Biryani Prices in the UAE (2026): What a Plate, a Handi and a Family Pack Cost

Biryani is the Friday lunch and the worker’s celebration meal in one dish, and its price range is the widest of any food on this site. A single chicken biryani plate costs AED 10–53 on the own-site and delivery-platform list prices retrieved for this page. The everyday budget cluster — the big Pakistani cafeteria chains on delivery platforms — sits at AED 18–23. The cheapest verified chicken biryani plate in the UAE in this check is AED 10. Mutton biryani runs AED 15–59, vegetable and egg biryani AED 8–15 at the budget chains, family packs AED 35–144 before platform mark-ups, and biryani by the kilo AED 68–105. Every figure was retrieved on 8 November 2026 from a named menu or platform listing, and the channel is labelled beside each price, because the same chain can charge four different prices for the same named dish depending on branch and channel — this page shows those spreads instead of hiding them.

Last updated: 8 November 2026 · Sources: 10 Dirham Biryani and Student Biryani own sites, Talabat and Deliveroo menu listings (Karachi Darbar, Pak Darbar, Ravi, Student Biryani, Biryani Box, Biryani Pot, Behrouz, Gazebo, Pak Cuisine, Al Arab and others), Where To Eat Dubai and Numbeo — full list with links at the bottom of this page.

How much does a chicken biryani cost in the UAE?

The floor is set by a seller whose whole menu is built around it. 10 Dirham Biryani in Bur Dubai sells a 250 g chicken biryani — “the 10er” — for AED 10 on its own site, with a boneless version at AED 12; its own delivery adds AED 10 per order, so one plate delivered costs AED 20, and takeaway carries no delivery charge. Above that floor, the budget chains cluster tightly on the platforms: Ravi Restaurant’s chicken biryani is AED 18 on Talabat, Karachi Darbar’s dum chicken biryani is AED 20 on both Talabat and Deliveroo in every branch listing retrieved — Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman delivery areas all agree — Pak Darbar’s is AED 22 on Talabat, and Student Biryani’s single chicken biryani, 450–500 g, is AED 23 on its Sharjah Al Mujarah Talabat listings. Two emirates undercut the cluster: Pak Cuisine in Fujairah lists chicken biryani at AED 12 on Talabat, and Al Arab Fried Chicken in Ras Al Khaimah at AED 13.

The top of the range is the premium delivery and clay-pot end: Biryani Box’s Classic Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani is AED 53 list on Talabat, Biryani Pot’s signature clay-pot chicken biryani is AED 49 on both Talabat and Deliveroo, and Behrouz Biryani’s chicken bhuna biryani is AED 47 list — every Behrouz crawl also shows a AED 32.90 promotion figure beside the AED 47, and the promotion is not the price. Where To Eat Dubai’s cheap-eats guide puts a full biryani plate at AED 20–35, which matches the middle of the evidence: the platform budget cluster sits at the bottom of the guide band and the premium pots above it.

Item	Price (AED)	Source
Chicken Biryani 250 g (“the 10er”) — 10 Dirham Biryani	10	Own-site price
Chicken Biryani — Pak Cuisine, Fujairah	12	Talabat list price
Chicken Biryani — Al Arab Fried Chicken, Ras Al Khaimah	13	Talabat list price
Chicken Biryani — Ravi Restaurant	18	Talabat list price
Chicken Biryani (dum) — Karachi Darbar	20	Talabat and Deliveroo list price
Chicken Biryani — Pak Darbar	22	Talabat list price
Single Chicken Biryani 450–500 g — Student Biryani, Sharjah	23	Talabat list price
Chicken Bhuna Biryani (boneless) — Behrouz Biryani	47 list	Talabat list price
Chicken Biryani, signature clay pot — Biryani Pot	49	Talabat and Deliveroo list price
Classic Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani — Biryani Box	53 list	Talabat list price

One famous name is missing from that table on purpose. Gazebo’s Talabat listings show around a dozen chicken biryanis as “Price on Selection” with no figure, so no Gazebo chicken biryani price could be verified today; only its plain biryani at AED 34 and its whole-leg Raan Masala Biryani at AED 185 — a sharing dish, not a plate — carry figures. Rather than estimate, this page leaves Gazebo unpriced and says so.

