Flamingo Room by Tashas is a fine dining experience at the heart of the Kingdom’s old capital, Diriyah. It offers time-honored recipes with an emphasis on seafood and homemade pasta, and includes the venue’s special mushroom open lasagna, and lobster linguine.
The venue opened in Bujairi Terrace in August and follows in the wake of the success of Flamingo Room by Tashas in Dubai.
The restaurant elevates iconic dishes and invigorates them with a contemporary twist, offering a variety of options to suit all tastes.
Favorites are beef carpaccio, prawn arancini, caesar salad, and bouillabaisse with red snapper, king crab, and lobster, with bread and a special saffron sauce on the side.
Recommended is Mozambique-style calamari which boasts contemporary flair and peri-peri sauce, a signature dish that is perfect for sharing.
The interior of the restaurant is 1970s glam and South African chic with a bright pink and teal color palette, zebra accents, velvet chairs, and hand-embroidered cushions.
For drinks, the Flamingo Room has an exquisite mocktail menu, with a variety of creative and unique recipes.
Favorite mocktails include sorbetto al limone, a clean twist on the classic Italian drink sgroppino, and paloma verde, a refreshing and unique interpretation of the timeless Mexican paloma with a citrusy tang and a traditional salt rim.
For dessert, it is recommended that one ends their dining experience with baked Alaska, which is a dark chocolate ganache with choco-sponge, vanilla semifreddo, caramel, chocolate crisp, and meringue.
The dessert menu offers a range of other options too, including panna cotta, cream puffs, and lemon meringue tart.
The restaurant is on the expensive side, a goat’s cheese salad is priced at SR84 ($22.40) and scallop pasta SR280, but it is worth it, especially if you are booking for a special occasion.
The venue opens from 6 p.m. to midnight from Sunday to Wednesday, and from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. from Thursday to Saturday.
For more information, visit @flamingoroomksa on Instagram.
