Four generations. One family recipe book.
Bikanervala began in 1905 as a humble sweet shop on the streets of Bikaner, Rajasthan. Four generations later, we are one of India's most trusted vegetarian food brands, with a growing family of 22 outlets across the United Arab Emirates, all supplied by our own kitchen, all pure vegetarian, all made fresh.
Founded 1905
In Bikaner, Rajasthan by the Aggarwal family.
22 UAE outlets
19 Dubai, 2 Sharjah, 1 Abu Dhabi.
100% vegetarian
Every recipe, every kitchen, every day.
From a Bikaner side-street to your neighbourhood in the UAE.
Our journey began in 1905 with a small sweet shop in the historic Kote Gate area of Bikaner, Rajasthan, where the family sold batasha and makhana made to age-old recipes. What started with a handful of traditional sweets and namkeen soon became a destination for people who valued genuine taste and uncompromising quality.
In 1950 the family took its next big step and opened in Chandni Chowk, Delhi. Generations-old recipes from Bikaner met the capital, and signature delicacies such as moong dal halwa, Bikaneri bhujia and kaju katli became household names. The people of Delhi began calling us Bikanervala. A name given by our customers became our identity.
Every mithai we make in the UAE follows those same recipes. Slow-cooked khoya, hand-pounded pistachio, cardamom crushed to order, pure desi ghee from trusted dairies. Ghewar is still poured in circles by hand. Motichoor pearls are still sieved through a jhara. Kaju katli is still rolled between marble sheets, not machines.
We came to Dubai in 2003 with one non-negotiable rule: recipes travel with the family, not with a factory. Our UAE kitchen is HACCP-certified, staffed by halwais trained at our facilities in India, and it feeds all 22 of our outlets every single morning. Nothing is imported ready-made. Nothing sits on a shelf longer than a day.
More than a brand, Bikanervala is a tradition passed down through generations, a celebration of India's culinary heritage shared with the world. Today that world includes 200 plus outlets across India and a growing international family, with the UAE among its largest homes.
Freshness is not a claim. It is the way our kitchen is built.
Freshness at Bikanervala UAE is engineered, not improvised. From a central production kitchen to a cold-chain that runs before dawn, everything is designed so a laddoo you buy at 10am was rolled at 4am the same day.
Central UAE kitchen
HACCP-certified production facility in Dubai supplies every one of our 22 outlets. Nothing is imported ready-made.
Cooked every night, sold every day
Mithai batches start at 9pm, cool overnight and reach outlets by 6am. Chaat prep, dosa batter and namkeen follow the same rhythm.
Cold-chain to your outlet
Refrigerated vans move stock between the kitchen and outlets so freshness never breaks between the halwai's hand and the counter.
Ingredients we trust
Pure desi ghee, single-origin cashew and pistachio, hand-picked cardamom. No artificial colours, no palm oil in our mithai.
120 years of the family journey.
From a sugar-candy counter in Bikaner to kitchens on four continents, every chapter was written by one family.
1905
Bal Mukund ji and his son Ganga Dhar ji establish the Kandoi Bazaar in Bikaner City, selling Batasha (sugar candy) and Makhana.
1925
Lal Chand ji and his son Jugal Kishor ji open a shop at Kote Gate, Bikaner.
1950
Lal Chand Kandoi ji sends his sons Satyanarayan ji and Kedarnath ji to Delhi to explore business.
1954
The first Delhi shop opens at Nai Sadak, Chandni Chowk.
1956
A second shop opens on the busy streets of Chandni Chowk, named Bikaner Bhujia Bhandar.
1968
Shyam Sunder Aggarwal ji creates a delicate barfi made from cashew. The world knows it today as Kaju Katli.
1972
A new store opens in Fateh Puri, Chandni Chowk, as Bikaner Namkeen Bhandar.
1981
The Karol Bagh store opens and Delhi's customers rename the family Bikanervala. A global brand is born.
1988
The family enters the FMCG market with Bikano, packaging namkeen and sweets for a larger shelf life.
1991
The multi-cuisine vegetarian restaurant format launches under the brand Angan.
2003
Bikanervala launches in the UAE.
2007
The brand receives the prestigious Rashtriya Udyog Ratna Award.
2009
Bikanervala opens in Hyderabad, Telangana. A manufacturing plant is set up in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
2015
A manufacturing plant is commissioned at Rai Sonipat, Haryana. Bikanervala launches in New Zealand.
2017
Bikanervala launches in the USA and Singapore.
2021
Bikanervala opens in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
2022
A manufacturing plant starts in Hyderabad, Telangana. Bikanervala launches in Qatar and adopts the B with a heart symbol.
2023
A manufacturing plant starts in Jewar, Greater Noida. Bikanervala launches in Canada.
2024
Bikanervala launches in Bahrain.
2025
Bikanervala arrives in London, taking the journey of deliciousness past 260 outlets worldwide.
Where you will find us
Our chapter in the Emirates.
2003
The first UAE outlet opens in Dubai
Bikanervala opens in Al Karama, bringing pure vegetarian Bikaneri heritage to the Emirates for the first time. The halwais are trained at the family's Indian kitchens and travel with the recipes.
2005
Central UAE kitchen commissioned
A HACCP-certified production facility opens in Dubai to supply every UAE outlet with mithai, chaat prep, dosa batter and namkeen, made fresh each night and dispatched at dawn.
2010s
One brand, three emirates
Outlets open steadily across Dubai, then Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. Each one is held to the same recipe book, the same ghee, the same service standard.
Today
22 UAE outlets, three emirates
19 outlets in Dubai, 2 in Sharjah, 1 in Abu Dhabi, all supplied by one kitchen. Four generations later, the recipe book has not changed.
Three things we never compromise on.
Pure vegetarian, always
No eggs. No shortcuts. Every kitchen, every recipe, every day, since 1905.
Made fresh, by hand
Mithai is prepared daily by trained halwais in our UAE kitchen. Never mass-produced, never imported ready-made.
A family brand
Four generations of one family, still tasting every recipe and holding every outlet to the same standard.
Taste the heritage, near you.
Visit any of our 22 UAE outlets, or plan your next celebration with our catering team.