Doi are highly recommended.

Don't judge the shop by its look and give it a try.

Mar 04, 2016

Samarjit Saha

You will get various type of Kolkata sweets with authentic taste of Bengal. Besides this u will get different Types of pickles and stuffs which are used in Bengali cuisine and not easily available in Pune. BUT the price of each every product is really very very high here.

Feb 07, 2016

Sumon Chatterjee

+3.5

Another hut of monopoly
Quality could be better and uplifted
Added bit customer centricity can prolong the walk and fame both
Options are wide and need a brush up on the overall attire

Jan 31, 2016

Manish Shrivastava

The real taste of Rassogulla, and misti Dahi. Please try the Veg-Cutlet and Samosa as well. The sweets here are at original to their names and at their tastes. Place to visit again and again. A bit costly but, can be paid for the taste that is well MAINTAINED.

Jan 04, 2016

#FoodFrenzy

Authentic bengali sweets and namkeen. Like the bengali version of samosa and puri bhaji. The staff is very courteous and friendly as most bengalis are.

Dec 25, 2015

Firdousi Parvez

+3.5

Being a bengali its hard to subdue the urges of having fresh sandesh and misti doi. So having heard of this place from a teacher, i cundnt resist myself.
I went their with lots of expectation which were partly met.
It was not only a sweet shop, it had alll the unique stuff that a bengali household wud miss in pune. It had daler bodi, kaundi n other stuffs.
Sweet were good not that great variety. still a consolation to a hungy soul! :)

Dec 25, 2015

Sandeep Sharma

This was my second visit to the place and m already a fan of their sweets.
Its an authetic bengali sweet plus snack corner. Not a very big fancy place but definitely very neat and clean place.
Today was a 'kuchh meetha ho jae' day for me, I tried langcha , channar jalebi, lonboga latika and malai pontua. Everything was soo fresh and tasty.
Service is very good, the guy at the counter helped me deciding as there were so many mouth-watering delicacies. I m definately gonna try everything.
On sundays they serve radhabalobi with tarkari which is basically stuffed puri sabzi kind of thing but with a twist of spices.
They also have a range of bengali pickles and other authentic bengali staples. Really a must visit place if u r bong or u r a sweet tooth or u r a foodie n like trying different cuisines.
Cant wait to have radhaballobi for my sunday brunch.

Dec 04, 2015

RAJ SAHA

Visited many a time here. Tasted many items here chop, shingara, mihidana ,radhabollobi etc etc. Shingara and mihidana is just greay. My own very favorite is mihidana. They sometimes sell lemons also gondhoraj which is awesome. Rosogollas are not exactly wat bengalis actually expect. Size is small but for bengalis who dnt get to eat this for them its quite good. They sell grocery items as well but sells at just double the original price. Shingaras and chops are always fresh and they serves hot

Nov 29, 2015

Akshoy Gopalkrishna

+4.5

The place is a very neat revelation. One of the very best place for Bengali sweets in Pune. It will convert a non-sweet tooth to a dedicated and addicted to sweets.

Nov 29, 2015

Sameer Manohar

+3.5

If you are searching for Bengali mishti your search ends here. We found this on zomato and. We gave it a try. We had mishti doi, doodh fuli(I'm not sure if I wrote this correct), rasgulla and sondesh.. All were awesome. Especially to mention rasgullas were really soft n light. Doodh fuli is like ras malai -rasgulla like thing in thick tasty rabdi.. Awesome. Mishti doi was also authentic Bengali doi searved in small matka. A must try sweet. We are going to try other sweets also. Overall great experience.

Nov 23, 2015

SUMAN ROY

Awesome samosa and vegetable chop. Nice sweets specially the gur ones. Reminds me of the taste back home. Other things are double the price though.

Nov 14, 2015

Saurabh Singh

Looks Are Deceptive .... holds true for this place

The type of place it appears from outside no where gives an idea of the kind of sweets they make.

