Mehrotra Silk Factory

A long-running family silk house near the Cantonment that has stayed on travellers' lists for one unglamorous reason: fixed prices and nobody working on you. Scarves, stoles, saris, bedcovers and fabric by the metre, with the difference between pure silk and a blend explained openly rather than performed. It sits close to Varanasi Junction, which makes it a sensible last stop before a train, and they will arrange shipping if what you have chosen has stopped fitting into the bag.

The unstressful way to buy real Banarasi silk, with fixed prices and plain explanations