PurposeBi-slant submanifolds of S-manifolds are introduced, and some examples of these submanifolds are presented.Design/methodology/approachSome properties of Di-geodesic and Di-umbilical bi-slant submanifolds are examined.FindingsThe Riemannian curvature invariants of these submanifolds are computed, and some results are discussed with the help of these invariants.Originality/valueThe topic is original, and the manuscript has not been submitted to any other journal.