Quite authentic Bengali mithai shop ... Must try for someone who loves sweets. ..

Nov 11, 2015

Vinit Mathur

+3.5

Over priced... Authentic food..
Apart from food n sweets.. The shop offers Bong spices, kashundi, chanachoor, moori laddoo and much more.. The only thing they need to improve is on the varieties of food they offer.. Limited varieties currently..

Oct 18, 2015

Megha Joshi

+3.5

Babu Moshai on Aundh Khadki Road is bengali mithai shop renowned for its sweet bong fare.
It serves a variety of sweets starting from sandesh,rasogulla,malpua,chitrakoot,chamcham and list is never ending. I have been there frequently for rosgullas,Singhara(Bengali Samosa),Radha Bollomi(Luchi and dal). Several sweets made up of jaggery are also stocked by them;Jaggery rosugulla is available.Please taste sweets before ordering for huge quantities to ensure its freshness.Their snacks like singhara and veg chops are very good. Radha Bollomi is available on only sundays.

Shop stock Bengali items like Jhaal moori powder,mustard paste,olive pickle.

A must try place for bengali sweets.

Sep 12, 2015

Kedar Joglekar

+4.5

Upon searching for best Bengali sweets in Pune, this is the top result came up.

I am not (or rather was not) much of a Bengali mithai fan.. before entering this place.

So me and my wife went here in search of best rasagullas and believe me we literally ended up tasting 6-8 different mithais.

Cham cham, Sandesh, Ras malai to name a few.

Apart from sweets the places has various kinds of pickles, vermicelli and papads and so on. I presume these are the local bangla products those are sold here.

Could see some bangla magazines too :)

A must if you are a bong in Pune or anyone who has a sweet tooth.

Sep 09, 2015

Deepak Kumar

really good gurer rosugulla and must try misti doi but no place to sit n enjoy the delicacies,have to carry home.

Aug 17, 2015

Gunesh

Dada,"Bangali misti khabe"...cholo 'Babu Moshai' :)

Yes... d only Bengali sweet shop I know in d vicinity which hav different types of Bengali sweets displayed...hav tried almost all...dey r too good...can't resist frm having half dozen in a row,if I just started tasting dem n found dem fresh...i like d Sondesh, Roshogulla, Gurrer Roshogulla,Chom Chom...Some names even i don't knw :P...born n bought up in pune ;P

Well,Dey also sell Bori...Premium quality Ghee...oil...condiments...spices...different tea powders eg. frm Assam, frm dargeeling, etc etc...

I love 'Sholo Aana' (16 Aana)...its jhaal moori mixture (chiwda like thing)...gr8 combo wid Chai...or wen mixed wid moori.

If visited in d evening ...u can treat urself wid d yummy 'Shingara' basically Samosa...but wat makes it stand apart iz d stuffs used in making d yumm Shingara...its actually different,tasty n just wow...value for money...a small shop but fully loaded :D Keep Rocking ;)

Jul 25, 2015

Tushita Sarkar

+4.5

Probably the only decent place in Pune serving Bengali snacks and sweets,they also serve radha bollobi that's Bengali kochuri served with awesome chana daal,but only available on Sundays...gurer shondesh and rosugullas are a must ! They do serve authentic Bengali ghee,kasundi,bori etc..so almost a one stop shop for bong stuffs !

Jul 17, 2015

Bhavesh

+3.5

Overall: 3.5/5

Food: 4/5

Price: 3.5/5 (270/- for three people)

Ambiance: 2.5/5

Service: 3/5

Been to this place many times but didnt write a review. Went for breakfast today. Its a small shop which is mostly a sweet shop. On Sundays, they serve Radha pollavi. There are other bengali non-food items as well like body oils, tea etc.
RADHABOLLOBI was good. Radha is the puri with little filling of chana dal and BOLLOBI is the gravy of potato with dry mutter. The gravy has mustard taste and very lightly spiced. I liked those things since most of the times restaurants try to add too many spices.

