First month free, no card. 0% commission on every order. Month to month, cancel anytime. 24/7 support. From £9 a month per location billed yearly (£12 monthly), ex VAT.
Online ordering for biryani houses and desi takeaways
Commission-free online ordering for UK restaurants and takeaways.
Starts from £9 a month. No credit card required. First month is on us. Live in 24–48 hours, max.
Everything in one place
Your own ordering site
0% commission ever
Till and kitchen screen
The product
One screen for every order
Website, app, till and kitchen screen, all from one menu.
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Plans from £9 a month. 0% commission ever.
Plans and pricingStarter, Plus or Pro
From £9/mo
billed annually (£12 monthly). Plus £19, Pro £39.
Starts from £9 a month. No credit card required. First month is on us. Live in 24–48 hours, max.
Get started free- ✓ Food ordering website
- ✓ Online ordering, unlimited orders
- ✓ Menu management
- ✓ SMS and email marketing (Plus and Pro)
- ✓ Your own branded app (Pro)
- ✓ EPOS till and kitchen screen (Pro)
- ✓ AI support
- ✓ Free menu setup and switch-over
- ✓ Monthly, cancel any time
Per location, ex VAT. Your own branded app and EPOS are on Pro.
What owners say
★★★★★
“Chefzi has made online ordering much easier for our café. Having our own website and a simple way to manage orders saves us time and gives our customers a convenient way to order directly.”
★★★★★
“The best thing about Chefzi is the 0% commission ever. We keep the money from our orders without losing a percentage to another platform. The monthly subscription makes budgeting much simpler.”
★★★★★
“We wanted a professional online ordering website without spending a fortune. Chefzi gave us a straightforward solution that looks good, is easy to use and helps us take direct orders.”
★★★★★
“Managing orders is much easier with Chefzi. Everything is designed around what a small takeaway needs, and receiving orders through the app makes our daily work more organised.”
★★★★★
“I love how simple Chefzi makes online ordering for our customers. They can browse our menu and place orders online, while we have a much easier way to manage everything.”
★★★★★
“Commission-free ordering was the main reason we looked at Chefzi. It gives us more control over our direct orders and a practical way to grow our online presence without unnecessary costs.”
Questions
Can I sell biryani by the half kilo and kilo?
Yes. Add the weights as sizes on one item, each with its own price. A family tray can be another size, or its own item.
What happens when a biryani sells out?
Mark the item out of stock. It stays on the menu but customers cannot order it until you switch it back on, for example when the next pot is ready.
Can customers pre-order a family tray for the weekend?
Yes. Customers can order ahead for a later time. The pre-order lead time is set for the whole location, not for one dish, so set it to the notice your biggest trays need.
Can I take orders for Eid or family events?
Yes. Use pre-orders for collection at a set time, and see the catering feature for larger orders booked further ahead. SMS and email marketing on Plus and Pro lets you tell past customers when you are taking Eid orders.
Does Chefzi charge commission?
No. Chefzi takes 0% commission on every order. You pay one monthly plan per location: Starter £12 (£9 billed annually), Plus £22 (£19) or Pro £49 (£39), excluding VAT.
Can I offer loyalty rewards to regulars?
Yes, customer loyalty rewards are on the Pro plan (£49 a month, or £39 billed annually), alongside your own branded Android app and the Chefzi POS till.
I am opening a new biryani shop. How fast can ordering go live?
We set up your menu with you and get you live in 24 to 48 hours. You need to register your food business with your council at least 28 days before you open; our new restaurant set-up guide covers the steps.
More detail
Updated 12 November 2026 · By Arslan Munir
In short: a biryani house cooks in batches, sells by portion, half kilo, kilo or family tray, and takes big pre-orders for weekends, Eid and family events. Chefzi lets you sell each biryani in sizes, mark it out of stock when the pot is finished, take orders ahead for a later time, and keep collection and delivery hours separate, on your own website with 0% commission. Plans are Starter £12 a month (£9 billed annually), Plus £22 (£19) and Pro £49 (£39), per location, excluding VAT, with the first month free and no credit card to start.
Biryani shops are opening fast
In the Food Standards Agency register for England (pulled 12 November 2026), 95 takeaways and 99 restaurants had "biryani" in the business name. 21 of those 95 takeaways (about 1 in 5) were still awaiting their first hygiene inspection, which usually means a recently registered business. For comparison, about 1 in 20 takeaways with "kebab" (101 of 1,905) or "pizza" (372 of 5,787) in the name were awaiting inspection in our 10 November pull. Newham, Manchester, Birmingham, Hounslow and Ealing had the most biryani takeaways; Ealing, Hounslow and Newham the most biryani restaurants.
If you are opening one, getting ordering live before launch day matters: see setting up online ordering for a new restaurant.
How a biryani menu fits into Chefzi
| On your printed menu | How you set it up in Chefzi |
|---|---|
| Chicken biryani: single, half kilo, 1 kilo | One item with sizes, each with its own price |
| Family handi or tray (serves 4 to 6) | Another size on the same item, or its own item if it needs a longer lead time |
| Raita, salan, salad included | Included choices on the item, so they print on the ticket |
| Extra raita, extra salan, boiled egg | Optional paid extras |
| Spice level | A required choice so the kitchen sees it |
| Mutton biryani finished for today | Mark the item out of stock until the next pot |
| Weekend specials (haleem, nihari, paya) | A category you fill on the days you cook them |
What Chefzi does not do, so you can plan round it: there is no lead time on a single item (pre-order lead time is set for the whole location), no cap on orders per time slot, and no sold-out switch on a single choice inside an item.
