Thai Orchid

The Thai Orchid Restaurant in Dublin's Temple Bar serves excellent traditional Thai cuisine, matched with a warm and cosy atmosphere.If you grant yourself the pleasure of dining in the Thai Orchid restaurant in Westmoreland Street, Central Dublin, you will end up by thanking God for one of the most ravishing elements of His creative genius – taste buds. The substance for nurturing the body is in the food, but the joy resides in the sauces. They may even surpass the gladness of heart imparted by the “new wines” from the wineries of Australia and South Africa, although in this restaurant Thai beer is equally popular. It is often beer for the guys and wine for the gals.

Food presentation, which is a practised art in The Orchid, allows patrons to determine the size of the portions they put on their warmed plates and also facilitates sharing which is the extra dimension maximising the pleasure of eating in oriental houses, especially when there is a menu worth sharing. Tastiness, which includes the mild or spicy aspects, reigns mainly in the sauces. There are 10 main course chicken dishes, but the crispy strips are a mouth-watering manifestation of Thai cuisine, and, of course, enhanced by the sauces especially sweet and sour. Rice is basic, but in catering for a wide range of tastes, potatoes and peanuts are available with chicken curry. Noodles too. While chicken enjoys perennial appeal, the Orchid proffers recommended duck dishes.

The Roast Duck enjoys the diversity of the choice of three sauces, such as honey, ginger and tamarind, and sweet and sour. Inevitably, spicy curry duck tops the list.

Beef enjoys a significant place on the menu as does fish and seafood. Pork is not neglected and vegetarian dishes are far from being overlooked.

In this restaurant, choice is meaningful. There are dozens of dishes from which to select. If you are a die-hard traditionalist you can order a Weeping Tiger. A what? Actually it is a char grilled eight ounce steak which has been marinated Thai style and is served on a sizzling plate. Sizzlers have the habit of uplifting the dining-out experience.