Best Places To Dine-Out & Visit In Dhaka

Best Places to Visit and places where the best food is  available in Dhaka Dhaka has now turned into a hub of restaurants and is full...

Best Places to Visit and places where the best food is available in Dhaka

Dhaka has now turned into a hub of restaurants and is full of places to visit, given its golden history. Be it the regular hangouts or the occasional meetups, restaurants are a must place to visit, alongside other tourist sites. With restaurants and places worth visiting springing up in almost every block of town, let’s talk today about the places which one must visit and for foodies, the places offering the most scrumptious of dishes. First, in order to appeal to our taste buds, let’s talk about the iconic places offering food in Dhaka. Here comes the list:


1.Malancha
The first and very iconic is the legendary Malancha restaurant of Dhaka. This is a typical Bengali restaurant in Dhaka, as suggested by the name. The place is very famous among college goers, who visit the restaurant in groups and satisfy their taste buds with the biryanis and kebabs, which are offered in buffet style. The place is also known for Bengali delicacies like Bhuna Khichuri and mutton and chicken curry. It is very pocket-friendly, and the location is a busy part of Dhaka called Elephant Road, which contains elephant statues at the entrance of the road. The ambiance is kind of busy and friendly, and the food offered includes mainly local and regional options.

2.Oh! Calcutta
For Indian visitors, another place which is likely to be of great appeal is “Oh! Calcutta”. Oh! Calcutta is a simple but elegant restaurant conveniently located in the Banani district of Dhaka. The restaurant is part of a fine dining chain with award-winning branches in the Indian cities of Calcutta, Mumbai and Delhi. Though the restaurant mainly serves British and continental dishes, it specializes in the Calcutta cuisine, namely the Bengali and Nawabi options. Oh! Calcutta recreates traditional dishes from recipes passed down from generation to generation. The chingri malai curry, prawns cooked in a creamy coconut sauce, and bhapa ilish, local fish marinated in mustard and chillies and steamed in a banana leaf, are very popular. A great finish to your meal can be rasgulla, a traditional dessert of cottage cheese and semolina dumplings cooked in syrup. With all the mouthwatering non -vegeterian dishes like mutton kosha or dab chingri; oh! Calcutta is equally famous for serving another two quintessential traditional bengali dishes that are the famous hummingbird flower fritters and the pumpkin flower fritters, which is basically deep frying of these two delicious flowers dipped in crushed bengal gram batter.

3.Nanna Mia
Another food you cannot miss in Dhaka is Nanna Miar Morog Polao. This is the best morog-polao in Bangladesh. Morog-polao is a very special food of Bangladesh, specially served in marriage ceremonies or any other big family festivals. “Morog” is chicken, and “polao” is rice cooked in a special way. Morog-polao is specially cooked rice with a large portion of chicken, served with a special drink named “borhani”. This is a very delicious and famous food of Bangladesh.

4.Picasso 
Another great place to enjoy the food, nature and the view of Dhaka is Picasso Restaurant. Located on the Gulshan-Tejgaon Link Road, Picasso is a great place to spend quality time with your friends and family while enjoying a mesmerizing view of the city. The rooftop offers a lovely environment for the guests, especially for those who love taking photographs – the spectacular view of the whole Hatir Jheel project from the rooftop swimming pool dining area is nothing short of a lifetime experience. The fine dining restaurant provides a wide selection of Continental, Italian, Thai, Chinese, Mediterranean and many other cuisines. The special items on the menu include Picasso Special Recipe BBQ Grilled King Prawns and Chicken Panini. Prices may be a bit on the high side, but it’s certainly worth the view. 191/B, Bir Uttam Mir Shawkat Sarak, Rahman Regnum Center, Gulshan-Tejgaon Link Road, Dhaka.

5.Hajir Biryani
Last but not at all the least comes the legendary Hajir biryani. Head over to Kazi Alauddin Road in South Dhaka and get your fill of Haji’s famous, fragrant mutton Biryani. And once you’ve had a taste you’ll keep going back. Don’t forget to try their amazing Borhani to complement your meal.


After satisfying the foodie in you, now it’s time to respond to the call of the tourist in you. So let’s talk about the must-visit places of Dhaka:

1.Ahsan Manzil
Ahsan Manzil is a beautiful pink palace with a golden history. It was built in 1872 by Nawab Abdul Ghani, Dhaka’s wealthiest landowner at the time. Nearly twenty years later, the palace was destroyed by a tornado. It was reconstructed by Lord Curzon but almost went to oblivion after his death. In the late 1980s, Ahsan Manzil was thoroughly restored to glory. Today, various family portraits and the skull of Nawab’s favorite elephant are on display.

2.Bhawal National Park
The reserved forest area is nearly 40 kilos away from Dhaka city, and is located in Gazipur under Dhaka division. The national park is renowned for its Sal tree. Here you would find peacocks, tiger, leopard, elephant, clouded leopard and sambar deer.

3.Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban
Designed by American architect Louis Kahn, the Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban is a worthy        monument in Dhaka. It is one of the largest legislative complexes in the world and houses all of Bangladesh’s parliamentary activities. The building was planned in the early 1960s, as the seat of the federal legislature of both West Pakistan and East Pakistan, but wasn’t built for another two decades as the War of Independence took its deadly toll. Kahn’s monumental design is visually stunning, both in scale and in location, as it rises from the mist of the surrounding lake, which was incorporated to evoke the place of the river in Bangladeshi society and history.

4. Lalbagh Fort
If anyone is fascinated by the great signature of the art of the Mughal Empire in Bangladesh, the Lalbagh Fort is the best place for him. The fort is most popular and renowned throughout the country. It is also known as Fort Aurangabad. The fort is situated by the bank of the river Buriganga in Lalbagh of old Dhaka.

5.Ramna Park
Ramna Park is perfect for those in need for a quick evening of solitude. With an area of nearly 70 acres, one of the oldest park of the country, Ramna is house to 71 species of flowering trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals, 36 species of fruit-bearing plants, 33 species medicinal plants and 41 species of forestry and 11 other species, with a coiling lake beautifying its center.