Thai Emerald

About

Thai Emerald is a Thai restaurant whose first branch opened in Uttara in 2012; it now has three branches, all praised for their design as well as their food. The third branch is on an upper floor at Dhanmondi 8/A and covers 3,500 square feet. Designed by architect Rafia Mariam Ahmed of RMA Architect and built over about six months, everything in it — chairs, tables, partitions, even plant pots — was made with local materials and craftspeople, mainly cane, fabric and wood, with the Thai symbols of the elephant and the lotus. Buying a large elephant picture before starting work on each branch has become a ritual. There are two private rooms that seat more than 10 each, and room for large groups.

Products and services

• Thai food

• Private rooms

  Two rooms, each seating more than 10

Address and hours

To learn or to work here

• Visitors welcome