We had some recommendations on where to eat, and decided to walk, which is about 15 minutes away from the hotel. The hotel is located right in the center of kolkata and is like an oasis of calm surrounded by absolute mayhem. It is one of the oldest buildings in the area and at 125 years old is kept in great condition.
Once you exit the gates you go straight into a road that is lined with hundreds of stalls selling just about anything you can imagine. The whole area is a series of stalls and bazaars, with clothing from companies such as Nike and Adidas but at around £1.50 each, to Street food costing just pence.
Although we are hassled a little a polite No seemed to do the trick and mostly we are left to wonder the street without too much fuss.
The restaurant we were recommended was called Peter the Cat (honest) and whilst we probably would not have considered it from the outside once we got in it was heaving.
The food was excellent and cost a fraction of what we were used to paying in the hotel, so we were very happy!
Generally I would describe Kolkata as very cosmopolitan unlike bangalore, and it is certainly somewhere we would come back to.
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