10 Best Hotels in Kolkata (Calcutta), India

You won't feel cramped inside this hotel where the crisp and modern standard rooms are 220 square feet. The best rooms overlook the pool, but many others have good views of the city. The hotel also houses a popular nightclub and a pastry shop.

This sleek, tastefully designed business hotel has rooms with wooden floors and bathrooms with Italian-marble floors, glass sinks, and sunken rain showers. La Cucina, the hotel's Italian restaurant, is spectacular. Suites here are modern, comfortable, and worth a splurge.

The Sonar resort has comfortable and modern rooms surrounding picturesque ponds and lush landscaped gardens. The in-house chocolate boutique Fabelle serves delicious desserts.

Popular with repeat visitors to Kolkata, this hotel has pretty gardens and two cheerfully furnished wings with comfortable and spacious guest rooms. This hotel, which has a great downtown location and garden, gets a lot of business as a wedding venue.

A modern hotel catering to the white-collar professionals and other business travelers in the new satellite town of Rajarhat, this property is more about efficiency than style. Rooms are well-appointed and spacious, and the ones situated on the higher floors offer respite from the din of the adjacent mall. The hotel has restaurants serving Indian and European cuisine; their breakfast buffet is popular with business travelers. The rooftop pool is worth checking out for a relaxing swim.

A fusion of traditional and contemporary Indian aesthetics, this hotel on the edge of the city center comes with spectacular views of the Maidan and the Victoria Memorial. Modern Indian art, artifacts, and antiques are showcased throughout the building. Rooms, which you access via quiet triangular atriums, are essentially Western, with Eastern accents and Indian prints. Ask for a pool-facing room, which provides a wonderful view of the Victoria Memorial.

One of the least expensive and most comfortable hotels in the city, rooms here are somewhat small, but the lounge draws a hip crowd every evening. The garden is a great place to chill with a cold beer and tangri kebabs (chicken marinated in yogurt and spices).

In the heart of Kolkata's business district, this 19th-century heritage property was restored by Bharat Hotels Limited and turned into a classy business hotel with massive rooms in 2014; the property is well preserved with elements that highlight the building's history as a bakery. The 24-hour alfresco restaurant is very European, with pristine white decor and a global menu, while the old bakery equipment has been restored in another restaurant called The Bakery, which serves some old Calcutta favorites and a hearty breakfast.

One of the most elegant hotels in the country, this Victorian landmark in the center of town provides impeccable service. The restaurants are grand, albeit old-fashioned, and the contemporary-style rooms are spacious with well-appointed bathrooms. The best rooms overlook the interior courtyard and pool.

The location, good service, lively nightlife, and trippy interiors have made this into one of the busiest hotels in Kolkata. The hotel's restaurants, nightclub, and pub draws a steady crowd and the lobby sparkles with mirrors and cut-glass chandeliers amid rich wood and marble.