Jadavpur 8B & Coffee House
যাদবপুর এইট-বি
Student street food and a branch of the Coffee House by the university gate.
About Jadavpur 8B & Coffee House
The bus stand outside Jadavpur University is known by the number of a bus route that ends there. It is the student quarter’s living room: stalls for rolls, momos, ghugni and lemon tea, photocopy shops, second-hand books, and upstairs a branch of the Indian Coffee House with the same waiters’ uniforms and the same unhurried tables as College Street.
Why visit
Cheap food and loud argument in the city’s liveliest student neighbourhood.
What to see and do
- Stalls round the bus stand
- The Coffee House upstairs
- Posters and wall writing along the university wall
Plan your visit
- Area
- Jadavpur, South Kolkata
- Nearest landmark
- Jadavpur University Gate 4
- Best time
- Afternoon or evening. October to March is the most comfortable time of year.
- Time needed
- About 50 minutes
- Cost
- Usually under ₹100 a head
- Entry
- Open to everyone: a street, ghat, market or park you can walk into. Public street and bus stand. The university campus has its own entry rules.
- Train
- Jadavpur, about 8 minutes’ walk
- Walking
- Little walking
- Photography
- Photography is fine with some care.
Nearby and related places
- Rabindra Sarobar: A 73-acre lake ringed by trees: South Kolkata’s morning walk.
- Dakshinapan: An open-air court of state handloom and handicraft emporia.
- Japanese Buddhist Temple: A small white temple by the lake where a drum is beaten at dawn and dusk.
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Last checked on 2026-10-02. Each place was checked to exist and its position confirmed. Timings, closing days and ticket prices are shown only where known and can change: confirm before you travel.