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    Khun Dom Thai

    4.2 (261 reviews)
    InexpensiveThai
    Closed 10:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed

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    Vegetable fried rice
    Nina H.

    I have loved this place for many years and it is still amazing!! They have the best fried rice with so much flavor and the perfect mix of everything. Definitely my favorite Thai place in all of LA. The place is also run by amazingly kind people and the service is great.

    Marc N.

    Random Thai place we found. I think it's good for being a neighborhood thai place, but I think I was expecting more when I shouldn't have. It was lacking flavor, spice, etc.... Pad thai also was too sweet and the papaya salad was lacking flavor. Not the best Thai place but I'd give it a 6/10.

    Secured large thai ice tea without ice to-go for $8!
    Cyndy L.

    This place hasn't not changed their recipes for over 20 years! My friends & I call this place "Ghetto Thai" but it endearing to us because the food is delicious that is in the hood! Our favorite & must have dish is the pork jerky and a side of sticky rice! This place makes the most flavorful pork jerky ever! Then we get it with a side of thai ice tea! We were nearby & had to drop by to pick up some for our drive back to OC. Now my kids know why it was a "must have" dish! Sooo delish!

    Pad thai
    Briana L.

    I came right when it opened and ordered a pad thai, pad see ew, and tom yum noodle soup. I saw everyone recommended the beef jerky so I got it too. The beef jerky was a good move--it was salty and satisfyingly chewy while the sauce gave it a really good tang. The pad thai and pad see ew was great--there was a really nice char on the noodles and good proportion of noodle, meat, and veggie. My only complaint was that it came very greasy. The tom yum noodle soup was just alright, I had to order more lemon to make it the right amount of sour--I wouldn't order it again.

    Damned good Chicken Pad Thai!
    Scott W.

    Last Saturday my bride and I had time on our hands because our beloved Trojans didn't kickoff til 7:30pm. So we trekked over to Thai Town in East Hollywood with hopes of rediscovering the vintage Thai cuisine and an authentic Thai scalp massage -more on that later- that I usta regularly treat myself to when I lived in Thai Town for eighteen months after graduating from college. If my goal was to regale Leti with the upper crust restaurants that firmly imprinted Thailand's savory cuisine on the LA dining scene, then I would've gone straight to Jitlada, Sanamluang or Hoy-Ka. But today's objective was to recreate the look and feel about how I first discovered Thai food on my first post-college job, thirty three summers ago. So we found ourselves near the intersection of Normandie and Melrose, where Khun Dhom and the world's smallest parking lot greet you with all the subtlety of a fiery Thai chile pepper! I'd already warned my bride on the long drive over from Diamond Bar regarding the small, family run restaurant's relative lack of stylistic flair. Khun Dhom appears to be a family run affair, and as we Yelpers know- Sometimes the best and most authentic recipes come straight outtve "hole in the wall" establishments! We ordered a small ton of food- Egg rolls, 2 Kung Pao Chicken dishes of varying spiciness, Chicken Pad Thai and Pineapple Pork Fried Rice. The sole mistake we made? I shoulder ALL of the blame for, because we knowingly violated one of my few cardinal rules: When in doubt, order the house specialty; And, never order non-regional entrees from international cuisines. In other words, why on earth order KUNG PAO CHICKEN from a Thai restaurant!!! We subsequently compounded our mistake by doubling up on it, ordering a medium heat version for me and a "hot as you can make it" for my fiery-tongued bride!! As the photo attests, we got what we deserved: The world's lamest and most "Albino" looking take on Kung Pao, ever!!! The chicken wasn't pan-fried, the peanuts weren't caramelized and it sorely lacked any of the green onions and decadent, almost faintly chocolatey mouth feel of great Kung pao!! If this was golf and I was afforded a mulligan (a do-over) I'd gladly would've substituted the Chicken Satay, Angel Wings or Papaya Salad! But, whew boy, Khun Dhom delivered like a champion on the THAI dishes! The Chicken Pad Thai was so good I was licking my plate of leftovers back at home!! The egg rolls were abundant (six), glassy, shiny and unctuous. My son's Pineapple Pork Fried Rice was riven with bug crunchy Cashews and wok'd to a beautiful caramel sheen. THIS IS the wondrous Khun Dhom that I first discovered as a baby-faced college grad, when $10 got me both a Pad Thai and an egg rolls. The times and prices have rocketed by...but sheeeeeeeeit, getting five entrees, two sides and a drink for $65 isn't too shabby! Pro tips: The cramped parking lot and dingy, sparsely lit, malodorous bathrooms aren't for the faint of heart! Keep that in mind before draining half of your days water ration before arrival! The brother and sister (?!?) duo who run the front of the house work their fannies off with a constant stream of dine-in and takeout orders. Pls don't skimp on tipping them lavishly.

    Papaya salad "blue crab" shell aka trash leftover salad.
    Jessica B.

    Really bad experience. So sad to have dropped money on this. I ordered the papaya salad with the blue crab and it was random frozen pieces of blue crab. There were sharp shell pieces throughout the salad, it felt so unsafe to eat. Random pointless claw pieces in the salad. It was a trash salad. Property is gross. Unkempt inside and out. Over SALTY curry. I don't know how they got an A.

    Pad thai
    J'aime K.

    The pad thai was ok. Their spicy stir fried veggies was good. But their white steamed rice was horrible. Very cheap quality. Hard not fluffy. Would have been nicer if it had been good quality rice.

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    Green curry was supposed to have eggplant and none was visible. Chicken was sort of fatty.

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    Food is delicious! Little hole in the wall love coming here!!! Favorite seafood soup and flat noodles

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    Fresh, & close. Definitely more of a take out or pick up situation. I love a pad see ew theirs is good.

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    So yummy. Every single thing! Combination fried rice and beef jerky are my go tos. And please try the Thai iced tea...best in the area!

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    The view from my seat. The kitchen and counter for ordering and paying are in front of me.
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