Built by biryani people, for biryani people.
We started BiryaniHub because the apps we used couldn't tell us where the dum was good. Generic delivery treats biryani as item #847 on a 2,000-item menu. We treat it as a craft, a culture, and a weekly ritual.
The problem we saw
On every major food delivery app, biryani is rated by a four-star average that blends together everything from a 14-hour Hyderabadi dum to a yellow-rice imitation thrown together in 20 minutes. The customer can't tell them apart. The masters lose to the volume players. The art form gets flattened.
Meanwhile, the people who care most about biryani — the diaspora across US metros, the ones who travel two suburbs over for a particular biryani — have no platform that respects their knowledge. They share spreadsheets in WhatsApp groups. They argue in Reddit threads. They keep mental maps that never get written down.
What we believe
- Biryani is a craft, not a commodity. A platform that loves biryani must know the difference between dum and pukki, between Hyderabadi and Awadhi, between authentic and adjacent.
- Curation beats coverage. We'd rather list 50 great rasois in a city than 500 mediocre kitchens. Less choice, better choice.
- The cook should win. Algorithms that reward fast over good are how generic apps got bad. We rank by craft signals — review depth, return customers, ingredient quality — not just speed.
- Honest is faster than impressive. Real spice levels, real portion sizes, real prep times. Surprise mirchi is a dealbreaker.
- Halal verification is non-negotiable. We trust restaurants to declare it accurately, and we make it filter-first for diners who need it.
How we work
Every restaurant on BiryaniHub is hand-vetted before it goes live. We cross-check business records, verify health permits, confirm halal certification, and quietly order from them in their city. Vendors pay nothing to list. We charge a commission only on completed orders, and a transparent monthly fee for premium placement — no pay-to-play auctions, no hidden ranking levers.
Reviews come only from customers who actually placed an order. Vendors can respond to reviews but can't remove them. Disputes go through a human moderator with a 24-hour SLA.
Where we are
We launched in 2026 in select US metros with strong South Asian communities — Houston, Dallas, Chicago, NYC, Bay Area, Atlanta. We add new cities only when we have a city manager on the ground who can verify quality firsthand. Don't see your city yet? Tell us.
The team
BiryaniHub is run by a small team of biryani lovers, restaurant operators, and software engineers based in the US. We're not VC-backed and we're not racing to IPO. We're trying to build the thing we wished existed when we moved here.