Khun Kay — Restaurant in Houston

I literally live around the corner from this place, and have never been here because I didn't know it existed. I was stopped on the corner by the car wash and was able to get a glance at the building a bit better, and noticed that it was a Thai restaurant!

The words on the sign are hard to read from the street, and the emblem and colors on it are reminiscent of a throwback McDonald's sign and it appears a little divey at first glance. But, when you walk inside, everything is super clean and orderly and the walls are freshly painted and the floors are tiled perfection. Why the heck hadn't I been here before?

$2 house wine glasses and 1/2 bottles of California wines for a decent price. They also have a ton a Thai beers and some domestics.

They have a regular menu and a vegetarian menu that is a completely separate menu from the regular one. On the regular one, they have most of your standard Thai dishes like basil this and that, Tom Yum soup, panang, red, green, and yellow curries, and a few other specialties. All of these you could get with either pork, chicken, or tofu. The vegetarian menu had a lot of the same, but were cooked separate and you could get imitation duck, which is new to me. They also can cook anything gluten free if you ask!

I got the red curry with tofu, and the portion was smaller than most Thai places I've been to, but everything was cooked perfectly - the rice was done well, the vegetables were still crisp, and the tofu wasn't fried. The flavors were aromatic and complex, I could taste a lot. Also to mention, most of the entrees were from $7-10.

I asked for a 3 in the spicy rating, because I was advised a 4-5 would be too hot. If you are looking for a medium heat - 3 is not it. I would say a 3 is more like a 1.5-2. I probably could have had a 4-5 just fine - some...

The Food here is ALWAYS AMAZING!!

One of our favs are the Chicken Dumplings..I believe 6 come to an order and it’s nothing for us to like order 5 or 6 orders of them before leaving!..lol. There’s a homemade Thai Soy Sauce that comes with them (that’s wonderful!) I combine that with their chili oil & red pepper flakes..Omgosh, so good, but be aware,it’s not for the faint of heart..lol..I would just not add as much of chili oil to the Thai Soy Sauce if you are not that brave 😂

Another AMAZING dish that they created at this restaurant is Jalapeño Fried Rice made with “Black Rice”…OMGOSH, an absolutely amazing dish that we top off with Siracha Sauce.

Almost every time I order this I have people stop and ask me what I am eating bcz they say it looks really good! The Black Rice is more of a deep purple in color, combined with the colors of the Jalepenos is just a vision of culinary delight, no joke! 👍🏻

I get mine with Chicken

Not only is the food amazing, but the owners are AMAZINGLY Friendly and very nice people! Once they start to recognize you, The owner and his wife always ask “how you’re doing” and have smiles on their faces! 😁

Thank you, Chris

P.S. The Jalapeño Fried Rice ordered with Black Rice is a separate dish from their “Black Fried Rice”, which is a GREAT dish also, I just prefer The Jalapeño Fried Rice!

I had never heard of Black Rice before eating here, it’s a healthier and yet tasty option that you must try in a Fried Dish for...

I am writing this review for couple of my recent visits to the location. Especially the most recent one was horrendous. We ordered food through their website and I arrived at the restaurant about 25 mins after ordering, and was told they are working on orders as they have lots of orders. It seems restaurant cares about some of the delivery app orders more than anything else. While I was waiting I saw orders that were ordered safer I arrived there prepped and ready for pick up while I ask when will my food be ready. After waiting there for another twenty mins as the counter staff keep avoiding answering question and run into kitchen about delay. I had to raise the issue and asked them since it had been almost an hour since we placed the order at this moment the cashier asked where did I place an order and what was my order. After showing the email and order info he still couldn't tell me if the order was even being prepared. After asking again he asked to see my order and essentially prepared it on the go with no excuse or sorry or compensation for their incompetence. The last thing he said as I was leaving after finally getting the order hour and fifteen mins later that I can grab drinks from their refrigerator if I like. This has become one bad experience after another. On a side note there was person waiting there for an order via app and he essentially told the guy to cancel the order and...