Online food delivery is growing rapidly across the major cities in Saudi Arabia. With the rising use of smartphones and busier lifestyles, food delivery apps in Saudi Arabia have become quite popular, too. Whether you’re craving traditional Saudi dishes, international fast food, or gourmet desserts, there’s a delivery app ready to bring it right to your doorstep.
However, with so many of these food delivery apps and services available in Riyadh and the rest of Saudi Arabia, knowing which food app to use can be quite a challenge. In this blog, we are going to provide you with a brief overview of some of the top food delivery apps in Saudi Arabia and their features of interest.
Best Food Delivery Apps in Saudi Arabia – Breakdown
Some of the top food delivery apps in the Saudi Arabia at the moment are:
- Hungerstation
- Careem
- Mrsool
- ToYou
- Jahez
- Talabat
- Ninja
- Lugmety
- DailyMealz
- The Chefz
Here’s a quick breakdown of the apps:
| Food App | Price (Premium) | Rating (Android) | Rating (iOS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungerstation | SAR 19/month | 3.4 / 5 | 4.5 / 5 |
| Careem | SAR 19/month | 4.1 / 5 | 4.6 / 5 |
| Mrsool | SAR 19/month | 3.6 / 5 | 4.6 / 5 |
| ToYou | SAR 19/month | 4.0 / 5 | 4.7 / 5 |
| Jahez | SAR 49/month | 2.1 / 5 | 4.6 / 5 |
| Talabat | SAR 20/month | 4.1 / 5 | 4.6 / 5 |
| Ninja | N/A | 4.6 / 5 | 4.8 / 5 |
| Lugmety | N/A | 4.5 / 5 | 4.1 / 5 |
| DailyMealz | Varies | N/A | 4.1 / 5 |
| The Chefz | N/A | 3.3 / 5 | 4.7 / 5 |
In this list, some of the top contenders are Ninja, HungerStation, Jahez & ToYou as they have had some of the most downloads in the past few years.
Source: SensorTower
Hungerstation:
Hungerstation is a Saudi Arabia food delivery service that was launched in 2012. It is one of the leading delivery services in Saudi Arabia and provides deliveries in over 120 cities including Riyadh, Dammam, Makkah, Medina, and many other cities, boasting more than one million active customers.
HungerStation now provides more than just food delivery; you can have grocery, flowers or pharmacy items also delivered straight to your doorstep.
Main Features:
- Multiple languages
- Order tracking
- Allows order scheduling
- Frequent promotional offers
- Offers premium subscription plan for 19 SAR/month
Download: HungerStation Android | HungerStation iOS
Careem:
Careem is a ride-hailing service which also includes live food delivery services for Jeddah and Riyadh. Careem has a restaurant list of different categories covering local and international franchises.
Careem is quite easily the choice of many restaurant owners as well as customers because of the ease it provides while ordering food online. This app allows customers to pay through either online or offline methods of payment.
Main Features:
- Real-time tracking
- Multiple payment options
- Monthly Premium option for special discounts at SAR 19/month
- Careem DineOut feature for Riyadh citizens.
Download: Careem Android | Careem iOS
Mrsool:
Mrsool is a food delivery app that emerged from Saudi Arabia and specializes in food delivery Saudi Arabia. The food delivery platform is accessible in almost all of Saudi Arabian cities, especially the major cities. Mrsool currently has a vast coverage of restaurants and they also have a bidding system for the service prices, giving customers the freedom to choose from multiple service providers.
Main Features:
- Multiple promotions and discounts
- Bidding system for delivery charges
- Group order from multiple restaurants.
Download: Mrsool Android | Mrsool iOS
ToYou:
ToYou is a delivery service in Saudi Arabia that specializes in the delivery of food, groceries, and parcels. ToYou delivery is done in more than 60 cities within Saudi Arabia. ToYou provides multiple discounts on a range of items; whether it be food, groceries or even gifts, you can have it delivered within minutes.
ToYou also has a ToYou Elite option which allows you to order food from multiple high-end restaurants in Saudi Arabia. They also have different tiers of subscription models, allowing you to pick and pay according to your usage.
Main Features:
- Allows you to “Buy Now, Pay Later”
- Wide restaurant options
- User-friendly interface
- Multiple subscription options, starting from SAR 19/month
- Real-time order tracking
Download: ToYou Android | ToYou iOS
Jahez:
Jahez is a Saudi-based food delivery service that was launched in the year 2016. Jahez operates in more than 50 cities in Saudi Arabia. Jahez currently has various restaurants, both local and international franchises as well as independent restaurants.
