Wonderful place to dine in the heart of Kolkata. One can sit and enjoy the delicious kebabs, biriyanis , deserts or even parcel along. The restaurant staff can help you out with the special dishes that suit your taste buds. They will help you in parking your two or four wheelers, so no headaches of penalties while enjoying your food. Must visit at least ones.

This is a ritual that I follow to have food in Arsalan whenever I come to Kolkata. There was a huge line and decided to sit in the ground floor non ac area. Ordered Laccha Paratha , Mutton Tikiya, Mutton Chaap , Mutton Stew and Double mutton Biryani. Everything was good. Best was the mutton tikiya paired with laccha paratha. Stew was a lil let down and hence the 4 star. Biryani as usual was heavenly.

Place is beautifully decorated with chandeliers and does give you that royal feel. Atmosphere is 5/5. Their absolute best is the simple Mutton Biryani (384/-). However, do avoid the ‘Arsalan Special’ Biryani (399/-)because it’s extremely spicy and doesn’t give the actual Biryani feel, not recommended at all. Staffs are polite and seating arrangements are nice as well. Although, you might have to wait 10-15 minutes during lunch hours due to peak time.

One of the leading names in Biryani in Kolkata, getting a table at Arsalan was a big challenge specially because we visited around Durga Puja time. But we were served our food, we realised the wait was totally worth it. The biryani was fantastic. We took mutton and chicken both varieties and it was well cooked. This was served with basic raita and we relished every morsal of it. We ended our lunch with Phirni that was set in mitti ka kasora (clay pot). The dessert was also pretty decent. We will count Arsalan in one of the best places to have Biryani in Kolkata.