Siddheshwari Ashram

I recently visited this place on a Tuesday afternoon. I reached there during lunchtime. Almost all of their items were finished at 3:30 pm in the afternoon. This speaks highly about how popular this place is among locals. I ordered rice, dal, cabbage with fish head (only vegetable that was available at that time), pabda fish curry, chicken curry, mango chutney, papad and sweet curd. The food tasted really awesome. Though I did not like the taste of plain dal. This place has a old world charm and you get a vibe as if time has stopped, once you enter this place. They serve the food on banyan leaf (placed on a steel plate) and water in a clay pot. If you are going towards dharmatala from moulali via S. N. Banerjee Road, this place will be on your left hand side and nearest bus stop to this place is Janbazar. This place has washroom facilities, though not very clean.

Ingredients were fresh, portion size satisfying, and that is why I give 5 stars. The 5 course preparations were good overall, some were decent. The 'Posto bora' and chutney stole the show. Some curries presented a hint of sweetness. This might be a great relish for people but for me I like the spice blend fully expressed without a sweet sort of signature. Portion sizes were satisfying. Polite, ever smiling staff were at the table. We extended our group order while at the dining table and they happily obliged. Everything about the place matched my description of a Kolkata 'Pice hotel' with an authentic Bengali fare: delicious, satisfying and comparative value for money. The place is really busy and I recommend arriving early for lunch. I'm told they run out of menu options as the afternoon's demand picks up.

One of the famous & oldest restaurant where authentic bengali cuisine food can be tasted. The restaurant menu changes everyday. They have two types of seating arrangement one is AC and other is Non-Ac. In AC seating arrangement, every food item is 30-50 rupees higher than normal rate! This Pice hotel now at food prices can beat any Bengali cuisine restaurant!! On any Sunday many people come here to take lunch & one has to wait for sometime to get the seat.

Being a Bengali food maniac I love everything about the hotel. In the era of air conditioned beautiful restaurants, the hotel presents a classic ambience of the the pice hotel. The owner herself looks after the order, recommends a dish or two.. a homely atmosphere. Talking about the food, it's nice. Each and every fish item is finger licking. Sizes of the fishes served are larger than king size. Quality of the food is unquestionable.