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The best Kathi Roll in Kolkata

Also spelt kathi kebab roll, paratha roll, kebab roll and kati roll. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Kusum Rolls (Park Street)

    Park Street Park Street and Camac Street

    Open
    About noon to 11pm daily
    Where
    21 Park Street, Taltala, Kolkata 700016

    Ask for the double egg chicken roll and expect to eat it standing on the pavement. The queue thickens after nine at night, and there is no seating whatsoever inside the shop.

    What to orderdouble egg chicken roll

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  2. Number 2.Nizam's (Hogg Street

    New Market Esplanade and Dharmatala

    Open
    11am to 11.30pm daily
    Where
    23 and 24 Hogg Street, New Market area, Dharmatala, Kolkata 700087

    Order the double mutton kathi roll and eat it while the paratha still crackles. The dining room is plain and the biryani is not why anyone travels here, so keep to the rolls.

    What to orderdouble mutton kathi roll in laccha paratha

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  3. Number 3.Hot Kati Roll (1/1 Park Street)

    Park Street Park Street and Camac Street

    Open
    10am to 10pm daily
    Where
    1/1 Park Street, near the Camac Street end, Kolkata 700016

    Single egg double mutton is what the regulars repeat without reading the board. Parathas here run thick, so one roll does the work of two, and there is nowhere at all to sit.

    What to ordersingle egg double mutton roll

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  4. Badshah (Lindsay Street

    New Market Esplanade and Dharmatala

    Open
    10.30am to 10.30pm daily
    Where
    5 Lindsay Street, New Market, Kolkata 700087

    The mutton badshahi kebab roll is the reason to come, and there are chairs, rare in this trade. Kitchen winds down by half past ten, earlier than the Park Street counters a walk away.

    What to ordermutton badshahi kathi kebab roll

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  5. Campari (Rash Behari Avenue)

    Gariahat Ballygunge and Gariahat

    Open
    4pm to 9pm, shut Sundays
    Where
    155B Rash Behari Avenue, Dover Terrace, Ballygunge, Kolkata 700029

    The paratha is thinner and more Bengali in style, so order the tandoori fish roll for something New Market does not make. It trades from four in the afternoon to nine, and Sundays are shut.

    What to ordertandoori fish roll

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  6. Zeeshan (Park Circus)

    Park Circus Park Street and Camac Street

    Open
    Roughly 10am to 11.30pm, daily
    Where
    17 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, near Quest Mall, Park Circus, Kolkata 700017

    Bypass the biryani hall and use the takeaway counter for a mutton boti roll, or the brain roll if you fancy it. Trade runs to about midnight and weekend nights are loud.

    What to ordermutton boti roll

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  7. Bedouin (Gariahat crossing)

    Gariahat Ballygunge and Gariahat

    Open
    About 11am to 10pm daily
    Where
    200/2B Rash Behari Avenue, at Gariahat crossing, Kolkata 700029

    Richer than the Park Street style, and the chicken reshmi butter masala roll is the house version to take. Two addresses circulate near Gariahat crossing, so aim for the Rash Behari Avenue shopfront.

    What to orderchicken reshmi butter masala roll

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  8. Anamika Roll Centre (New Alipore)

    New Alipore Behala and the south west

    Open
    Evenings only
    Where
    Sahapur, New Alipore, near Gopal Nagar, Kolkata 700053

    Egg mutton roll is the order, with a flakier paratha than most shopfronts in town manage. Evenings only, so a daytime run out to Sahapur in New Alipore is a wasted journey.

    What to orderegg mutton roll

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  9. Jai Hind Dhaba (Sarat Bose Road)

    Bhowanipore Bhowanipore, Kalighat and Alipore

    Open
    11am to 5am daily
    Where
    41/1A Sarat Bose Road, Padmapukur, Bhowanipore, Kolkata 700020

    Roomali roti stands in for paratha here, so the roll eats lighter; ask for the chicken tikka. The counter runs until five in the morning, and after ten at night the wait gets long.

    What to orderchicken tikka roomali roll

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  10. Jabbrr Afghani (Shaila Tower

    Salt Lake Sector V Salt Lake and New Town

    Open
    About 12.30pm to 11pm daily
    Where
    Plot J1/16, Shaila Tower, beside CCD, GP Block, Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700091

    The Sector V office crowd eats the chicken mutton roll with cheese, and its size is half the talk. Two outlets sit in Sector V, so use the Shaila Tower one; lunch queues are long.

    What to orderchicken mutton kathi roll with cheese

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  11. Neelachal (Bagbazar Street)

    Bagbazar North Kolkata and Shyambazar

    Open
    2pm to 11.30pm daily
    Where
    65/5A Bagbazar Street, Baghbazar, Kolkata 700003

    North Kolkata cabin cooking, where the chicken roll holds its own beside the fish kochuri the place is known for. It opens at two, so mornings are out, and the frontage is easy to walk past.

    What to orderchicken roll

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  12. New Arafat (Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road)

    Wellesley, Taltala Park Street and Camac Street

    Open
    6am to about noon, a morning shop
    Where
    75B Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road, Wellesley, Taltala, Kolkata 700016

    Beef rolls, which most Kolkata counters no longer do, are the point of a trip to Wellesley. This is a morning shop: it opens at six and is finished by lunchtime, so no evening visits.

    What to orderbeef kebab roll

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  13. Heritage Karco (New Market complex)

    New Market Esplanade and Dharmatala

    Open
    11am to 9pm, shut Sundays
    Where
    Shop NG-001, New Market Complex, Bertram Street, Dharmatala, Kolkata 700087

    People working in New Market pick the egg chicken roll here rather than the famous names round the corner. It sits inside the market complex off Bertram Street, and nobody publishes its hours.

    What to orderegg chicken roll

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