Kolkata Lounge Restaurant

Head down Pershore Road towards Bournville and you'll find Kolkata Lounge doing something a bit different. This isn't about flashy presentation or fusion nonsense—it's about the food from Kolkata itself, executed with real technique and respect for flavour. You're getting dishes that showcase Bengali cooking's subtlety: mustard oil, nigella seeds, and spice combinations that actually make you think about what you're eating. The room itself is warm without being fussy, the kind of place where you can settle in for a proper meal without feeling like you've got to dress up. With a 4.4-star rating from nearly 500 reviews, people keep coming back because the food's genuinely good.