There is no useful single “average price” for Thai food in Dubai. A dish ordered for delivery, a two-course hotel lunch, a timed sharing menu and seafood sold by weight are different purchases. This guide follows those choices: where you want to eat, what the current offer buys, and which details to confirm before booking. Prices from delivery menus are labelled by branch and channel, so they are not mistaken for dine-in rates.
| Best fit | Restaurant | Current price anchor | What to know before you go |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isan-leaning comfort food, including a JLT delivery order | Café Isan | On its JLT Deliveroo menu: Kra Pao with jasmine rice and fried egg AED45; Pad Thai AED49; Khao Soi AED55. | These are prices on one named delivery channel and location, not a promise of the same dine-in prices at all three Café Isan locations. |
| A casual Thai meal around JVC | Sticky Rice | Its online menu lists Pad Thai at AED60 with chicken or AED70 with shrimp; rice dishes range from AED50 with vegetables to AED75 with seafood. | Per listed dish on the restaurant’s menu; no weight or serving count is given. The named venue is in Sobha Daffodil, JVC. |
| A polished Thai lunch at Madinat Jumeirah | Pai Thai | Its Kin Samrap lunch is AED150 per person for two courses or AED175 for three, Friday–Sunday, 12:30–14:30. | Through 31 December 2026. Prices include 10% service and 5% VAT; 7% municipality tax is additional. This is a timed set lunch, not the dinner menu. |
| A dinner built around sharing, or a Saturday brunch with drink tiers | Thiptara | Its current offer page lists Bangkok Nights: AED195 per person for three courses or AED225 for four, daily 18:30–23:30. Saturday brunch: AED325 with soft beverages or AED450 with house beverages. | The current offer page does not list every dish or explain tax treatment; confirm the selected format and final bill when booking. |
| A group dinner with a Wednesday package | Tong Thai | The operator offer page lists Wednesday “High So”: AED195 per person for two hours of unlimited food, or AED300 with house beverages. Daily Sunset Specials set menu AED165 per person, 18:00–19:00. | The offer is listed through 31 December 2026. Course count and tax/fee terms for both packages are not published; confirm the final bill. |
| Thai classics around the World Trade Centre | Nara Thai | Its World Trade Centre Deliveroo menu lists Pad Thai with prawns AED59; minced chicken Kraprao with rice and fried egg AED69; chicken with cashew AED65. | These are delivery-menu prices for the World Trade Centre listing, not confirmed dine-in prices. One Central is in the DWTC district. |
| Seafood cooked to order, priced by weight | Sukhothai | Friday and Saturday, 18:00–22:45: lobster AED630/kg, tiger prawns AED460/kg, scallops AED520/kg, fish AED255/kg, squid AED175/kg or mussels AED155/kg. | The operator lists the seafood by kilogram but does not state a minimum weight, serving yield or tax/fee treatment. Ask for the selected weight and full price before ordering. |
Café Isan: start with a dish, not a hotel package
Café Isan’s name points toward Thailand’s northeast, and its current JLT delivery menu gives a practical way into that style: Kra Pao with jasmine rice and a fried egg is AED45; Pad Thai is AED49; Khao Soi is AED55. The specific prices belong to the JLT Deliveroo listing, so use them for that order rather than treating them as a chain-wide dine-in tariff. The restaurant lists JLT, JVC and Time Out Market locations; check the branch and channel you plan to use.
Choose it when you want a relaxed, dish-by-dish meal and can decide what sounds good from the menu. If you are eating in, confirm the branch’s current menu instead of assuming the delivery listing carries over.
Sticky Rice: a JVC address for noodles and rice plates
At Sticky Rice, the menu gives a clear choice between chicken and shrimp Pad Thai: AED60 and AED70 respectively. For Khao Pad, the listed options range from vegetables at AED50 to seafood at AED75, with chicken AED60, beef AED65 and shrimp AED70 between them. Vegan Pad Thai is listed at AED50.
Those are menu-dish prices, not a stated per-person package, and the restaurant does not publish weights or serving counts alongside these entries. The operator lists its JVC restaurant at Sobha Daffodil, Shop 06. This is a useful pick if that side of town suits and you want the menu to make the protein-and-price choice explicit.
