Country dossier
Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries across Bangladesh in the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Bangladesh
InterContinental Dhaka is in the downtown business district. Gulshan is the neighbourhood for Golden Tulip The Grandmark Dhaka, THE WAY DHAKA, and Crowne Plaza Dhaka Gulshan, an IHG Hotel.
A luxury hotel in the downtown business district with five on-site restaurants, a temperature-controlled infinity pool, and a full-service spa. In the upper tier of formal accommodation in Dhaka, its 2025 awards are Regional Winner for Luxury City Hotel and Continent Winner for Luxury City Business Hotel.
A Gulshan hotel with a rooftop infinity pool, panoramic city views, and live BBQ. It holds 2025 World Luxury Hotel Awards as Regional Winner for Luxury City Hotel and Country Winner for Luxury City Business Hotel.
A Gulshan boutique hotel with a duo-infinity rooftop pool and panoramic city views from Top Of The Way restaurant. In 2025 it was Regional Winner for Luxury Business Hotel and Country Winner for Luxury Boutique Hotel.
Crowne Plaza Dhaka Gulshan, an IHG Hotel, is a sleek contemporary glass tower in Gulshan. Tower Wing rooms have panoramic Dhaka skyline views, and the hotel has a rooftop pool.
Beast is in Gulshan, Aquadeck is in Ramna, and Star Hotel is in Dhanmondi. Cafe Social sits inside InterContinental Dhaka with a minimal wine program, while Beast and Aquadeck have wine lists.
A Gulshan rooftop steakhouse on the 26th floor with panoramic skyline views, grilled steaks, and a wine list. It sits inside Four Points by Sheraton Dhaka, with live acoustic music on the outdoor deck, craft cocktails, and à la carte and family style service.
A Ramna poolside hotel restaurant with Ramna Park greenery, live cooking stations, buffet and à la carte service, and a wine list. The drinks include craft cocktails and zero-proof drinks.
Cafe Social is an all-day international café in Dhaka, set inside InterContinental Dhaka, and known for buffet breakfast. À la carte options are served, and the wine program is minimal.
Star Hotel is a Dhanmondi restaurant serving Bangladeshi food in an à la carte format. It is known for authentic Bangladeshi breakfast items like paratha, paya, and kebabs including mutton leg.
Chittagong’s EPC list is smaller than Dhaka’s, but the city still gives you three different restaurant formats across CDA Ave, Chittagong City, and Dampara. The scene moves between rooftop dining, hotel buffet service, and busy urban Indian cooking.
A CDA Ave rooftop restaurant in Chittagong with Bangladeshi-International Fusion cooking, a standard wine program, and craft cocktails. It has views of the Chittagong skyline, and service is à la carte.
A Chittagong City buffet restaurant inside the Peninsula Hotel with international cuisines, family style service, and a minimal wine program. The buffet includes rotating food festivals with regional specialties such as Indian spices and Sri Lankan flavors.
Handi (1st Branch) is a Dampara Indian restaurant from a popular chain. The chain is known for authentic Indian cuisine in a busy urban location. Service at the restaurant is à la carte.
InterContinental Dhaka has five on-site restaurants in the downtown business district, THE WAY DHAKA has panoramic city views from Top Of The Way restaurant in Gulshan, and Golden Tulip The Grandmark Dhaka has a rooftop infinity pool and live BBQ in Gulshan. Aquadeck in Ramna is a poolside hotel restaurant with a wine list.
InterContinental Dhaka is a luxury hotel in the downtown business district, connected to a convention center, with a temperature-controlled infinity pool and a full-service spa. It has five on-site restaurants and two 2025 World Luxury Hotel Awards: Regional Winner for Luxury City Hotel and Continent Winner for Luxury City Business Hotel.
A Gulshan upscale boutique hotel with a duo-infinity rooftop pool and panoramic city views from Top Of The Way restaurant. The 2025 awards are Regional Winner for Luxury Business Hotel and Country Winner for Luxury Boutique Hotel.
