Food And Accomodation

Eat


The people of Chittagong love oily and spicy food. This can be a problem for foreigners and lead to upset stomachs. If you are a foreigner you should consider sticking with better restaurants and eating in large hotels. Never eat green salad which comes with your meal as you will not know if it has been washed in sanitized water. Just a handful of restaurants in town use sanitized water to wash salad and this is a recipe for explosive diarrhoea.
One oddity in Bangladesh is that restaurants advertise themselves as, for example, "Zaman Hotel and Restaurant" but do not operate a hotel. Where you eat at one of these establishments you can tease them by demanding a room. NB: one room stores also have signboards advertising themselves as 'Department stores'.

• Ambrosia, Jiban Bima Bhaban (Ground Floor), 1053, Sk. Mujib Road (Next to Radio Station & Opposite to Standard Chartered Chittagong Main Branch), ☎ +880 31 2513576 (fax: +880 31 2513460),. Buffet Lunch: 12-4PM; Dinner: 6-11PM. The largest and the latest international standard restaurant in town with a Karaoke corner, seats up to 600 people across 2 floors. Has a huge menu of Continental, Indian, Thai, Chinese, Indonesian and Bangladeshi dishes. Fully air conditioned and very smart. 

• Bonanza, Above Aarong and opposite to the Meridian (GEC circle). The best restaurant in town which is of international standard. Bonanza has a huge menu. Recommended for foreigners who need a break from an upset stomach. Mains Tk 600. 
• The Meridian, Opposite to Bonanza (GEC circle), The Meridian has an excellent lunch buffet for around 450 taka. The rest of the menu used to be pretty good but as of late it is better to stick to the buffet. Mains Tk 450.
• Shangri-La Chinese Restaurant, 39, Agrabad, ☎ 810210. Smart air-conditioned Chinese restaurant. But the place has nose dived recently and other restaurants have opened. ~Tk 400-450 per person.
• Baskin Robbins, just east of GEC Circle. One of the city's greatest redeeming qualities.
• Sugarbun (Well food), GEC circle. Fast food place from the international chain of the same name. Selling pizza, burgers, fries plus a variety of dishes to Asian tastes in a fast food format. Sugarbun also sells coffee, cakes, bread and other snacks. ~Tk 200-275 per person.
• Pizza Hut, GEC circle up the hill towards Welmart. Pizza hut only arrived in Chittagong in 2006. Before that people had to go all the way to Dhaka for pizza. ~Tk 300-500 per medium pizza.
• Zaman Hotel (there are 13 Zaman hotels in Chittagong), just north of GEC Circle, on west side of street,. The menu contains no foreign dishes and this is not a place where foreigners typically eat, though it falls at the top end of middle class Bangladeshi restaurants. The place is clean, the food is OK, the service is good. You can ponder the wisdom in the quote on the menu: "For super disk with quality food to avoid cooking please step with whose family at Zaman Hotel." There are two restaurants of the same name on the same block - this one is the most southerly, with the huge neon sign on the roof. Mains Tk 60-130.
• Zaman Hotel (Agrabad), On the Agrabad circle. The Zaman hotel at the Agrabad circle has the best food of the Zaman hotels. The Chicken Biriyani is particularly good coming with a large piece of chicken, an egg, rice, and a delicious sauce. The environment is more worn than hotel Zaman at the GEC circle. But the food is better. Since there are virtually no good places to eat on a budget in Agrabad it is worth checking this place out. Tk 75-150 for a meal.

KFC, 5, CDA Avenue, Ispahani Moar, Dampara, Chittagong.Ph: 031-622879, 031-622892. The International fast food chain KFC has recently opened it's first outlet in Chittagong promising to serve high quality fast food in a popular array of complete meals to enrich the consumer’s everyday life.

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• Basmati Restaurant, GEC CIRCLE, Chittagong, ☎ 031-651201. Basmati Restaurant is the only restaurant of its kind in Chittagong. It provides delicious Bangladeshi and Indian food in a classy environment. 

       you will also find many other local shop and restaurants for your food and snacks

     Drink

   

