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    Kin Kao Thai Kitchen

    4.0 (186 reviews)
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    Closed 5:00 pm - 9:30 PM

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    Vibe
    Michealea F.

    The best part is the jasmine rice. It's fragrant and goes well with the green curry. However, I'm not too impressed by the green curry as it doesn't have a bold flavor like I had in Thailand. It has a mild, sweet flavor than regular east asian curry. The decor and the vibe of the restaurant is clean and the welcoming. The staffs are nice too.

    Christy S.

    How have we missed this Thai restaurant? It was packed with lineups to attest to how good it is. We ordered: - Drunken noodles prawns - Crispy chicken skin - Shrimp cakes - Curry Favourite was the crispy chicken skin, with or without the dip! We got another order of it to go since it was so yummy. Lineups are long, though, so go early or be prepared to wait!

    drunken noodles with prawns
    Tony J.

    Small Thai restaurant near the northern end of Commercial Dr. More of a modern vibe and interior, different than Thai places I've been to. Menu does have the usual Thai noodles and curry in some form, but more limited in terms of choice of protein. They do have some starters that haven't seen in other places. Got their crispy pork belly and Thai sausage to start. The pork belly slices are coated with a salty and garlic-y seasoning and they provide a spicy and sour dipping sauce. The acidiness of the dipping sauce helps to balance out the fat and salty pork belly. I liked it The Thai sausage is sausage casing stuffed with a mix of sticky rice, minced pork and garlic. The pieces are shaped into balls, and also have a slight sour taste. Never had it before so good to try it, but probably won't order this again. For main, I got the drunken noodle, which comes with prawns. Got 5 big prawns. Asked for mild spiciness which was tolerable, although I still felt the spice on the first bite. Good flavors, and stir fried well. Overall, food was decent. Portions are not that big for the price. Really about 3.5 out of 5.

    Mahak M.

    The servers were super sweet and enthusiastic, and I was extremely happy with the drunken noodles. They were a bit crispy in places, which was perfect! The tiger beef was overcooked and greyish looking, which is why I have to knock off a couple of stars. The ambiance was very minimalist and cute, perfect for a cozy date night!

    pad thai
    Priscilla Y.

    My family loves the food here and their kindness after an allergy incident of mine pushes this thai restaurant to the top of our family favourites. Unfortunately, there is something unidentified that still causes a reaction from me but the rest of my family is more than happy to visit again and again. The favourites of the night were the pad see ew with their fresh rice sheets stir fried in a subtle sauce with plenty of chicken. Same can be said about their green curry which was the perfect level of spiciness that allowed for ultimate flavour! Also, the pork skewers were very tasty, lightly sweet, and their stir fried pork mince was quite a large portion of meat and went great with some white rice. Overall, it is unfortunate that I can't have the food here due to the allergy but this is a must visit for amazing thai food in Vancouver!

    Pad See Ew
    Tom E.

    Delightful bright clean atmosphere with huge windows, delicious food presented beautifully, and motivated friendly staff. The Pad See Ew had very gelatinous noodles that were a more "challenging" consistency than I'm used to, but the sauce and spice and accompanying vegetables were good. I tried the Panang curry as well and it was a delicious rich curry with subtle flavors. Save room for dessert! The mango sticky rice is served with actual slices of mango lined up around the sticky rice and was delicious.

    Happiness delivered in a paper bag!
    Steve N.

    WOW! Feels like we've stumbled onto a gem of a Thai restaurant - Thaitanium of top-notch quality, if I may - when placing a last minute order for delivery late last night! The flavorful, spicy and delish dishes were just what the doctor ordered, especially given that we're presently down with COVID-19. Even the onset of anosmia (loss of smell) and ageusia (loss of taste) due to the infection couldn't ruin this treat for me! Slurrppp. The Tom Yum Soup is hands down one of the best we've ever had, and that's saying something because we've tried the soup at at least a couple of hundred places spread across North America, Asia and Europe over the last decade! Spice level 7 on 10 was perfect to get high on the taste, aroma and bite of the ingredients, all of which skilfully flirted with the extra sensitive tear glands but without opening their floodgates! Kudos. After hogging on the food that we had ordered just recently, today we ended up placing yet another order a while ago before posting this review. Say hi to the newest set of your loyal regulars, Team Kin Kao! And voila! Happiness has just been delivered in a bag to our doprstep for the second time this week. It's Thai+me for dinner. Bon appétit!

