Thai · Dubai
Thai food for your party in Dubai.
Curries, salads and grills from the recipes of award-winning Asian restaurant kitchens, cooked for your guests at home or at a venue.
A Thai menu suits the guests who would rather not eat Indian food and pleases the ones who would. It is fragrant, it is easy to make vegetarian, and a green curry sits comfortably beside a biryani on the same buffet.
The recipes come from the group's Asian restaurant kitchens, which won Time Out's Best South East Asian Restaurant in 2011 and a Time Out commendation for Thai food in 2008.
At a glance
- Caterer
- Cater Inc., cooking for UAE events since 1985 in its own HACCP-certified kitchens and serving the food at your venue.
- Where
- Homes, villas, offices and venues across Dubai and the Northern Emirates.
- Guests
- From 20 guests at home to banquets of 3,500.
- Food
- Indian from every region and pan-Asian, with live counters cooked in front of guests, and Jain, vegetarian and vegan menus cooked on a separate line.
- Menus
- Classic at AED 140, Premium at AED 180 and Luxury at AED 210 a guest, or a menu built dish by dish. Minimum 20 guests and AED 2,500.
- On top
- One AED 500 catering setup covers transport, setting up, clearing, chafing dishes, plates and cutlery. Waiters come only when food is passed around or served at the table, one for every 10 guests. 5% VAT goes on the total.
- To book
- Compose the menu at caterinc.ae/book and see the itemised total, or message the Dubai team on WhatsApp. A 50% booking amount confirms the date.
Prices and policies on this page are the ones our booking engine uses. Page last updated .
The menu
The Thai dishes we cook.
Green, red and Panang curries come in vegetarian versions too, and the heat is set to the room: mild for a family lunch, properly hot when you ask for it.
| Course | Dishes |
|---|---|
| Starters | Chicken lemongrass skewers, Thai chicken lettuce wraps, spicy chicken Chiang Mai, Thai pan-grilled prawns, crispy sriracha tofu, mini Thai corn cakes, tom yum and tom kha soups |
| Curries | Chicken Thai green curry, Panang chicken curry, massaman lamb curry, Thai yellow curry with prawns, veg Thai red curry, Panang vegetable curry, Thai red curry with tofu |
| Fish and stir-fries | Steamed fish in kaffir lime and coconut, Thai three-flavour crispy fish, Thai sweet and sour fish, chicken in holy basil with cashew nuts, Thai basil veg stir-fry |
| Noodles and rice | Vegetable pad Thai, steamed jasmine rice |
| Salads | Pomelo salad, Thai green papaya salad, raw papaya and mango salad, Thai peanut glass noodle salad |
| Desserts | Mango sticky rice, tub tim grob |
Live counters
A Thai curry counter, and a wok beside it.
A chef at the Thai curry counter finishes green, red or Panang curry to order and serves it over jasmine rice. A live wok next to it tosses Thai basil and chilli garlic stir-fries with noodles, and a laksa counter serves Malaysian curry noodles for the guests who want a bowl.
Each package includes live counters: one on Classic, two on Premium, three on Luxury. Their dishes fill the slots of their course, so a Thai curry counter is mains cooked live.
For fifty guests
A Thai dinner for fifty.
On Premium that buys six starters (chicken lemongrass skewers, Thai chicken lettuce wraps, prawn satay, mini Thai corn cakes, crispy sriracha tofu and tom yum), four mains (Panang chicken, steamed fish in kaffir lime and coconut, veg Thai green curry and a Thai basil veg stir-fry), jasmine rice, papaya, pomelo and glass noodle salads, mango sticky rice and tub tim grob, with a Thai curry counter and a live wok.
| Line | Basis | AED |
|---|---|---|
| Food | 50 guests × AED 180 | 9,000 |
| Catering setup (transport, setup, chafing dishes, plates, cutlery) | Flat | 500 |
| Subtotal | 9,500 | |
| VAT | 5% | 475 |
| Total | 9,975 |
Who books it
Parties that choose Thai.
- A villa dinner where some guests eat Indian food and some do not: Thai curries beside Indian ones on one buffet.
- An office lunch that is not another biryani.
- A cocktail party with Thai bites on trays: lemongrass skewers, satay, lettuce wraps and corn cakes.
- A vegetarian crowd: green, red and Panang curries with tofu and vegetables, glass noodle salads and vegetable pad Thai, which has egg.
Common questions
Answers before you ask.
- Do you cater Thai food in Dubai?
- Yes. Green, red, Panang, yellow and massaman curries, tom yum, pad Thai, satay, papaya and pomelo salads and mango sticky rice, for parties at home, offices and venues across Dubai, with a live Thai curry counter.
- How much does Thai catering cost per person in Dubai?
- The same as every menu we cook: AED 140 a guest on Classic, AED 180 on Premium and AED 210 on Luxury, with one AED 500 catering setup and 5% VAT on top. A Thai buffet for fifty on Premium comes to about AED 9,975 all in.
- Can Thai and Indian food be served at the same party?
- Yes. They mix freely on one menu at the same rates, so a Thai green curry and a butter chicken can sit on the same buffet, and a Thai curry counter can run beside a chaat counter.
- Is there vegetarian Thai food?
- Yes: veg Thai green and red curries, Panang vegetable curry, Thai red curry with tofu, Thai basil veg stir-fry, crispy sriracha tofu, corn cakes and the glass noodle salads. Vegetable pad Thai has egg, and the papaya and pomelo salads are made with seafood.
- How spicy is the Thai food?
- As spicy as you ask for. We set the heat for the room when you book, mild, medium or hot.
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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.