A candlelit long-table dinner set in a lush garden venue, styled by Cater Inc.

Pioneers in catering & hospitality since 1985

Stellar food.
Seamless service.

Four decades of weddings, state dinners and private tables across the UAE from the kitchens of The Royal Orchid Group.

HACCP certified kitchensGuinness World Record holder, 2019Chosen for PM Narendra Modi at Emirates Palace5.0★ average Google rating

Standard experiences

Three experiences, one standard of service.

Each has its own courses and its own level of service, from AED 140 a guest. Or compose your own, dish by dish. Service, setup, delivery and VAT are included in every figure you see.

The house of Cater Inc.

A family kitchen that set the table for the UAE.

Vinay Varma opened Kwality in Abu Dhabi in 1985. The catering grew out of that kitchen and never left the family. Forty years and a second generation on, we are the name embassies, palaces and families across the Emirates call first.

The forty years, in full
A Cater Inc. chef at the live chaat station, Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi
Since 1985
Four decades of hospitality
125+
Years of combined experience
14
Restaurants across the group
9+
Homegrown F&B brands
250+
Chefs, planners & service team
3,500
Guests served at a single event

What we cater

From a table of ten to a hall of three thousand.

One kitchen, one standard, whatever the scale. Pick the format that fits your occasion.

All six formats, in detail
  • 01

    Classic & Luxury Catering

    Full-service banqueting for two hundred to three thousand five hundred guests, plated or buffet, with the kitchen brigade and front-of-house to match.

  • 02

    Weddings

    Mehndi, sangeet, the nikah, the reception. We build the menu around your families and run every counter so the day belongs to you, not the logistics.

  • 03

    Office & Corporate Catering

    Board lunches, launches, conferences and recurring office meals, delivered on a schedule your facilities team can rely on.

A modern Indian beetroot tikki plated on a brass thali at a live station

Live display & show

Theatre at the counter.

Chefs working the wok, the tandoor and the tak-a-tak in front of your guests. Six of the counters we set up:

All 13 live stations
  • Live Wok
  • Live Tandoor, BBQ & Mongolian Grill
  • Tak-a-Tak (Veg & Mutton)
  • Live Chaat
  • Curry Noodle Station — Khao Suey, Laksa, Thai Curry
  • South Indian — Dosa, Uttapam, Appam with Stew

Trusted at the highest table

Heads of state, royalty and a Guinness record.

Emirates Palace, for the Prime Minister of India. A Guinness World Record for the largest display of sweets, set by our own mithai kitchen. Everywhere else we have cooked.

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving a box of handcrafted Chhappan Bhog sweets at Emirates Palace
    At the RuPay card launch by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Emirates Palace, who marked the moment with a box of handcrafted sweets from our Chhappan Bhog.
  • Founder Vinay Varma with HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and HH Mohammed bin Salman
    Founder Vinay Varma with HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, and HH Mohammed bin Salman.
  • Nira Varma receiving the Women Business Achiever Award 2023
    Co-Founder Nira Varma receiving the Women Business Achiever Award 2023 from the Indian Business & Professional Group.

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Ready when you are

Compose your menu, course by course.

No commitment and no phone call. Choose every course yourself in about two minutes, then send it over and we'll take it from there.