Mani Mess — Restaurant in Kerala

The place is a house converted into a restaurant for vegtarian meals. The food is bland, but hygienic. Nothing extraordinary or even above-average in the food. It’s a normal meal served hot and fresh. Such warm and Hygienic food is in short supply in the East Fort area. So for that reason, crowds are drawn in to the restaurant.

People queue up in front of the door to take tokens. A limited crowd is allowed inside at a time batch-by-batch. When your turn comes up, enter and grab your seat. The ambience is dull, barely enough light inside and the heat would drive you mad. The seating is jam-packed and the furniture leaves barely enough room for the waiters to move around. It’s an uncomfortable position.

But everyone sucks it up for the food. They serve rice with two vegetable dishes, pappadam, buttermilk and hot parippuvada.

Honestly, in my opinion, it is not worth the price. This is not a food that one can eat every day. It’s a one-time try and just forget it. And don’t think that you can park many cars in the area. You would only clog the roads. So if you are in East fort for any other purpose, just walk up to the mess and...

A hotel for ppl who wanted to have a good vegeterian meals and have patience to wait for atleast 15 mins. If you dont want towait for so long , try to reach there at 12:45 Atleast. Get the token from the staff standing in the door and wait. They are serving batches. After last person of previos batch is out you can enter . The roof hight is low (careful who are 6 ft plus 😀) . Then they will serve you with rice (White rice and it taste really good) and a small plate of curries and the highlight "parippuvada" . You can ask for more prippuvada also. (better to have two). You will be served with curd also. Curries will be one thoran, one gravy like koottukari , pickle and pappadam (or appalam). Highly recomended for the people who love to have veg meals with white rice. Difficult to find the place. Use google map.

When u r going from east fort - Reach attakulangara junction - right towards kotta - Immediate left small road - then third puthen street ( you can count the streets in the right side ) - In third puthen street - go around 300 mtrs your destination will be on the left.

dont go by car. Parking space...

If you're from Chennai or just love that proper Tamil nadu sappadu, you need to know about this place on Puthen Theruvu. I keep coming back here every time I miss home. Yeah, you can get white rice and sambar anywhere in TVM. But here? It's the real deal. You will sit down and they plonk that steel plate with a crispy, hot parippuvadai on the side, you just know. It's that little detail that takes me right back to my Chennai days. Their pickle has that perfect kick, the curd is always set right,not too sour and their poriyals taste👌. It’s not just a meal, it’s a proper, wholesome experience that fills up your stomach and your heart. No fancy ambience, just amazing, authentic food. My absolute favourite for a reason!

ProTip: Go hungry. And maybe get there before the lunch rush hits, if you want to get a seat quick. Because there is token system...