Every week, whether it’s during the business day or evening, calendar notifications pop up and take your time away from fun things like grabbing lunch with friends or getting a bite to eat at a restaurant. When those to-do lists take over your life and take you away from eating right, there is one way to get food to you and that way in through food delivery.

Des Moines has a growing scene for just about everything. Restaurants, start-ups, co-working space(s), new apartments, the list goes on and one thing that keeps coming up in conversations is what restaurants in Des Moines provide delivery?

In this blog post, we’ll cover everything you need to know about food delivery in Des Moines by highlighting restaurants that deliver, to services that will pick up and drop off your food, where ever you are at.

Restaurants That Deliver in Des Moines

Agave Grill in Clive

You can create group orders or personal orders for delivery on their website. Their delivery hours reflect times after the lunch rush and during dinner. The times Agave Grill delivers are Monday through Thursday 1pm-3pm and 5pm-8pm, Fridays 1pm-3pm and 5pm-9:30pm, Saturdays 11am-3pm and 5pm-9:30pm

A food reviewer from a local Facebook group said that Agave Grill is a sit-down and order place, nice decor, a quiet gem. Great food. The reviewer and her friend both had tacos. One had steak with corn tortillas and the other had carnitas with flour tortillas. The light lunch was packed with flavor. You can order two tacos for lunch (water to drink) for $6.50.

It’s a no brainer to visit The Fighting Burrito during downtown lunch or an evening after work. If you don’t your stomach will be fighting you all day – well, if you do or don’t eat a Fighting Burrito your stomach will be fighting you regardless. You can eat in, or Fighting Burrito in Des Moine will deliver to the metro area.

Order delivery here: http://www.fightingburrito.com/en/order_delivery_online/

Thai Flavors

Thai Flavors delivers to the Beaverdale neighborhood and other areas of the metro.You can’t go wrong with some of their lunch specials. You can count on their sushi and lettuce wraps to be solid choices. It’s usually takes 30 minutes to an hour for delivery.

Check out their menu here: http://thaiflavorsiowa.com/menu.php

Domino’s Pizza

Of course, Pizza for the win. So what that this is a national chain delivery option. There are those days when a thin crust pepperoni pizza from Domino’s fits the bill.

Location: 401 Grand AveDes Moines,

Contact: https://www.dominos.com/en/pages/order/#/section/Food/category/AllEntrees/

China Garden

Estimate delivery time is 30 to 60 minutes.

Delivery fee is $2 in 6 miles range. They do not deliver beyond 6 miles.

Location: 2020 Grand Ave Ste 1300

Contact: http://www.chinagardenwestdesmoines.com/

Jimmy Johns

This is always a great option when you’re working downtown and need delivery. In fact, Jimmy Johns comes often to Gravitate, a co-working space downtown Des Moines.

Location: 1230 Locust St, Des Moines

Contact: https://online.jimmyjohns.com/#/delivery/

Planet Sub

Ah, this place makes one of the best turkey sandwiches. Another thing they do well is that they deliver food to you! Online ordering is limited to locations that fall between E 14th Street, 63rd Street, Euclid Ave, and MLK. Be sure to note, though, their delivery minimum is $15.00. They’ll also apply a delivery charge: $1.50.

Location: 2330 University Avenue

Contact: http://order.planetsub.com/menu/planet-sub-drake

Felix & Oscar’s

Their website states, “Felix & Oscar’s has delivered meals longer than any restaurant in Des Moines. While most places offer a limited selection of fast food we are unique. We are a full-service restaurant with a large and varied menu available for delivery. So, when you need a Bacon Cheeseburger, Fettuccini Alfredo, a Char-Grilled Chicken Chef Salad and a Pizza call Felix & Oscar’s for delivery and we’ll be at your service. Please remember, we actually prepare and cook your meal to order so our delivery time is a bit longer than fast food places.” To me, that sounds like a great option! You can’t go wrong with their pizzas.

Location: 4050 Merle Hay Rd Des Moines

Contact: http://order.letsorderonline.com/display/menu/merlehayfandotogo

Orlondo’s On Park Pizza & Pasta

A staple along the bike path as a great meet-up spot also a spot to end a ride with pizza and beers. If you can’t make it to the bike path, or even to the restaurant itself, they will deliver food to you!

Location: 4337 Park Ave, Des Moines

Contact: http://www.orlondos.com/

Restaurant Delivery Services

There aren’t as many services that provide delivery as some of the larger cities but Des Moines does have several services that people count on for getting a meal to them in a timely manner. These food delivery services also give you more of a reach to specific restaurants that normaly wouldn’t deliver.

The Meal Man of Des Moines

Des Moines Meal Man is a restaurant delivery service for the Des Moines Metro and surrounding cities. It works by customers placing orders on their website, and after an order has been placed, a dispatcher will then page a driver to go pick up the customers order from the restaurant and deliver it to the customer. The only part of the service that seems a little troublesome is that, with The Meal Man, your order is not placed with the restaurant until they have an available driver to dispatch which could result in longer wait times if a driver isn’t available right away. The restaurants that the Des Moines Meal man provides food from are:

Agave Grill

Appare Japanese Steakhouse

Beaverdale Confections

Bistro Montage

Donut Hut

Haiku

House of Hunan

Legends American Grill

Mi Patria Ecuador

Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen

Sam and Louie’s Catering

Abelardos Mexican

Eat Thai Thai Eatery

Cheesecake Factory

Vietnam Cafe

Food Dudes

Food Dudes Delivery is a restaurant delivery company that has services spread around the Midwest. Orders can be placed on their website or through the phone. The partner with local restaurants and deliver food to homes, offices and hotels. Food Dudes also works with the catering menus provided by restaurants. So, if you’re having a business lunch in Des Moines and need food for it, you can set up an order through their website. They do a pretty good job of keeping the restaurants’ menus up-to-date. The best part is that you’re not limited to just Chinese food or Mexican. Take a look at the restaurants that they partner with:

Abelardo’s

Bambino’s

Candela

Cozy Cafe

Eat Thai

Famous Dave’s

Felix and Oscar’s

Jimmy’s Gyros

Legend’s

Mama Lacona’s

Pepperjax’s Grill

Pickerman’s Soup & Sandwiches

Pita Pit

Rookies Sports Bar

Ruby Tuesday

Taj Mahal

Taste of New York

The Radish

The Waverly

Wobbly Boots Roadhouse

GrubHub

GrubHub is probably one of the more familiar names when it comes to food delivery. They’re a national program that can be found in really any city. Des Moines has the benefit of using GrubHub to get food delivered right to their door from

29 different dining options. Not only does GrubHub do delivery, but you can also place takeout orders from the restaurants they partener with, too. Here are the options you can choose from:

Smokey D’s BBQ (NW 2nd St)

Paesanos Pizzeria

Felix & Oscar’s

Legends American Grill(Downtown location)

House of Hunan

DR Deli & Desserts

Tamale’s Industry

Vietnam Cafe

Appare Japanese Steakhouse

Bistro Montage

Taj Mahal Indian Restaurant

Fat Tuesday

Pickerman’s Soup and Sandwich

Ayub Restaurant

Jimmy’s Gyros

Abelardos

Granite City

Mama Lacona’s

The Radish

Taste of New York Pizza

Cozy Cafe

Wobbly Boots

Biaggi’s

Bambino’s

Haiku

Ruby Tuesday

Agave Grill

Candela

If you have had any experiences with food delivery in Des Moines, let me know in the comments! Also, what are some of your favorite places to order delivery from?