What to Order When You Don't Know What to Eat: 8 Easy Answers

When you don’t know what to eat, pick by how hungry you are, then by mood. A safe easy dinner to order tonight is Swiss Chalet’s Quarter Chicken Dinner, or Harvey’s Grilled Chicken Salad if you want something light.

This guide is for the nights you’ve scrolled the delivery app for 20 minutes and still have nothing in the cart. You’ll get a two-question way to decide and 8 easy dinners to order tonight, one for each mood.

What is the best thing to order when you don’t know what to eat

Not knowing what to eat is usually too many options, not too few. Delivery apps show hundreds of restaurants, and every one looks fine.

The fix is to cut the choice down with two questions. How hungry am I, and what kind of food sounds good right now?

Once you’ve answered those, there are only a few sensible orders left. Pick one and stop scrolling.

8 easy dinners to order tonight, by mood

Each of these is a full meal at a big chain, with every number from its official Canadian nutrition guide, as of October 2026. Which chains deliver to you depends on your address.

If you feel like	Order	Calories	Protein	Fibre
Something light	Harvey’s Grilled Chicken Salad	180	26g	5g
Really hungry	Swiss Chalet Quarter Chicken Dinner, White Meat	540	63g	2g
Comfort food	St-Hubert Hot chicken, white meat	440	38g	3g
Breakfast for dinner	A&W Classic Bacon & Eggs	550	30g	4g
Something warm	Chick-fil-A Chicken Tortilla Soup	280	24g	17g
Meatless	Burger King Veggie Burger	270	19g	7g
Pizza night	Domino’s Pizza Pacific Veggie (Small), 2 slices	400	20g	4g
A burger, obviously	Dairy Queen Hamburger, Double	480	34g	1g

Question one: how hungry are you

If you’re barely hungry, go light, like the Grilled Chicken Salad at 180 calories with 26g of protein. If you’re starving, the Quarter Chicken Dinner has 63g of protein and will hold you.

Most nights fall in the middle, and that’s where a burger, a sandwich or two slices of pizza fit.

Question two: what sounds good

Want comfort? St-Hubert’s hot chicken is a classic, at 440 calories with 38g of protein. Want something warm and lighter? Chick-fil-A’s Chicken Tortilla Soup has 17g of fibre.

Want breakfast for dinner? A&W’s Classic Bacon & Eggs is 550 calories. No judgment, it counts.

Still stuck? Use a default

Pick one go-to order for nights like this and stop deciding. Rotisserie chicken or a grilled chicken sandwich works at a lot of chains.

Or order what you had last time you were happy with dinner. Repeating a good meal is a perfectly good answer.

How Pleit helps when you don’t know what to eat

This is exactly what Pleit is for. Type “no idea what to eat” or “easy dinner tonight” and it asks what matters, then gives you three picks.

Each pick comes with the reason, like the most filling or the lightest. You can say a craving, a budget or a calorie number, or nothing at all.

Pleit doesn’t deliver, so you order the pick on the app you already use. Ask Pleit on the homepage the next time you don’t know what to eat.

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s an easy dinner to order tonight?

Swiss Chalet’s Quarter Chicken Dinner with white meat is filling and simple, with 63g of protein. For something lighter, Harvey’s Grilled Chicken Salad is 180 calories.

How do I decide what to eat?

Ask how hungry you are, then what kind of food sounds good. Two answers usually leave only a few sensible orders.

What should I order when nothing sounds good?

Go warm and simple, like soup or a breakfast sandwich. They’re gentle, quick and hard to regret.

Where do these numbers come from?

Every value comes from each chain’s official Canadian nutrition guide. Sides, sauces and drinks aren’t included unless the meal name says so.