08/10/09

Mughlai Paratha

by Alikimam

Ground Chicken with spices,eggs,cilantro chilies and onions in a special dough,fried on a pan served with cilantro chutney

11/06/08

Happily accomadates dietary requests

by MassMaiden

Balanced spices, light sauces and crisp vegetables. Delightfully warm and colorful atmosphere, friendly service. The response was most pleasant when I requested a substitute for wheat flour and to use oil rather than butter. He was able to make the Piajoo with chick pea flour and a cornmeal Poori. The Rui Macher Tel Piazzi was delicious!

I will definitely eat here again.

• Pros: Accomadated dietary requests

03/03/08

Tastefully delicious Bengali food

by IbnAbbaas

A true delightful experience: friendly, cheerful and down-to-earth reception. Tasty, exotic flavours served hot even when delivered and at very reasonable prices. Whenever I come to Boston/Cambridge, I absolutely must dine at Bengal Cafe.

04/07/07

bangladeshi food

by mbalentine

After reading all the wonderful reviews, my two friends and I couldn't wait to try it out. The restaurant is very small, only six tables, and it is apparent that it is family run. Our appetizer seemed as if it was sitting out for a while, but was tasty non-the-less. I ordered to vegetable biryani which was good, but nothing too unique compared to other Indian restaurants I have been to. The service was quick and wait-staff very friendly. Our bill, with appetizers, entrees, and dessert, came out to only $21 (be sure to print out the home page of their website to get 20% off)!

• Pros: cheap, friendly, quick
• Cons: ambience

03/17/07

Incredible Bangladeshi Food, Great Customer Service

by alexduarte

I came to the Bengal cafe with a couple of friends and it was delicious. The service was great and so was the food. I had the chicken curry and a friend had the chicken byriani and both were excellent. The prices are very reasonable and students get a discount, which was nice for us. This restaurant is very vegetarian friendly and the firmi (rice pudding) dessert is to die for!

• Pros: Ambience, Service, Prices, Deliciousness
• Cons: Parking

Cambridge's first Bangladeshi restaurant provides Porter Square residents with filling, affordable dishes.

by Contributor

In Short
For those unfamiliar with the cuisine of Bangladesh, it is quite similar to Indian. Bengal Cafe serves home-style Bangladeshi food, made using fresh ingredients. Authentic dishes include mutton (goat) curry, shrimp korma and sweet-and-sour eggplant. A filling buffet is served daily until 3pm ($6.99 on weekdays, $8.99 on weekends).

08/03/06

Great Neighborhood Bengali

by tpgould

We brought two tired kids to Bengal Cafe on the hottest day of the year (our car's thermometer read 102F), and had a great time. The staff are very friendly and great with kids.

Everything we had was fresh-tasting in contrast with my usual experience in Indian restaurants. (Granted, there are many good Indian restaurants that are exceptions to that comment).

We tried the Fuchka appetizer, which was both fun (fill the tiny pooris) and tasty. The Began Bharta was great, not the stewy version we've had elsewhere. Our four year old loved the Keema Paratha -- Bengladeshi pizza, that reminded us of Armenian Lakmejune. For a main dish we tried the Boot Gosht, a stewed beef dish with lentils that was quite savory. Next tme we'll sample the fish dishes. We liked the Firni for dessert, an unusually flavorful rice pudding.

Overall ratings:

food: excellent

atmosphere: nice, a great addition to the neighborhood

service: excellent

A great addition to our dining choices in North Cambridge, along with the great Greek, Thai, and others already there.

For the transit obsessed (including ex New Yorkers): Bengal Cafe is on Mass. Ave in North Cambridge, 6 minutes from the Davis Sq. T Stop (exit into 7 Hills Park, go down Meacham, turn left onto Mass. Ave.), and right at a stop for the MBTA #77 bus from Havard Sq.

Try it, you'll like it!

• Pros: Friendly, great food.
• Cons: It's small, but a group of 8-10 would fit fine.

05/18/06

Definitely Home-Style

by rspulp

The staff here was very friendly, helpful, and professional. The food and atmosphere was very homey. Unfortunately, my husband and I found our food to be quite average.

• Pros: Friendly Service

12/31/05

Great home style bengali food !!

by mspandan

We tried borhani, tehari and halim. The food was fresh and delicious. The service was excellent, and staff friendly. We absolutely liked it. Highly recommended for savoring the cuisines of Bangladesh/Bengal region of India, which is quite different from the rest of India.

• Pros: great food, friendly service, inexpensive

12/20/05

THE RIGHT WORD : DELICIOUS!

by bhabhajhanineh

My husband and I were heading to little Tokyo and they were closed @ 9.00pm,so we decided to find a different place to eat and What a find! bengal cafe serves Fantastic food!Great mixes of herbs,healthy dishes and the taste ,really out of this world! Its the kind of cooking that I call true cuisine.The service is great ,the restaurant is clean. Try the Haleem for appetizer and the tehari for main dish.

I would certainly go back very soon!

thanks

• Pros: inexpensive, good parking, clean