How much do mutton, vegetable and egg biryani cost?

Mutton starts at AED 15 on 10 Dirham Biryani’s own site — the cheapest verified mutton biryani in this check — then AED 20 at Ravi and AED 22 at Karachi Darbar on the platforms, AED 26 at Pak Darbar, and AED 27 for Student Biryani’s Sharjah single. The premium end is Behrouz at AED 49 list and Biryani Box’s Classic Hyderabadi Mutton Dum at AED 59 list. Vegetable and egg biryani are the cheapest plates in the country: veg AED 8 and egg AED 9 on 10 Dirham Biryani’s own site, veg AED 10 at Pak Cuisine in Fujairah, and both egg and vegetable at AED 15 at Karachi Darbar on both platforms, with plain biryani rice at AED 11. Behrouz’s egg biryani is AED 29 list. One dated figure is kept dated: Ravi’s own menu document — an undated hosted copy whose file path dates to November 2018 — prices chicken biryani at AED 12 and mutton at AED 12. It is shown only with that flag, next to today’s AED 18 and AED 20 platform figures, never blended with them.

What do biryani combos and set meals cost?

The set meal is where the own-site advantage shows. Student Biryani’s own order page — which prices no standalone biryani at all — sells a Value Deal of chicken biryani, shami kabab, raita and a drink for AED 29, and fuller single meals at AED 34–44; the same components as a Talabat combo at its Sharjah branch cost AED 34. 10 Dirham Biryani’s combos run the other way on price: a Worker’s Lunchbox of chicken biryani, raita and a soft drink at AED 14, and a 1AM Combo of beef biryani, karak chai and gulab jamun at AED 25. Karachi Darbar’s platform combos run AED 27–38, Pak Darbar’s combo deal AED 32, and Biryani Box’s office-lunch combos AED 37–41 list. One freshness caveat belongs here: Student Biryani’s order-page copy retrieved today was crawled in March 2026 and carries a 2025 copyright line, so its figures are quoted as the chain’s published order-page prices, not as a freshly dated menu.

What do family packs, handis and biryani by the kilo cost?

Family maths rewards reading the contents, not just the headline. 10 Dirham Biryani’s own site carries two family offers on the same page: a Family Dum that serves four at AED 35 — AED 8.75 a head — and a Family Table bundle at AED 50 that adds drinks, raita and gulab jamun; they are different bundles, and neither is “the” family price without its contents. Student Biryani’s family pack is AED 144 on its own order page — and AED 193.70–194 for the same described pack on Talabat, a AED 50 channel gap, the largest in this check. Deccan Pista’s family pack is AED 60 and its party pack AED 115 on Talabat. Behrouz’s handi biryanis for groups run AED 79–89 list. By weight, Biryani Box’s one-kilo chicken biryanis are AED 68 list, while Biryani Pot’s chicken by the kilo moves between AED 99 and AED 105 depending on the branch listing — a range, quoted as a range, because no single kilo price exists across its own menus.

What does biryani cost in each emirate?

Dubai. The full ladder in one city: the AED 10 own-site plate in Bur Dubai, Ravi at AED 18 and Karachi Darbar at AED 20 in the Satwa–Karama corridor, Pak Darbar at AED 22, and the premium pots at AED 47–53. Student Biryani’s Dubai listings, though, sit far above its Sharjah single — AED 39 at its Al Karama branch family and AED 42 at JVC for the same named “Chicken Biryani” — so there is no single Student price for Dubai, and this page does not invent one.

Sharjah. Student Biryani’s Al Mujarah single at AED 23 is the best-priced branded single in the emirate, with its mutton single at AED 27 and a larger 800–850 g chicken biryani at AED 35. Karachi Darbar holds its AED 20 platform price in Rolla and Al Majaz. Chennai Bhavan in Muwaileh lists a solo pack at AED 25 and a double pack at AED 48, though that menu crawl is dated and is flagged as such in our data. No vegetable or egg price was returned in the Sharjah Student crawls, so none is quoted for it.