Alcoholic beverages are available at five-star hotels in Bangladesh as well as a number of private clubs. Four hotels in Chittagong have bar license; the Agrabad hotel, the Silmoon hotel, The Saint Martin hotel and the Peninsula hotel. While all the hotels are expensive for drinks the Peninsula is the most expensive by far (more than Tk650 for a large can of Heineken).
There are three private clubs in Chittagong. The premiere club is the Chittagong Club which is located at number one Empress Road. The Chittagong club has a bar license and serves foreign alcohol in addition to local gin, vodka and whisky. Chittagong Club membership is closed but foreigners can apply for "temporary membership" for up to two years.
The Chittagong Institute is a far smaller club but it does maintain a bar. It is located in Jamal Khan road.
The Catholic club opens membership to all persons for a small fee but membership applications are only accepted once a year (during December?). It maintains a small bar serving local drinks.
Here you can buy Bangladeshi local branded (KARREW AND CO, Darshona) alcohol(Vodka,Ram,Malted,Whiskey,Gen) from licensed ware houses situated in Shadar ghat (Kazi & co.), BRTC,near railway station (Foreign Liqueur)and from Dewan Hat. If you want to go Bar, then you can go Hotel Shahjahan at Shadarghat, it is well furnished bar and here also a BAR at BRTC bus stand adjacent to foreign liqueur shop.
It is possible to buy alcoholic beverages, ranging from local brews to smuggled beer and counterfeit brand alcohol. Local booze is available legally at government licensed shops. There is one in Agrabad on Sheik Mujib Rahman road. It is tucked into an alley way a short distance from the first floor "Siemens" showroom. Counterfeit branded alcohol is available from illegal traders in Kulshie and other area. Deaths have been reported from consumption of adulterated liquor. Headaches and illness are more common. Smuggled booze is sometimes available from the sea beach.
Readers should note that the 'Expats Inn' has closed it's doors. So no more pub nights.

          Sleep

 

Budget

• Hotel Miskha, 95 Station Road, ☎ +880 (0) 31 610923. checkout: 12PM. One of the better of the Station Road cheapies, rooms are large, fairly clean and more atmospheric than others in the area with faded old wooden furniture. Prices are a little high but don't even think of asking the stubborn manager for a discount or to throw in a TV. There's a decent restaurant behind the reception desk. Tk 200-300.

Mid range

• Asian SR Hotel: The Asian SR Hotel is a 3 star international hotel situated on 291 Station Road, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Phone : +880-31-636383, Mobile: 01711889555, Website: www.asiansrhotel.com, Email: info@asiansrhotel.com
• Hotel Al-Faisal, 1050 Nur Ahmed Road, ☎ +880 (0) 31 710048. checkout: 12PM. This is a good option, mostly because it's far enough away from Station Rd. Tk 500-1500.
• Hotel Bandargaon, 875 Nur Ahmed Road, ☎ +880 (0) 31 637686. checkout: 12PM. Near Hotel Al-Faisal, it's also a good choice. Rooms around Tk 700.
• Hotel Eastern View, 225/A, Sk. Mujib Road, (Chowmuhony) Agrabad, Phone: 00880-031-2510567,2514935, Hot Line: 00880 01727-739 839,01710-914 448, 01811-227 888, E-mail: easternview@ctgtel.net. The newest hotel in Chittagong. It is well equipped, 24 hours service, lift, standby generator, all kinds of food in room, Internet, hot & cold water, secretarial service. It's run by ex-managers of renowned hotels & staff are really good, whole atmosphere is quiet & clean.
• Hotel Sylhet Super, 16 Station Road, ☎ +880 (0) 31 632265. checkout: 12PM. This is a very large hotel west of the train station, good if you need to be in this area. Tk 300-1000.
• Hotel Golden Inn, 36 Station Road, ☎ +880 (0) 31 611004. checkout: 12PM. Across the street from Sylhet Super, it's another decent choice. Tk 400-1000.
• Hotel Golden Inn, Station Road. A 2-star hotel situated on.
• Hotel Saint Martin: Hotel Saint Martin is a 3-star hotel situated in the commercial district of Chittagong on Sheik Mujib road.

     Splurge

• Hotel Agrabad, Agrabad Commercial Area, ☎ +880 31-713311. A 4-star business hotel in the commercial district; restaurants and a swimming pool. Online booking available. 

• The Peninsula Chittagong, 486/B, OR Nizam Road, CDA Avenue (near the G.E.C Circle), ☎ +880 31-616722 (reservation@peninsulactg.com, fax: +880 31-624385),. 4-star hotel. The roof of the building contains a swimming pool and offers a view of the entire city. $100-$150. 

• Well Park Residence, Road # 1, Plot # 2, O.R. Nizam Road, Nasirabad, Chittagong-4000 (near the G.E.C Circle), ☎ +880 31-2557035 (reservation@wellparkbd.com), . 4-star hotel. roof top resturant have trendy with the touch of nature $100-$500.