Indian catering · Dubai
Indian catering, 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.
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 125 per head on the Classic package, AED 150 on Premium and AED 180 on Luxury. Add AED 500 transport, AED 150 per waiter and 5% VAT. Minimum 20 guests and AED 2,500 order value.
- 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. Stations are priced from AED 20 to AED 30 per guest.
- 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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