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Abar Baithak The coffee shop

Restaurant Cafe Coffee shop

👍👍 Good place to hangout. One of the famous cafe in south Kolkata. Am visited this place recently. They have both inside and outside sitting area. They have upstair sitting area also but it’s for group only informed me by their one of staff. 🌿Food is delicious but not pocket friendly 🌿Ambience is h... People often mention good, cafe, ambience, books, floor, Chicken, chicken, great, quality, nice,


Address

282, Jodhpur Park Rd, Selimpur, Jodhpur Park, Kolkata, West Bengal 700068, India

Contact

+91 33 4003 6777

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (5.2K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 10 AM to 10 PM
  • Thursday: 10 AM to 10 PM
  • Friday: 10 AM to 10 PM
  • Saturday: 10 AM to 10 PM
  • Sunday: 10 AM to 10 PM
  • Monday: 10 AM to 10 PM
  • Tuesday: 10 AM to 10 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (50) cafe (20) ambience (17) books (15) floor (11) Chicken (11) chicken (9) great (9) quality (8) nice (8)
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  • 5/5 Ssoumi 9 months ago on Google • 113 reviews
    Good place to hangout. One of the famous cafe in south Kolkata. Am visited this place recently. They have both inside and outside sitting area. They have upstair sitting area also but it’s for group only informed me by their one of staff. 🌿Food is delicious but not pocket friendly 🌿Ambience is homely like there Cafe Name 🌿Staffs are good but should be more polite. 🌿All over experience is good.
    7 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Sankalan B. 1 year ago on Google
    The ambience is very good and the set up and decoration and the overall theme is very very good. The overall theme is based on the Bengali detective FELU DA. The stuff is courteous . The only thing is that the food is not that good compared to these kind of restaurants . It's not bad but not super excellent. But the tea is very good.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Abhishek C. 9 months ago on Google • 39 reviews
    The food was very good and the quality is excellent. The place has a nice ambiance. Price point is in the middle. It was quite crowded on a weekday evening. The place has a very amicable vibe to it. It boasts a collection of books on its shelves. One can read and work while spending time with one's friends and family while enjoying their fantastic menu. Ratings:- Food-4.5⭐ Ambiance-5⭐ Staff-4. 5⭐ Price- 4⭐ Overall- 5⭐
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Utopia O. 2 years ago on Google
    Loved the ambience... Loved the food... Specially the meat platter and the Americano... Will surely come back again for more of the goodness served... Highly recommended
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Piuli Basu Roy C. 3 months ago on Google • 219 reviews New
    This has been one of the OG book cafes in Kolkata. Situated in Jadavpur, this place gives off a strong Bengali vibe with all its collection of books, cinema posters, vintage decor and an old typewriter. There are pretty and photo worthy corners all over the place and the slightly elevated 1st floor gives off a heritage house feeling. But there are a few negatives that cannot be ignored, 1. The place is lacking maintenance, the furniture is worn out and chair-tables are tripping. 2. Service is really slow. Our simple cappuccino came about 25 minutes later and the pizza took forever. 3. The service is sloppy and looking closely this place is pretty dusty now. The food was okay and nothing mention worthy. Please look at the maintenance part as that is the priority here.

  • 5/5 Suparna D. 7 months ago on Google
    I love this particular place totally because of it's theme,ambience and some particular dishes.. Some of them are in frame - All Meat Platter ( Chicken sausages, Chicken salami, Pork Ham Bacon, Egg Poach and Cheese Toast) Chicken Platter ( Chicken sausages, Chicken salami, Chicken Ham, Egg Poach and Cheese Toast) Americano Cappuccino Moccachino
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Engaging M. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice cafe. We had ordered 2 cup cappuccino and a plate of fish and chips as snacks. Staff behaviour was too good. Taste of Coffee was ok ok.. Taste of fish fry was also good. And the most attractive part was that in the menu card , all food items was enlisted according Bengali's emotion "Feluda" theme.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Digangana S. 2 years ago on Google
    The place has a nice ambiance. Price point is in the middle. It was quite crowded on a weekday evening. We had pork pepperoni pizza. This is a thin crust pizza and it is one of the best pizzas I've ever had (5⭐). We also tried their chicken salami sandwich. You get two pieces of sandwich with fries and sauce. But it lacked in cheese/mayonnaise (4⭐) Ratings:- Food- 4.5⭐ Ambiance- 5⭐ Staff- 4⭐ Price- 4.5⭐ Overall- 4.5⭐
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Anisha N. 1 year ago on Google
    In love with this place. The decoration is marvellous. Behaviour of the staffs are polite. Food is really tasty and the pricing is quiet reasonable. A great place to hangout with friends and family. Highly recommended.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Sourav S. 2 years ago on Google
    Went in after a movie with friends. Have been planning to come here since a very long time. This place has increased their prices too much as per the market rates as I have been following their menu for a while. Due to the hype they got, they hiked prices making it not so value for money. Chicken Cheese, Cheese Corn sandwiches were nice, came with french fries and ketchup. Quantity is decent for an evening price, not for price. Also got 2x Chicken Platters, and they were good. Sausage was not that good, others were decent. It was served with mayo, which was a great accommodation. At Rs 250 each, not sure how much worth it, it was, it can fill you up for a normal lunch.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Saffina R. 2 years ago on Google
    It's was a delight to be at this Cafe. It truly feels like being in kolkata and the vibe of this place is unmatchable. The Bengali music, the books, the sitting area everything is so beautiful. The food was yummiest and I have never tested a mushroom soup that is so thick and so tasty and they did provide a bread piece with the soup and that was the best thing I have ever tasted in my entire life. I am definitely in love with this place and the location of this place was like a cherry on the top. Definitely a sure recommendation to all the people with 10 stars.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Deep D. 1 year ago on Google • 125 reviews
    This is a nice place. The Ambience was good. I specially liked their sitting arrangement of th first floor. The book collections they have is really very good. The food we had was also very good, we tried some fish fingers, fish fry and a virgin mojito, all of them was really very good.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Souvik Kumar M. 8 months ago on Google • 138 reviews
    Really a great place to enjoy food with adda. Its more of a get together vibe here with some good collection of bengali and english books. The place is spacious also with 2 storey building. Food also is really good. Overall the atmosphere is good.

