Bhojohori Manna — Restaurant in Puri

The cuisine of a region is intrinsically integrated into the history and culture of the region. Bengali cuisine is one of the most eclectic of Indian regional cuisines and has been open to foreign influences for more than 800 years. Turks, Afghans, Mughuls, British, Portuguese, French, Danish, Dutch, Armenians, Chinese and other settlers have played a role in the gastronomical legacy of Bengali cuisine. Though the civilization of undivided Bengal is 4000 years old, not much is known about the cuisine of the early period, except for rice being a staple. Over the centuries Bengali cuisine has incorporated a wide range of vegetables, fish, meat and spices and different preparation styles - sheddho (boliled), bata (paste), pora (barbecued), bhapa (steamed), bhaja (fried) and jhol-jhal-shorshe (curried). A protocol of having a typical Bengali meal has evolved traditionally starting with a bitter preparation and ending with sweets. The story of Bhojohori Manna began out of a garage space at Ekdalia, Kolkata in March 2003. Five friends from diverse backgrounds with no formal F & B training but having a passion for food and people, reckoned from their own personal experiences that there was a vacuum in Kolkata for simple 'home style' Bengali food. The name Bhojohori Manna was chosen from a popular Bengali film song rendered by the legendary singer Manna Dey. The humorous track "Ami Sri Sri Bhojohori Manna..." revolves around a widely travelled cook who returns to his native land with a signature culinary style. The business model was inspired by the charming old world concept of 'pice hotels'​ and moulded to the requirements of the day. Within a month of opening the first outlet, Bhojohori Manna struck a chord with the masses. A combination of filling up the vacuum in the market along with the food, the brand name, the affordability, the simple environment and a bit of media information...all these played a role in attracting the crowds. Thereafter the story changed completely...by May 2003 we had huge crowds waiting outside our little outlet on the weekends...it was embarrassing and a time had come to think ahead. In the course of the next few years the market driven demand resulted in Bhojohori Manna's expansion in Kolkata. The team evolved into a structured format in marketing, operations and CRM areas. The customers...foodies from all over India and many parts of the world including celebrities from different walks of life...contributed immensely in establishing Bhojohori Manna. The media also played a major role in promoting brand Bhojohori Manna. Bhojohori Manna expanded beyond Kolkata to Bengaluru, Siliguri and Puri between 2009 and 2012 and the expansion plans...

Well this was my first time to Bhojohari Manna's Puri outlet on 6.10.19. I went with two of my friends. We ordered 1 vegetarian thali & 1 non vegetarian thali. Vegetarian Thali had plain rice, sweet pulav/Kanika, dal, sukto, jhiri alu bhaja, Chanar Dalna, Phulkopir Dalna, Mango Chutney and Sweets followed by mitha pan. Let me write the major issues; Dal was completely bogus it had very less tempering and seasoning. Kanika/sweet pulav: good Sweets: definitely store bought and of average quality. Mitha Pan: useless addition to justify the price may be because it didn't use the traditional pan spices. I mean how can you add cherry to pan. The mitha in mitha-pan is supposed to come from gulkand and not cherry. Phulkopir Dalna: Taste was good even though it can be a lot less oily. Portion was too small like one floret of Phulkopi and two wedges of potato and a small amount of gravy. Chanar Dalna: Actually quite good Mango Chutney: Quite good. Sukto: major disappointment. It was almost a thin gravy mix-veg dish and not at all the quintessential Bengali sukto. In the Non-vegetarian thali the Non-vegetarian dishes were pabda curry, hilsa barisali and mutton dak bunglow. hilsa & mutton we're good and pabda was certainly not good. Cost: Veg Thali: 500 appx & Non-vegetarian Thali: 850 appx. Bottom-line: too pricey considering portion and average quality of dishes. It is really pathetic for vegetarians while Non-vegetarian can still just for sake of...

I am regular Traveler to Puri Jagannath Dham. I have visited Puri uncountable times. We explore different food chains during our visit to Puri. We have explored Bhojohori Manna a well known Bengali cuisine Restaurant at Puri on 11/5/25 during lunch time around 1PM. We were 9 people. 3 couples with 3 kids. Mr Sadesh Maity was serving us at Restaurant. He was misguiding us in regards to available food at Restaurant since beginning. Most of the items were not available as per Menu. Still we ordered few of them. Our ordered bill was approx 5K plus. We wanted to order icecream for all of us.we took a confirmation before starting the order about availability of icecream but when we wanted to place the order, Sadesh Maity informed icecream not available just because many people are waiting outside the restaurant we haven't been served completely. We were completely unaware about the fact that the icecream was available. When one another waiter asked about any dessert to be ordered and confirmed it's available. When finally we checked with the Manager at payment counter we have been informed that icecream was available. No action was taken on the waiter who was giving false information just to achieve more customers. We are in competitive era and easy options are available at Puri. For us Bhojohori Manna is completely NO. Be aware and check...