Pai Thai: make lunch part of the Madinat visit
Pai Thai is the most structured choice for a planned occasion: its Kin Samrap lunch runs Friday to Sunday from 12:30 to 14:30, at AED150 per person for two courses or AED175 for three. Jumeirah lists the offer through 31 December 2026. The published price includes 10% service and 5% VAT, with 7% municipality tax added separately.
The venue is at Jumeirah Al Qasr in Madinat Jumeirah, reached by abra from the resort’s waterways. That little arrival changes the meal from a quick curry stop into an outing. Book the lunch specifically; these figures do not describe Pai Thai’s evening à la carte menu.
Thiptara: choose the dinner format before the view
Thiptara’s current offer page gives two ways to plan dinner at Palace Downtown. Bangkok Nights is listed as a three-course sharing menu at AED195 per person or four courses at AED225, daily from 18:30 to 23:30. Saturday brunch is AED325 per person with soft beverages or AED450 with house beverages, 12:30–15:30.
The page does not publish all course contents or tax treatment in the text reviewed. Check both when reserving, especially if you are comparing the brunch package with a dinner menu. The choice here is whether you want a shared evening meal or a longer Saturday brunch.
Tong Thai: book the Wednesday package if that is the point
At JW Marriott Marquis, Tong Thai’s Wednesday “High So” runs for two hours and costs AED195 per person for unlimited food or AED300 with house beverages. The same operator offer page lists a daily Sunset Specials set menu for AED165 per person from 18:00 to 19:00, through 31 December 2026. It does not specify the course count for Sunset Specials or the tax/fee treatment for either package, so confirm the final bill when you reserve.
That makes the booking day part of the purchase. High So is a Wednesday package, not a price estimate for a normal à la carte dinner. If you want the early set menu, reserve the 18:00–19:00 window; if you want the extended group format, check the Wednesday booking availability and beverage tier.
Nara Thai: a One Central menu with item-by-item prices
Nara Thai gives the guide a central Dubai option: the local account lists its restaurant at One Central, beside Dubai World Trade Centre, and describes the brand as bringing Thai food from Bangkok to Dubai. On its World Trade Centre Deliveroo menu, Pad Thai with prawns is AED59, chicken with cashew is AED65, and minced chicken Kraprao with rice and fried egg is AED69.
Those prices belong to the named delivery listing; the reviewed sources do not establish that the dine-in menu carries the same rates or state serving sizes. Choose Nara when One Central suits and you want to browse a familiar Thai menu with a dish-by-dish price before ordering.
Sukhothai: let the seafood weight set the bill
Sukhothai’s Friday-and-Saturday seafood offer is the most literal price comparison in this list: lobster AED630 per kilogram, tiger prawns AED460/kg, scallops AED520/kg, fish AED255/kg, jumbo squid AED175/kg and mussels AED155/kg. The operator says the seafood is cooked to order with Thai flavors and sauces, from 18:00 to 22:45. Tax and fee treatment is not stated, so ask for the weighted item’s full price before it is prepared.
Because the menu charges by weight, a kilogram rate is not a per-person price. Ask how much the selected item weighs and what that portion will cost before the kitchen prepares it; the offer page does not state a minimum order or serving yield. Sukhothai is at Le Méridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre in Garhoud, near the airport.
Which one should you book?
For a casual plate with a visible dish price, compare Café Isan’s named JLT delivery menu with Sticky Rice’s JVC menu; Nara Thai adds a World Trade Centre option. For a fixed per-person occasion, Pai Thai has the clearest tax disclosure; Thiptara offers both a sharing dinner and a Saturday brunch, while Tong Thai is the one to plan around Wednesday for its two-hour group package. At Sukhothai, ask the restaurant to weigh and price the seafood, including any charges, before you commit.
Menus and offers can change. Check the named branch, date, time and package in the linked booking or ordering flow before travelling or paying.
Prices, menus and terms checked 7 October 2026. The article keeps delivery prices, per-person packages and weight-based seafood rates separate.
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