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    Kinara Thai

    4.2 (313 reviews)
    ModerateThai
    Open 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, 4:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Good for kids

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    Allison M.

    The perfect meal on a cold day! I love this place so much. It's great for lunch, they have excellent prices. They also cater to the high school kids and do a great job fielding that rush and their non-school kids orders. Love their curry, noodles, appetizers and drinks!

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    Catherine P.

    You can't go wrong ordering or dining in at this restaurant. The food has so much flavor. If you're heading to a Timbers game you should stop in to fill up before the game. This place is great.

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    Christina S.

    Now this place is the ultimate throwback for anyone who went to Lincoln High School (ayyyy). Does anyone else remember standing in line for a to-go bowl of peanut chicken and rice to scarf down before hustling back to fifth period? The highlights: Kinara offers a decent selection of menu items, some of which are more familiar fare like papaya salad, salad rolls, and Tom yum soup, and some that I was less acquainted with (Nom Jean pla, pong ga ree, mee gra tee, to name a few). You'll still be able to order your typical fried rices and curries, so for those of you who approach Thai with expectations, fear not. Our meal included Tom kha with veggies, kabocha squash with egg, asparagus salad with coconut lime, and lettuce wrap larb. It is unfortunately my partner's and my "low carb" day, so no rice or noodles for us :( but Kinara made this silly little diet feasible. I would probably bathe in the Tom kha soup, and the flavor of the coconut lime with the asparagus was fabulous. And for $46 WITH tons of leftovers, we can't say we were disappointed. The improveables: Ever since COVID-19 this place has been take out only. No dine in option, unfortunately. I'm not quite sure why, seeing as it would be nice to be able to sit down and eat rather than having to pick up, but they probably have their reasons that I'm not going to question too deeply. Of our food, I found the larb to have a very strong, distinct flavor...I can't quite put the name to it, and it's not necessarily a gross flavor, but I think that whatever it was, it was too strong. The proximity to the high school also means that you might encounter some juvenile foot traffic, and as someone who lives across the street from the school I can tell you it can be cutthroat out there. Big nostalgia aside, Kinara is a lovely little neighborhood jewel, and they'll feed you well if you're willing to get up and go fetch your order.

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    Kendall D.

    This place is tiny and cute and makes excellent Thai food! I've gone twice and both times was so impressed at how fast they prepare your food. The service in general has been very prompt and it's clear they pay attention to detail. Tom kha soup - really good! I went with a friend who recently traveled to Thailand and he said that this bowl of soup brought him back to when he first tried it's coconut-spicy flavor in its own country. Their version had more veggies (big pieces of mushrooms, tomatoes, etc) which I was less excited about but gave it a little more substance than just broth. Mee gra tee - like a sweeter version of pad thai, also good if you know what you're getting into! Noodles and veggies were well-cooked and the dish was something I hadn't tried before. Pretty large portion size and makes good leftovers. Mango sticky rice - this was the first time I've ever had it so I can't compare it to anything else or tell how authentic it was, but I really liked it! To me the rice was a little dry but it was definitely sweet and milky and the mango was ripe. It was almost closing time and they still served us so I won't hold it against them!

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    Darla E.

    So yummy and delicious. I have to confess, I have a soft spot for good Thai food. This restaurant did not disappoint. We started with warm tea and appetizers. Chicken satay, spring rolls and blue crab wontons. The apps were good, not remarkable but thoroughly solid. We all ordered different dishes so as to sample more of the menu. We had pineapple curry with chicken, green curry with duck, spicy eggplant with shrimp, drunken noodles with shrimp, and two daily specials: chicken with brussel sprouts and whitefish with green beans. Everyone enjoyed the food. It was a relaxing evening, we weren't rushed to finish, service was very attentive, atmosphere is intimate. I can't say enough about how much I want to visit this restaurant again.

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    They never got our Yelp reservation and couldn't accommodate us so we left. Wish they were more helpful.

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    7 months ago

    Tasty Thai, some of the best in town. Some unusual items (squash curry etc) and convenient takeout.

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    Drunken noodles were incredible! Don't forget to mention how spicy, very mild by default.

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    10 months ago

    Kinara is a solid go to thai restaurant. The food is great and the team are efficient and helpful. A great go to Thai place.

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    1 year ago

    Best yellow curry of my life. Been here multiple times over a decade and they still have the best curry ever.

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    3 years ago

    Always so good! And I go there a lot! Pad Thai is consistently great & the Pra Ram is pretty exceptional!

