Bhojohori Manna — Restaurant in Kolkata

Hatibagan is the heart of Kolkata. It is speckled with scores of restaurants which serve scrumptious dishes at competitive prices. Bhojohori Manna is one of the best among them. It is a perfect destination for all those who love Bengali cuisine. Today we visited the place and had an exhilarating experience.

Ambience:

Since it was Sunday and we went there at peak hours, we had to wait for fifteen minutes outside the eatery. As we moved inside, there was still a paucity of space. They have taken some safety measures keeping COVID-19 quagmire in mind. The ambience was quite delightful and perfectly in sync with the pipping hot dishes.

Food:

We ordered the following for three of us Plain Pulao (one plate) Price: ₹120 Veg Pulao (one plate) Price: ₹120 Bhetki Kalia (one plate) Price: ₹185 Mochar Ghonto (one plate) Price: ₹95 Mutton Rezala (two plates) Price: ₹205 per plate Aampora Shorbot (three) Price: ₹40 per cup Natun Gurer Ice Cream (three) Price: ₹160 per plate.

Prices of all food items are exclusive of taxes We started with aampora shorbot which was a delight to the taste buds. It was refreshing and whetted our appetite bigtime. It was followed by the different pulao dishes. Both of them were deliciously cooked. My mother, who is an excellent cook herself, gave a five out of five ratings to the mochar ghonto they served. The bhetki kalia was cooked to perfection. They served hot and spicy bhetki (fresh catches according to my mom)! Mutton rezala was equally well cooked. Mutton was tender and succulent. I loved the thick gravy of the rezala. But to be honest, I loved the notun gurer ice cream the most. It was something out of the world. I have had this item in other places as well, Bhojohori Manna serves the best nolen gurer ice cream indeed. Overall we were exceedingly satisfied with the food.

Recommendation:

I have soft corners for the restaurants at Hatibagan as it is my new residence. I reckon, Bhojohori Manna is one of the best in the City if you like Bengali cuisine. I will strongly recommend it to all my friends. And if you hang out there, don't miss the notun gurer ice cream.

Pocket Pinch: ₹1500 for...

Had really high hopes from this reputed restaurant which is so well known for serving authentic Bengali cuisine but unfortunately, Bhojohori Manna surely and certainly disappointed us profoundly to say the least. This hotel completely lacks ambience, has extremely poor seating capacity and the food both in terms of quality and taste is below par. My family and I had ordered three non-veg thalis and the taste was too ordinary. The dal lacked any flavor and ghee too was absent. In Chingri macher malaicurry, the gravy was watery, consistency of the gravy was thus below average and no flavour of mustard, coconut could be smelled or tasted. Mutton was uncooked,chewy and the curry was cold. Moreover, the pieces of mutton were too small and not at all meaty. Basanti pulao too had been served cold. Overall, cold and chewy mutton with cold Basanti pulao was nothing short of a terrible experience. The chutney that we were served was bland and also lacked the sweetness that is desirable in 'chutney'. The choice of sweet to be served was again disheartening. One expects authentic and iconic Bengali sweets like chanar jilipi, rosogolla, pantua or langchya etc to be served but the sweet that we were served did not complement the restaurant's fame and repute. Each thali costed us Rs 1050 plus 5% GST and I have no qualms in saying that it was a sheer waste of my mother's hard earned money. Therefore, I would definitely recommend you to think twice before you visit Bhojohori Manna...

During the puja the service of this restuarant is not up to the mark as expected by a regular customer of bhojohori manna. The servers was not behaving properly with the customer and the choice of menu was very much limited during the pujas. Their was no option of ala carte and when asked about some suggestions the servers would misbehave with me and my friends. When we were placing the order the waiter were busy with the swiggy delivery boys and other local people inside the restuarant which was creating a commotion and disturbance, he was not paying any heed of attention towards us and this was disliked by us as it is a very well known place among bengali people. Additional problems started to rise when we asked for some beverages and they completely said that their was no such beverages offered during the pujas and it took us by surprise that neither their was any beverage in the thali menu nor their was any availability in the restuarant. I would request the owners and the managers of bhojohori manna to please look into such matters and rectify them as soon as possible because such negative impact from the customers should not be...