34 B Belvedere Road,
Alipore,
Kolkata 700 027
Telephone: +91 33 2223 3939
Fax: +91 33 2223 1193
If you're a tourist in Calcutta and are driving by looking for a hotel, chances are you'll fall in love with the picture-postcard quality of the Taj Bengal. The good news is that the Taj experience is as wonderful on the inside as it is on the outside.
With 229 rooms - including 13 suites - the Taj Bengal gives the Calcutta traveller a choice between a city view and a more placid pool view in its superior rooms category. You can also opt for the large luxury rooms, or wallow in the lap of luxury at the Taj Club. Club Executive suites also have a private terrace. Or else, you could brush aside the executive suites and luxury suites to opt for the grandest of them all - the presidential suite.
The Taj offers you great Internet connectivity - and should something not work, their Cyber Butler will be there to help you.
Apart from the standard swimming pool fitness outlet and beauty parlor, the Taj Bengal also offers babysitting facilities to its guests.
For the finest high tea experience in the city, walk into By the Way, the atrium lounge of the hotel. A fine selection of coffees is also offered here.
The colonial aura of the Taj is further heightened by The Junction, a bar that will take you back to the Raj era. You can also pamper your palate with exemplary Chinese cuisine at Chinoiserie.
For a feel of true-blue rural India minus the offensive smells, traipse across the cobbled floors of Sonargaon. There's even a well inside this restaurant, and going by the dining experience here, this one must be a Wishing Well!
The dining experience doesn't stop here at the Taj Bengal. There's The Barbecue, a poolside restaurant that serves Indian and European barbecue specialties. Or if you have a yen for French food, try Chamber restaurant - open to hotel guests only! Or relive the true bustle of delightful culinary experience at The Hub.
As dusk descends, you can wend your way to Incognito, one of the hippest nightclubs in Kolkata. If shaking a leg here isn't up your alley, you can play some pool, or catch a game of chess at The Haven.