Dhaba Dash
Dhaba Dash app icon — a glass of chai

A desi cooking game for iPhone

Save the Khan family dhaba

Ammi has 30 days to pay the rent. Her four children have come home to save it, one plate at a time.

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Free on iPhone · Solo or 2 player co-op · No ads · No in-app purchases

Save the Khan family dhaba: Ammi and her four children outside Khan Dhaba, above the kitchen in play. 30 years of chai, 30 days to pay the rent: Ammi in tears holding the landlord's final notice. Her four children came home: Hamza, Zara, Ayesha and Bilal, each with their own knack. Cook Ammi's recipes: chai, samosa, pakora, chaat, biryani, nihari, karahi, halwa puri and seekh kebab. Every plate helps pay the rent: Ammi delighted, saying Shabash! Dukaan bach jaayegi. Cook together: two phones playing online co-op with the share code KHAN. Save the dhaba, save the family: Khan Dhaba lit up with the whole family outside.

Thirty years of chai. Thirty days to pay the rent.

Khan Dhaba opened in 1994 with one kettle, two tables and Ammi's recipes. Abba painted the sign himself. For thirty years it was the heart of the street: chai at dawn for the bus drivers, samosas after school, nihari every Sunday for anyone who turned up hungry.

Then a glossy chain opened across the road, and one by one the regulars drifted over. The takings fell. The rent didn't. Last week the letter came:

Final notice Pay in full within 30 days, or the premises must close.

Losing the dhaba means losing the flat upstairs too, the only home the Khans have ever had. Ammi hid the letter in the chai tin. Bilal found it. By Friday all four of her children were standing in the kitchen.

“Ammi, we're not letting it go.”

Every plate served is a little more of the rent

A dhaba is a roadside café: strong chai, quick food, and a queue that never quite thins out. Orders land on the rail, Ammi calls them out, and you run the kitchen before anybody's patience runs out. It is a fast, chaotic co-op cooking game with South Asian food at its heart — play it on your own, or as a 2 player cooking game with a friend online.

Ammi is counting on you

She calls every order in Urdu from the head of the rail. Serve fast and she's delighted: “Shabash! Dukaan bach jaayegi!” Let an order go cold and she starts to worry. Let a customer walk out and she's in tears.

Twenty kitchens

Ten shifts on your own, from Morning Chai through Grill Night and the Nihari House to the Wedding Shift. Then ten more built for two, from First Plate to a Wedding Shift of your own.

Cook together

Online co-op for two phones. One of you hosts and gets a four-letter code; the other types it in. Some kitchens are split by a wall, so the only way to finish a dish is to pass it over, or throw it.

Ammi's recipes

Chai with sugar if they asked for it. Samosas, pakoras, papdi and samosa chaat, aloo tikki, pav bhaji, biryani from the degh, karahi with naan, halwa puri, seekh kebabs, lamb nihari, and parathas plain or with an egg.

Clear order tickets

Every ticket shows the ingredients and exactly which pan, pot or tawa they go into. Pick up a plate and build the dish in any order. Extra orders wait their turn.

Beat your family

Earn up to three stars in every kitchen; two stars opens the next one. Game Center leaderboards for every kitchen, solo and co-op, plus a combined total.

Play your way

Fixed or floating joystick, left or right handed, tap-to-walk, adjustable control and text size, haptics, and a reduced-flashing option.

Nothing sold, nothing tracked

No adverts, no in-app purchases and no accounts. Anonymous gameplay stats help us make the kitchens better, and you can switch them off in Settings.

Her four children came home

Four siblings, four different ways to survive a shift. Nobody is simply better — pick the one whose knack suits the kitchen you are about to walk into.

Hamza, the eldest Khan sibling and master brewer
Hamza
Master Brewer
The eldest. Left his hotel-kitchen job to come home — the kettle brews 40% faster.
Zara, the Khan sibling who carries two things at once
Zara
Two Hands
Took a term off university. Carries two things at once — half the running about.
Ayesha, the Khan sibling every regular loves
Ayesha
Regular's Favourite
Knows every regular by name — orders wait 25% longer.
Bilal, the youngest and fastest Khan sibling
Bilal
Quick Feet
The youngest, and the one who found the letter. Runs 35% faster than the rest.

Questions people ask

What is Dhaba Dash?

Dhaba Dash is a desi cooking game for iPhone. You run Khan Dhaba, a family roadside café, cooking chai, samosas, biryani, karahi and nihari to earn enough to pay the rent and save the family home.

Can I play Dhaba Dash with a friend?

Yes. Dhaba Dash has 2 player online co-op for two iPhones. One player hosts and gets a four-letter code, the other types it in, and you cook together across ten kitchens built for two.

Is Dhaba Dash free?

Yes. Dhaba Dash is free on the App Store with no adverts, no in-app purchases, no accounts and no tracking.

What food can you cook in Dhaba Dash?

Chai, samosas, pakoras, papdi and samosa chaat, aloo tikki, pav bhaji, biryani, karahi with naan, halwa puri, seekh kebabs, lamb nihari and parathas.

Is Dhaba Dash on Android or iPad?

Dhaba Dash is available on iPhone now.

Save the dhaba. Save the family.

Dhaba Dash is an independent game — every character, dish and tile drawn for it, and every line of Ammi's written by hand, for the people who would recognise the kitchen.

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