Blue Orchid Thai Restaurant

129 N 10th St #111, Lincoln
(402) 742-7250

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Pad Thai Noodles with Tofu
Blue Crab Fried Rice
Drunken Noodles
Strawberry Cake
Lui Suan Rolls
Chicken Satay
Tom Kha Soup
Spring Rolls
Yellow Curry
Basil Duck

Menu

Starters

Steamed Mussels
Mussels steamed with lemongrass and basil in butter and white wine. Accompanied by a lemongrass chili sauce.
Duck Rolls
Crispy duck, sliced cucumber, green onion, and hoisin sauce, rolled in a homemade pancake.
Chicken Tempura
Tempura-battered chicken tenderloins sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds. Served with sweet and sour vinaigrette.
Spring Rolls
Cucumber, bean sprout, egg and marinated tofu rolled in thin spring roll wrap. Steamed and served with dark plum sauce and jalapeno.
Chicken Satay
Marinated and grilled chicken tenderloins. Served with peanut sauce and cucumber salad. Substitution for sliced tofu available.
Prawn Cakes
Minced Black Tiger prawns, with salt, pepper, and panko. Served with cucumber salad.
Thai Rolls
Baby rolls filled with silver noodles, cabbage, and chicken. Flash fried and served with a sweet and sour vinaigrette.
Lui Suan Rolls
Rice paper rolls filled with chicken or tofu and fresh vegetables. Served with garlic and chili sauce.

Salads
Green Salad
Baby spring greens, tomato, radish, carrot, and sweet red onion. Served with a choice of lemon ginger or Thai sweet cream dressings.
Green Papaya Salad
Slices of unripened papaya with peanut, tomato, Thai chili and lime.
Green Salad with Extra Vegetables and Chicken
Baby spring greens, tomato, radish, carrot, and sweet red onion. Served with a choice of lemon ginger or Thai sweet cream dressings.

Soups
Tom Yum
Lightly sweetened tomato sections, mushroom, cilantro, and Kaffir lime leaf in a tart, lemongrass and lime broth.
Tom Kha
Mushroom, tomato, cilantro, galangal, and Kaffir lime leaf in coconut milk with lemongrass.

Classics
Khao Soi
Thin noodle in a spiced yellow curry broth topped with crispy noodles, coconut cream, shallots, pickled collard green, cilantro and smoky chili paste, on the side.
Drunken Noodles
Wide rice noodles with onion, egg, mushroom, tomato, basil leaf and jalapeño tossed in a chili sauce.
Pad Thai
Thai rice stick, egg, tofu, green onion and bean sprout served with ground peanuts and lime.
Pad See-ew
Wide rice noodles with garlic, egg, collard green and broccoli in dark soy sauce.
Lahd Nah
Wide rice noodles stir-fried and topped with broccoli and collard greens in a thick, rich brown sauce.
Basil Fried Rice
Sliced jalapeños, garlic, egg and Thai basil leaf. Plain fried rice available.
Thai Beef Noodle Soup
Flavorful beef based broth with rice noodles, beansprouts, green onion, cilantro, beef cuts, and pork rind.
Nam Tok Salad
Grilled steak with red and green onion, mint, cilantro, chili flakes, roasted rice, lime, fish sauce.

Curry
Panang Curry
Kaffir lime leaf and freshly shaved jalapeño in a rich, smoky curry.
Yellow Curry
Yellow curry is served with carrot, peas, and potato.
Green Curry
Bamboo shoots, green peas, cabbage, jalapeno and basil leaf in peppercorn flavored curry.
Red Curry
Bamboo shoots, green peas, cabbage, jalapeno, and basil leaf in a savory chili flavored curry.

Stir Fry
Garlic and Ginger
Freshly sliced bell peppers, ginger, and garlic with Thai seasoned mushroom, onion and preserved soybean.
Asian Delight
Bean sprouts, collard greens, broccoli, snow peas, baby corn, mushroom and green onions, stir-fried in a garlic soy.
Sweet Pineapple
Sweet bell pepper, onion, tomato, and fresh pineapple in a sweet and sour reduction.
Thai Basil
Mushroom, garlic, onion, fresh jalapeno peppers, and basil leaf. Chef recommends the addition of a fried egg.

Signatures
Lamb Masaman
Tender lamb stewed in a rich red curry with potato, carrot, white onion, and peanuts.
Cognac Beef
Tender beef cutlets and Shitake mushrooms marinated in cognac. Served with steamed baby bok choy.
Pacific Medley
Black tiger prawns, calamari, mussels, diver scallops and salmon filet tossed in a red chili paste with green onion, garlic, mushroom, jalapeno, basil and kaffir lime leaf.
Crying Tiger
Grilled steak with cilantro, lime, and red onion salsa. Served with Japanese edamame.
Butter Chicken
Asian spices and marinated tenderloins served in a black pepper buttercream reduction with steamed asparagus.
Blue Crab Fried Rice
¼ Pound of Alaskan Blue Crab with peas, tomato and garlic. Stir fried with curry powder.
A Perfect Trio
Thinly sliced chicken, beef, and pork sauteed with snow peas, tomato, mushroom and chopped pineapple in a honeyed dark soy sauce.
Orchid Chicken
Sauteed chicken with chopped pineapple. Cashew nuts, mushroom, green and yellow onions and garlic tossed in red chili paste.
Rama Garden
Thinly sliced steak in a sweet peanut sauce, served with steamed broccoli, carrot, and snow peas.
Basil Duck
Deep fried duck legs with fresh jalapeno, garlic, and onion in a chili sauce.

Dinner Salad
Green Salad Dinner
Baby spring greens, tomato, radish, carrot, and sweet red onion. Served with a choice of lemon ginger or Thai sweet cream dressings. Extra vegetable and chicken.

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Recent Reviews

Favorite restaurant in Lincoln, we keep going back time after time. Every dish is excellent, wine menu is curated and wonderful and the cocktails could not be better. Their cake is to die for as well.
May 2026
This was one of my favorite restaurants in college and finally made the trip back! So glad to report it is still amazing 10+ years later. My favorites have always been the yellow curry and spring rolls, but everything our family ordered was delicious. Service was excellent and efficient. The restaurant itself is quite elegant for a Thai place—definitely could go for a date or a special night out.
May 2026
As a Minnesotan who loves spice even as my tolerance is low-this place was the perfect balance of flavor and heat! Their chicken satay is as flavorful as it is ENORMOuS-their Orchid Chicken is served in a pineapple and hardly spicy at all (at least compared to their amaaaazing green curry!) For you midwesterns passing through-a 2 is on the very edge of my spice tolerance but it tastes so good I did not care xD. Like my own tolerance tends to be at the jalapeno or serano level-the...
April 2026

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Blue Orchid Thai Restaurant

129 N 10th St #111, Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 742-7250