An appetite for wonder.
Before the first bite, there is plenty to take in. A monumental face assembled from fruit and vegetable forms presides over the Orchard dining room, its extravagant colours drawing the eye upwards. Below it, counters gleam, food becomes a display, and the open kitchens bring movement into the picture. The room makes looking part of the meal.
Gastronomy’s appeal lies in that invitation to follow your senses. At breakfast, a coffee bar and roastery give aroma its own place in the experience. Freshly baked pastries sit within the same culinary world as dumplings: delicate layers or a yielding bite, something familiar or a small departure. There is pleasure in changing your mind.
By dinner, seventeen live cooking stations make the room a place to explore. Seafood, meats and made-to-order dishes offer different textures, temperatures and rhythms; watching a dish come together becomes part of anticipating it. Your table is somewhere to return to between discoveries.
That is its particular luxury: the freedom to be led by appetite, by a colour, by something you hadn’t intended to try. Give it an unhurried evening. A place this abundant deserves your attention as much as your appetite.
Good to know
Breakfast and dinner are served daily, with a late breakfast on weekends. Check the restaurant’s current menus, prices and availability before booking.
Details and photograph: Gastronomy at Atlantis The Royal.