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    2 years ago

    Love this place! They always have great service and can accommodate to whatever dietary needs some may have. Food is always good too :)

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    2 years ago

    amazing and consistent food. have been ordering takeout from here for years and it's ALWAYS delicious. thanks for existing, Kinara Thai

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    1.6 miLower Burnside, Industrial District, Buckman, Central Eastside, Southeast Portland
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    Great chicken and rice. Not sure how they do it, but the chicken is soft, tender, moist and very…read moreflavorful and the rice is very aromatic and delicious. The sauce they use with the chicken and rice is great and is worth buying to take home to make your own dishes better. There is a good amount of seating both inside and out. I also tried the pork which was good but I prefer the chicken so will stick to that on a future visit. I have tried a lot of places that do the same thai style chicken and rice and it's almost always a miss for me, something is always off, usually the chicken is touch, or too dry, or lacking flavor but here it just hits right.

    Made it back but this time to the Ankeny location. Sharing an entrance with the Kinboshi Ramen and…read moreSnappy's, Nong's was busy as usual with some seats indoors. We had to wait a bit for a spot to open up but soon were able to sit with a high chair (located in the middle near the entrance). We got our number after ordering and food quickly came out after our wait to sit. We got Khao Man Gai Piset (with liver), Khao Kha Muu and chicken skins. The kids ate so much and the hainanese chicken was a kid friendly favorite! We really enjoyed the Khao Kha Muu which was similar to an adobo with yummy pickled mustard greens. The meat was tender and marinated so well. The liver is always enjoyable by me and everyone ate the skins which were so crispy! The 2 meals were large and fed all of us well. Please remember to bus your own table!

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    2.5 miBoise, Northeast Portland
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    Have been going to Zaap Thai for the past 5 years and the food is always amazing and the folks here…read moreare absolutely wonderful. They have several vegan dishes and we generally get vegan versions of the Evil Jungle with Tempeh, Pad Kee Mao with Tempeh, and the Enoki Mushroom Salad. They also have various vegan specials from time to time, outside of their vegan menu, which have all been amazing and something we keep an eye out for. If you have the time to eat in, you definitely should to fully appreciate certain dishes; but they do an amazing job with doing their to-go orders as well - like frying certain items when you arrive so they don't get soggy from waiting to be picked up. The ambiance is really nice for an intimate or small group meal and this is one of my favorite places to bring people that aren't vegan as they have all been really blown away with the meat dishes they've ordered.

    Incredible!! The best Thai food we have ever had. To be fair, I haven't been to Thailand yet, but I…read morehave tried a variety of Thai places across the U.S. This was amazing and I will definitely make a special stop here next time I am in Portland. Service was efficient on a weekday for lunch. I was very impressed that the woman serving us also cooks. She said she has one other person helping her over the weekend. The food was SO DELICIOUS. This was the best pad Thai we had with such depth of flavor - not too sweet or oily, just perfect. We also had the pad kra pao, eggplant and tom kha. The tom kha had good flavor and with a thinner broth that I'm used to which was fabulous. The eggplant was so delicious - the consistency was incredible. Not too soggy, just right. I also tried the mango sticky rice. For drinks we had the Thai lemon tea which tasted like Thai iced tea without the milk and lemon added - delightful! We even bought an extra dish to take with us to go. Amazing place. Ambiance is casual. I can't wait to return.

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    4.1(705 reviews)
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    Rare is the restaurant that makes one dish so well that you don't ever allow yourself to experience…read morethe remainder of the menu. Such is my experience with the Green Curry at Paadee. It is, in a word, perfect. I can only imagine what their other offerings taste like, but I myself may never know because the Green Curry is just that good. Add in excellent and attentive service and a very Portlandesque atmosphere and Paadee is a definite winner. Easily one of the best Thai restaurants in the city. If I were to pick one thing to gripe about it's that it's so good that sometimes seating isn't available, but good for them. Get it to go instead if that happens.

    Upon entering you see the wood feels like were in SE Asia? Ceiling lamps feels like bamboo. I see a…read moredish being carried to a table the waitress smiling carrying the plate with ease. We are greeting letting us know to come to the front of the counter to order although the sign says Please wait to be seated. A little confusion but with smiles, so we are happy. They are moving chairs... sit here..or here. A stack of menus by the point of sale...but you know this place is good by the smells, laughter and the smiles, the vibe...you want to be here everything is moving smooth. The person same person that guided us with the menu also delivered one of the dishes. We order some Thai ice teas, Pad see ew and Tom kha gai. The noodles fat wide on the Pad see ew. Some veggies huge bomb shrimp cooked perfectly, everything cooked spot on. The soup cream coconut flavors a little steamy on the cool day in Portland. Great tasting. They stop by to drop off the food and come by later delivering spices and checking on us. A bustling place. I see an egg plant dish.. must try that... the crowd is upscale... the food some of Portland's finest.

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