Oberoi Grand Hotel Kolkata - Dining and Recreation

Dining:

A bewildering array of gastronomic delights ranging from delicious French to the exotic Thai food is readily available.

For instance, La Terrasse, the French specially restaurants which operates in French brasserie style offers the choicest French and international cuisine buffet style.

If you are game for exotic Thai food and delicatessen, can Ban Thai be far behind? In fact Baan Thai is the most popular specialty Thai restaurant in town.

And for high spirited tourists, who doesn't know the chic Chowringhee bar! It is a bar which has its own legend. The Chowringhee bar in the days of your was patronized by the crème de la crème of Kolkata. The old magic is still alive, thanks to the expert bartenders and cocktail experts who have that innate ability to understand your mood and recommend the most appropriate peg for your hearts content. A bewildering variety of classy wines and cognacs makes Chowringhee bar a truly favorable place for spending cozy time together.

Recreation:

This is the age of spa and at the Oberoi Grand, the best available contemporary spa treatments are available. In fact the Oberoi Grand spa is looked after and administered by the renowned global spa specialists - Banyan Tree. Even the staff are from Thailand who offer a wide range of nature based therapies and treatments. The Indian ayurvedic massage vies with Thai, Balinese and Hawaiian massages. Body wraps, scrubs and facials are available too. Exclusive sauna and steam rooms are available on prior notice.

If you are looking for activity oriented relaxation. Why not do a few laps on the turquoise blue swimming pool, which also has a pool side bar.

The fitness center too is a good option to stretch out your muscles. The center is fully equipped with treadmills, multigym, exercycles, rowing machines, arm curl to name just a few. Enough to make you get into the fitness groove.

If you are looking for outdoor fun, you could possibly go golfing, horse riding or even squash and tennis which are located in close proximity to the hotel.

As far as shopping and souvenir hunting is concerned, well, by being a guest of the Oberoi Grand, you are absolutely spot on, right in one of Kolkata's most happening entertainment circuit - The Esplanade - Park Street stretch which is replete with up market shops sells everything from designer Ray Ban goggles to exquisite Balucheri sarees.

Banquets and Conferences:

The impressive ballroom at the Oberoi Grand is one of the most sought after venues for banquet, conferences, glitzy product launches and even road shows. This regal ballroom hosts a lot of high profile events every year and it can accommodate 800 guests at a time.

However, if there are requirements for small scale events like meetings and seminars, the hotel has three well equipped meeting rooms and a state of the art boardroom.

To provide an out of the world banqueting experience with no frills attached, the hotel is well equipped with all conceivable hi tech gadgets which makes conferencing and banqueting at the Oberoi Grand such a pleasure. Nothing has been left to chance. For instance equipments like microphone, collar mike, cordless mike, extra carousel tray, laser pointer, slide projectors, metallic OHP screen, TV, VCR, spot light halogen etc. to name just a few makes for a truly sophisticated conferencing & banqueting experience.