Teatro - Restaurant Award Highly Commended

Great value at Towers Rotana 9 Reviews

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From Time Out Dubai Eating Out 2008

Among the plethora of big-name chefs heading up big-name restaurants, it’s refreshing to see Teatro still offering the same excellent food, low-lit atmosphere – and crucially – the same excellent value for money. Head for one of their four set menus and you’ll find an array of options from as low as Dhs175 for a four-course meal.

If you’re sticking with the à la carte menu, then the choice is even more impressive – the restaurant’s motto is ‘Where Eastern cooking meets Western cuisine’, and it truly lives up to that mantra. Offering dishes from Thailand, China, Italy and India – as well as an extensive sushi menu – there is something for every palate.

Unfortunately, it’s far from a secret, meaning it’s often booked up days in advance, which sadly does also mean that you’re sometimes hastily shepherded through your dinner. So if you want a relaxed and lazy meal, then make a point to say so.

The Asian sampler is a good jumping off point – the duck pancakes are rammed with succulent slivers of duck and demand dunking in the lip-lickingly good hoi sin sauce, while the succulent samosas come with a cooling mint sauce, and the fried prawns are as big as baby’s arms and brilliantly moist.

The pollo mattone main course is a disappointingly dry dish, with the tame hunk of chicken carried by a bed of shrivelled gnocchi. The Malai curry fares much better. Beautifully tender and in a sauce so rich and gloopy it might have been an extra from Charlie And The Curry Factory, it should be unceremoniously wiped up by the pillow-soft Kashmiri naan.

Desserts are dominated by fruit and chocolate dishes – the passion fruit tart is sublime, while the sizzling chocolate brownie sounds intriguing, but can be a step too far for some bellies. The rapid service aside, Teatro offers one of the best value for money menus in town.

By Jeremy Lawrence

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Posted by: DF on 15 Nov ' 09 at 09:01

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• Best for: Romantic
• Would you go back to this restaurant? No

Great atmosphere and service but the food had no wow factor which was a shame.

The crab cakes were bland and deep fried and were average at best. The lobster spaghetti was very short on lobster and had far too much chili in the sauce.

Posted by: Saadia on 17 May ' 09 at 10:44

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• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

One of the slickest operations in Dubai- there is a reason why this stalwart has stood the test of time and keeps it afficianados coming back regularly. The menu is designer to suit any taste and palate; perfect if you have a disparate group who cannot make their mind between sushi, italian, indian, continental or oriental. All dishes are prepared competantly; the Indian food is particularly good though. Make sure you save room for the indulgent sizzling chocolate brownie. A great place for business dinners and for large groups of friends- this is a favourite haunt of mine (and anyone i introduce to it)- thankfully i don't think i will ever exhaust the menu options here!

Posted by: Jon on 01 Apr ' 09 at 18:14

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• Would you go back to this restaurant? No

Sorry to disagree but I'm a real food fan and have eaten at a lot of great restaurants, but the food here isn't good enough. Not terrible, but also not deserving of all the stars.
Maybe it was our choices - the desert platter in particular was poor and lazily constructed - for example, would you really expect artificial spray cream on a desert in a good restaurant?
The Asian starter platter was also poorly cooked, with several items unpalatably soggy and dripping in oil, with a rather out-of-the-packet feel to them.
I was disappointed given the reviews I've read. I agree on great ambience, great decor and good service but the food doesn't cut it.

Posted by: Rita on 18 Mar ' 09 at 12:00

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• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

My mistake... I ment business dinners.

Posted by: Rita on 18 Mar ' 09 at 11:52

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• Best for: Business lunch
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

The food is great and I usually come to Teatro for my business lunches with my clients. The ambience is very nice and the service is excellent.

Posted by: Mirna on 18 Mar ' 09 at 11:43

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• Best for: Romantic
• Would you go back to this restaurant? No

The best ambience ever. The food is excellent and a lot of varieties.
the great quality of the service shows that a professional team is very well managing the restaurant.
Best of Luck...

Posted by: Carole Van Biesen on 18 Mar ' 09 at 11:23

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• Best for: Family friendly
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

Great restaurant .. Love it !!

Posted by: Myrna Mouzannar on 18 Mar ' 09 at 11:17

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• Best for: Romantic
• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

Posted by: Kolin Jamil on 01 Feb ' 09 at 12:10

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• Would you go back to this restaurant? Yes

Very busy very noisy atmosphere. Good for group dinner.

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