Jahez has a premium plan called “Jahez Prime” which has various pricing plans available starting from SAR 20/week or SAR 49/month and various promotional discounts available as well.
Main Features:
- Schedule deliveries
- Multiple language options
- Real-time order tracking
- Multiple subscription plans
Download: Jahez Android | Jahez iOS
Talabat:
Talabat is one of the most popular apps that delivers food to people in the Middle East and is currently operating across more than 50 cities in Saudi Arabia. Talabat is home to a vast number of restaurants from where you can order food. It also has the “Talabat Pro” program through which a customer can enjoy their food without any delivery charges and earn monthly cashback on their orders.
Main Features:
- Allows both grocery & food delivery.
- Wide restaurant options
- User-friendly interface
- Talabat Pro allows for free delivery and cashback, starting from SAR 15/month
Download: Talabat Android | Talabat iOS
Ninja:
Ninja is an application for not only ordering food delivery but also groceries in Saudi Arabia at any time. It is one of the most popular food delivery apps in KSA. Ninja provides 24/7 food & grocery delivery services to all the major cities in KSA.
They have an extensive warehouse for grocery deliveries which contains thousands of fresh products that you can order from, ensuring that you have a diverse selection to meet your every requirement.
Main Features:
- Exclusive daily offers.
- Quick delivery
- Wide range of restaurants & grocery items.
Download: Ninja Android | Ninja iOS
Lugmety:
Lugmety is a Saudi-based food & beverage application that originated in Riyadh and operates in the western region of Saudi Arabia. Lugmety presents a list of local restaurants, as well as those of international franchises and brands. Users can easily reserve tables at those restaurants or have the food delivered to them.
Main Features:
- Easy restaurant reservations
- Multiple payment options
- Catering solutions for private/public events
- Wide range of restaurants
- Real-time order tracking
Download: Lugmety Android | Lugmety iOS
Daily Mealz:
DailyMealz is a food subscription app that delivers food from the best restaurants to their customers in order to save their time and effort in ordering directly from the restaurants day after day.
DailyMealz works on a subscription-based model, you can subscribe on a monthly, weekly, biweekly basis and have food delivered for your office lunch or for the whole day. For the users who are cautious of their health, they can also set their calorie and diet preference to have healthy, keto, weight-loss diet & mix meals, sourced from the best restaurants in Saudi Arabia and delivered straight to your doorstep.
Main Features:
- Subscription-based model.
- Work-lunch & Full-day subscriptions.
- Calorie balanced meals.
- Plan delivery times based on your requirements.
Download: DailyMealz Android | DailyMealz iOS
The Chefz:
The Chefz is the best food delivery application where you can from a variety of high-end restaurants and gourmet bakeries. Have your favorite gourmet food, desserts, drinks, coffee, flowers, and even perfumes delivered to you in no time.
Main Features:
- Home delivery of gourmet dishes.
- Customized menus for occasions.
- Catering solutions for private/public events with buffets and food trucks.
- In-app loyalty rewards and invitation-only discounts.
- Grocery delivery.
Download: The Chefz Android | The Chefz iOS
Food Delivery vs Grocery Delivery Apps
Below is a rough distribution of some of the grocery delivery and food delivery apps that are available in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:
Source: Lucidity Insights
Conclusion:
The Saudi Arabian food delivery has been growing and is a promising market. The possibilities of an increase in mobile app development for food delivery services are enormous given that there is an increasing number of tech-savvy consumers and startups in Saudi Arabia. Identifying the key defining features of the food delivery market, key players, and niches and then applying appropriate technologies, and optimizing the user experience to create your food delivery app can show a promising result.
FAQs
- Which is the best food delivery app in Saudi Arabia?
Boasting over more than 20 million user’s, HungerStation could be labelled as one of the best food delivery app in Saudi Arabia.
- Is Uber Eats available in Saudi Arabia?
No. Since Uber has ceased their operations in Saudi Arabia they have also migrated their Uber Eats services to Careem. If you need to order food online in Saudi Arabia then you would need to use Careem instead of Uber Eats.
- What are the top free food delivery apps in Saudi Arabia in 2025?
Ninja, Careem, Jahez, and Hunger Station are some of the popular food delivery apps in Saudi Arabia.
- Is HungerStation a Saudi food delivery app?
HungerStation was launched in 2012 in Dammam and was acquired by the global giant Delivery Hero SE in 2023. It is one of the first online food ordering portals in Saudi Arabia.
