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Sienna Calcutta is aKolkata-based restaurant and craft store[1] that started in 2015 at Hindustan Park, South Kolkata[2]. Established as a family-run café by mother-daughter duo[2],Shanta Ghosh andSulagna, akaShuliGhosh, it gained popularity for its Bengal-to-table menu and artisanal handicrafts[3].
Sienna Calcutta
The front facade of Sienna Calcutta after the rebranding in 2024
Restaurant information
Established
2015
Owner(s)
Shanta Ghosh & Sulagna Ghosh
Head chef
Avinandan Kundu & Koyel Roy Nandy
Food type
Modern Bengali
Location
49/1, Hindustan Park, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700029, India
Website
www.siennastore.com
The brand actually draws its name from the reddish hue of the soil (Sienna) ofSantiniketan, where its craft studio was founded in 1993 in the village of Daronda,Birbhum district,West Bengal[2]. Sienna’s work combines Bengal’s food and craft through verticals, likedining, handmadepottery, and a Bengal-forward chef’s table in Kolkata[4][5] led by the current headchefs,Avinandan andKoyel[6]. From being a favourite neighbourhood café,Sienna Calcutta today has become a well-known modern Bengali diningrestaurant in Kolkata[3].
The brand owes its origins to the ceramic workshop established byShanta in the early 1990s in Daronda, West Bengal[2]. Shuli, after completing her studies atColumbia University, returned to India and joined her mother’s venture[2]. The duo opened their first retail store at City Centre inSalt Lake, Kolkata, in 2010[2].
In 2015, Shanta and Shuli, launchedSienna Store and Café in Hindustan Park, Kolkata, combining ahandicraft retail space with a café serving food likeavocadotortillasalad, Mediterraneanquinoa salad from Shanta, who donned the chef hat then[2].Rewant Lokesh, Sulagna's husband, later joined the business as a consultant and is presently the business head.[2]
Post a hiatus in 2024's second half, the establishment reopened in December of the same year as an evolved version of the brand[6]. Since then, the organisation has rebranded itself toSienna Calcutta[6].
The renovated space has the retail store and café downstairs[7]. The first floor is where the restaurant is offering a Bengal-to-table menu[7]. The same floor also includes abar concept.[6]
Lastly, the 8-seater tasting menu experience known asRannaghor (Bengali for “kitchen”), is present on the second floor[4].Rannaghor is Sienna's chef’s table launched in August 2025[4][5]. Led by head chefsAvinandan Kundu andKoyel Roy Nandy, this space offers a 13-coursetasting menu centred on Bengal.[4][5]
A dining room special, risotto made with indigenous ingredients of Bengal (Bengal greens, moringa, and smoked Bandel cheese)
The food atSienna Calcutta is Bengal-forward as reiterated by the chefs through their tasting menus[8][9] and restaurant menu of weekly specials. It draws inspiration from both sides of the Bengal border (West Bengal,India andBangladesh)[9][10]. The restaurant seeks to represent the diverse culinary stories of the region that extend beyond familiar dishes[9]. Thebajaar (Bengali for "market") is a core philosophy of the brand.[8]
The brand has also held multiplepop-up restaurants at various locations across India such as, in May 2025 the Sienna team did a kitchen takeover atHosaGoa[12].
Around July 2024, Kolkata's Sienna did a pop-up at The Courtyard,Bengaluru presenting both their Bengal-forward food and ceramics[13]. In December 2024, the Sienna Calcutta team took its Bengal to table flavours to Chennai for a two day pop-up through a 10-course tasting menu[14]. Between 14th to 16th April, 2023, a two-day Sienna Calcutta pop-up also took place atThe Lodhi[15] Perbacco.[16]
In addition to this, the team went on an international tour of pop-ups with the central theme of regional representation of Bengal and its culinary traditions[10]. The first one being atJhol,Bangkok in April 2024[17] followed by another pop-up at Lo Quay,Singapore in May 2024[17].
The crafts side of the brand has a long-standing association with theShuffling Suitcases[18] and has held apparel exhibits across Indian cities as well as internationally in Singapore extending on their vision of representing Bengal[18].
