Royal Orchid
Teetering on the edge of being a funky café, Royal Orchid will lull you into a comfy, chilled sense of security with its soft purple drapes, Thai lounge music and marshmallow pillows. 2 Reviews
Teetering on the edge of being a funky café, Royal Orchid will lull you into a comfy, chilled sense of security with its soft purple drapes, Thai lounge music and marshmallow pillows. The prawn crackers may be stingily portioned, but they’re very tasty. Starters are also very good and generous, offering a pile of crunchy, deep-fried baby corn, which comes with a delicious spicy relish. The Peking duck delivers sweet, crispy meat and it’s presented attractively.
Moving on to mains, you may want to step out of your comfort zone – and take somewhat of a gamble – and try the restaurant’s ‘magic wok’ where you select the meat and sauce and the chefs do the rest. The chicken in black bean sauce is not noteworthy, arriving insipid and fatty. In another wok, the crispy shredded duck presents a different picture altogether: crunchy green beans, baby corn, mushrooms and spring onions gel the meat in tasty bursts of flavour. Similarly, shredded chicken with hakka noodles, vegetables and oodles of scrambled egg is prepared with aplomb. Sangkaya fak thong custard is a winner for dessert, which has all the properties of crème brûlée but with a milky tropical taste. And if you don’t fancy that, maybe go for tam tim grob coconut enlivened by colourful spots of water chestnut, which will close the meal on a high.
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