The best Bhetki Fish Fry in Kolkata
Also spelt fish fry, bhetki fry, fish orly and fish kobiraji. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.
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Number 1.Apanjan
- Open
- 1pm to 9pm, every day
- Where
- 58 Sadananda Road, Anami Sangha, Kalighat, Kolkata 700026
Order the large bhetki fry and eat it standing, because there is barely any seating. The counter opens at one, and the bigger sizes go first, so arrive before the evening rush.
What to orderThe large bhetki fish fry, with kasundi
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Number 2.Allen Kitchen (Sovabazar)
- Open
- 1pm to 9pm, daily
- Where
- 40/1 Jatindra Mohan Avenue, Sovabazar, Kolkata 700005, near Sovabazar metro
The fish kabiraji here is fried in ghee, which is the point and also the warning if you have a delicate stomach. Space is tight and mostly standing, and nothing opens before one.
What to orderFish kabiraji fried in ghee
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Number 3.Chittoda's Suruchee
- Open
- Noon to 9pm, shut Sundays
- Where
- 2 James Hickey Sarani (Dacres Lane), near Peerless Bhavan, Esplanade, Kolkata 700069
The diamond fish fry is thick enough to justify the walk down Dacres Lane. Sunday is no good, the whole lane shuts, and at one o'clock you will be queueing behind office workers.
What to orderThe diamond fish fry
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Niranjan Agar
- Open
- 7am to 10am, then 4pm to 9pm, daily
- Where
- 239A Chittaranjan Avenue, near Girish Park metro station, Kolkata 700006
A hundred-year-old cabin by Girish Park metro where the fish fry shares the counter with a better known dimer devil. It trades three hours in the morning, then shuts until four, so time the visit.
What to orderFish fry with mustard sauce
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Bijoli Grill (Southern Avenue)
- Open
- Noon to 10.30pm, daily
- Where
- 124B Dr Meghnad Saha Sarani (Southern Avenue), opposite Nazrul Mancha, Golpark, Kolkata 700029
Fish fry arrives with potato chips, salad and kasundi, much as it has for decades. Bijoli Grill is now a catering brand with outlets everywhere, so go to the Southern Avenue shop opposite Nazrul Mancha.
What to orderFish fry with chips and kasundi
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Campari (Gariahat)
- Open
- Noon to 8.30pm, daily
- Where
- 155B Rashbehari Avenue, near Basanti Devi College and Gariahat More, Kolkata 700029
Ask for the bhetki special fish fry, not the fish roll the queue is mostly there for. The counter shuts around half past eight, earlier than most of Gariahat, so do not leave it late.
What to orderKolkata bhetki special fish fry
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Mitra Cafe (Sovabazar)
- Open
- About 1.30pm to 9.30pm daily
- Where
- 47 Jatindra Mohan Avenue, Raja Nabakrishna Street, Shobhabazar, Kolkata 700005
The diamond fish fry at the Sovabazar original is the order, with kasundi. Branches have opened elsewhere and are not the same room. Doors open at half one, and the queue builds from seven.
What to orderDiamond fish fry with kasundi
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Dilkhusha Cabin
- Open
- Opens 12.30pm, closes between 8.30 and 10.30pm
- Where
- Building 88, 86/4 Mahatma Gandhi Road, near College Street crossing, Kolkata 700009
One of the shops credited with the kabiraji cutlet, and it is still what to order. The six cabins went in 2011, so do not come for the curtained booths. Closing time drifts.
What to orderFish kabiraji
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Basanta Cabin (College Street)
- Open
- 11am to 10pm, daily
- Where
- 53 College Street, beside Calcutta Medical College, College Square, Kolkata 700073
Go for the fish kabiraji rather than the mughlai paratha everyone else orders. Several places carry the Basanta name, so aim for the College Street shop beside Medical College, not the Hatibagan branch.
What to orderFish kabiraji
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Radhu Babu's
- Open
- 6am to 10am, then 3.30pm to 10.30pm
- Where
- 8A Janak Road, in the lane behind Lake Mall, Lake Market, Kolkata 700029
A tea shop first, so take the special fish fry with a cup of Darjeeling. It hides in the lane behind Lake Mall and closes between ten and half past three, which catches people out.
What to orderThe special fish fry, with tea
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Shankar Cabin
- Open
- About 10am to 10pm
- Where
- 22/1 Gariahat Road, Golpark crossing, Ballygunge Gardens, Kolkata 700029
They fry to order in front of you at the Golpark crossing, which is the reason to stand there. Kasundi and raw onion come with it. Prices are low, the space is tiny.
What to orderFish fry, fried to order
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Bengal Hotel (Behala)
- Open
- 3pm to 9pm, and it sells out some evenings
- Where
- 282A Diamond Harbour Road, opposite the 14 No. Bus Stand, Behala, Kolkata 700034
They call it fish butter fry, a batter version rather than the crumbed one, and it is what to order. Doors open at three and the evening queue clears the lot within a couple of hours.
What to orderFish batter fry, the house fish butter fry
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Naba Malancha (Hatibagan)
- Open
- 10am to 10pm, daily
- Where
- 102A Aurobindo Sarani, Hatibagan, Kolkata 700006
Fish kobiraji is the order here, with the fish fry a close second. The room is bare and the service brisk, so treat it as a stop between Hatibagan shops rather than an evening out.
What to orderFish kobiraji
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The Bhoj Company
- Open
- 12.30pm to midnight, daily
- Where
- 30A Mirza Ghalib Street, opposite the Fire Brigade headquarters, New Market area, Kolkata 700016
Order the fish fry to start, then let the kochu pata chingri follow. This is a proper sit-down Bengali kitchen rather than a counter, so budget for a meal and an hour at the table.
What to orderBhetki fish fry
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