    Pad Thai and Cashew Chicken
    Carmen P.

    Excited to try this place due to the reviews. Tried the Pad Thai and chicken cashew. Came up to $38. Now as far as Asian restaurants go, this is on the expensive side for an average meal. To my dismay, the serving sizes were very small. The chicken was more of an appetiser size although the Pad Thai was closer to average. While the taste was good, the meal itself didn't look very appetising. About 3 prawns in my noodles, lots of egg to make up for the rest of the protein.

    Vegan stirfry
    Matt B.

    Very good quality Thai food, but considerably overpriced and not all that generous portions. I've never been too impressed with Vancouver's Thai food offerings. There's a general lack of authenticity with most of it, it tends to be unreasonably priced (compared to other Asian cuisines), and with small portions. Kin Kao seemed to be rated very well, so I decided to try them out, despite the prices. They offer a few default vegan dishes, and others that they can make vegan. So I did a take-out order for dinner one night. We got the vegan stirfry ($16 plus tax), the yellow curry with tofu ($17 plus tax), and the pad Thai (with tofu, made vegan; $19 plus tax). We ordered the latter two dishes Thai spicy. They quoted me about 50 minutes for pick-up -- quite a long time. The food was waiting when I arrived for pick-up. The yellow curry was very tasty, appropriately rich, and amply spiced. It only comes with tofu and potatoes -- it'd be nice to get something else in here for variety, like carrot or peppers. But the curry itself is so tasty that we didn't mind too much. 4/5 The vegan stirfry was solid, coming with a mild, brown sauce that was savoury and subtly sweet. It'd have been nice to get some green veggies in here, as the only real vegetables in here are some red peppers, along with tofu, onion, green onion, and celery. 3.5/5 The pad Thai was the highlight for me. Wonderfully spicy, with a killer tamarind character, with a nice sprinkle of peanuts and perfectly cooked noodles. Firm tofu accompanies this nicely. Really solid pad Thai, but this was one of the most overpriced noodle dishes I've had in some time. 4.5/5 All in all, very tasty food, but terribly overpriced (even more than other Thai places) such that I won't be too motivated to come here often, given that a few other Thai places in town are just as good and more reasonably priced (e.g., Sawasdee, Bai Bua). Try it out for a treat if you have the cash to burn.

    Pad Thai

    Oof, I usually love Kin Kao but we recently ordered takeout delivery from them and the portions were way smaller than usual. They don't have huge portions to begin with and at $20+ plate, it can get expensive for two mains. The Pad Thai looked pretty sad in the gigantic takeout box they placed it in. It just wasn't the usual size that they prepare, I don't know what went wrong? It tasted good and the spice was perfect for us. But it just really felt like they cheaped out on the noodles. My partner ordered the pork gailan and noticed there was noticeably less pork in the order than usual. What gives? The order we got today was definitely below their previous standards. Is the restaurant punishing people for ordering takeout delivery? Honestly, we are wondering about that, lol. But if that is the case, they should stop using delivery services and just require people to personally pick up or eat in. I know a few restaurants that don't use delivery services and I still support them because I know it's hard for smaller businesses to use them. So i recommend that if it isn't working, just stop using them! Your faithful clientele will adapt. I think we may have better luck eating in at the restaurant. We will probably take a break from Kin Kao until we are able to stop by their actual restaurant versus ordering take out.

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    Everything is good but especially their pad Thai and yellow curry. Their pad see ew is smokey and exceptional. Must get pad kee mao.

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    2 years ago

    Food and definitely the order taker for delivery who's more than a bit challenged to say the least.

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    3 years ago

    taste is great and pretty authentic. We usually order but we have been there once. Modern simple eating room.

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    Everything was really good. One of the few authentic Thai places that's worth the wait.

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    Great food but way way way overpriced for what it is. Surprised the prices have went this crazy and won't be going there again.

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    excellent spicy thai food. Great in person or for take out, hidden gem on commercial drive

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