Dish variety
The menu covers multiple cuisines, with reviews specifically praising butter chicken, broasted chicken and South Indian dishes.
Bay Bites Restaurant - Citadel Tower
Business Bay
Bay Bites Restaurant in Business Bay serves a broad mix of Indian, Arabic, Filipino, Chinese and Asian food, alongside burgers, sandwiches, karak tea and snacks. Reviews make it especially useful for affordable breakfasts, quick tea stops and dishes such as butter chicken, grilled chicken and broasted chicken.
Reputation Score
4.0
★★★★☆
136 ratings
Source: Google Maps
The Good Stuff
Breakfast snacks
It works well for a simple breakfast or an evening snack, with tea and snacks available throughout the day.
Grilled chicken
One customer found both the grill and charcoal chicken excellent, making them worth considering when you have more time to eat.
Friendly service
Several reviews describe the staff as polite, warm and attentive, including praise for clear explanations of the food.
Good portions
Some diners found the portions generous for the price, particularly for lunch.
Tea stop
The outside tea corner is a useful quick-stop option for samosas, puffs and inexpensive chai.
Meeting setting
A reviewer found the restaurant comfortable for meetings or small gatherings, with good service alongside the food.
What to Eat at Bay Bites Restaurant - Citadel Tower How we choose these items We use AI to find praise and criticism of specific foods and drinks in a selection of Google reviews. For Bay Bites Restaurant - Citadel Tower, this list is based on 50 reviews, not every review of the restaurant. The score is positive reviews minus negative reviews. For example, two positive reviews and one negative review give +1. Each review counts once per item; neutral comments do not change the score. A zero score is not a positive recommendation. “Only neutral feedback” means there are no positive or negative votes. “Mixed feedback” means equal numbers of positive and negative votes. The quotes are examples of what people said, not every comment we counted. We use different reviews where we can. We normally show up to 10 foods and 5 drinks with non-negative scores. Items with the same score stay together. If a tied group would go past the limit, that group and the lower non-negative scores go into Honorable mentions. If an overflowing positive top tie would leave the list empty, we show up to 10 items from that tie and keep the rest in Honorable mentions. Foods and drinks with a negative score are under What to Avoid. Use this as a guide to what reviewers liked, not a guarantee that you will like it too.
These items at Bay Bites Restaurant - Citadel Tower got the most positive mentions in user reviews. Check them out!
Food 7
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Broasted chicken Net +1
“Their broasted chicken and South Indian dishes are amazing.”
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“Their broasted chicken and South Indian dishes are amazing.”January 2025
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Butter chicken Net +1
“Visited bay bites restaurant @ citadel tower business bay. Nice ambiance high quality food.mouth watering food.i really like their butter chicken .it was really amazing . All time my favrote in bay bites . Also very friendly staff. Nice service🙏 to me . Neat and cleanly restaurant in business bay .must visit place”
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“Visited bay bites restaurant @ citadel tower business bay. Nice ambiance high quality food.mouth watering food.i really like their butter chicken .it was really amazing . All time my favrote in bay bites . Also very friendly staff. Nice service🙏 to me . Neat and cleanly restaurant in business bay .must visit place”March 2024
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Charcoal chicken Net +1
“Tried their grill and charcoal chicken—both were excellent.”
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“Tried their grill and charcoal chicken—both were excellent.”June 2025
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Chicken paratha sandwich Net +1
“Daal Chawal is good, and the chicken paratha sandwich is good.”
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“Daal Chawal is good, and the chicken paratha sandwich is good.”January 2025
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Daal chawal Net +1
“Daal Chawal is good, and the chicken paratha sandwich is good.”
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“Daal Chawal is good, and the chicken paratha sandwich is good.”January 2025
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Fried chicken Net +1
“I really like this restaurant. The fried chicken is delicious. The staff is friendly and the delivery service is fast. I really love this restaurant.”
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“I really like this restaurant. The fried chicken is delicious. The staff is friendly and the delivery service is fast. I really love this restaurant.”September 2024
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Iftar Net +1
“Great restaurant and amazing stuff members thanks to sujoy,Samir and Rushil Amin 🙏🏻 great Iftar.”
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“Great restaurant and amazing stuff members thanks to sujoy,Samir and Rushil Amin 🙏🏻 great Iftar.”March 2024
What to Avoid (7)
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Biryani Net −1
“Very bad experience unacceptable More then 3 time Happened with me today really disappointed 1 hour delay also biriyani not cooked well Just unacceptable 😡😡😡”
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“Very bad experience unacceptable More then 3 time Happened with me today really disappointed 1 hour delay also biriyani not cooked well Just unacceptable 😡😡😡”May 2024
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Chicken tikka masala Net −1
“To be honest .. the price is so so high in the office zone.. just a biriyani bowl size of chicken tikka masala (also it was not uniue in taste) with 5 pcs. small version of chicken 25 aed .. garlic naan 4.5 and the plain ghee rice 10 aed.. Mgmt. should think of reducing the price.. rather charging more money from the working executives. This is not a complaint, please consider this as a suggestions....”