As always, sweets were great. Guder rasogulla is always recommended - its normal rosugulla dipped in jaggery cyrup. Other sweets were mostly fine.

The problem is in cleanliness and basic hygiene. I am not expecting something great from them. But there are too many flies around to make you comfortable. Every now and then, a fly stucks in the machine to kill them with current and it makes a noise. Not a nice experience while you are eating. They have exactly four chairs in the small place.

Order: Radha pollabi, Sandesh, Guder Rasogulla, Kheer-kadam, Kheer-patal, Chhenar jalebi, Lavanglatika(Flacky yellow sweet stitched with clove)
Hits: Guder Rasogulla, Kheer-patal, Chhenar jalebi

Misses: None

Jul 12, 2015

Shrikant Mahalle

Visited after reading review in Pune times.
Bengali Sweet shop in pune all sweets are awesome specialy rasgullas and I don't remember all sweets name but all are must try... like it 😉

Jun 14, 2015

Soham Mukherjee

+4.5

If u r a bong nd u r in pune then this place is a must visit place for u. Though prices are in a bit higher side but this will surely fetch some sweet memories of your birthplace. Dont miss the kachuri on sunday morning.

Jun 05, 2015

Meeta Kumar

+4.5

Gurer Rossogulla.... What a delicate flavor....& Just melts in the mouth!!
Super soft and just the right amount if sweet....HEAVEN!!

Pity ... They were out of stock on the mishti doi?? will drive all the way the next weekend to get it.

Apr 19, 2015

Rano&Sanz

Being a bong we love sweets !! Sweet tooth is an understatement ? . Got to know through one of bong office colleagues about this place and its been heaven since then . Do try out Misthi Doi, Rosogolla, Guder Rosogolla ( Rasgullas in jaggery syrup) and our favourite Kheer Kodom! Only concern for us is the added calories and we have that repentance after enjoying the delicacies .. Off to the swimming pool to burn some calories ?

Apr 19, 2015

DdasedEn

One of the last remaining Bengali food joints in Pune. The samosa is real Kolkata singara. They also sell Bengali speciality items like jharna ghee and Kolkata raw chowmein packets.

Apr 15, 2015

Pratibha Pal

I discovered this place while we were waiting for a friend. It is a very small place, you can almost miss it, what caught my eye was the board - Babu Moshai Misti. I love Bengali sweets, especially the gud waale rasgullas. I picked up the authentic green chilli pickle, moori masala for a friend who is from Kolkatta, two pots of Misti doi and gud ke rasgulle.

Two words for this place - simply brilliant!

Mar 09, 2015

Shree Gadewar

+3.5

All the hype and hoopla that surrounds BabuMoshai is all true. The tiny, nondescript shop in Bengali-dominated Khadki enjoys throngs of people at all times of the day, and night. As soon as you walk into the store, you hear store attendants talk to each other in Bengali. While you salivate at the rows and rows of sinful Bengali sweets, you can't help regret that all the goodies are enclosed in glass cabinets (for good reason - to keep us bhukkads from touching the display counters, lol). By the time you make up your mind on what to devour today, you overhear a couple of customers talking to each other - in Bengali, about what to order. There's something about the Bengali accent, that everyone you see speaking it, seems to talk with so much alacrity and confidence, its almost as if they're imposing an opinion onto whoever it's being addressed to. Its like being transported to Kolkata. I heard about this sweet shop from a co-worker - another Bengali, who would drive 10 kms. every week just for a taste of these authentic sweets. I'd say everything is really good, and priced individually by the piece, which is a good thing. You can take a box of assorted sweets; just about anything that catches your fancy. I particularly like the Rossogolla. I have no words to describe what a mouthful of goodness it is. I also like the Misti Doi. There was one sweet that tasted a bit like a balushahi, but had a distinct cinnamon flavor. I really liked that one too! They also stock packs of fritters (look a lot like Laxmi Narayan Chiwda, except the labels are all in Bengali script). They also stock ready-to-eat pickles and a variety of cooking pastes. On inquiry, I was told that some of the stuff actually comes all the way from Kolkata. Now, that's one place I'd head to often, if I was a Bengali too...even if it were more than 10 kms. every week, hehe!

