★ Chef's pickChicken Biryani
28 SARLong-grain basmati layered with saffron, slow-cooked chicken and whole spices.
Homemade · Halal · Al Khobar
Real desi food, the way ammi used to make it.
Freshly cooked Pakistani meals and snacks, ready for pickup from our kitchen in Al Khobar. Perfect for singles, busy professionals, and anyone who wants healthy home-style food without cooking.
- Halal
- 100%
- Pickup, Sat – Thu
- 5:30 PM
- Plans from, per meal
- 25 SAR
Why Desi Bites
Food that feels like home — not a restaurant.
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Cooked daily, Sat – Thu
Cooked fresh every morning in a clean home kitchen — never reheated, never frozen.
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Light on oil
Family recipes adjusted for everyday eating, so it's gentle on your stomach.
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100% Halal
Trusted halal meat and pure desi ingredients sourced locally in the Eastern Province.
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Easy self-pickup
Hot and freshly packed at our kitchen in Al Khobar, ready when you are.
Menu
From our kitchen
A rotating menu of Pakistani classics. Tap any dish to order on WhatsApp.
★ Chef's pick
★ Chef's pickMutton Biryani
35 SARFragrant basmati rice with slow-cooked mutton, saffron and caramelised onions.
★ Chef's pickChicken Karahi
32 SARTomato and ginger gravy in cast iron, finished with green chili and coriander.
★ Chef's pickBeef Nihari
30 SARSlow-simmered beef stew, eight hours on low heat. Served with naan.
Chicken Yakhni Pulao
26 SARAromatic rice cooked in seasoned chicken broth with whole spices and herbs.
Daal Chawal
18 SARComfort yellow daal with tadka, served with steamed basmati rice.
Mix Vegetables
20 SARSeasonal vegetables tossed in a rich tomato and onion masala gravy.
Daal Mash
20 SARCreamy slow-cooked white lentils finished with ghee tadka and ginger.
Daal Chana
18 SARSplit chickpea lentils tempered with onion, tomato and whole spices.
Meal Plans
Weekly tiffin & monthly mess plans
Stop worrying about what to eat. Take a weekly tiffin or a monthly mess, and collect a freshly cooked dinner from our kitchen every evening, Sat – Thu (Friday off).
week
Weekly Dinner
180SAR/ week
≈ 30 SAR per meal
What's included
- 6 dinners, Sat – Thu (Friday off)
- Rotating menu (curry + rice + salad)
- Self-pickup from our kitchen
month
Monthly Dinner
650SAR/ month
≈ 25 SAR per meal
What's included
- 26 dinners, Sat – Thu (Friday off)
- Save vs weekly plan
- Skip-a-day flexibility
- Self-pickup from our kitchen
About
Cooked at home, with care
Desi Bites started from a simple idea: there are so many people in Al Khobar — students, bachelors, working professionals, new families — who miss home food but don't have the time or energy to cook. We make the kind of Pakistani food you'd cook for someone you love: balanced spices, fresh ingredients, real ghee in moderation, and never a shortcut.
- ✓Family recipes passed down three generations
- ✓Clean, inspected home kitchen
- ✓Small batches — quality over quantity
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"Tastes exactly like my mother's biryani. Honestly didn't expect this in Al Khobar."
"The weekly tiffin saved my life as a bachelor. Light, fresh, and finally healthy."
Gallery
Straight from our kitchen
A taste of what's on the table this week.
FAQ
Questions we get asked
Ordering homemade Pakistani food in Al Khobar — how it works.
- Where can I get homemade Pakistani food in Al Khobar?
- From our home kitchen in Al Khobar. We cook Pakistani food fresh every day except Friday and pack it for pickup between 5:30 and 10:00 PM. Message us on WhatsApp and tell us what you want and when you're coming.
- Do you deliver, or is it pickup only?
- Pickup only. You collect from our kitchen in Al Khobar — we don't run a delivery service, which is part of how the food stays fresh and the prices stay where they are. The kitchen is an easy drive from Dhahran and Dammam.
- What is included in a weekly tiffin plan?
- Six dinners, Saturday to Thursday (Friday off), with a rotating menu of curry plus rice and salad. Weekly Dinner is 180 SAR, collected from our kitchen in Al Khobar.
- How much does a homemade meal cost?
- Single dishes run from 18 SAR for daal chawal to 35 SAR for mutton biryani. On a plan it works out cheaper — the monthly plan is 25 SAR a meal, which is the lowest per-meal price we offer.
- Is the food halal?
- Yes, 100%. We buy halal meat and desi ingredients from trusted suppliers here in the Eastern Province, and everything is cooked in one home kitchen — no outside catering, no reheated stock.
- I'm in Dhahran or Dammam — can I still order?
- Yes. Plenty of our customers drive over from Dhahran and Dammam. Everything is collected from the Al Khobar kitchen, so pick a pickup time that suits your drive and we'll have it hot and packed.
- How do I place an order?
- On WhatsApp. Send us the dishes or the plan you want, and we'll confirm the price and a pickup time. There's no app to install and no account to create.
- Can you make the food less spicy?
- Yes. Our everyday cooking is already lighter on oil and chili than restaurant food, and you can tell us your preferred spice level when you order.
- Do you do monthly mess food?
- Yes — our monthly plan is exactly that. Twenty-six dinners, Saturday to Thursday (Friday off), which works out at 25 SAR a meal, collected from our kitchen in Al Khobar. Mess, tiffin, meal plan — different words for the same thing: dinner sorted for the month so you're not deciding at 8pm.
Contact
Get in touch
Message us on WhatsApp for orders, custom requests, and catering.
- Pickup location
- Our kitchen in Al Khobar — easy from Dhahran & Dammam
- Pickup hours
- Sat – Thu · 5:30 – 10:00 PM (Friday closed)
- hello@desibites.local