Kin Dee

"You might not believe it, but I have a pretty long list of places I want to visit. Sometimes it's because I saw a picture of one of their dishes and my reaction was, "GREAT GOOGILY MOOGILY! THAT LOOKS AWESOME! I NEED TO GO EAT THAT!" And that is exactly how I came to have lunch at Kin Dee Thai Cuisine the other day. Maybe a year ago I saw a picture of their purple lotus flower vegetable dumplings and had my 'great googily' moment. I actually made two previous attempts to get over to the Heights to eat them, but got distracted on the way both times. But I am happy to report I finally made it! Dontcha just hate it when something looks so beautiful and then you eat it and you realize they put all their effort into the visuals and said "it's so pretty ain't no one gonna care what it tastes like"? Me too. That's why I am delighted to report this is not the case at Kin Dee. Not only are the dumplings absolutely gorgeous, they are absolutely delishes to boot! Woohoo! Actually all of the food was fantastic. We had the aforementioned dumplings, the Papaya salad and the grilled pork belly skewers to start. The pork belly was cooked perfectly and the Papaya salad had a nice kick to it. We followed that up with the Southern Style Green Curry with Chicken and the Drunken Noodles with Shrimp and Pork. The Curry had an excellent depth of flavor. It comes with rice noodles and I wished I woulda subbed them for Jasmine rice, but that's just cuz I love rice soaked in coconut curry. My only complaint is that I asked for the Drunken Noodles to be as hot as possible and they were just mildly spicy. My farts didn't even burn later. (*Sad trombone*) So if you find yourself near 16th and Durham definitely stop in and treat yourself. It's a good looking restaurant with GREAT GOOGILY MOOGILY beautiful food."

"The food was very flavorful, we love spicy food and chose dishes that we could adjust the heat levels to. Our waitress was excellent with understanding our preferences and helping us pick dishes we could add more heat to. The Thai Flower Dumplings weren’t only pretty but oh so good! Our entire meal was excellent start to finish. It was very quiet during lunch and we were able to sit and enjoy each others company and have a delightful conversation."

"Went here on Friday evening for a date night and had the best experience! Our server, Tracy was very gracious and gave us some great food recommendations. She was so sweet and really added to the experience. We tried the Pork Skewers, Money Bags, Flower Dumplings, Drunken Noodles (Shrimp) and Chicken Thai Basil and every dish was so unique and delicious. The Pork Skewers and Chicken Thai Basil were exceptional and definitely our favourites, although the Thai Basil can be pretty spicy. They also had live music which was very good and everyone was really enjoying the atmosphere! I unfortunately only took photos of the dumplings but I highly recommend the other dishes (we were too busy eating to take photos)"

"Stopped in to Kin Dee for my birthday, we tried 3 dishes and some appetizers. Everything was very tasty. My favorite dish was the pad see ew. It also happened to be the night they had the dragon dance for the lunar new hear. We will be coming back to try other dishes soon. I highly recommend doing reservations as this place is very packed, we lucked out and didn't have to wait to long. Out waiter was very attentive and always was around asking if we needed anything, she also recommended the sticky rice mago dessert which didn't disappoint. Coming from living in Katy where there are a handful of great Thai restaurants I was pleasantly surprised, seems I found my new place in the heights."

"Great Thai place! Difficult to get a table in the weekend - reserve upfront. Had northern style curry (bone-in chicken!) and pan fried glass noodles with pork. The option of bone-in chicken in the curry made all the difference in terms of taste and flavor. It was delicious! Also pretty good cocktail served in a pineapple (Phuket). Can recommend everything. Nice Thai-style interior and plenty of parking too"