Tresind Studio
“The first Indian restaurant in history to hold three Michelin stars, seventeen courses for AED 1,350. Book it to impress anyone.”
About Tresind Studio
In May 2025 Himanshu Saini walked off a Dubai stage holding the third Michelin star that no Indian restaurant anywhere had ever been given. The room that won it seats about twenty people at St. Regis Gardens on Palm Jumeirah, where the Rising India degustation runs seventeen courses at AED 1,350 across two evening seatings, 6:00 and 9:15 PM. Saini trained under Manish Mehrotra at Indian Accent in Delhi, and with restaurateur Bhupender Nath built the Studio into the flagship of the Passion F&B group.
The cooking argues that humble Indian ingredients deserve the treatment French kitchens reserve for turbot. Produce comes from organic and sustainable farmers inside the UAE, and the menu moves region by region across the subcontinent rather than dish by dish. The sourcing rules have teeth: scale fish never appears on the menu, shellfish is served only when certified ethical or invasive, and a fully vegetarian version of all seventeen courses is a standard offering rather than a fallback.
The scoreboard is current and checkable. The third star arrived at the 2025 Michelin ceremony, the restaurant sat at No.11 on the World's 50 Best list in 2024, and the floor, run on the phrase Atithi Devo Bhava, guest is god, won the Art of Hospitality award at the first MENA's 50 Best in 2022. Papadom, the botanic bar alongside, pours cocktails by Dom Carella built from kitchen byproducts. The room closes on Sundays, so plan the week around it.
The Room
About twenty covers at the top of St. Regis Gardens on the Palm, reached through the Nakheel Mall complex rather than a hotel lobby. The room is dim, close and choreographed around its two seatings, and the service team treats guest is god as an operating manual rather than a slogan. Dress is smart. Papadom, the botanic bar beside the dining room, takes the aperitif and the afterglow, with a climate controlled cellar behind glass.
Why book it, occasion by occasion
Here is when Tresind Studio moves from very good dinner to the right call entirely.
For the guest who thinks they know Indian food
Bring the person who files Indian cooking under comfort food and watch seventeen courses dismantle the assumption. Three stars is an argument nobody at the table can wave away, and the story tells itself: this is the first Indian kitchen in history to hold them. Take the 6:00 PM seating so the evening breathes, ask for a bottle from the cellar behind glass, and let the region by region structure hand the conversation a new subject every fifteen minutes.
For the dinner that needs quiet authority
A deal dinner wants a room where the format does the impressing so you can do the talking. The fixed menu removes ordering negotiation, the two seatings keep timing predictable at about three hours, and the AED 1,350 ticket signals seriousness without theatre. Book the early seating, request a quieter corner when you confirm, and move to Papadom for the handshake; Dom Carella's botanic cocktails give the close a better setting than any boardroom.
For a marker year built on hospitality
The floor here won the Art of Hospitality award at MENA's 50 Best before the third star ever arrived, and that order of achievements tells you what an anniversary feels like in this room. Tell the team the occasion when you book; the guest is god ethos means the gesture will be personal rather than a candle stabbed into dessert. The fully vegetarian version of the menu also makes this one of the few three star rooms where a plant based partner loses nothing.
What to order
One menu, two seatings and a bar alongside. The calls you control decide how the evening lands.
- The 6:00 PM seating
Seventeen courses want three unhurried hours. The early table finishes at a civilised hour; the 9:15 PM seating suits night owls and nobody else.
- The vegetarian menu without apology
A fully vegetarian run of all seventeen courses is a standard offering, and vegetable cooking is the heart of this kitchen's argument. Order it even if you eat everything.
- The Papadom pairing
Dom Carella's botanic cocktails are built on kitchen byproducts and meet the spicing where wine sometimes cannot. Split the difference: cocktails early, cellar bottles late.
- Arrive early, leave late
Papadom is part of the experience, not an anteroom. Take the aperitif there before the 6:00 seating and carry the table conversation back to it afterward.
Practical
- Address
- St. Regis Gardens, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai
- Reservations
- Direct via tresindstudio.com
- Menu
- Rising India degustation · AED 1,350
- Seatings
- 6:00 PM and 9:15 PM
- Closed
- Sundays
- Dietary
- Full vegetarian menu standard · no scale fish served
- Bar
- Papadom botanic bar · cocktails by Dom Carella
- Dress
- Smart; the room skews polished
Questions diners ask
Is Tresind Studio worth it?
Yes. It is the only Indian restaurant on earth with three Michelin stars, and at AED 1,350 the Rising India menu costs meaningfully less than Europe's three star tickets. Add the 2022 Art of Hospitality award and a No.11 finish on the World's 50 Best in 2024 and the case closes itself. The Value score of seven reflects a rare thing at this level: a three star meal that undercuts its peers.
How hard is it to book Tresind Studio?
Hard, because the room holds about twenty seats across two seatings, but booking runs direct through the restaurant's site rather than a lottery. Plan several weeks ahead for a weekend, further out for December. The 9:15 PM seating is consistently the easier ticket, and the room is closed on Sundays, which trips up more planners than the demand does.
Does Tresind Studio work for vegetarians?
Better than almost any starred restaurant anywhere. A fully vegetarian version of all seventeen courses is a standard offering, most of the tasting is vegetable led in any case, and the kitchen serves no scale fish at all under its sustainable fishing policy. Vegans should flag the booking in advance so the dairy heavy courses can be adjusted.
What does dinner at Tresind Studio cost?
The Rising India degustation is AED 1,350 per person before drinks. Pairings from the cellar or the Papadom bar are priced on the night, and a cocktail before dinner adds more. Plan on roughly AED 1,700 to 2,500 a head all in, which still lands under the equivalent evening at three star rooms in Paris or Tokyo.