Name: Allen Kitchen
Address: 40/1, Jatindra Mohan Avenue, Kolkata- 700006
Servings: Prawn Cutlet, Fish Fry, Fish Kabiraji, Fish Roll, Chicken Kabiraji
Overview: Allen Kitchen Was Set up Around 138 years ago by a Scottish Gentleman Sir Allen in Chitpur Area. Later Sir Allen handed over his shop to one of his workers Jiban Krishna Saha when he went away from India. From then the Shop is maintained by Jiban Krishna Saha and his decedents. The Shop was relocated to the current address in 1992. This place is a hidden gem for evening snacks especially Prawn Cutlet, Fish Fry, and several other mouth watering snacks.
Timings: 4 Pm-9 Pm.
Ratings:
Food Quality: 4.7 Star out of 5
Price Range: Rs 350(Approx. for 2 Persons)
Ambiance: 4.5 Star out of 5
Overall Rating: 4.6 Star Out of 5
Recommended Dishes: Prawn Cutlet, Fish Fry, Chicken kabiraji. Prawn Cutlet are the most popular item here.
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I wanted to say something ABOUT this restaurant for long.. one of the oldest one in Kolkata.. and I never feel the same cutlet taste anywhere.. cutlets and other snacks are fantastic just .. they have there own secret recipe of cutlets and to much unique.. oils and making is so clean and worth money.. after getting one u just can't resist your self to get another one two or three.. must try.. this one is my favorite of all time
This place has been on my Dad's lips everytime he speaks about his hay days. He refers to the prawn cutlets everytime we try to order in. So finally we decided to check it out ourselves and oblige dad as well. And I must say it didn't disappoint at all. In fact we loved the egg devil and fish pakoda as well. The restaurant is not on any delivery app. But that didn't stop the owner from sending us our request through his own team. Would have been great if the chingri cutlet were crispy. Good old world.
This place is more than a century old, and serves some of the best traditional Bengali snacks. Price has always been pocket friendly here, as they are known for their tasty food without the frills of a classy restaurant.
Two people can easily stuff themselves with Rs. 500 or so. Our favourites are the Steaks, Fish fry and Egg Devil.
- with Debadyuti SK
I love the fish fry and kobiraji here
Prawn cutlet = Allen's Kitchen. It is how I have the brain mapping aka taste mapping.
Prawn cutlet made with Lakshi ghee (pure desi Ghee) gave awesome aroma with heavenly taste. It takes a bit time to serve the food after you place the order so keep patience. They don't serve premade food so enjoy your time in your own way while the prepare the food.
Mutton steak was hot and light in taste where you can taste individual ingredients taste in your taste buds with melting mutton. It was good.
But for me Allen's kitchen = prawn cutlet.
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Loved the food but in my opinion it's not worth the hype.
Priced a bit stiffer too.
But yeah,food quality is good. They use ghee for all the items.
Went here last year and ordered their special prawn cutlet and egg devil with mutton.. the prawn cutlet was outstanding..it literally melted in my mouth.. the egg devil was decent.. would love to have the cutlet again..
Tried the prawn cutlet in a recent food fair, and it was awesome with excellent smell of ghee , flavouring a nice prawn cutlet. Didn't had such an excellent prawn cutlet before, with a nice prawn stufing and a wonderful aroma of ghee.
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Lip smacking snacks of Calcutta can be found in a corner of a blind lane, at the end of a shanty or even, in this case a heritage eatery like Allen Kitchen. The place has its humble setup and very easily accessible location near Shobha Bazar Metro station that points toward Girish Park. Coming to the food, we had come with a homework of sorts courtesy Zomato. The waiter was summoned and order was blurted out. Mutton Steak, Prawn Cutlet, Large Fish Cutlet, Chicken batter fry. We had five hungry mouths to feed, so needed a bit of help from the waiter for the fifth item. It was apparently a chicken roll of sorts that came wrapped in breadcrumbs. I personally had great expectations from the mutton steak, but it turned out to be a bit too tangy to my taste. The taste of the steak was over powered by sourness of the dish. The large fish cutlet was also somewhat of a disappointment since Apanjan has set standards so high. Now the remaining three dishes somewhat outdid our expectations. They were fabulous. Coming to the star of the show, the well renowned prawn cutlet was fabulous. It had shrimp that would literally melt as you would take your first bite. The taste was properly balanced with a reasonable thin batter to go along with it. The chicken batter fry was perfect in all senses. It tasted fantastic and looked great. The dark horse of the order list, our waiter suggested Chicken Roll was a gem of a roll, that we thankfully chose to order. Resembled more like Campari's fish roll, this chicken roll with keema chicken inside tasted best of the lot. All in all except for mutton steak you can feast your eyes on the remaining dishes we ordered. Remember to order the Chicken Roll next time you pay a visit to this historical place. Best time to visit - 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm. 16 people can sit at most at a single point of time.
Situated at the heart of North Kolkata, This is one of the most legendary eateries of the city. They serve some Excellent dishes. Prawn Cutlet is the most recommended one. It's great place for having evening snacks. However the seating capacity is limited, so you might have to wait during a busy evening. Takeaway is also available. Food quality is excellent. Hygiene is maintained considering It's a small outlet.
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Fish batter fry.
Mutton steak 🥩
Special prawn 🍤 cutlet.
The hidden gem at north Kolkata.
Food quality and taste was so good and delicious ..
Specifically the prawn cutlet which was fried in pure ghee..
Highly recommend ❤️
This place barely needs any introduction. And this ghee fried prawn cutlet is definitely the top pick of this place. All time favourite.
Heritage eatery..125+ years old..must try Ghee fried prawn cutlet and Ghee fried fish cutlet or kabiraji... hidden gem in Kolkata...
Note: No vegetarian options...
Allen Kicthen is apart of Calcutta Heritage. The quality of the fastfood delicacies have enhanced with time, made of pure ghee.
Prawn Cutlet, Fish kabiraji are a must. Located in North Kolkata, this culinary destination is now a legendary one.
People come back here dipped in nostalgia.
This is a historical and heritage based food place where you get different types of fries items on fish, chicken etc. Quality is little degrade than earlier. Food taste was good. Fish fry is not available most of the times and also the fish kabiraji.
The hidden gem at North Kolkata...situated in middle of shovabazar metro and Girish park metro ...the famous prawn cutlet is just awesome in taste...its mouth watering...fish fry is also good..but fish roll was not upto the mark...sitting place is small...
Exquisite food items which are relatively uncommon these days at restaurants - Prawn and fish batter fry etc.Quality of food is quite good and one gets that "more than a century old" feeling which is invaluable.
It's a really great place to eat some cutlets. The taste is really different & really good. 👍🏻
I had fish fry and mutton cutlet, for me fish fry was the showstopper.i loved it. Mutton cutlet was also good but I expected more mutton keema.overall good experience.
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