Your Complete Food Tour Guide for Cox's Bazar

Either you are a Bangladeshi or from any other country of the world, if you want to explore Bangladesh, definitely you have a plan to visit Cox's Bazar, the world's longest sea beach. But before visiting Cox's Bazar you should know what you will eat there, how you should plan your food tour. Because traveling any place is never complete for a true traveler without enjoying the iconic food of the place.

Cox's Bazar is a sea beach where the sky merges with the water, where the sun sets in the ocean. This is the place where people from every corner of the world come to experience and enjoy the serenade beauty. So, when you travel Cox's Bazar you want to spend your time diving into the blue water of the Bay of Bengal, and want to play with the waves of the ocean. But, playing with waves or walking on the beach with loved ones will not satisfy you always because you need to satisfy your hunger with the famous cuisines of the site as well.

Cox's Bazar is famous for dried fish, mainly, which is locally called "Shutki". You will find various kinds of dried fish including " Laitta Shutki", "Churi Shutki", " Chepa Shutki" and many more. When you will visit restaurants for lunch or dinner, tasting shutki vorta or shutki vuna with rice should be on your must-have list. Another popular cuisine of Cox's Bazar, obviously, is seafood. From Tuna fish to Squid, from Octopus to crab, or from Salmon to Pomfret, different kinds of exotic seafood is waiting to satisfy your stomach in Cox's Bazar.

You can, of course, eat seafood in costly restaurants but the best idea of starting your food tour in Cox's Bazar is having seafood at the small roadside shops located in Sugandha Beach and Labony Beach while enjoying the beauty of the beach. Though you have to pay a cheap price relatively in these shops, you have to know to bargain. Otherwise, the seller will tell such a price which will be shocking for your pocket. Crab fry and prawn fry are the most sold items of these shops.

Now, let's talk about the elegant restaurants of Cox's Bazar that will provide you with quality food from medium to high price range with the opportunity to seat in a pleasant environment. Every residential hotel has restaurant facilities. Besides, there are some outstanding restaurants where you will find not only local food but also global cuisines like Western, Thai, Chinese, and continental. Some of the well-known restaurants of Cox's Bazar are:

Mermaid Cafe

It's a music cafe that serves you with tasty seafood and Asian cuisines. On the full moon night, don't miss the chance to visit this restaurant as they celebrate party and DJ. You will acquire a different experience that will make your food tour successful. Mermaid Cafe is located in Sea Inn Point, Sugandha Beach.

Koyla

They provide mainly Indian cuisines, and kabab is their signature item. You can enjoy various types of kababs in this restaurant which is situated in Labonee point, Seabeach road.

Jhaubon Restaurant

This restaurant, located in Kolatoli road, provides Bangla Cuisines mostly including different kinds of bharta, fish, sea fish, beef, mutton, chicken, and vegetables at a reasonable price.

Poushee Restaurant

This restaurant has fame for serving food at a reasonable price. You will get here Asian, Bangladeshi, Vegetarian-friendly halal food. But this Hotel Saymon Road's restaurant has a bad reputation to be overcrowded at lunch and dinner time.

EFC (Elite Food Corner)

EFC is situated in Parjatan Holiday Complex, Motel road. You can choose what you want to eat in this restaurant from the tank where live fish are preserved. They have an exotic seafood menu to satisfy your test and complete your food tour in this city of the ocean.

Stone Forest

Stone Forest is located in Himchory, near to the waterfall. This restaurant, directed by Bangladesh Army provides you with having dinner while enjoying a magnificent view. There are hills on one side of the restaurant and on the other side, you will get to see the Bay of Bengal.

EFC - A Live Fish Restaurant

This restaurant situated in Motel Road, Cox's Bazar. For their fresh and international standard restaurant, they are famous among the tourists. They have live tanks from where you will choose your fish and it will get cooked after your order. The price of the cuisine of EFC is a bit high compared to other restaurants though. You will get there Bangladeshi and other Asian food items as well.

Taranga Restaurant

Taranga restaurant is positioned in Hotel Motel Zone, Sea Beach Road. Beef Kala Bhuna and BBQ are their must-try dishes that is said by their customers. As the restaurant is just opposite the beach, you can both enjoy your meal and nature simultaneously, and make your food tour delightful.

Devine Sea Stone Cafe

This restaurant, positioned in New Beach Road, has a fundamental difference with other restaurants of Cox's Bazar. You can seat there only for dinner, not for lunch or breakfast. Being famous for serving good quality seafood and Asian cuisine, this restaurant demands a little high price.

Niribili Orchid Club & Restaurant

Niribili Orchid Club & Restaurant has one of the best Bangla menus in Cox’s Bazar. They have Bangladeshi items like Bharta, Bhaji, Curry, fish, meat as well as Asian cuisines. It’s situated in the Hotel Motel Zone and becomes a crowded place during lunch and dinner.

There are other good restaurants also like Ruposhi Bangla Restaurant or Salt Bistro & Cafe in Cox's Bazar which can easily come in the plan of your food tour. You just have to keep your eye on the ball to see them.

Last but not the least, when you will go to Cox's Bazar, try to visit Maheshkhali, the only hilly island in Bangladesh. There you will find the betel leaf which is another famous food around the country on which singer Shefali Ghosh's popular song was written.

So, be ready for the food tour in Cox's Bazar whenever the COVID-19 pandemic gets over, and taste all the delicious cuisines of the place.