  • 5/5 RISHIKA S. 2 years ago on Google
    The place has a nice, cosy ambience. It was quite crowded on a weekend evening. The service was fine. The food quality was good. We had fish and chips, fried chicken , cold coffee, watermelon fizz. Would highly recommend fish and chips and cold coffee. Would recommend this place if you like good surroundings.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Subhabrata M. 1 year ago on Google
    I used to go there very often but these days I am not a regular over there. The staffs are very comfortable and very friendly. Please is huge and it's very near to south city shopping mall, just 5 minutes walking distance from the main road. Have all type of continental dishes and qualities are more or less good... however if you are ordering the food from long distance there the packaging might disappoint you and if your ordering from long distance the food will be cold. Some of the continental dishes and their chicken platters are quite good. I have always loved this place especially for evening coffee and I would like to visit there many more Times.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Bandita D. 2 years ago on Google
    Visited this cafe recently. Food quality was good and the price was also pocket friendly. Overall nice cafe near South City Mall.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sayantanee B. 1 year ago on Google
    The ambience with theme of feluda.. Atmosphere is very cozy and comfortable! We visited this place 5/6 times and we enjoyed every time..They have seating arrangements in first floor and they have smoking zone and another seating arrangements in ground floor as well... Inside and outside both seating arrangements are there..Prices are at middle range. Quality and taste of the foods are just amazing.. We have tried all meat platter, fish and chips, prawn with bacon, pizza and muffin.. They try to maintain hygienic as well.. Staff are co-operating and well behaved too.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 priyak m. 1 year ago on Google
    We have ordered several times The English breakfast platter(₹250) from Abar Baithak through Zomato. It's quite tasty & tasty. I have visited both of their outlets & found them quite good cafe. Always a great experience to have food from this cafe. Highly recommended 👍
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ayan M. 2 months ago on Google • 117 reviews New
    We chanced upon Abar Baithak while looking for a cafe near South City Mall. The food was really good and was totally approved by my kid. Ambience was good with books to read while waiting for the food. Much recommended.

  • 1/5 Prakriti B. 10 months ago on Google • 38 reviews
    This was my first visit. Me and my friend we ordered for simple Cafe Frappe,and it was awful! It was just a mug full of tasteless iced coffee,not frappe. No ice cream used no garnishing nothing,absolute waste of money,not even properly cold. Poor decor,sitting arrangement is also bad,very badly maintained cafe to be honest. I do not recommend anyone for this cafe,earlier had heard lot of good things about this place but my first visit on a Friday evening was absolutely worthless.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Srijani J. 3 months ago on Google • 24 reviews New
    Delicious delicacy of food the rice one taste was different but with really a good combination and the fish grill was also good..... drinks were filling also if u have a sweet tooth much try 👍🏻
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Soham C. 1 year ago on Google
    This Cafe is located near Jodhpur park. It can be availed both from the Selimpur side and from the South city side with ease . The ambience of the cafe is pretty unique and quaint. The cafe is decorated with sufficient amount of books that one can go through and also the doors and the ceilings provided it with the touch of antiqueness. Usually in the afternoon time the cafe remains calm and one can really spend some quality time. Now, coming to its food ... The Green apple mojito was pretty good and was light flavoured . Also in case of the Grilled Chicken Steak , the chicken was well cooked and tasted amazing with the sauce in which it was tossed .. The potatoes that came it were coated with a layer and medium fried and the small rounded buns taster really good ...
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Anish C. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice cozy place with amazing hospitality. Outside is a smoking zone. Inside is for people who are with friends or alone working on something or out just to refresh their mind from their hectic schedules. Food quality is amazing.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Madhura C. 1 year ago on Google
    The food was amazing. The price is lower compared to other cafes in kolkata, but the quality is excellent.The place has a very amicable vibe to it. It boasts a collection of books on its shelves. One can read and work while spending time with one's friends and family while enjoying their fantastic menu.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Saheli D. 2 years ago on Google
    Nostalgic ambience... Small well decorated place.. good place to spend time..
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Himanshu S. 5 months ago on Google
    Nice cafe with a unique theme, they play very soothing music and overall ambience is laid back and pleasant. Nice place to chill and hangout.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Shayeli N. 9 months ago on Google • 9 reviews
    This is one of my favourite cafes in kolkata. I can't remember how many times I went there. If you love Feluda you'll love this place too because this is a Feluda themed cafe. And the food is also amazing yet budget friendly. Both outdoor and indoor sitting is available. You can also read some books while enjoying your coffee. Highly recommended!!!!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Biswarup C. 2 years ago on Google
    Looked pretty cramped but overall a good ambience. The service is real quick even though the number of guests are usually high.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Susmita R. 2 years ago on Google
    Extremely cosy and friendly ambience with good food quality. Definitely should try their range of salads. Good place to hang out with friends. Quite reasonably priced menu. Would recommend this place to everyone having a thing for cafes and good surrounding. Easy to locate and in the heart of Jodhpur Park.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mahi T. 8 months ago on Google • 22 reviews
    It's a pleasant and quaint cafe with great retro and aesthetic interior, has books that go great with your cup of joe. Has outdoor and indoor seating, you can smoke outside while enjoying your beverages and food. I sat on the first floor, the service was a bit late, the servers weren't making as many rounds as they should have been but it was understandable as it was quite busy there (they were very polite and sweet). The cafe is not all that expensive if you're planning on splitting the bill, if you're going alone then it can cost you around 200-400/-. We had the thin crust barbeque chicken sausage pizza and it was a 3.5/5, the pizza had ample toppings but lacked in taste. The barbeque flavour wasn't there it was quite bland. The place is comfortable and cozy. It's a fully cushioned big diwan kind of seating with few tables also there (only on the first floor). All things considered I had a decent experience and would visit again.

