Mo Dhaba — Restaurant in Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation

Today I went to visit the Kalabhoomi with a friend of mine. After roaming for about two hours we were famished. Hence we asked one of the security guards there for an eatery who told us about the “Mo Dhaba”.

It was 2 pm. We ordered a masala papad, one veg biryani and one chicken biryani. The waiter took around 15 minutes to take our order. Then he came after a few minutes only to tell us that the veg biryani wasn’t there. So we asked him to serve a veg thali instead.

Then he again comes after a few minutes to tell us that the veg thali too wasn’t available. So out of sheer helplessness we ordered four chapatis and one paneer masala in lieu of the veg thali.

But our chronicle of suffering doesn’t end here!

After taking our order the waiter disappears. Then we see him attending the other tables. This went on for almost half an hour.

Then out of sheer frustration we went to their kitchen counter to enquire about what the fuss was about. There the chef (who also happens to be a server) told us that our chapati and paneer masala was ready but not the biryani and the masala papad.

So we had to suffice our hunger with the food that we finally got served at 3 pm. Although the food was good but it was way beyond expensive considering the volume of the curry that had tiny chunks of paneer.

The dining area although clean but was very small to accommodate even 50 people. There was no coordination between the kitchen staff and the servers/waiters. Only two servers were attending all the tables. One of them also happened to be a chef.

Hence this was my first and last visit to this...

Restaurant Within premises of Kala Bhoomi. Atmosphere: 5 star Ambiance: 5 star Sitting arrangements: 5 star View from sitting area: 5 star Service: 5 star Staff behaviour: 5star Food Quality: 4 star (can't say about non-vegetarian dishes) Price: Reasonable. This restaurant is situated within the premises of Kala Bhoomi. You need not to look for new parking space😊 This was my first time to Kala bhoomi. As our meeting time was fixed around lunch time, I googled a little prior visiting the place about the near by restaurants and cafés. The reviews I found about this Mo Dhaba was really heart breaking and frustrating. But after roaming inside the museums for about 2 hours, at the peak hours of the sun, the thought even was tiresome to roam around to locate a good restaurant. It was 2:30 pm and we stepped into Mo Dhaba. At that moment I had thought that, "let me try once, agar bura hoga toh ek hi baar hoga na". Most attractive part of this place is the sitting arrangements. No close doors and walls, no ac, you can enjoy the cool natural breez, games of squirrels and chirping of birds while enjoying your food. Enough to erase the tiredness. The staffs are well behaved. In veg you can try their Kadai Panner. Their veg thali comes with Aloo Bharta, Badi chura and Papad. Also they have good range...

This place is a bit deep inside kala bhoomi only. You have to park the car/bike inside the park and walk towards it for 500mts (the security inside will guide you where it is)

Food is very average and the cost is also less accordingly, also the waiting time is huge if there's a lot of crowd there.

The dining space is an open cement shed with no AC but some fans, the staff is very new in...