Jan 08, 2015

Nilanjan Roychoudhury

Its been three months in Pune and i was craving to have Bengali sweets.. Thats when i found this shop, thanks to Zomato and to all the people who have reviewed.. Finally i had my sweets.. The chaanar jilepi and malpuas were delicious.. Hoping to go back soon to taste the other varieties of sweets.

Sep 06, 2014

Abhinav Kumar Rai

Just Brilliant. A brilliant Bengali sweet outlet where you can enjoy genuine Bengali sweets. If you have not tried a Rasogolla made from the hand of a Bengali Halwai then you don't know what is a roasogolla. Babu Moshai Misti is a small outlet which run by Bengali management and they serve genuine Bengali Sweets.
I have tried their Rasogolla and it is just awesome. They have also a raasogolla which is made in Gud. That also tasted brilliant. Prices reasonable. One aspect which I found strange every thing is priced per piece. You can't buy in KG. That part was not very appreciating still in Pune if I can have the best sweet made from milk.
I may be biased but they serve great Bengali sweets.

Sep 01, 2014

Sunil Katre

+3.5

Came to know about this place from an ex colleague who's a Bengali himself. Checked out the place on Zomato and immediately visited the place. Very quaint place on a busy road. Nothing flashy. But eatables although not glamorized like other sweet shops are worth the cash u pay and more. Not very heavy on the pocket. Definitely recommend this place to all of u looking for a taste of authentic Bengali sweets and snacks.

Aug 17, 2014

Mitesh Thakker

+3.5

"Bong"ing over Mishti.
Well my family thinks mere do-chaar dheele hai, and i think mere sare raste me gir gaye hai.
Why this comes in a review?
I am a Gujarati who has spent his balpan and jawani k din in West Bengal (aisa nai hai k main abhi kam jawan hu?:p, so everyone expects me to have a sweet tooth as this is the deadliest combination of sweet lovers. But to my parents disappointment I don't like mishti or dal(which is sweet), so they have started feeling that I am some hybrid breed of animal, who resembles humans.
So even after passing by Babumoshai Mishti on the left on Aundh Road, I never had this feeling that I should visit this shop.
But yesterday, on my brothers insistence of having mishti from home took me this small shop.
They have singara(samosa) which has been prepared using tumeric and black sesame seeds(til dane) and not garam masala that is used to prepare in other parts. Singara was hot crispy, not very oily, and reminded me of my school days, cause our school canteen used to have the same smell and taste in the singara sold by them.
Vegetable chop was also there, and that was not as hot as the singara nor as tasty but my brother feels otherwise.
According to me the vegetable chop should be served with some saled(raw onion,cucumber) aar aktu bit noon(black salt).
They do not prepare alu chops as it requires garlic, so this is a pure niramish dokan(pure veg shop).
Now came the part which i dreaded and was tasting almost all the sweets, so i began with rasgulla(normal and gur both) and liked the gur one more, then, sagarika, malai chom chom, chom chom, lemcha, kacha gola, kalakand flew from his shelf to my mouth.
It would be futile describing them, as i don't want aapke muh me pani when you are working, so if you miss home, or even wanna take a trip to "mishtiland" head straight to Babumoshai Mishti and taste the sweetness served by the 'eyes' of our country.
About me, i will surely visit this place for some muri and muri mosala and some singaras, come home and add some sarso tel, some random spices, boiled alu, sosha(cucumber) aar piyaz(onion) and some micchar and enjoy the Football World Cup with my lebu cha.
Come join me if you support the game and not any team,
kyoki aasman se dekho tho sirf zameen aur pani nazar aata hai, koi sarhadein nai, koi deeware nai.

