DFW Corporate Catering: Nepali + Indian Office Lunches

Why DFW office admins keep coming back to Tiffins ToGo

Most "corporate catering DFW" pages read like vendor brochures. They show stock photos of carving stations and finish with a "Request a quote" button. They never tell you what the food actually costs per head, which dietary restrictions they can cover, how delivery timing works, or what happens when one employee has a peanut allergy and three others are vegetarian.

We built this page differently. The person ordering an appreciation lunch, a board meeting platter, or a 200-person company offsite gets evaluated on three things: did the food arrive on time, did everyone get something to eat, and did the next reorder take less than ten minutes. Those three outcomes drive every decision in our corporate catering workflow.

Tiffins ToGo is an active Nepali and Indian caterer based in Fort Worth, serving the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. We are not a franchise, a national delivery aggregator, or a restaurant adding catering as a side hustle. Catering is the main business. The kitchen is run by the owners. The hand-folded momos that anchor our signature menu are made the same morning we deliver them.

That means a few things for an office admin. First, you can talk to the person who actually runs the kitchen, not a call center. Second, dietary swaps and last-minute headcount changes get handled directly with no escalation tree. Third, recurring office customers earn relationship pricing because we plan our kitchen output around their schedule.

If your team has one or more Nepali or Indian employees, this page is also for the cultural-fluency angle. We know which dishes a Hindu employee will not eat, which dishes a Jain employee will not eat, and which dishes a halal-conscious employee will and will not eat. Most corporate caterers cannot answer those questions before you place the order.

Five office-friendly menu concepts

We organize corporate orders into five common concepts. Pick one for your next lunch and we will customize within it. Or mix and match across concepts for larger events.

Concept 1 - Nepali and Indian buffet. The most-ordered office menu. Two mains, two sides, basmati rice, naan or roti, salad, and a sweet finisher. Vegetarian by default with optional add-on protein. Sets up on a buffet line so guests serve themselves. Recommended for 30 to 150 people. Typical range $15 to $22 per head.

Concept 2 - Momo bar. The most-engaging option for company events where you want a conversation-starter. Two momo varieties (typically vegetable plus chicken), three dipping sauces, side of timur-pepper greens, and rice. Staffed station optional. Recommended for 25 to 100 people. Typical range $18 to $26 per head.

Concept 3 - Boxed dietary-friendly lunch. Individual boxed lunches with allergen and dietary tag on every box. Each box has a main, two sides, naan or roti, and a sweet. Each box is labeled vegetarian, vegan, halal-friendly, wheat-free, or nut-free per the order. Recommended for 25 to 200 people, especially conference rooms with limited buffet space. Typical range $12 to $18 per head.

Concept 4 - South Asian grazing trays. Lighter format for board meetings or all-day events. Cold platters of samosa, chaat, paneer skewers, pakora, and a sweet tray. No hot main. Recommended for 15 to 75 people on a 1- to 2-hour service window. Typical range $13 to $19 per head.

Concept 5 - Hot curry and rice buffet. The lowest cost per head and highest scale option. One vegetarian curry, one chicken curry, basmati rice, naan or roti, and a side. Hot-held in chafing dishes with sterno fuel. Recommended for 75 to 300 people. Typical range $12 to $16 per head.

Pricing reflects ingredient cost, prep complexity, and headcount tier. Final quote depends on dietary mix, packaging style, delivery distance, and whether you want hot-hold service staff. Recurring office customers should ask about schedule pricing on the inquiry form.

Dietary coverage across the five concepts

Every order gets a dietary coverage check before we confirm. We track six dietary tracks across the menu: vegetarian, vegan, halal-friendly, wheat-free, dairy-free, and nut-aware.

Vegetarian and vegan coverage is full across all five concepts. Indian and Nepali cooking has deep vegetarian roots, and most of our menu is vegetarian by default. A pure-vegan version of any concept is available on request, with paneer swapped for vegan substitutes and ghee replaced with neutral oil.

