Occasion
Bright daytime menus with chaat, coolers and regional snacks for mehendi ceremonies.
Mehendi Catering in Pune from Welcome Caterers costs ₹900–₹1,600 per plate as an indicative band, plus GST, with chefs, stewards, equipment and clearance included. We plan for 100 guests up to 1,000+. Send the date, venue and guest count to +91 96731 98867 and you get a written per-plate quote the same day.
At a glance
Indicative figures for planning, not a quote. Send the date, venue and guest count to +91 96731 98867 and you get a written per-plate number the same day.
Indicative per plate
₹900–₹1,600 per plate — house party.
Guest range
Planned from 100 guests up to 1,000+.
Live counters
One live counter per 75 guests
Counter throughput
75-100 guests per hour per counter
Service staff
One steward per 25 guests
Plated service
One steward per 12 guests
Setup on site
Four hours on site before service. Six hours for a full wedding spread.
Book by
Six to ten weeks in peak season, two to three weeks otherwise.
Menu
Snacks
Coolers
Sweets
Function by function
Mehendi runs long, starts early and most of the room cannot use their hands. Everything here is one-bite, skewered or in a cup, and served to guests rather than queued for.
From setup, running continuously all afternoon
Chilled dispensers with ice jackets rather than open jugs, replenished from cold holding — it is a daytime outdoor function and warm sherbet ends the counter.
Through the mehendi sitting
Served in cups and on skewers by stewards moving through the seated guests, so nobody has to balance a plate with henna on both hands.
Mid-afternoon, once the artists are through the first round
A real meal, not a snack tail — guests are here for four hours and chaat alone will not carry it.
Late afternoon, as the sitting breaks up
Chilled and hand-held. Nothing that needs a spoon and a plate at once.
Every function above can be made pure vegetarian, Jain, satvik or vegan on its own kitchen line. Dishes are cooked at your venue rather than transported ready-made.
How it runs
The same eight steps every time, so you always know what is owed and by whom. On the day itself the team is on site well before guests are: four hours on site before service, and six hours for a full wedding spread.
1 · Enquiry
Date, venue and guest count. Nothing else is needed to start.
2 · Written quote
A per-plate quote in writing the same day, itemised by function and counter.
3 · Tasting
Arranged for confirmed enquiries. Spice levels and the dish list are locked here.
4 · Booking
An advance holds the date. The menu can still move; the date cannot be double-sold.
5 · Venue recce
Power, gas permissions, lift and load-in access, and the counter layout plan.
6 · Load-in
Four hours on site before service for a buffet, six hours for a full wedding spread.
7 · Service
One steward per 25 guests on a buffet, one steward per 12 guests when plated, with a named supervisor throughout.
8 · Clearance
Full clearance, waste removal and venue handover before the team leaves.
The package
Cost
These are the same bands quoted everywhere else on this site. The number inside a band moves with the menu, the counter count, the service style and the guest count — not with the page you happen to be reading.
| What you are booking | Per plate | Typical of |
|---|---|---|
| Pooja or satyanarayan lunch | ₹450–₹800 | Pure vegetarian or Jain thali service, 100 guests |
| Corporate lunch | ₹550–₹950 | Three counters inside a 60-minute service window, 120 guests |
| House party | ₹900–₹1,600 | Circulating starters, two live counters, 100 guests and above |
| Wedding reception | ₹1,100–₹1,900 | Seven counters including dessert bar and paan, 500 guests |
Bands need client sign-off before launch and exclude GST. Send the date, venue and headcount for a written quote the same day.
Included in the per-plate rate
Quoted separately
Counter-wise
Every counter below can be booked on its own, without a full menu, or combined into the spread above. Each one carries its own price, footprint and power requirement.
Chaat and Street Food
Pani puri with three waters · Sev puri and bhel · Ragda pattice
From ₹300 per plate
Fresh Juice and Smoothie
Orange, watermelon and pineapple juice · Green detox juice · Banana and berry smoothies
From ₹150 per plate
Ice Cream, Kulfi and Falooda
Matka kulfi, four flavours · Hand-churned ice cream · Falooda assembled to order
From ₹200 per plate
Dessert
Live jalebi with rabdi · Gulab jamun and moong dal halwa · Tiramisu and cheesecake pots
From ₹250 per plate
Dietary
Hyperlocal
Pune City
Pimpri-Chinchwad
Lonavala to Khandala
Panchgani to Mahabaleshwar
56 neighbourhoods covered across Pune and the ghats.
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FAQs
Mehendi runs long and starts early, so we set up before the artists do and keep food available continuously rather than in one service window. Coolers and chaat run through the afternoon; a fuller meal lands in the middle.
That is the whole design problem. Everything is bite-sized, skewered or in a cup, and stewards serve directly to guests rather than expecting them to hold a plate and a fork. Nothing that needs two hands and nothing that drips.
Yes — aam panna, jal jeera, rose sherbet, nimbu pani and cold coffee, poured fresh through the afternoon and held over ice, which matters at an outdoor daytime function.
Plan it as a real meal with a snack tail. Guests are there for three to five hours; a chaat counter alone will not carry it.
Chilled dispensers with ice jackets rather than open jugs, replenished from cold holding, and the drinks counter positioned in shade. Dairy-based drinks come out in small batches rather than sitting in the sun.
Six to ten weeks for October to February weddings and the Diwali corporate season. Outside that, two to three weeks is usually comfortable, and short-notice bookings taken when the kitchen has capacity.
Yes. We arrange a tasting for confirmed enquiries, and the final dish list, spice levels and sweetness are locked after it rather than before. Sharing the date, venue and guest count gets you a written per-plate quote the same day.
Tastings before booking, live counters at your venue, and one supervisor with you all evening.