Jun 12, 2014

Kunal Sarkar

Babumoshai Mishti has been yet another case of Zomato influenced (immediate) visit. I stay at the other corner of the city but I have surrendered to my craving of authentic Bong sweets. Couple of times, already!

Ok, the name suggests it's a sweet shop. Thanks to bollywood, 'Babumoshai' is a well heard but often misunderstood word. A friend of mine had once asked, "Is that a male version of 'Bibi' from Banaras?" I didn't answer, LOL! And 'Mishti' is a part of one of the 2 most used (or attempted) by the non-bengalis. 'Rasogolla' & 'Dada' (courtesy Ganguly) is a distant 3rd & 4th respectively. Anyway, the first two are:

1. Mishti Doi (insta-sweetened yoghurt)
2. Aami tomaake baalobashee (don't miss the pronunciation. And if you don't know the meaning, ahhh, not possible!)

Anyway, sorry for the language study that too in the beginning of the review. Having said that, both the above mentioned points were in abundance whenever I visited this place. Intrigued? I know.

This is primarily a sweet shop. But, you will get ponjika (the bong year book with all 'good' & 'bad' times), borolene (my childhood antiseptic for everything even, a twisted bone), dulaler taal michri (they say it's a medication, I thought candies), berry pickles, idols to worship, bengali music/movie dvds, popular magazines etc etc. Seeing my surprise, the young-star was proud to announce - "Kolkatar sob jinish ekhaane paaben" (everything available in Kolkata is available here). Very over-enthusiastic, I must say :)

Anyway, we started with 'chaanar puli' - half moon shaped delicacy served in raabdi. Next was the Singara (samosa) which was indeed very bengali as I found the fried peanuts amidst the sautéed potatoes. Same goes for veg chop. Again, tried some more sweets. The 'notun gurer rasogollla' was indeed the pick of all. It's tint red rasogolla made from first set of jaggery of the season. Very soft and indeed made my evening. Then tried 'kheerkadam' (dry milk based sweet with kheer at the centre), sondesh etc. I packed a decent amount of sweets as well. The total bill was Rs. 260! Pretty impressed :)

Nothing spectacular but surely it had been ages that I savoured so many delicacies at one time. And that's the positive part about my review. It let's you get lost in your childhood memories, reminds you of that favourite sweet shop in your hometown and above all, for a while at least, makes you say - we have a 'mini-kolkata' in Pune.

Way to go Babumoshai! Not for the taste or the service nor the ambiance. Its for this sheer effort of yours to make me rediscover what I am and where I truly belong.

Jan 14, 2014

Kunal Dalvi

+4.5

A good place to enjoy authentic bengali sweets. Rasgulla chamcham launglatika are as good you get in Kolkata

Dec 04, 2013

Ms S Roy Choudhury

+3.5

Like with many other things in life, Bollywood assiduously propagated a cultural stereotype, that of the Bengali gentleman aka Babumoshai (do note, Babu is the single most common nickname for a Bengali boy - in fact all bong boys and even some girls must have been called Babu at some point in their lives!!! And since bongs formed the first lot to occupy the various rungs of the Raj bureaucracy, the term babu meaning a govt clerk also stuck). You have only to recall Rajesh Khanna’s epic dialogue to the honorary Bong, BigB, himself – “Babumoshai, zindagi aur maut ke khel mein hum sab katputhli hain”!! So this same named sweet shop on Aundh Road (near the Bopodi area, behind Pune University and TIFR) is, no prizes for guessing, a Bengali mishti shop run by Bengalis (Sarbari & Amit Mallick I believe), serving Bengali sweets/snacks & more – but thankfully to a non-parochial mixed crowd living in the area. Most of the sometimes sweet, sometimes aloof almost philosophical guys who work here, who man the stove & till, are Bongs (although I think I encountered a non-bong the other day who didn’t know where to look when I kept jabbering with him in my third-class Bengali!!). So it largely remains - by bong, of bong, for not just bongs but all!!