Halal-friendly options are available on request across all five concepts. Our chicken and goat sourcing supports halal preferences, and we can run a halal-only order for offices where this matters. We do not claim a fully-halal kitchen because we share equipment across non-halal preparations; if your office requires a certified-halal operation, ask us in advance and we will tell you honestly whether we can meet your standard or whether you should pick a different caterer.

Wheat-free coverage requires advance notice. Most of our curry mains are naturally wheat-free, but our naan, samosas, and several appetizers use wheat. We can build a fully wheat-free order from the menu, or label wheat-free items inside a mixed buffet.

Dairy-free coverage requires advance notice. Several of our dishes use ghee, paneer, or yogurt. We can substitute on request and label which dishes have been modified.

Nut-aware coverage. Tree nuts (almond, cashew, pistachio) appear in several mains and most sweets. We can run a fully nut-free menu on request, and every box-lunch order ships with a Big-9 major-allergen list per dish (peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, wheat, soy, fish, shellfish, sesame).

Jain-friendly options are available with advance notice. We can prepare a Jain menu that excludes onion, garlic, and root vegetables. We do not claim a Jain-certified kitchen for the same reason as halal above; we can describe exactly what we will and will not include, and you decide whether that meets your team's standard.

Allergen disclosure: every dish gets a printed ingredient and allergen card

On every order over 25 boxed lunches and every buffet setup, the food arrives with a printed allergen and ingredient card per dish. The card lists the dish name, the main ingredients, and which of the FDA Big-9 major allergens are present.

The Big-9 we track on every card are peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, wheat, soy, fish, shellfish, and sesame. We do not currently track minor allergens (mustard, celery, lupin, sulfites) by default; if your office has an employee with one of those allergies, tell us during booking and we will adjust the labeling and the ingredient choice.

The card is meant to give an employee with an allergy the information they need to skip a dish at a buffet line or pick a boxed lunch confidently. We label dishes that are vegetarian, vegan, halal-friendly, wheat-free, and nut-free using the same card format.

We do not represent that our kitchen is allergen-free. We prepare allergen-sensitive food in a working kitchen that handles allergens daily, and there is always cross-contact risk. For an employee with a severe allergy (anaphylaxis-level), we recommend a fully-isolated single-allergen order rather than a mixed buffet, and we will tell you so during booking.

How DFW delivery and setup actually work

Delivery timing is the single biggest source of catering complaints we hear from office admins. Here is how we handle it.

You tell us when your lunch starts. We deliver 30 minutes earlier. For a noon lunch start, we arrive at 11:30 a.m. with a 15-minute setup buffer. Hot dishes are transported in insulated thermal carriers and either stay in the carriers or transfer to chafing dishes with sterno fuel depending on your setup. Cold dishes are platter-ready.

For 50 or more guests we recommend adding a hot-hold service staff member who stays for the duration of the lunch window. This person keeps food at safe temperature, restocks the buffet line, and packs up at the end. The fee for hot-hold staff is added to the quote and we will tell you the exact cost when we send the proposal.

For boxed lunches we deliver pre-stacked on dollies by dietary track, so the admin or receptionist can hand out boxes by name or by dietary preference without sorting through a mixed stack.

Cleanup. For buffet orders we either return at the end of the lunch window to remove equipment, or you keep the disposable chafing dishes and trash them yourself. For boxed lunches we leave a separate trash bag for the boxes. There is no hidden cleanup fee.

Same-day catering is available for small orders (under 50 people) when our schedule allows. The earliest reliable booking window for orders over 100 people is 72 hours. For weekly recurring office orders we can usually accept changes up to 24 hours in advance.

Four-step booking timeline

Step 1 - Inquiry. Submit the form below or call (817) 692-8003. Tell us your event date, headcount, budget per head if you have one, and any dietary restrictions on the team. We will email or call back within four business hours with a draft menu and a quote.

Step 2 - Menu and quote confirmation. We send a written menu and itemized quote. You confirm the menu, headcount, dietary mix, packaging style (buffet versus boxed), delivery address, and arrival time. We lock the menu at this point. Adjustments after lock are possible up to 72 hours before delivery for headcounts under 100 and up to 48 hours for smaller orders.