A Gulshan hotel with a rooftop infinity pool, panoramic city views, and live BBQ. The 2025 awards are Regional Winner for Luxury City Hotel and Country Winner for Luxury City Business Hotel.
A Ramna poolside hotel restaurant with Ramna Park greenery, live cooking stations, and a wine list. Service is buffet and à la carte, and the drinks include craft cocktails and zero-proof drinks.
Gulshan holds Beast, the wine list in that neighbourhood, plus Golden Tulip The Grandmark Dhaka and THE WAY DHAKA. Beast is a rooftop steakhouse on the 26th floor inside Four Points by Sheraton Dhaka. Golden Tulip The Grandmark Dhaka has a rooftop infinity pool and live BBQ, and THE WAY DHAKA has panoramic city views from Top Of The Way restaurant.
There are no Michelin-starred restaurants in our Bangladesh guide, and the total number of Michelin stars in our guide is 0. Both figures cover Dhaka and Chittagong, the two cities in our guide.
Gulshan and Ramna are where the wine lists sit in our guide. Beast in Gulshan is a rooftop steakhouse on the 26th floor with grilled steaks, craft cocktails, and a wine list. Aquadeck in Ramna is a poolside hotel restaurant with live cooking stations, buffet and à la carte service, and a wine list.
Dhaka has the deeper dining scene in our guide, with 9 EPC venues compared with 3 in Chittagong. Dhaka also holds the country’s awarded hotels and most of the wine lists.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
City atlas
Bangladesh
Selected entries from the current guide for Bangladesh.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Aquadeck sits in central Dhaka, where restaurant decisions often hinge as much on setting and sourcing signals as on cuisine labels. With little public detail on format, awards, or chef authorship, it reads as a scene-led address rather than a credential-led table: useful for diners comparing Dhaka’s city-centre restaurants by location, mood, and confidence in the basics.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cafe Social sits on Minto Road in central Dhaka, a part of the city where hotel-adjacent dining, offices, government addresses, and family traffic overlap. Its appeal is less about documented awards or chef mythology than the way Dhaka’s café culture uses accessible rooms for mixed groups, flexible pacing, and food that has to satisfy across generations.
Bangladesh
Selected entries from the current guide for Bangladesh.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
InterContinental Dhaka holds two significant hospitality awards, Regional Winner for Luxury City Hotel and Continent Winner for Luxury City Business Hotel, placing it at the upper tier of Dhaka's formal accommodation market. Located on Minto Road in the heart of the capital, it operates as the reference address for corporate and diplomatic visitors seeking structured, high-standard service in one of South Asia's most complex cities.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Golden Tulip The Grandmark Dhaka holds dual recognition as a Regional Winner for Luxury City Hotel and Country Winner for Luxury City Business Hotel, placing it at the summit of Dhaka's formal accommodation tier. Located in Block H of Dhaka 1213, the property addresses both long-stay business travellers and visitors seeking a structured, design-conscious base in Bangladesh's capital.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
In Gulshan, Dhaka's most commercially active residential district, The Way Dhaka holds a double distinction: Regional Winner for Luxury Business Hotel and Country Winner for Luxury Boutique Hotel. That pairing is rare, it signals a property that performs across two demanding categories simultaneously, offering the structural reliability corporate travellers expect alongside the considered scale that boutique positioning requires.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Crowne Plaza Dhaka Gulshan sits within Dhaka's most commercially active diplomatic quarter, positioning it alongside the city's established international hotel tier. As an IHG property, it brings a recognisable operational framework to a market where consistent full-service execution remains a differentiator. For travellers arriving on business or seeking a structured base in northern Dhaka, Gulshan's connectivity and the brand's reliability make it a functional and considered choice.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hilton Dhaka is better read through Dhaka’s business-hotel geography than through resort language: an urban international-brand address in a capital where corporate travel, diplomatic movement, and family occasions shape hotel demand. With limited public venue data available, the useful comparison is against Gulshan and central Dhaka peers, where location, brand standards, and reliable planning matter more than decorative claims.
Bangladesh
Selected entries from the current guide for Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh
Selected entries from the current guide for Bangladesh.
No venues found.