I went there after a gap and I see some improvements: For one, it is much tidier now. There is abundance of red – could just be a happy post-durga puja coincidence or could allude to a longing for CPM or to mark the red of the Bengali shindoor – the mind throws up many angles. To settle it into numbness, I immediately ordered SHINGARA (Rs 12) and VEG CHOP (Rs 12). Now Shingara is bong for samosa and the difference lies not just in the name but in what it contains – the Bengali shingara may contain the de rigueur Aloo (which remains in a samosa although someone with a rhyming first name is no longer in Bihar as I write this!!!) but with a difference – it is not only boiled but also sautéed and has fried peanuts added to it. The veg chop has a crumbed exterior containing a beetroot-aloo-peanut filling. Both are to be had with sickly sweet tamarind chutney – squeezy bottles of which are on the counter for you to help yourself to.

We also partook of a single piece each of SONDESH (Rs 12) and a LAVANGLATIKA (Rs 11) – the former is of course well-known as ‘the’ sweet of Bengal, standing next only to Roshogolla but it is the lavanglatika that requires some detailing – it is basically a dough wrapper filled with a kheer-khoya filling which is folded in a typical fashion like a large dumpling, pinned together by the use of a single clove, fried, dunked in sweet syrup and then it is ready! Babumoshai’s LL (or other things for that matter) isn’t as good as the stuff I eat from sweetshops in Delhi’s famous bong colony and there is no point of comparing it to anything available in Cal – nothing will impress fellow bongs originating from there – no satisfying that understandably always-critical & highly discerning lot!!! But in this part of town, it doesn’t do a bad job – there are days when its GUR ER ROSHOGOLLA (jaggery rasgullas) actually attains great distinction – at other times I find a lack of finesse in some or the other component – but I have very cheap tastes so it usually works just fine for me!!! Do a taste test before ordering in bulk I say.

They stock most of the common Bengali sweets – so there is CHHANAR JILEBI (yes it is a jalebi but totally different in taste, look & texture to the image in your head, made as it is from chhena or cottage cheese), KALO JAM, CHOMCHOM, SONDESH, MIHI DANA etc. Most of these should be priced at Rs 10-15 per piece. They have MISHTI DOI as well which sells at Rs 320 per kilo – they usually keep a couple of different sized kullads or earthen pots of these. I hate to say it (because of the mass-produced aspect) but these days I sort of prefer Mother Dairy’s Mishti Doi instead – it keeps for longer and has a much more consistent taste and yes it is much cheaper!

What is the interesting thing about Babumoshai is that it stocks a strange mix of Bengali grocery-type goodies plus some food-for-the-soul sort of items as well. So there is a range of condiments, spices, cereals that a typical Bengali ladder will boast of that are available here – KASUNDI (mustard sauce), GAWA GHEE (a desi ghee variant particular to Bengal; brownish caramel in colour with a distinctive aroma – they stock Jharna brand which is what I use at home so picked up a 250gm bottle for Rs 160 the other day), TAAL MISRI (date candy – great for sore throat), PAANCH PHORON (the typical Bengali five-spice), GOBINDO BHOG RICE (this is a special variety of rice ideal for Bengali styled khichdi and payesh or rice pudding), BODI (the dried balls made from lentil paste and used in many Bengali preparations especially vegetarian ones) etc.

Babumoshai accepts party orders and does catering for marriages as well! They also stock topor (the Bengali wedding headgear made out of sula grass) and tottho trays (on which the wedding trousseau is arranged for gifting between the two sides) – it cracks me up every time to see these in a sweet shop!!! Also available are Bengali magazines & popular journals, Bengali music/film CDs (perhaps pirated?), saakha-pola (the matrimony-marker bangles for the married traditional Bengali woman), hair oil – yes you read correct – what a fun, eccentric collection of items to be found in one tiny sweet shop – how utterly insane does it make the community I come from sound!!!