Abu Dhabi. Honest limitation: Abu Dhabi’s priced evidence in this check is premium-chain only. Biryani Pot’s chicken biryani is AED 49 across its Abu Dhabi listings and Behrouz’s AED 47 list, with handis at AED 79–89; Student Biryani’s Abu Dhabi branches sell the chain’s own-site set meals, but no Abu Dhabi-specific platform single was retrieved today, and no budget cafeteria biryani menu from Mussafah or the Tourist Club Area was retrieved either. AED 49 is therefore not presented as “the Abu Dhabi price” — the budget end of Abu Dhabi biryani is a stated gap in this check, not a number.

Ajman. Karachi Darbar’s Ajman branch family holds the chain’s AED 20 chicken biryani on Talabat — the same price as Dubai and Sharjah for that dish. Student Biryani has an Ajman branch on its own site, but no Ajman platform menu for it was retrieved today.

Ras Al Khaimah. Al Arab Fried Chicken lists chicken biryani at AED 13 on Talabat — a verified platform price, so Ras Al Khaimah is not a gap emirate here. Ignore the crowd-sourced signal: Numbeo puts an inexpensive meal in Ras Al Khaimah at AED 50 on 19 contributors, nearly four times the emirate’s own verified biryani price, and this page treats that as a small-sample warning, exactly as it did for shawarma. Friday-special social posts advertising AED 12 biryani in the emirate were seen and excluded — dated promotions are not menu prices.

Fujairah. The widest spread in the country on one platform: Pak Cuisine lists chicken biryani at AED 12, mutton at AED 14 and vegetable at AED 10 — the cheapest platform vegetable biryani in this check — while Snyar Restaurant in the old city lists chicken biryani at AED 30. Tandoori Palace prices by size: quarter AED 13, half AED 24, full AED 45. The range is the finding; there is no single Fujairah price.

Al Ain. Bukhari And Grills lists chicken biryani at AED 25 and mutton dum at AED 32 on Deliveroo, Al Baz Restaurant & Cafeteria chicken at AED 35 on Talabat, and Coriander’s Hyderabadi chicken at AED 49–54 — a budget-to-premium ladder inside one city. Gazebo’s Al Ain branch prices only its plain biryani at AED 34; its named chicken biryanis are “Price on Selection”.

Umm Al Quwain. No priced biryani source for Umm Al Quwain was retrieved on 8 November 2026. This page quotes nothing for it.

How does biryani compare with other meals?

A budget biryani plate at AED 18–23 costs about the same as a cafeteria counter meal and less than most items on our budget meals page, while feeding one person completely — rice, meat, and usually raita and salad in the same plate. It sits above a shawarma wrap at AED 10–15.50 list and level with the fuller end of street food. Numbeo’s crowd-sourced inexpensive restaurant meal — AED 48.50 in Dubai, AED 34 in Abu Dhabi, AED 22 in Sharjah and AED 21 in Ajman, re-fetched 8 November 2026 — is a general restaurant figure, not a biryani price; in Dubai and Abu Dhabi it sits above every budget biryani plate here, which is why the chains’ plates remain the working lunch benchmark. For the dishes around it, see desi food prices, karak chai and cafeteria prices — the same 10-dirham menu sells its karak at AED 3 — and the food budget inside the cost of living in the UAE.

Frequently asked questions

What is the cheapest biryani in the UAE?

The cheapest verified biryani plate of any kind retrieved on 8 November 2026 is a vegetable biryani at AED 8 on 10 Dirham Biryani’s own site; its chicken biryani is AED 10 for 250 g. The cheapest chicken biryani on a delivery platform is AED 12 at Pak Cuisine in Fujairah. Social-media offers advertising biryani at similar prices were excluded throughout — they are dated promotions, not menu prices.

Why does the same chain charge AED 23 in one city and AED 42 in another?

Branch and channel, mostly. Student Biryani’s single chicken biryani is AED 23 on Talabat in Sharjah, AED 39 in its Al Karama listings and AED 42 in its JVC listings, while its own order page sells no standalone plate at all — only set meals from AED 29. Karachi Darbar, by contrast, holds AED 20 for its dum chicken biryani on both platforms in every branch retrieved. There is no honest chain-wide price for Student; this page quotes it by branch family and channel.

Does a biryani plate come with raita and salad?

