Ora

Name: Ora
Address: 6 Little Portland Street, London, Marylebone, W1W 7JE, UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 2076370125
Rating: 7

Thai Restaurant in Marylebone

7 / 10 from 1 review

Address
6 Little Portland Street
Marylebone
London
W1W 7JE

Map

History

Telephone
02076370125

Cuisine
Thai

Region
Marylebone

Nearest Station
Oxford Circus
0.17 miles

Website
http://www.ora-restaurant.co.uk/

Opening Summary
Everyday
Lunch 12.00pm - 3.00pm,
Dinner 5.00pm - 11.00pm

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Restaurant Facilities

Children Welcome

Credit Cards Accepted

Booking Advisable

Nestled away from the bustling crowds of Oxford Circus is Ora, West End’s original fine dining Thai restaurant. Served with elegance and pure sophistication Ora offer diners the real experience of Thailand in every mouthful.
Ora has a modern, minimalist interior, styled with a warm palette of dark woods, soft pink hues and hanging pendant lighting to set the mood. Diners step into a 30-seat lounge bar, where they can relax with a pre-dinner cocktail.
Influenced by a passion for Thai food, Ora use the finest and freshest ingredients from Thailand. Herbs and spices are combined with tangy citrus flavours and creamy coconut to deliver aromatic, well balanced dishes.

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All In London Review

Sleek Thai serves popular dishes

Ora is a sleek, modern Thai restaurant, with dim lighting and dark furniture. It seems like the kind of place where a night out on the town begins, as evidenced by the hen party that turns up later in the evening. The room can also pack a lot of people, as tables are placed very closely together; in fact it reminds us of a more refined Busaba.

As befits a contemporary Thai restaurant there is an exotic cocktail list. We try the Extra Mekhong made with Thailand’s own Mekhong whisky, Grey Goose vodka, lemongrass, lemon juice, ginger and cloudy apple juice. It’s refreshing, and despite the two robust spirits not as alcoholic as you’d expect, as Mekhong is made from rice and has a lower alcohol content to whisky distilled from grain.

The menu reads like a medley of popular Thai dishes; we start with chicken satay, chargrilled and coated in a smooth peanut sauce. Herby Thai fish cakes come with sweet chilli sauce and fragrant coriander, and the huge king prawns are succulent and coated in crispy tempura batter. They’re all tried-and-tested dishes, but they taste good.

The som tum with shredded green papaya, long beans and cherry tomatoes is intense to say the least. The chillies are so fiery you can practically blow fire after a few mouthfuls, which is exactly what we expect from this spicy salad.

For the main course we try the green chicken curry, with tender pieces of meat, aubergines and bamboo shoots in a rich sauce that’s mild on spice. Grilled slices of duck breast are delicious, pink in the middle and served with a velvety tamarind sauce. The lamb chops have a lighter flavour by comparison, despite being redolent of lemongrass and fennel.

For pudding we have coconut and durian ice creams, both very sweet and creamy, in the latter case thankfully without the slightest hint of the pungent smell the fruit is known for, but the Tub-Tim-Grob is the standout dessert, a silky concoction of fresh coconut milk and water chestnuts coated in tapioca.

Ora’s food is not ground-breaking, but it’s reliable and neatly presented. A three course meal is roughly £45 a head.

Reviewed by Leila
Published on Jul 2, 2012