FANCY a bite at the dumpster diver cafe? This new underground restaurant in the US will feature food found in rubbish bins.

The Gleaners Kitchen in Somerville Massachusetts is the creation of Tufts University student Maximus Thaler. He calls it an "underground restaurant and grocery store".

The menu will be determined by whatever he and his volunteer staff find in nearby rubbish bins.

Herbs, meat, fish, vegetables. Everything will come from the rubbish.

"At night after the store is closed we go into the back entrance, hop into the dumpster and collect all the goods we can," Mr Thaler said on his YouTube video. "The things we find are jaw dropping."

At least he's not planning on charging customers for the privilege. It is all FREE.

The cafe, run from Mr Thaler's apartment will be open 24 hours a day with coffee, tea and soup available all hours. Dinner will be served at 6pm. Take-away orders for meals delivered by bicycle can be placed via text message.

Mr Thaler said all the food found in rubbish bins will be inspected and washed before use.

He told the Boston Globe the aim of the restaurant was to get people to think about food waste differently.

"Food is not a commodity, it's not this thing where you pay something to get something, it's to share and build a community around," he said. "And that's what I’m trying to do, build a community."

Would you eat at a restaurant serving up rubbish?