Usually, at the budget chains — set meals list raita, salad and a drink as components, and 10 Dirham Biryani’s menu prices extra raita at AED 2 and mirchi ka salan at AED 3, which tells you a first portion is part of the plate offer there. Premium pots list their accompaniments explicitly: Biryani Pot’s plate includes cucumber raita, and Behrouz’s includes raita and a complimentary gulab jamun. Check the listing before ordering; inclusion is a menu line, not a rule.

Which biryani prices could not be verified?

Gazebo’s chicken biryanis, which show “Price on Selection” with no figure on every listing retrieved; a budget cafeteria biryani price in Abu Dhabi; an Ajman platform menu for Student Biryani; and anything at all in Umm Al Quwain. Each gap is stated on this page rather than filled with an estimate.

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Sources

All sources retrieved 8 November 2026. Platform figures are list prices from the platforms’ own menu text; promotions shown beside a list price (for example AED 32.90 beside Behrouz’s AED 47) were never quoted. Talabat and Deliveroo pages render only a shell when opened directly, so platform figures come from the platforms’ own menu text as returned by search indexing, with crawl ages checked — the same limitation disclosed in our earlier food checks.

• 10 Dirham Biryani — own site (chicken 250 g AED 10; veg AED 8; egg AED 9; mutton AED 15; Family Dum AED 35; Family Table AED 50; delivery AED 10/order): https://10dirhambiryani.com/
• Student Biryani — own order page (Value Deal AED 29; set meals AED 34–51; Family Pack AED 144; page copy crawled Mar 2026, flagged in text): https://studentbiryani.ae/restaurant-order/
• Talabat — Ravi Restaurant, Al Karama (chicken AED 18; mutton AED 20): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/638815/ravi-restaurant-al-karama?aid=1203
• Ravi Restaurant — own menu document, undated hosted copy, Nov 2018 file path (chicken AED 12; mutton AED 12; egg AED 11; veg AED 10) — used only with its undated flag: http://deelz.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/9706_geodir_MenuImages_Ravi-Restaurant-menu-dubai-DEELZme.pdf
• Talabat — Karachi Darbar (chicken dum AED 20; mutton AED 22; egg/veg AED 15; grill AED 27; combos AED 27–38): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/51773/karachi-darbar-al-satwa?aid=1195 · https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/51770/karachi-darbar-samnan?aid=6805 · https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/51777/karachi-darbar-ajman?aid=2032
• Deliveroo — Karachi Darbar, Garhoud and Rolla (chicken AED 20; mutton AED 22; grill AED 24–26; crawls up to 348 days old, flagged, corroborated by Talabat): https://deliveroo.ae/menu/Dubai/garhoud/karachi-darbar-garhoud · https://deliveroo.ae/menu/sharjah/al-mareija/karachi-darbar-rolla
• Habibi Menus — Karachi Darbar aggregator menu (grill variants AED 24–25; no plain chicken biryani price in the retrieved table): https://habibimenus.com/pakistani/karachi-darbar-menu/
• Talabat — Pak Darbar (chicken AED 22; mutton AED 26; tikka/boti AED 29; Combo Deal 32 AED 32): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/735179/pak-darbar-al-nahda?aid=6810
• Talabat — Student Biryani, Al Mujarah, Sharjah (single chicken AED 23; single mutton AED 26–27; 800–850 g AED 35; shami kabab combo AED 34): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/803585/student-biryani-al-mujarah?aid=1520
• Talabat — Student Biryani, Al Karama listings (chicken AED 39; veg AED 26; mutton AED 46) and JVC listings (chicken AED 42; family pack AED 193.70–194): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/15422/student-biryani-al-karama?aid=1204 · https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/682109/student-biryani-jumeirah-village-circle–jvc?aid=1359
• Talabat — Biryani Box (Classic Hyderabadi Chicken Dum AED 53 list; mutton AED 59 list; egg dum AED 42 list; 1 KG AED 68 list; office combos AED 37–41 list): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/40545/biryani-box-al-mankhool?aid=1223
