Indian catering · Dubai
Indian catering in Dubai, from the people who have cooked it since 1985.
Dum biryani, tandoor, slow-cooked curries and plated modern Indian, at any scale from twenty to three thousand five hundred.
The Royal Orchid Group started with Kwality, Abu Dhabi's veteran Indian restaurant, in 1985. Everything else, fourteen restaurants, nine brands and the catering division, grew out of that kitchen. Indian food is not a menu section for us; it is the reason the company exists.
That shows up in the details that go wrong elsewhere: biryani cooked on dum rather than mixed, tandoor fired on site rather than reheated, and a sweets kitchen, Chhappan Bhog, that holds the 2019 Guinness World Record for the largest display of sweets.
The range
Classic, regional and modern.
- Dum biryanis, cooked sealed and opened at the counter.
- Slow-cooked curries across North Indian, Mughlai and regional styles.
- Tandoor and charcoal barbecue, fired live at the event.
- Plated modern Indian for sit-down dinners and tasting menus.
- Street food and chaat counters, assembled fresh in front of guests.
- Mithai and plated desserts from Chhappan Bhog.
Most ordered
What Dubai hosts actually order.
These are the Indian dishes that come back event after event in our own order book. Any of them can be swapped for something else from the full menu.
| Course | Dishes |
|---|---|
| Starters | Peri peri chicken tikka, pav bhaji tikki, beetroot peanut kebab, hara bhara kebab, mutton galouti and seekh kebab |
| Mains | Dal Bukhara, butter chicken, paneer lababdar, kadai paneer, mutton rogan josh |
| Live counters | Live jalebi with rabri, dosa station, chaat counter, mutton tak-a-tak |
| Desserts | Gulkand gulab jamun, moong dal halwa, gajar ka halwa, mango kulfi |
For your guest count
An Indian dinner, all in.
Totals on the Premium package at AED 180 per head, which includes one live counter. They include food, waiters, the AED 500 catering setup (transport, chafing dishes, plates and cutlery) and 5% VAT. The Classic package at AED 140 per head comes in lower.
| Guests | Premium, all in | Classic, all in |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | AED 4,620 | AED 3,780 |
| 50 | AED 10,448 | AED 8,348 |
| 100 | AED 20,213 | AED 16,013 |
| 200 | AED 39,900 | AED 31,500 |
Dietary
Pure-veg, Jain and vegan on a separate line.
Jain menus carry no onion, no garlic and no root. Pure-vegetarian and fully plant-based vegan menus are cooked on a separate line rather than adapted from the main service. Dietary marking on the buffet uses text labels alongside colour dots, so guests are never guessing.
Our kitchen does handle nuts, dairy, gluten and shellfish elsewhere in the facility, so we note allergen requests and prepare them with care but cannot guarantee the absence of traces.
Occasions
Where the Indian menus go.
Weddings across the whole week, Diwali and festival dinners, corporate lunches for mixed offices, and private dinners at home. The same catalogue serves all of them; what changes is the package, the service style and the number of live counters.
Common questions
Answers before you ask.
- How much is Indian catering per person in Dubai?
- From AED 140 per head on the Classic package, AED 180 on Premium and AED 210 on Luxury. Add the AED 500 catering setup, AED 150 per waiter and 5% VAT. Minimum 20 guests and AED 2,500 order value.
- How much is Indian catering for 50 people in Dubai?
- About AED 10,448 all in on Premium, with one live counter, or about AED 8,348 on Classic. Both include three waiters, the catering setup and VAT.
- Do you cater Indian food for small parties at home?
- Yes, from 20 guests: villa and apartment dinners, birthdays, pujas and kitty parties, with the same menu and service as a large event.
- Do you cater Indian weddings in Dubai?
- Yes, across the whole week: mehendi, sangeet, the wedding and the reception, each with its own menu.
- Do you cook biryani on dum?
- Yes. Dum biryani is a catalogue staple, cooked sealed rather than mixed after the fact.
- Can you do a pure-vegetarian Indian wedding?
- Yes, including full Jain menus with no onion, garlic or root, cooked on a separate line.
- Do you provide live Indian counters?
- Yes: live tandoor and barbecue, tak-a-tak in vegetarian and mutton, live chaat, South Indian dosa and appam, and live jalebi. Premium includes one station, Luxury two, and each extra station is a flat AED 250.
- Who cooks the sweets?
- Chhappan Bhog, one of the group's own brands, which holds the 2019 Guinness World Record for the largest display of sweets.
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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.