Batch cooking and sell-outs
Biryani is cooked in a pot, not to order. When the pot is empty, the dish is gone.
- Mark items out of stock from the menu as each pot finishes. The dish stays visible but cannot be ordered, so customers are not refunded after paying.
- Accept with a prep time. Each order rings in the Chefzi app until someone accepts or rejects it, and you set the prep time when you accept, so a customer waiting on a fresh pot is told the real time.
- Pause ordering if the kitchen falls behind, and switch it back on when you are ready.
- If the tablet goes offline, Chefzi texts the restaurant and automatically calls your mobile or phone line when an order arrives.
Pre-orders for weekends, Eid and family events
Family trays and party orders need notice. Customers can order ahead for a later time, and you set the lead time for the location. For larger orders booked days ahead, see catering orders. Around Ramadan and Eid, read online ordering for Ramadan and Eid before the rush.
Collection and delivery hours are set separately, so you can stop delivery earlier than collection on busy nights. Delivery zones can be drawn by map area, radius or postcode, each with its own fee, minimum order and time, using your own drivers (Chefzi does not book couriers).
Your customers are not only one community. A good biryani website reads well to anyone in the area: write dish descriptions in plain English, list allergens, and if you serve halal meat, say so in your own words. Chefzi does not add badges or certify anything.
Which Chefzi plan fits a biryani house
| Starter | Plus | Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price, per location, ex VAT | £12 (£9 billed annually) | £22 (£19 billed annually) | £49 (£39 billed annually) |
| Ordering website on your own domain, menu, SEO | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chefzi Orders app (rings until you accept) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cash on collection and delivery | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Card payments (Stripe Connect, Square, Worldpay, PayPal) | No | Yes | Yes |
| SMS and email marketing (for Eid and weekend specials) | No | Yes | Yes |
| Customer loyalty rewards | No | No | Yes |
| Your own branded Android app | No | No | Yes |
| Chefzi POS browser till with kitchen screen | No | No | Yes |
Every plan has 0% commission, no setup fee, the first month free and no credit card to start. We move your menu for you at no charge. See pricing.
Biryani houses by city
Local pages with food hygiene register figures: Newham, Manchester, Birmingham, Hounslow, Ealing, Southwark, Hillingdon, Harrow, Tower Hamlets, Brent, Bradford and Leicester.
Related cuisines: Pakistani takeaways, Indian restaurants, Bangladeshi restaurants, Afghan, Yemeni, Arabic restaurants and charcoal grill houses.
Sources
- Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), Open Government Licence v3.0. England only; business name contains "biryani"; business types Takeaway/sandwich shop and Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen; pulled 12 Nov 2026
- Same register, England takeaways with "kebab" or "pizza" in the name, pulled 10 Nov 2026 (Chefzi research data)
- Chefzi facts: https://chefzi.co.uk/chefzi-facts (read 12 Nov 2026)
- Chefzi pricing: https://chefzi.co.uk/pricing (read 12 Nov 2026)
Online ordering for other cuisines
Running a mixed menu, or a second shop with a different cuisine? Each page shows how that kind of menu is set up in Chefzi: sizes, required choices, extras, out-of-stock items and collection or delivery times.
Arabic, Turkish and Middle Eastern
South and South East Asian
Grills, chicken and kebab shops
Other cuisines
Cafés, desserts and other formats
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Chefzi against Flipdish, Storekit, Foodhub and Slerp
Published prices as read on each provider's own pages on 13 November 2026 (Flipdish and Storekit pricing pages; Foodhub's business terms dated 27 March 2026). Slerp's figures are from its pricing page on 19 October 2026; that page now loads its prices by script, so we could not re-read them. Chefzi made this table, so check each source before you decide. Prices can change.
| Provider | Published monthly price | Per-order charges | Contract and terms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chefzi | Starter £12 a month (£9 billed annually), Plus £22 (£19), Pro £49 (£39), per location, ex VAT | None. 0% commission | Month to month, cancel anytime. First month free, no card |
| Flipdish | Website from £49 a month billed annually (£69 monthly); website and app from £79 (£99); POS and ordering bundle from £119 (£139 monthly), per site, ex VAT | Not in the prices above; ask for the quote | Flipdish asks you to talk to sales for a quote |
| Storekit | Starter free (1 location), Connect £49, Grow £99, Pro £199 a month per location, Enterprise from £995 per brand, ex VAT. Setup £199 per location on Grow and Pro | No commission, but every plan adds a flat per-order rate (amount not published) | No contract on Starter and Connect; contract on Grow, Pro and Enterprise |
| Foodhub | Prices not published on the pages we read | Ask for a written quote of weekly rental and any customer service fee | 8-week initial period, then rolling 12 months (terms dated 27 March 2026) |
| Slerp | £125 to £250 per site a month, plus a £500 onboarding fee waived if live in 30 days | A platform fee on orders | Confirm in your quote |
First month free, no card. 0% commission, month to month, 24/7 support. See every plan.