Food delivery in Bishkek

Bishkek has a few delivery apps and some restaurants that deliver on their own. Which one you use depends on the job: a meal from a restaurant right now, a week of prepared lunches, or a dish from one specific place.

Where to eat in person is a separate guide: Food & Dining.

Delivery apps

Glovo

The main international app in the city. It covers a wide range of restaurants, from fast food to NAVAT, and also delivers groceries and shop goods.

Yandex Go (formerly NambaFood)

NambaFood’s restaurants moved into the Food section of the Yandex Go app. It covers Bishkek restaurants well, and the app is the familiar one if you have used Yandex before.

Both apps work from the phone. You pay by card or in cash to the courier.

Meal plans

Six Box

A subscription of ready meals for the day. You can also order it in Glovo. Formats include six dishes a day, weight-loss and weight-gain plans, and lunch only. The daily price is in Glovo and depends on how long you subscribe.

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Ordering from a restaurant

Some places deliver without an app:

• NAVAT delivers around the clock. The “Firmennyi” plov (~1,300 KGS for more than 1.5 kg of rice, with a spicy broth) is one of the orders expats actually repeat.
• Large chains (Dodo Pizza, Burger Station and others) are on Glovo or in their own apps.

Almost any restaurant will send the order by a courier service if you message them on WhatsApp. You pay by transfer or a local QR code.

In practice

• Many small cafés do not take cards in person: cash, or a QR transfer to Elsom or Optima. The delivery apps do take cards.
• At peak lunch (12:00–14:00) and dinner (19:00–21:00) both apps run late.
• Most Glovo and Yandex Go partners set a minimum of 200–300 KGS.