Where to Eat
Must-Try Dishes
Roasted wheat balls with sattu filling, served with mashed potato/brinjal. Available at street stalls, rupees 50-80 per plate.
Flatbread stuffed with roasted gram flour (sattu) mixture. Found at local eateries, rupees 30-60 per piece.
Sweet pancakes deep-fried and soaked in sugar syrup. Available at sweet shops, rupees 20-40 per piece.
A traditional Bihari sweet biscuit made from wheat flour, jaggery, and ghee. Found at sweet shops, rupees 10-20 per piece.
Flattened rice (poha) mixed with yogurt, jaggery, and sometimes fruit. A common breakfast, available at local dairies, rupees 40-70 per bowl.
A dessert made from fox nuts (makhana) and milk. Available at specialty sweet shops, rupees 80-150 per bowl.
Fresh river fish cooked in a spicy mustard-based gravy. Found at local restaurants, rupees 150-300 per plate.
Best Restaurants
Hotel Centre Point Restaurant
Indian, Chinese
Hotel Yashoda International Restaurant
Indian, Continental
The Yellow Chilli
North Indian, Mughlai
Darbar Restaurant
Indian, Chinese
Street Food Spots
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