I see now that they stock for whatever reason various kinds of tea – as in tea leaves – Assam, Doars, Darjeeling, Fanning etc. This is a new development and one they are very obviously keen to showcase.

There is one thing that I do patronise Babumoshai for sure – you see on Sundays, they serve RADHABOLLOBI for a limited number of hours in the morning (Rs 34 for two radhabollobis; Rs 18 for one – I recall eating two for Rs 15 at one point not too long ago!!!). For those not in the know – Radhabollobi is a Bengali dal-stuffed poori or luchi that is eaten with a runny part-lentil part-aloo gravy – it is a version of brilliant streetfood like say Malaysian roti chinai or Rajasthani bedvi & aloo rassa or even kachori with subzi!! It has been the reason for many a Sunday morning sojourn of mine to the shop.

So do drop in if the fancy for something different strikes you and you are game for giving your palate some new tastes to sample which you just might end up liking – if you don’t, there is always the amusement that the content of the shop shall decidedly offer!!

Nov 10, 2013

Shimita Rudra

Authentic Bengali sweets and snack shop. The taste is definitely authentic. Not just the sweets but the shingarha and chop are a must try. If they have Nolengur Rosogolla, you must try that. Other than that they also have some take home items like Moorhi, Chanachur, etc. The sweets are slightly high priced.

Roopayan Sanyal

Amazing. Gives a feel of kolkata in the heart of Pune. It is as authentic as it gets. This place doesn't only sell sweets and savoury snacks. But they have a host of items which a bengali household is incomplete without.

Kshitij Hegde

Authentic Bengali sweets that make you want more. This hidden gem is located in Khadki and it's a must visit when you are in Pune. I absolutely love everything that I ate and the owners are super friendly too.

Kushal Kumar

A small authentic Bengali sweets shop located at Aundh. One of the best in taste so far in Pune. You must try if you love the authentic taste of Bengali sweets and snacks.

Priyanka Tapadia

All those Bengali sweets are mouth watering. Just loved it.

Deb

Good bengali sweets, and it is costly if you compare with other places in Pune. If you like bengali sweets, one of the best places to go in Pune

Kapil Pathak

Specialist of authentic Bengali sweets, Bengali samosa. The sweets you will not find anywhere else in Pune. They also have a variety of Bengali spices. Almost all types.

Manoj Joshi

Bengali sweet shop....little costly but test is good. You get all variety of bengali namkin and sweets.

Sneha Bapat

If you ever crave Bengali sweets then this the place for you. The sweets are delicious. They just melt in your mouth, especially the ones made with jaggery. You can stand there and eat the sweets as well, one at a time. They never let you down.

M Gautham Upadhyaya

Amazingly delicious Bengali sweets! One of the best shops for Bengali sweets in Pune.

Arijit Patra

You get one of the best authentic Bengali sweets here. This is an old shop that has been there for 15 years. Yummy sweets. The price is on a higher side though. Apart from sweets you will get Bengali household items and other items like - Bengali Magazine, kasundi, hozmi, bori, shankha-pola, masalas etc...

Santosh Podder

Babumoshai gives the feeling of being in Bengal to the expatriate bengalis. Visit often to buy bengali sweets and other related items which comes from West Bengal. Must visit.

Tiara Sarkar

Good place for some common groceries and sweets in Pune. However sugar content is little on higher side in sweets. But is manageable in case of huge cravings. Very old shop and is go to place for Bengalis. Parking issue, better for two wheeler.

Gourab Pal

It has authentic Bengali sweets, Pancham (Panjika), Altaa (red liquide) etc bengali traditional things. Seller is customer friendly, answers phone always.

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