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Critical review excerpts
“To be honest .. the price is so so high in the office zone.. just a biriyani bowl size of chicken tikka masala (also it was not uniue in taste) with 5 pcs. small version of chicken 25 aed .. garlic naan 4.5 and the plain ghee rice 10 aed.. Mgmt. should think of reducing the price.. rather charging more money from the working executives. This is not a complaint, please consider this as a suggestions....”June 2024
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Chilli chicken porotta roll Net −1
“The Chilli Chicken Porotta Roll was especially disappointing. It didn’t taste fresh, and the porotta felt hard, more like a ready-made one rather than freshly made. The flavors just didn’t work for me.”
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“The Chilli Chicken Porotta Roll was especially disappointing. It didn’t taste fresh, and the porotta felt hard, more like a ready-made one rather than freshly made. The flavors just didn’t work for me.”October 2025
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Lenthil soup Net −1
“I ordered lenthil soup — the first day it was fine. The next day, I ordered it again, but they added way too much garlic to cover up the taste of food that wasn’t fresh. I decided to give it another try, but what they brought wasn’t soup — it was an overly salty liquid, more like salted water. It seemed like there was only a little soup left, and they just diluted it with water. I complained, and they offered to replace the dish. However, what they brought instead only looked thick and decent, but when I tasted it, I realized they had simply added flour to make it seem thicker.”
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Critical review excerpts
“I ordered lenthil soup — the first day it was fine. The next day, I ordered it again, but they added way too much garlic to cover up the taste of food that wasn’t fresh. I decided to give it another try, but what they brought wasn’t soup — it was an overly salty liquid, more like salted water. It seemed like there was only a little soup left, and they just diluted it with water. I complained, and they offered to replace the dish. However, what they brought instead only looked thick and decent, but when I tasted it, I realized they had simply added flour to make it seem thicker.”October 2025
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Masala dosa Net −1
“I tried the Chilli Chicken Porotta Roll, Biryani, Chai, and Masala Dosa. Honestly, the only thing that was okay was the Biryani — the rest didn’t taste good to me.”
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“I tried the Chilli Chicken Porotta Roll, Biryani, Chai, and Masala Dosa. Honestly, the only thing that was okay was the Biryani — the rest didn’t taste good to me.”October 2025
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Porotta Net −1
“Porotta is very hard and like rock”
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“Porotta is very hard and like rock”February 2026
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Chai Net −1
“I tried the Chilli Chicken Porotta Roll, Biryani, Chai, and Masala Dosa. Honestly, the only thing that was okay was the Biryani — the rest didn’t taste good to me.”
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Critical review excerpts
“I tried the Chilli Chicken Porotta Roll, Biryani, Chai, and Masala Dosa. Honestly, the only thing that was okay was the Biryani — the rest didn’t taste good to me.”October 2025
Tips for a Better Visit
Allow time. Avoid tight schedules: reviews report waits of 40 minutes, an hour and even longer for orders.
Try breakfast. For an early visit, breakfast items such as poori, paratha and dosa were reported as available from 7 am to 10 am.
Use tea stall. For a quick snack, check the outside tea corner for samosas, puffs and 1 AED chai rather than ordering a full meal.
Check availability. Ask what is actually available before choosing from the broad menu, since several listed items may be unavailable.
Choose seating. If the indoor air conditioning is still not working, ask about outdoor seating before settling in.
Expect grill waits. If ordering grilled food, build in extra time; one review specifically says grilled items may take a while.
Plan the visit
Practical details
The Citadel Tower, Ground floor #02, Business Bay, Dubai Bay Bites Restaurant, The Citadel Tower, Ground floor #02
Business Bay, Dubai
| Mon | 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Tue | 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Wed | 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Thu | 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Fri | 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Sat | 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM |
| Sun | 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM |
Common Concerns
Long delays
Waiting times are a recurring concern, ranging from over 40 minutes to an hour or more for small orders and family meals.
Food inconsistency
Food quality varies sharply: reviews mention stale or poorly cooked dishes, hard porotta and biryani that was not fully cooked.
Broken A/C
Multiple reviews reported that the indoor air conditioning had been out of order for months, making the dining room uncomfortable.
Menu availability
The menu is extensive, but one review warns that many listed dishes may not be available when you order.
Office pricing
One customer considered some portions expensive for the office-zone setting, citing a small chicken serving at 25 AED.
Customer-reported prices
These are customer-reported mentions, not a current price list. Prices may have changed.
1 AED
chai tea
“That stall also sells chai tea at 1 AED and there are tables outside for you to sit and have your snacks”Google review · October 2024
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The Bottom Line
Bay Bites Restaurant in Business Bay is a casual, broad-menu stop for breakfast, lunch, evening snacks and delivery. Reviews mention butter chicken, broasted chicken, grill and charcoal chicken, South Indian dishes, biryani and simple sandwiches, so there is plenty to choose from without treating the menu as a guarantee that every item is available. Breakfast is a practical starting point: poori, paratha and dosa were reported from 7 am to 10 am.
The outside tea corner adds samosas, puffs and chai, including a customer-reported 1 AED chai, while another review describes the restaurant as a cheap place for sandwiches, breakfasts and karak tea. Some diners also found portions good for the price and the setting suitable for meetings or small gatherings. The main caution is inconsistency.
Several customers praised fresh food and polite service, but others reported hard porotta, stale-tasting dishes, undercooked biryani and a chicken dish that smelled unfresh. Service complaints include unstaffed tables and waits from 40 minutes to more than an hour, especially for delivery and grilled orders. Indoor air conditioning was reported out of order for months, although outdoor seating was available.
Check dish availability, ask about the wait and confirm seating before ordering.