  • 4/5 Snehasree S. 2 years ago on Google
    Cream of chicken was delicious... The thin crust pizza was more like biscuits..very hard to swallow..needed water to gulp.. The chicken platter was okay.. could be good for certain taste bud . I personally felt the siting arrangements uncomfortable esp after a long day.. could not relax in those chairs.. Ambience and crowd was good.. The selection of books were good..I bought two books from here.

  • 5/5 subhrojyoti d. 2 years ago on Google
    The ambience of this place is heavenly, if you visit this place then do try their club sandwich and coffee, the food is too good plus the services are really nice. Additional to that they have smoking zone and seats on the ground floor as well as 1st floor along with the decor and nostalgia theme of feluda. The cherry on top is you can also buy books and read magazines in the cafe.

  • 5/5 Arundhuti C. 2 years ago on Google
    cozy, homely and this little gem is so so close to my heart. great staff, ambience and most importantly the price point.

  • 4/5 Tania P. 10 months ago on Google
    Atmosphere is very good & if you're a book lover you will find a gem place....food is good ....options are just not sufficient....table will be needed more organized & also staffs....but other than it's a good place to hangout

  • 5/5 aritry b. 9 months ago on Google
    It's definitely an amazing place to visit with your friends and family, a very cosy ambience with good food and great service.

  • 5/5 Subarnoraj R. 2 years ago on Google
    A wonderful cafe situated in Jodhpur park ,very near to South City Mall.The staffs are very humble and friendly.I will definitely visit this cafe again!

  • 5/5 Sanjay K. 2 years ago on Google
    Opens at 10, we managed to get parking right outside and we were the first one here even before it opened, had to wait around 15-30 until they began preparing the food. A themed cafe for books and story lovers. They served some good conti food. Service staff and Ambiance pretty good. I tried the Mushroom on Toast which was good and the Hot Chocolate.

  • 5/5 Sadhna 2 years ago on Google
    The ambience with nostalgic glimpse of feluda in each wall will please you definitely. Atmosphere is very cozy and comfortable! They have wooden seating arrangements in first floor and they have smoking zone and another seating arrangements in ground floor as well. Prices are at middle range. Quality and taste of the food is up to mark. We have tried all meat platter and grilled chicken steak. They try to maintain hygienic as well. Staff are co-operating and well behaved too. Have fun!

  • 5/5 Som P. 1 year ago on Google
    It's a nice and cozy place for hangout. The ambience is great with books and couple of equipments to give you that retro feel. The food quality is really good given the price range. I would definitely recommend this place.

  • 5/5 Prity D. 1 year ago on Google
    The ambience is amazing. It has a lot of books and the shop is completely feluda themed. Walls of 1st floor is painted with elements of stories of Feluda and the menu is completely feluda inspired too. We ordered: famous breakfast platter (chicken) - 250 It was good but the portion is small but tasty. Crab Meat Sandwich - 260 It was moderate. Not too bad not too good.

  • 5/5 Ankan G. 2 years ago on Google
    The food was extremely good. The service was fast along with a beautiful ambience. We ordered 1. Chicken Sandwich which was served with French fries and Chicken Shawrma Wrap. The price is okay.


Call +91 33 4003 6777 Open on Google Maps

Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
    • ✓️ Free street parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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