A weeknight ritual for busy Londoners

Fresh Indian dinners delivered in reusable steel dabbas.
No cooking. No prep. No plastic.

Get Your Weekly Dabba

Trusted by 1500+ Londoners every week.

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A Homemade dinner, not made by you.

When you've spent all day making decisions, dinner shouldn't be another one.

We plan it. We cook it. We deliver it.

You heat it, gather around the table and tuck in.

Because the best weeknights aren't spent thinking about dinner. They're spent around it.

How it works

01

Choose your Rhythm

Pick between a weekly or fortnightly subscription. Delivered Wednesday or Friday.

02

Your Dabba Arrives

One set menu, four generous dishes, freshly cooked Indian food delivered to your door.

03

Heat, Eat & Relax

A healthy takeaway alternative - ready in minutes (oven or microwave)

04

Swap Dabbas

We collect your empty Dabbas and swap them for a full one

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A new menu every week.

This week Kerala.
Next week Punjab.
Every week, something new to look forward to.

View our upcoming menus

More than just dinner.

A takeaway you actually feel good about

"It feels so refreshing to have the comfort, taste and convenience of a family takeaway while knowing we are eating fresh, tasty and healthy food without loads of single-use plastic."

Laurie

Done with cold, plastic takeaways

"Every mouthful was absolutely delicious. All that plastic was the main reason we never got takeaways in the past. So looking forward to our next order."

David

Bored of cooking the same five meals

"I wanted nutritious meals that taste home-made with little cooking - this service delivered all of it and more."

Smitha

Missing the food you grew up with

"The food is delicious, nutritious and reminds me of my father's cooking. The tiffin is easy to store, heat up and clean up. Portions are generous."

Sheela

Wednesday with the family, without the cooking

"As parents of 2, nights out as a couple are rare, so this feels like a date night treat in your own home."

Natalie

Why DabbaDrop

cooked like home

The Indian food we grew up eating at home, curries, dals, vegetables and rice that feel generous, balanced and made to be shared.

Dinner, sorted

One complete Indian dinner, ready whenever you are. No shopping. No chopping. No last-minute decisions.

A New Menu Every Week

From Punjabi comfort food, vibrant Tamilian dishes to coastal Kerala curries. A new region of India every week.

Get your Weekly Dabba

The dabba.

A century-old idea. A better way to dinner.

For generations, steel dabbas have carried home-cooked meals across Mumbai.

Today, they carry our home-cooked dinners across London.

Every week we collect every dabba, wash it, refill it and send it back out again.

Less waste. Better food. One less thing to think about.

More about us

FAQs

What is DabbaDrop?

DabbaDrop is a weekly delivery of fresh, Indian-inspired dinners - cooked by us, ready for you to heat and eat.

Each delivery comes in reusable steel dabbas and is designed to give you one proper, nourishing night off cooking. No recipes, no prep, no last-minute takeaway decisions.

Think of it as home cooking, without having to cook.

How does DabbaDrop work?

It’s simple:

  1. We cook a fresh menu each week.
  2. You choose your delivery day when you first sign up and we deliver on the same day each week.
  3. Your dabba arrives chilled, ready to heat and eat. You can eat it in 48 hours after delivery.
  4. We collect your empty dabba next time and swap it for a full one.

You can pause, skip or cancel anytime. No commitment, no pressure.

How much is DabbaDrop?

A DabbaDrop dinner costs £30 per delivery, plus delivery.

Each dabba serves 2–3 people (or 1–2 generous portions with leftovers), making it comparable to a good takeaway - but fresher, lighter, and designed for repeat midweek eating.

Is this a subscription?

Yes - but a flexible one.

You can choose between a weekly or fortnightly delivery so dinner takes care of itself, but you can pause, skip weeks, or cancel anytime in your account.

No long-term contracts. You’re always in control.

Are you a takeaway or a meal kit? 

Neither.

We’re not a takeaway - our food is cooked fresh, not fried or greasy, and made to be eaten regularly.

We’re not a meal kit - there’s no chopping, measuring or recipes to follow.

DabbaDrop sits in between: proper cooked food, delivered, ready when you are.