OBJECTIVES: The present study aimed to assess the  dietary knowledge, myths and misconceptions among diabetic patients in Quetta, Pakistan.  METHODS: The study was conducted as a cross sectional, questionnaire based study covering  diabetic patients in public and private hospitals and diabetic clinics of Quetta city, Pakistan. A self-administered questionnaire was used evaluate the dietary knowledge, myths  and misconception about diabetes. The questionnaire constructed with a total of 20 (10 questions each for dietary knowledge, myths  and misconception). Continuous variables were expressed as mean ± SD,  and categorical variables are represented in frequency and percentage.  RESULTS: A total of 400 questionnaires were distributed out of which 320 were received and included in the study. The study is dominated with male respondents (59.7%, n=191), with majority (37.2%, n=119) categorised in age group between 25-34 years and married (78.4%, n=251) with education level as S.S.C (matriculation) (39.1%, n=125). The mean dietary knowledge score was 4.81± 1.2 and myths and misconception score was 3.32± 1.8 both categorised as poor.     CONCLUSIONS: The study concluded that diabetes patients has poor knowledge regarding dietary knowledge and has high prevalence of dietary myths and misconceptions. Patients should be educated for proper dietary changes to be adopted for better disease control..