Ben Sayeg
Such a lovely, comfy spot for a casual lunch. They have great meat and vegetarian options. The owner is super sweet and takes time with every customer. Massive amounts of delicious shelf and frozen goods.
Samosas are top notch. There’s also a punch card program worth looking into.
You can tell they want to build community, and it makes the experience all the more special.
… moreSam R
The name of the restaurant has attracted us since we’re Bengali. The mini grocery was really cute. We brought mango cutney, nimbu pani, and chips. The mango chutney was good. The nimbu pani had some extra black salt in it for my taste preferences, but my spouse liked it. I tried the sample rice dessert, but the rose essence took over the main flavor of the dish, so we didn’t order it. We had mughlai chicken, rice, pickles, and lentils.
Mughlai chicken: too much oil mixed with the curry itself, which is why it was hard to taste the currys’ flavor itself. Mughlai chicken is a thicker based curry in general. I think the nut paste and yogurt could’ve been cooked more. It truly lacked flavor from my end.
Lentil: tasted better with the pickles
Pickle: I was told that it would be mango pickle, but it had other vegetables in it. Wish it was homemade, but it was Deep branded pickles served.
I think it was a hit & miss from our end as they have different dishes on different days. I think we’ll call in advance to ask what they’re serving for next time. I will tell others in NYC to stop by the store if they’re around this area. No refund is necessary as I see the owner offering refunds to other reviewers.
… moreElan Stadelmann
Great food for a great price. The vegetarian tiffin was flavorful and yummy. Its cool that the options change very often, and the ambiance was really great, as it was a market and a kitchen.
I got the veggie tiffin, which after tips was around $15. A really great amount of good food for the price, it was super worthwhile! It was flavorful and delicious.
… moreHalima Ahmed
Was surprised to see a desi place like this in Kingston and when we went there wasn’t disappointed. The food ,decor and service overall just brightened our day .
Especially didn’t expect the food to be halal but the owner(I believe) confirmed it (it was really nice to meet her).
It would be our go to place whenever we go to Kingston.
Highly Recommended
… moreSagar Dalal
It’s a nice cozy shop cum cafe. I had Samosa chat that was very good. Also, they serve several cookies which is awesome. I had their pistachio one that was good
… moreSisi Wei
My partner and I each got a vegetarian tiffin and it came out piping hot. Incredibly flavorful. We also got a paratha thinking we might need more food, but after eating everything we were stuffed.
The market part of the store was also super cute, and had such a variety of kitchen goods from multiple countries. Highly recommend.
… moreMatthew
Yes, yes, yes, stop here! Adorable building from the outside and lovely, well stocked, and clean inside. Greeted and served by a friendly young lady-I had a small bite there and then took a lot to-go. The Pav Bhaji was the absolute bomb! The flavor-wow. Full of flavor. Kerala Chicken Dry Curry was also delicious. Absolutely will stop in again next time I’m in town.
… morezaid ahmed
Excellent tea. They made tea using Oat Milk and it was fantastic. We didn’t eat food but it’s a their ingredients look very clean. The kind of ingredients I generally like to keep in my kitchen. Next time I will have food from here, I will post my review.
… moreRyan Raaum
Saw Calcutta Kitchens a while ago while on my way somewhere else and it looked cute and promising, so finally stopped in. And it was totally worth it! Had the meat tiffin for lunch and it was so good that I got the veg tiffin to go for a meal at home. Will be back!
… moreCheryl Paff
We loved this shop! Everything we had was terrific. We tried both of the daily tiffin (chicken and vegetarian), the kheer, limeade and the rosemary shortbread and the flavors were terrific. There is a great selection of grocery items as well and we got a perfect mango, a mango lassi and some spicy snack mix. All great and we left happy. This is the kind of place you will want to go back to again and again.
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