• Talabat — Biryani Pot (chicken clay pot AED 49; by kilo AED 99–103 by branch; box AED 52–59) and Deliveroo — Biryani Pot, Khalifa Forsan (chicken AED 49; by kilo AED 103): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/13833/biryani-pot-galleria-mall-al-maryah-island?aid=1491 · https://deliveroo.ae/en/menu/Abu%20Dhabi/khalifa-forsan/biryani-pot-forsan-mall
• Talabat — Behrouz Biryani (chicken bhuna AED 47 list, AED 32.90 promotion excluded; mutton AED 49 list; egg AED 29 list; handis AED 79–89 list): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/674514/behrouz-biryani-madinat-khalifa–a?aid=1484
• Talabat — Gazebo (plain biryani AED 34; Raan Masala AED 185; chicken biryanis “Price on Selection” — no figure): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/742780/gazebo-dubai-silicon-oasis?aid=1170
• Talabat — Pak Cuisine Restaurant, Fujairah (chicken AED 12; mutton AED 14; veg AED 10; fish AED 32): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/659015/pak-cuisine-restaurant-al-heel?aid=3886
• Talabat — Tandoori Palace Cafe, Fujairah (quarter AED 13; half AED 24; full AED 45): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/52611/tandoori-palace-cafe-mirbah?aid=3886
• Talabat — Snyar Restaurant, Fujairah (chicken AED 30): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/25933/snyar-restaurant-al-mahatta?aid=3904
• Talabat — Al Arab Fried Chicken, Ras Al Khaimah (chicken biryani AED 13): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/20270/al-arab-fried-chicken-al-dhait-south-ras-al-khaimah?aid=6836
• Talabat — Deccan Pista / Pista House listing (family pack AED 60; party pack AED 115; single chicken dum AED 28): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/646872/pista-house-al-qusais-1?aid=1570
• Talabat — Chennai Bhavan, Muwaileh, Sharjah (solo pack AED 25; double pack AED 48; egg AED 21; crawl 144 days old, flagged): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/803633/chennai-bhavan-restaurant-muwaileh-commercial?aid=1575
• Talabat — Al Baz Restaurant & Cafeteria, Al Ain (chicken AED 35; grilled chicken AED 39) and Coriander Restaurant, Al Ain (Hyderabadi chicken AED 49; tikka AED 52): https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/46625/al-baz-restaurant-cafeteria-al-mutarad?aid=1866 · https://www.talabat.com/uae/restaurant/15125/coriander-restaurant-sarooj-old?aid=1866
• Deliveroo — Bukhari And Grills Restaurant, Al Ain (chicken AED 25; mutton dum AED 32): https://deliveroo.ae/en/menu/al-ain/al-ain-industrial/bukhari-and-grills-restaurant
• Where To Eat Dubai — Best cheap eats (full biryani plate AED 20–35; biryani AED 20–40): https://wheretoeatdubai.com/best-of/best-cheap-eats-dubai
• Numbeo — Cost of living, Dubai (inexpensive meal AED 48.50, crowd-sourced), Abu Dhabi (AED 34), Sharjah (AED 22), Ajman (AED 21), Ras Al Khaimah (AED 50 via comparison page, 19 contributors): https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Dubai · https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+Arab+Emirates&city1=Ajman&country2=United+Arab+Emirates&city2=Ras+al-Khaimah

Methodology and honesty notes. Every price on this page was retrieved on 8 November 2026 and is labelled by channel: own-site price, delivery-platform list price, guide figure, or crowd-sourced context (Numbeo, never a menu price). Platform promotions — the lower figures platforms display beside a list price, such as AED 32.90 beside Behrouz’s AED 47 or AED 19.50 beside a AED 39 crawl — were never quoted as prices. Where sources disagree, both figures are shown: Ravi is AED 12 on its undated menu document and AED 18 on Talabat today; Student Biryani runs AED 23–42 for a chicken biryani depending on branch family, and its family pack is AED 144 on its own site against AED 193.70–194 on Talabat; 10 Dirham Biryani carries two differently-priced family bundles on one page, both quoted with contents. The gaps are stated, not filled: Gazebo’s chicken biryanis carry no retrievable figure (“Price on Selection”); no Abu Dhabi budget-cafeteria biryani menu and no Abu Dhabi or Ajman Student Biryani platform single were retrieved; no priced source exists in this check for Umm Al Quwain. Social-media biryani offers are dated promotions and were excluded. Prices change; check the menu before ordering.