Step 3 - Headcount lock at T-72 hours. Seventy-two hours before delivery we confirm the final headcount with you. After this point we charge for the locked headcount even if your event runs short, because the food is already prepped or on the order schedule. We can usually accommodate small upward changes (5 to 10 percent) inside the 72-hour window for boxed lunches.

Step 4 - Delivery and setup. Our team arrives 30 minutes before your stated start time, sets up, and either departs or stays for hot-hold service depending on what you booked. After the event we either return for equipment or leave you with disposable equipment to discard.

Payment is due on delivery for first-time customers. For recurring office customers we set up Net-15 terms on request after the third order. We accept card, ACH, and company check.

Recurring office catering: save your menu, save your time

A meaningful share of our corporate orders come from offices that book monthly, biweekly, or weekly. The pattern is simple: an office admin who hates re-doing the entire menu-selection plus quote-approval cycle every time the calendar rolls.

After your first order, we save your default menu, your dietary tags, your delivery address, your arrival time, and your packaging preference. The next order takes a phone call or a one-line email: "Same as last time for 60 people next Wednesday." We confirm and lock.

Recurring office customers should ask about recurring schedule pricing on the inquiry form below. We adjust pricing based on order frequency, lead time, and menu rotation. We are not going to publish a fixed recurring-discount percentage on this page because the right number depends on your specific schedule and order shape, and a published number would be wrong for half our customers.

The other recurring-customer benefit is menu rotation. We will quietly cycle through five to seven menu variations across your year so your team is not eating the same chicken curry every Tuesday. The variation comes from our kitchen plan, not from you having to brief us each time.

For company-wide events that recur annually (holiday parties, anniversary celebrations, summer offsites), we can hold a calendar slot for you from year to year and confirm the menu sixty days before the event.

DFW service area: cities we reliably deliver to

We reliably deliver corporate catering across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Core cities with same-week availability and no surcharge are Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving, Plano, Frisco, Grapevine, Coppell, Las Colinas, and North Richland Hills.

We also serve adjacent cities (Bedford, Euless, Hurst, Southlake, Colleyville, Keller, Mansfield, Burleson, Crowley, Cedar Hill, DeSoto, Duncanville, Lewisville, Carrollton, Richardson, Addison, Garland, Mesquite, Rockwall, Allen, McKinney) on a per-route basis. For these cities we may add a small delivery surcharge depending on the distance and time of day, and we will tell you the exact number on the quote.

For cities further out (Denton, Waxahachie, Ennis, Granbury, Weatherford), we accept orders case by case based on our delivery schedule and the size of the order.

We do not currently deliver outside the metroplex. If your event is in Austin, Houston, or Oklahoma, we recommend a local Nepali or Indian caterer in that metro.

Same-day availability inside the core DFW radius depends on our daily kitchen load. The reliable booking window for orders over 100 people is 72 hours. For orders under 50 people we can often accept same-day or next-day requests when our schedule allows; the inquiry form will tell you.

When NOT to pick Tiffins ToGo (honest scope sidebar)

We are not the right caterer for every office event. Here is when you should pick someone else instead.

If your event needs beef brisket, smoked pork, or alcohol service in one stop, we are not your caterer. We are Nepali and Indian focused. We do not smoke beef brisket, we do not serve pork in any form, and we are not a licensed alcohol provider. For a Texas-style barbecue lunch or a wine-paired company dinner, pick a barbecue or full-service caterer.

If your office requires a fully certified-halal kitchen with documented certification chain, ask us during booking and we will tell you honestly whether we can meet your standard or whether you should pick a halal caterer.

If your event is fewer than 15 people, we will still take the order, but a small-batch order from a single Indian or Nepali restaurant may give you better economics than a full catering order from us. We are honest about this.

If your event is fewer than 24 hours away and over 100 people, we usually cannot accept the order. Our kitchen schedule is planned in advance and large last-minute orders do not fit. For an emergency large-headcount lunch, your best option is a local pizza chain or a sandwich-platter caterer who runs on shorter notice.

If your team has zero interest in South Asian cuisine and your goal is American comfort food, we are not the right pick. We do not pretend to be a generic American catering option. The cultural-fluency and Nepali-Indian specialization is the entire point.