Govinda - Kolkata

Renovation work started when we went there so that you don't see immediately from the street where the restaurant is, but once you find yourself in a colonial ballroom with gilded stucco and paintings by Lord Krishna Pastimes. Ac is quite cold, so come prepared with a scarf or sweater. We ordered the simple Thiali on Rs 140 and were not disappointed, the food was very fresh and tasty. We enjoyed especially the bhindi subji (ladyfingers), the food was not oily or heavy and you get a refill of most subjis and dal as well as rotis. There is a candy counter with a few snacks and many sweets and some iceless cakes. They looked delicious, but we were too full to try. Very recommended

Govinda is your place when you are a vegetarian. If you are allergic to onion and garlic, this is the best restaurant you can find. Not very expensive too. Updated by previous review on 2022-07-28

Nice place with beautiful decorations. Many options on the menu, you can choose without cheese option. Govinda Dal is very tasteful. Unfortunately, I have to take my food away.

This is the second in the city and is very stylish and the food is exceptionally good.

When you walk in, you 'll see just a sweets counter. Go through the door to the left to get to the restaurant. I 'd read the previous review and asked what was available from the menu before deciding. Here are my thoughts: 1. The menu has no pictures or descriptions, so you 'll have to know what everything is. I was largely unaware. 2. I should 've brought my vegan passport book. I expected that finding something vegan at a vegetarian restaurant in a country where most people have some knowledge of English would be much simpler than this. It was actually quite difficult, because a) veganism was a difficult concept, since strict vegetarian to them still includes a lot of various dairy products, and b) there wasn 't much English, even combined amongst the staff (I know, I 'm in another country, but I was still surprised). 3. Even after I managed to explain no dairy, no ghee, no milk products, I still got some dairy dipping sauces on the side, which I shouldn 't be too shocked about. 4. The food was quite good, but not AMAZING, and it wasn 't better than the street corner shop I 've been eating at for 1/15th of the price. Normally, you pay for the service and the ambiance, but neither of these were overly impressive. Overall, it was good and not bad, but I wouldn 't go back. I was going to give 3 stars, since I found it OK, but that 's the 2nd-lowest rating for veg places, so that 's the only reason I 'm giving 4 stars.