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Café Drifter

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👍👍 This place is situated at Lake Road, near Vivekananda Road.Perfect for breakfast or brunch. The best place to hangout and chill with your friends and family!The interior of the cafe is pretty and the overall ambience is cosy. Really comfortable and peaceful ambience to work with your friend. Coming... People often mention good, cafe, Chicken, ambience,


Address

P-547, Lake Rd, Hemanta Mukherjee Sarani, lake Terrace, Ballygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal 700029, India

Contact

+91 33 4040 4742

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (1.2K reviews)

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Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (17) cafe (12) Chicken (10) ambience (8)
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  • 4/5 Ankita C. 1 year ago on Google • 40 reviews
    This cafe is a small one in the heart of Southern Avenue. Just beside Vivekananda park. The location is very convenient to reach and among the cafes present nearby, it is the most affordable one. The ambience is small and well decorated with 1 AC and 1 non AC room for smoking. There are also 2 tables near the entrance from where you can view the entire street. Coming to the food. Its price range is affordable and the pizza we tasted was not bad. Could have been softer. But was good overall. The service was fine as well. And they accept all modes of payment. So don't be afraid to go cashless. Overall I would give this cafe- 3.8/5
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Shayeli N. 7 months ago on Google • 9 reviews
    This place is situated at Lake Road, near Vivekananda Road.Perfect for breakfast or brunch. The best place to hangout and chill with your friends and family!The interior of the cafe is pretty and the overall ambience is cosy. Really comfortable and peaceful ambience to work with your friend. Coming to the food, it's pocket friendly and tasty. We tried mustard mayo burger and a double decker sandwich. The food was good. Overall a nice experience.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ankita 9 months ago on Google • 200 reviews
    This cosy cafe in Lake Road area has a lovely space to chill your weekend with your gang! The interior of the cafe is pretty and the overall ambience is cosy! The price range of the items is also very affordable. Must Try: kitkat shake, Brownie Shaks,Chilli Prawn Dry,Porky Fellas,Oyster Chicken,Bengali Mini Fish Fry,Veg Noodles,Bbq Pork Chops,Spaghetti Carbonara Pasta,Chicken Burger,Hot Mudcake with Vanilla Icecream
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Sanuj G. 1 year ago on Google • 131 reviews
    This place is situated at Lake Road, near Vivekananda Road. You can go through Southern Avenue to reach easily. Nearby metro station is Kalighat, but have to walk around 13-15 mins. The interior of the cafe is pretty and the overall ambience is cosy! The price range of the items is also very affordable. Coming to food, it's not that good. You'll get different items from the menu, but overall the food is so-so. We ordered Salt and Pepper Chicken from the starters, which was more or less good. In the main course, we had Chicken Fried Rice, Pork Noodles, Oyster Chicken and Chilli Chicken Dry. The noodles was not upto the mark to be honest, it did not have good portion and the quality of the pork was not good either. But the Chicken items were better with respect to the other ones. Apart from that, the service was very poor. No spoons or forks were provided at first, which was strange! Even, if we needed anything we had to call out to them and we got it after some time! Overall not so recommended place. You'll find a whole bunch of cafes and eateries around that place, so try the other ones!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Suvra S. 7 months ago on Google • 175 reviews
    Food was really good in quality and quantity.. We have ordered egg chowmin, chilli fish, chicken sraugenof, milk tea, honey lemon ginger tea and fresh lime soda..
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Pritam C. 3 months ago on Google • 18 reviews New
    I’ll recommend this cafe for those who want to spend time and their focus is not on the food actually. That doesn’t mean food is not good. Absolutely value for money but the noodles I ordered was not up to the mark. So this is my opinion otherwise go and try. Decoration and services are also very well.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Tanmoy J. 2 years ago on Google
    All dish were delicious except fried rice... That wasn't bad but could be better...
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Moupiya B. 4 years ago on Google
    Very well decorated. The quality & quantity of food is also justified against the rates. Love their bacon wrapped olive chicken. Plus, you can also sit here with your work. The staffs are very well behaved as well. The outdoor sitting area also has a nice feel.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Banani A. 1 year ago on Google
    Located in Southern Avenue, very near from Rabindra Sarobar. Cafe Drifter is a cute little cafe with awesome food and service, price is also good to go. This place is very pleasant for conversation, adda also it has a perfectly cozy atmosphere for couples. Anyone can do their work peacefully in this cafe. This place has smoking zone separately. Food I've tried 🔹️Cheesy chicken french fry (3.7/5) 🔹️Chicken and corn pizza (4/5) 🔹️Blueberry blast (7/5)😅It's too good
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 sovan t. 2 years ago on Google
    👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 So now you can well imagine what my evaluation is. I HIGHLY recommend this place. For informal meetings and chat. Reasons: 1. Great food @ reasonable price. 2. Quiet ambience. 3. Heavenly located given South Kolkata's busy topography. 4. Parking your car/bike won't be an issue. P.S. I'm a non-smoker but there are separate smoker's den too. Raising the flag: The washroom should have been a little better.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Suhani D. 6 months ago on Google • 19 reviews
    This is an underrated cafe in south kolkata. Extremely good experience. The prices are so so affordable and absolutely worth the money. The place has an aesthetic vibe and a great place to spend time with your loved ones. We ordered:- 1. Chilli fish 2. Egg Fried Rice 3. Fresh lime soda

