Zahtar Restaurant - Kolkata

Recently visited this outlet. The ambience is beautiful. The food is also delicious. I had: •Crispy Chicken • Murgh Tangri Kebab • Galouti Kebab •Hyderabadi Gosht Dum Biryani •Awadhi Murgh Chaap •Chicken Steak The Galouti Kebabs was so delicious. Really liked it. The Tangri Kebab was perfectly cooked. The biryani was amazing. Highly recommended place.

Zahtar is located in the first floor of The Maureen Hotel. The decor of the restaurant is elegant no doubt. Perfect for family dinner or dates even. I have visited this place a couple of times and I wasn't disappointed. What I tried, ? Galauti Kebab ? Hyderabadi Gosht Dum Biryani ? Chicken Chaap ? Chicken Tangdi Kebab I love Tangdi kebab and Zahtar's tangdi was fabulous. The tangdi was well cooked and well seasoned. The biryani was light but flavourful and went with the Chicken Chaap beautifully. The Galauti Kebab were good too. Finished off my meal with Gulab Jamuns, and those were amazing too!✨

Let me introduce to you the newly, renovated and more upscale "Zahtar" which not only gives you a perfect fine dining experience but also pleases your taste budes with the variety of foods it has to offer. This is probably the only restaurant in the area which serves awadhi food along with drinks and cocktails. Location- It's on the first floor of the Hotel Maureen ( If you travel towards airport from Baguiati, it will be to your left,just after Chowman). Decor- One word, "Splendid". The docor gives you that extravagant feel. Its bright and the seating area can accommodate a comfortable 40-50 people. If you are lucky,you might get the lovely 2 seater which has the view of busy city on one side. Drinks: Beach Party Liit- This is a 500 ml cocktail which has a taste pretty much every liquor in the house. It has Vodka,white rum,Gin,Tequila and Cointrue. Strawberry Diqury- Probably the best we had in the night. Simple base of Bacardi White and a flavour of Strawberry and a taste that you don't forget. Sunami- A mix of cranberry, vodka, whiskey, tequila and white rum. The presentation was nice but tasted average. Food: Panner Dil Bahara- A nice veg starter with a piece of panner topped with sattu and cheese. Veg Akbari Sheek Kebab- These were like a baked pastry with a stuffing of potato. Tasted amazing and best part it looked superb. Galouti Kebab- Oh my god.!!! They were just awesome. They were tender soft and had that perfect blend of spices (Highly recommend). Samandar ka Khazana - Just as the name suggests, these were truely the hidden treasure of sea. The platter had tandoori prawn and a boneless ajwani fish. The prawn was just awesome and what to say about the fish, they just melted in your mouth. Now after the amazing starters we were left with very little space for main course, hence we tried Kachi Gosth ki Biryani- I wont say the best biryani in town but yes a biryani worth eating. Served in Handi, it had 2 Big pieces of Mutton/Chicken and a kachi biryani which was not dry and can be consumed without any gravy. Murg Kumb ki Tari- I have never tried a awadhi chicken gravy with capsicum and mushrooms. Even the chicken had a stuffing of capsicum. But the gravy is too good to die for. A perfect combo with Butter Naan/Naan. Overall a amazing place for dinein with your special one or your family in the Baguiati region. Please give it a shot and i am sure you wont regret it.

A chic and classy ambience in all beige and gold gives this place a high score the minute you step in. It is an all day dining of a business hotel close to the airport making it a sought after place for travellers. The menu holds quite strong and has flavours from around the world to entice you from Chinese to continental and Italian to North Indian kebabs and local Bengali cuisine. The taste of the food somewhat falls flat in most areas. It is of average quality and somewhat rich and spicy. However, the kababs are highly recommended. From the main course you may try Hyderabadi Gosht Dum Biryani and Awadhi Murgh Biryani along with Awadhi Murgh Chaap. Dessert: Hot Gulab Jamun, must try!

Didn't expected such great food but Zahtar made the visit worthwhile specially after the long lockdown. The ambiance of this place located inside The Maureen is just beautiful. Although service was awful but not in the sense of behavior of the staffs. They took almost 1 hr 10 min to serve the food on table. That was really frustrating. Someone said "Sabr Ka Fal Mitha Hota Hai" and hell it was, the quality of food was amazing. Navratan Khorma @ Rs.230 (4/5) : ---------------------------------------------------------- Wonderful blend of nine kind of veggies in white creamy gravy that tasted really nice. We had it with chapati, but any kind of bread will be perfect. Murgh Bharta @ Rs.300 (5/5) : ----------------------------------------------------- Shredded Chicken like authentic Bhartha but bit dry and spicy that tasted brilliant. Murgh Jafrani Kofta @ Rs.300 (5/5) ------------------------------------------------------------ Such a flavorful dish with the delicious gravy and big Kofta balls tasted just incredible. Kashmiri Pulao @ Rs.250 (4/5) : ------------------------------------------------------ Brilliant quality rice cooked perfectly with lots of fruits in authentic way that tasted really sweet and went perfectly with the side dishes. Highly recommend. Pricing mention on online menu card is Rs.100-150 less than their current prices that I felt is bit expensive. But quality of their food was very very good. I highly recommend this place, they just need to quick up the service a bit.

I along with my friends went there for buffet on Astami. We booked from nearbuy app. The cost was ₹888 each. The food was below average. Infact all the fish dishes were disgusting. The odour was so bad that we couldn't eat them. The mutton biriyani, momo, nawadip laal doi were the only edible dishes. Rest of the the food was highly disappointing with respect to the price they charged. And the shocking part was the deception of the manager. He told us to open nearbuy app so that he can take note of the coupon code number. Then he took the mobile and after sometime gave the mobile back to us. LATER WE SAW HE RATED ZAHTAR 5 STAR ON NEARBUY APP FROM OUR ACCOUNT. So be aware before going to Zahtar. They are committing such fraudulent act and deceiving people.

Didn't like the food much. Starters were tasteless. They displayed varieties of menu while booking, but we hardly got 80% of them. In the main course, only the mutton biriyani (which did not have mutton in it, LoL) tastes good. Handi mutton had some oily gravy with no mutton chunks. The pot was empty most of the time. If you're lucky enough, you'll find a piece or two, that too undercooked. The only reason I'm giving it a 2 star is the dessert section. It was too good and bette than many popular buffets.

Went for the Durga Puja Special Lunch Buffet spread here. It was very nice and coupled with the ambience, the staffs, the food quality and variety, it was worth the visit. Definitely going to recommend this place to my friends and family! Being a foodie and someone who has been to a lot of places around the city, I found Zahtar to be a very lovely and worthy place.