Kiin Thai Eatery
“For dessert, we had Royal Coconut Ice Cream and 'Num Kang Sai'Icy Mountain (ask for sweetened milk on the side).”
“While Somtum Der focuses more on northeastern Thai/Isaan food, Kiin has more northern and central Thai food.”
“'Nham Prik Ong' relish Set ($12): a very typical Thai dish (that I had and saw often in Bangkok) done very well.”
Kiin Thai Eatery
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Location: new Thai place at Nyu. Very out of blue but happy that my friend took me here and enjoy a good night dinner.
The place is spacious compare other stores near NyU. We were there and not a lot of people were there.
food: sorry that j didn't remember or take pictures of the food. But I ordered the dish which include multiple traditional
Thai food and it was delicious. Also the tofu (appetizer) and fritter are also delicious.
Service: the older lady is very nicer for sure and the younger is so pushy.
Price: acceptable if you come with people and during happy hour
4 stars. Will come back!
This place is super good for Northern Thai food. Really tastes like home for me. Nham Prik Pu was the best dish we had there. Other really good dishes were Rice Vermicelli with Spicy Curry Sauce (Kha-Nom Jeen Num Ngieow), 'Khao soi' with Chicken Leg (Curry Egg Noodles), and "Sai Oua" Sausage. These are northern dishes that you should order! Generous portions and extremely great flavors. We asked for Thai spicy and it was the right amount of spice.
For dessert, we had Royal Coconut Ice Cream and 'Num Kang Sai'Icy Mountain (ask for sweetened milk on the side). Both we huge servings, 5 of us had plenty to eat.
Our new favorite Thai restaurant in Manhattan!
Kiin Thai Eatery replaced the old Cafetasia restaurant that was located here, but honestly, there doesn't seem to a large difference between the two. The menu is extremely similar, prices are comparable, and even the layout is somewhat the same.
I came here for lunch a few days ago, and I wasn't very impressed by my lunch special. I got the Pineapple fried rice with beef, and there wasn't very much pineapple in it. The beef was also very chewy, which concerned me about both the quality of the food or the quality of the chef.
Kiin Thai Eatery's price is priced pretty decently, around $10, but this wasn't a great dining experience. I don't think I would recommend this place, even if its convinient for most NYU students.
Northern Thai spot with some good things to offer – had the red curry with tofu substitute (ask them about vegetarian options because the menu doesn't have many of them).
This curry is interesting, it has lots of Thai basil, tomatoes, carrots, broccoli stems, peppers, grapes, pineapples, and lychee fruit. Sweet and savory all wrapped up into one. Flavor was good but consistency very thin, would've loved a little thicker sauce. The rice wasn't the best in the world, couldn't tell if they were going for sticky or just plain ole jasmine rice.
It's way overpriced for what you get – most of their prices are going towards their upward spiraling rent, I'm assuming. Nice ambiance, though.
I've eaten here once and have gotten takeout several times. It's just okay. I miss Cafetasia, which was the Thai restaurant that used to be here. Everything I've had at Kiin was just okay, nothing impressive. The Thai iced tea is way too sweet. I do like the interior, though. Since it's the closest Thai place to campus, I'll probably be back.
Birthday ladies Anna C. and Maria V. summoned a group of about 20 to descend upon this venue on a Tuesday night with less than one day's notice to the restaurant, no thanks to the incompetence of those who run Ichi Cellar yelp.com/biz/ichi-cellar…
Food: I wasn't blown away by anything because every item here appears to be sweeter than I thought it would be. From the relatively weak drinks to the noodles, it was a sugar fest. Those who have "borderline" blood sugar are hereby forewarned! I do recommend the fried mushrooms though! The Pad See Maw was so ugly that I didn't bother taking a photograph, but the drinks were adorable! The chicken noodles tasted better than most of the other items I tried.
Service: the servers did not seem to know who ordered what, and our party's Thai was a bit rusty, so we didn't know what we ordered either. This caused a bit of confusion but eventually, I just claimed everything as mine (hahaha, so wrong of me). The best part of my experience was being allowed to bring a gargantuan Haagen Dazs ice cream cake (my dear wife bought it for us) to celebrate our birthdays without being charged any fee. Servers even went out of their way to give us a large knife and a bucket of hot water to dip the knife in. This earned the venue an extra star. We decimated the cake without using any hot water though, thanks to Diep V.'s cake cutting skills.
Decor: the place appeared clean, but what's with the dark restrooms? What type of illicit activity could possibly be taking place to warrant such darkness? The faucet and sink combination in the restroom made it appear as though the water would splash towards me, but, by some miracle, didn't.
Tip: happy hour before 7 p.m.! Drinks take a while to make because they're cute. Just order one of every drink and work it off the next day.
Yay northern Thai food! Kiin serves dishes that are usually hard to find at other Thai restaurants throughout the city. My faves are khao soi – a tasty curry with egg noodles, crunchy egg noodles, preserved veggies, and raw onions, and khanom-jeen – a rice noodle in a spicy curry sauce with pork and blood. The nham prik pu is a great dish for sharing. The crab is delightfully seasoned, and paired with a spread of raw and cooked vegetables and crunchy pork rinds. The appetizers are also worth getting if you have room in your stomach. The sai oua sausage is really authentic, and the seafood som tum is actually very spicy and delicious. I'm salivating just thinking about it. Oh, and don't forget about dessert. The royal coconut ice cream is served on bread, the traditional way, and the num kang sai is a real sight to see. A mound of pink shaved ice, served with a side of dessert condiments. Time to come back for some more!
This place deserves more than 3.5 stars on Yelp, in my opinion. My boyfriend had been in search for a Thai restaurant that serves both the pandan chicken and Morning Glory, and this was only one of the two in New York.
The pandan chicken comes wrapped in pandan leaf and with a fantastic brown dipping sauce. It was simply delicious – the meat was perfectly white and just chewy enough. I ate it with the side of white rice they bring.
Morning Glory is a healthy green vegetable dish that complements other meat-based entrees. It went well with the pork steaks that came with sticky rice.
My only issue was with the pineapple fried rice. If every other dish exceeded expectations, this one fell below them. The rice was awfully dry, there were barely any ingredients like egg and ham in there, and the shrimp on top were not flavorful.
They have great cocktails and service overall – I'm happy I found this place.