Kin Khao Thai Eatery - Crescent City, California

Candace P.

Neat, clean restaurant. Easy access and parking. Located on south side of Crescent City off Front Street. Very attentive staff. Best place we ate at in Crescent City. We had the Holy Basil with chicken and Tom Yum noodle soup...both were delicious! Excellent and quick service. My husband said, "If we lived here we would eat here once a week!"

Jenn

We got home late and were starving. We ordered maybe 10 minutes before closing. Definitely felt bad about it but they were very accommodating and made everything very quickly and even gave us two free spring rolls. Very nice employees.
We got home and the food was amazing!

Vipul S.

Got there at around 830pm the Saturday before Labor Day. Place was very busy. I was solo, so they were able to find a table, and I was seated immediately. Was hungry after a long day of hiking, so quickly got the potstickers which were great. Also had the basil fried rice with chicken, and it was so-so, definitely felt a bit bland with a lot of boiled vegetables. Quantity was great though - half of it served as breakfast the next day. Easy to find parking.

Rebekah L.

My take out pad Thai was delicious. However, the person at the register was clearly biased against LGBTQ+. I was friendly and polite in our interaction, but they weren't. They shut down and stared and barely interacted. They treated other patrons warmly before and after my order. Obviously there could be a great deal of history unrelated to me, but customer service skills for everyone are important and not that hard to achieve. I don't recommend this place for LGBTQ+ dining if you want to feel comfortable and safe.

Nithiya S. U.

We had coconut prawns and vegetable tempura for the appetizer. The coconut prawn was one of the best ones I have had till date in the USA. They were coated perfectly with the right balance of coconut and tempura and tasted amazing. The vegetable tempura was also really good with the perfect dipping sauce with it.

We ordered basil Thai fried rice with a crispy egg on the top, spicy garlic chicken, Gang panang and house special pad Thai with shrimp. Everything was served hot and the portal size was pretty good. Everything tasted amazing. The spicy garlic chicken was the best out of the all in the entrees. The chicken with balanced with the rightful amount of veggies and everything was perfect together.

Highly recommend the restaurant.

Jamie M.

TLDR: Great food; bad/slow service

I eat here frequently. It’s one of the few places in Crescent City that I can say the food is objectively excellent (not just “good for here”). The tropical crispy duck and crispy basil duck are some of the best duck dishes I’ve had anywhere. The coconut prawns and farmers pad Thai are also delicious.

Unfortunately the experience is marred by slow and generally disorganized service. I frequently have to flag down a server to get my order put in. I was particularly embarrassed today when I brought in some foodie friends visiting from San Diego. As usual, we sat for a long time looking around for a server, and as usual we had to ask for a drink menu and ask to order drinks (you would think management would be proactive about selling high-markup drinks, but sometimes it feels like they don’t want you to have one!). Anyways, we were so happy to finally capture the attention of a server, we ordered drinks, appetizers, and entrees all at once (lest we never get another rare opportunity to order!). The entrees for everyone but one person came out before the appetizers. The server (young blonde girl) did not even recognize that one person was sitting there without a meal when she checked in and never apologized or even acknowledged that there was an error when it was brought to her attention. Most of us were nearly done with our meals when the last person’s meal finally came out, so I’m guessing she forgot to put the order in the first time. Again no apology or any indication that this is not just how they roll there. So anyway, good food (if you can get it!), bad service as usual. Hopefully they will get their staff some training…this could be a really excellent restaurant if they tightened up service.

Mr M. O.

Effortlessly modern and clean. Exceptionally kind and attentive staff. The best places to eat have a happy and hardworking team, this place has it in spades. Had a red curry dish for myself and my wife had the spicy garlic chicken, both were fantastic with plentiful serving size. Calamari was superb. Great Thai tea. Excellent and quick service. Really can’t say enough about this place. Will likely stop in again before we head back home after our two day stay in Crescent City.

Naomi B.

Delicious food, fantastic service and recommendations and they can make most things vegan! I had the golden cashews and my gf had the asparagus prawn from the special menu. Both absolutely delicious !