  • 5/5 Somdutta C. 10 months ago on Google • 6 reviews
    We hangout here all the time! The best place to hangout and chill with your friends and family! They provide a very comfy and good ambience for their customers! It’s like our anytime go-to place ! The food here is pocket-friendly and tastes amazing. The staff here are really very humble and kind! All over a great place!

  • 5/5 Harsha S. 7 months ago on Google • 6 reviews
    We weren't planning to go here but just came upon it while getting lost with Google maps 😂 the place is tiny but has the old Calcutta vibe, has a verandah, a smoking room, and an AC room. Loved the breakfast options there. They have amazing add ons. We had teas too!

  • 5/5 Sandeep F. 1 year ago on Google
    You will get a quality food with best service

  • 5/5 raul y. 2 years ago on Google
    Good place to visit. Not very expensive and nice place to hang out.

  • 4/5 Adhyeta c. 1 year ago on Google
    Small place, good food Service was not upto the mark.

  • 4/5 Vicky B. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice cafe for family,and also there is separe space like cabins for couples,different kind of art & craft is there which is very attracting,just loved that, tried a lemon chicken,which is tasty,but you need to wait after placing the order,I had to wait almost 40mins,its the only thing need to improve.

  • 5/5 Veda B. 10 months ago on Google
    Decent place. Humble owner. Went on an event, livened up my mood. Thank you.

  • 5/5 Shohini D. 2 years ago on Google
    Located at Southern Avenue, you can always count on this cute little cozy cafe for a romantic brunch🍱 or some hot coffee on a cold winter evening. ❄ To the foods I tried here: ❄Cheesy Chicken French Fries 🍟 ❄Cafe Frappe 🥤 ❄Butter Herb Rice accompanied with slow oven cooked spring chicken with red wine sauce, mashed potatoes and pan tossed exotic veg. 🍛

  • 4/5 Debanjan B. 5 months ago on Google
    A nice place. Did not heard about it before. The food was really good both in quality and quantity. The noodles in half plate is enough for a normal average person. You can order from a range of mocktails also.

  • 5/5 Amit K. 4 months ago on Google • 3 reviews
    Great place to dine with your family or friends. Ideal for small parties and casual get together. Food is delicious and place is hygienic. Friendly staff. The best thing is that it has a separate smoking zone. So no more passive smoking for non smokers. Overall a good place to dine and spend time.

  • 4/5 The Free B. 1 year ago on Google
    This place is really nice and cozy. We went to experience "work from cafe" and it was really comfortable and peaceful ambience to work with your friend. There was charging points, free wifi (we used our own dongle) and tasty foods. At first, we ordered Lemon Iced Tea which was good and relaxing, then after sometimes, we had Darjeeling tea and Lemon Honey Ginger tea, and we liked it very much, it was tasty. In food items, We had Fish Finger (soft) and Cheesy Chicken French Fries (not good). Overall experience, We enjoyed a lot...


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
    • ✓️ Free street parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Google Pay
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegan options
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✗ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Curbside pickup
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery
  • From the business
    • ✓️ Identifies as women-owned

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