From 1.6 million burgers to coffees: What UAE residents ordered in 2025

From deli sandwiches and shawarmas to premium steaks, iconic desserts, and grocery must-haves, delivery app companies issued their year-end report on Wednesday detailing UAE residents' food ordering habits. This included more than 1.6 million burgers ordered this year, or about 4,400 burgers a day.

Deliveroo shared the Top 30 trending orders in the UAE, offering insights on what consumers “craved, clicked and reordered throughout the year, across food, beverages, and everyday essentials.”

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According to Deliveroo, their list “reflects the UAE’s rapidly evolving on-demand delivery culture, where gourmet meets grab-and-go, lifestyle essentials and food now coexist in a single basket, and customers increasingly seek high-quality dishes delivered at their doorstep.”

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Here are the top 30 dishes, based on orders placed on Deliveroo:

1. The Spicy Club – Rascals Deli

2. The Rebecca – Gino’s Deli

3. Salmon carpaccio – Kanji by 3Fils

4. Al Abdallah big sandwich – Farooj Al Abdallah

5. Café latte (Hot) – % ARABICA

6. Spicy tuna sandwich – Joe & The Juice

7. Original Beef Slider – SALT

8. Shish Tawouk – Al Safadi

9. Little cheeseburger – Five Guys

10. Breakfast sandwich – ProteinHouse

11. Texas salad – Tashas

12. Milk chocolate Franuí – Franuí

13. Pepperoni Primo 10” – Pitfire Pizza

14. Açai smoothie – Feels

15. Burrito – Taqado Mexican Kitchen

16. Chicken shawarma sandwich – Allo Beirut

17. Classic banana pudding – Magnolia Bakery

18. Steak frites – CQ French Brasserie

19. High Jamz – High Joint

20. The B-Kinder – Bake My Day

21. Kale Quinoa Celebration – Bartartine

22. True Californian – CALI-POKE

23. Pad Thai – Rosa’s Thai

24. Steak Salad – Maxzi The Good Food Shop

25. Vitamin Well Upgrade - Choithrams

26. Spinneys food full cream milk

27. Lazy cake ice cream - Mama Booza

28. Waitrose croissants - Waitrose

29. Apricot - Humantra

30. Bioactive collagen gel apple - Health Nag

1.6 million burgers

Careem, meanwhile, noted more than 1.6 million burgers have been delivered this year. That's equivalent to about 4,400 burgers placed on the food delivery app every day.

The largest single order placed on Careem was worth more than Dh1,600 for 15 Legendary Brisket Feasts from Mattar Farm. One foodie has made more than three orders a day, or about 1,250 orders so far this year.

Careem bike riders completed 1.8 million trips, covering more than 7.8 million kilometres and displacing 1.2k tonnes of CO2 emissions. Collectively, they burned 172 million calories in 2025. The most committed cyclist completed 2,090 trips this year, or five trips daily.

As an ‘everything app, Careem rides across the UAE have covered more than 160 million kilometres. This is equivalent to traveling between the Earth and Moon more than 200 times.

AmoAmong the unique items forgotten in rides were two carpet rolls and a guitar. The most commonly forgotten items included phones, AirPods, and wallets, Careem added.

Angel Tesorero

angel@khaleejtimes.com

Angel Tesorero is Assistant Editor and designated funny guy in the newsroom, but dead serious about writing on transport, labour migration, and environmental issues. He is a food lover too.