Spiced-to-order Thai dishes with a vegetarian menu & lunch platters in a strip-mall space.
Went here for a late lunch and even at 2 pm on a weekday there were plenty of people at the restaurant. My partner and I each had the lunch special with vegetarian soup, veggie spring roll and one entree of choice. For entrees we chose one vegetarian seasame tofu and one basil vegetable noodles. The noodles came with rice on the side which was weird ! ๐
Nevertheless everything tasted great, and fresh. And plenty of clearly marked vegetarian options.
The service is sooooo fast and they have such a large menu to choose from! We ordered 3 fresh spring rolls and right after ordering the waitress walks into the kitchen and right out with them. The food also took minutes to prepare and everything tasted great! This is a good hole-in-the-wall place with plenty to choose from and great Thai food!
Looking for a Thai food in Rochester? Stop searching and visit this restaurant.
Perfect food, service, atmosphere.
Servers are professional and very friendly. Unlike some of other Asian restaurants where you can only drink ONE cup of water, they keep coming to your table and filling you water!!!
The most important part of this restaurant is the taste. It tastes very authentic, not salty and perfectly balanced flavor. Moreover, you can CHOOSE the spicy level depending on your spicy tolerance!
Tried few other restaurants but this place is the best in Rochester so far.
I ordered the fresh vegetable roll appetizer, and the Wild Curry Vegetable for my entree. I also decided to try a Thai beer for the first time. The portion sizes here are absolutely huge! The food is so full of flavor, and so good! The atmosphere was pretty quiet, and the floor plan is very wide open and spread apart. The service was extremely fast, and mostly friendly. The only downside was I felt like I was being rushed out of the restaurant. I was asked if I wanted a to go box after I had barely started on my meal.
Loved the authentic Thai food here. Came here for a late dinner on a cold rainy night and were greeted by a friendly wait staff and wonderful food. We had the papaya salad, pad see ew, fried calamari and spring rolls - all fantastic. We thought it was too much food for the 3 of us but ended up finishing everything. Other than it being located in a tiny strip mall next to a smoke shop, everything is great.
My favorite Thai place!
This is my families favorite restaurant. We love everything on their menu. Our go to items are the chicken satay, papaya salad, pork phat prigkhin, phat kee moun, phat see eeu, house special thai fried rice and obviously some Thai iced tea and mango sticky rice when it's available.
We tried the crispy squid tentacles for an app today and they were delicious as well. We will continue to recommend and visit often .
Best Asian cuisine in Rochester NY for over 30 years ๐
Food is delicious. Went during lunchtime and ordered off the Lunch Menu. Had enough left over for another meal. Fresh Spring Rolls were a little rubbery but outstanding flavor.
This used to be so good, the best in Rochester, but it has really gone down hill in the last 3 years. The dishes donโt taste the same as they used to - lacking flavor, over cooked, and rubbery meat and shrimp.
Iโm not sure what happened but the service is horrible now. Theyโre very rude even though I was out of the way polite. Wow. Wonโt return
The food is delicious and you get large portions. The service is quick and to the point, polite but no chit chat thatโs the charm and I enjoy that.
Great food great price. A Rochester Jen
Sadly was not a great experience. I've wanted to go there for years and my partner even longer. Was very disappointed from the treatment by the staff (making rude statements about my dress) to the overall food quality was very lack luster I've had been placed with better food unfortunately. I typically give restaurants a second chance incase it was an off day but not for this place it was such a negative experience I would not go back if I had to choose.
The service is sooooo fast and they have such a large menu to choose from! We ordered 3 fresh spring rolls and right after ordering the waitress walks into the kitchen and right out with them. The food also took minutes to prepare and everything tasted great! This is a good hole-in-the-wall place with plenty to choose from and great Thai food!
Went here for a late lunch and even at 2 pm on a weekday there were plenty of people at the restaurant. My partner and I each had the lunch special with vegetarian soup, veggie spring roll and one entree of choice. For entrees we chose one vegetarian seasame tofu and one basil vegetable noodles. The noodles came with rice on the side which was weird ! ๐
Nevertheless everything tasted great, and fresh. And plenty of clearly marked vegetarian options.
Delicious, itโs better to be less salty, nice to have free bowl of rice.
If you are looking for fresh, authentic, and flavorful.. this food is for you! So many options to choose and veggie platters for those who are exclusive! Love it!
Not my best choice of lunch today, choose this rearaurant because of the pretty good ratings but a I'm disappointed because it's not like what I expected, the foods has no taste, the only food that push me to give a 3 stars it because of the Shrimp PadThai. It's tasty and the only meal that we can finished.
Remember only order PadThai in this place.
Never had a meal here that wasn't fresh and delicious. Service has always been friendly and attentive.
Tried the Thai iced tea today and it was awesome!
Beloved favorite for our friend group for 20+ years.
A friend recently got cheap round trip ticket to visit us and Rochester and said โDonโt take this the wrong way but this Seasame Tofu is worth the $89!โ ๐๐ฅฐ
If you havenโt had it itโs very different than what you can find anywhere else- creamy and coconutty!
Lunch was great ๐ very yummy also quite large. I took it home and had three more meals.
Fresh And flavorful. Reasonable prices
Very good Thai and we loved the menu page explaining the Thai names for the dishes.
A friend's mother has been going here for years and took me and him out for lunch. This place has delicious Thai food. The soup was tasty. The pork was fantastic.
Rude waitress and terrible service
First, service is great and the food comes out FAST. Great value for lunch - you get a bunch of different tastes for a reasonable price.
The place is not clean. Dirty carpets, wet rags on floor near the back door and filthy menus on table. Some of the food was okay and some of it was really bad.
Worst food Iโve ever had. All these reviews are fake. The pad thai was trash
The food here is delicious! I usually order chicken pad Thai and chicken phat phet. Iโve also heard that Evil Jungle Prince is good too.
Great food and awesome service!
Always good!
Awesome place. Great food. Extremely fast service. Very polite.
Very bad customer service and the food is not as expected and the waiter who served us food today seemed very rude and I felt racially offended. Please do not go to this Thai restaurant, your entire vibe will be spoiled when u walk in.
Always delicious, whether you dine in or take out the quality is always the same!
I don't like the food that much, but one of the waiters was really polite and funny
Best green curry Iโve ever had.
Food wasn't very good. The green curry was quite watery and lacked seasoning. We've had some type of beef stir-fi dish that just didn't. Didn't seem like the texture was right as if the starch to make the sauces stick to the ingredients wasn't fully set. Based on the reviews, I expect a little more.
Great place! Fun friendly staff. Awesome food. This place is local legend. I love the soups and the beef with broccoli.
Well, years of going there, and now they are closed due to a flood of violations from Monroe County regulators. Sad, the prices kept going up, and the quality down.
Got locked in the disabled bathroom stall, food was mediocre, and service was fair.
Today the place was mostly empty, but more take out orders.
We enjoyed a few appetizers and two had veggies dinners and two of us had chicken and veggies spicy, and a beef and broccoli spicy dinner.
Rude host if you are not a regular but the food was very good.
Good food, good prices, good atmosphere, Would recommend.
Excellent food excellent service. try their chicken with peanut sauce. highly recommended
All around great place. Food was very tasty and reasonably priced.
Admittedly it was a busy night, but rarely have I been so ignored at a restaurant. Very slow surly service. As for the food, some of it was ok. Much of it overused cornstarch. Some of it was vaguely familiar from the numerous other Thai restaurants I have been to, both in the northeast and west coast. I ordered a dish I just had last week at my local excellent place, and this bore no resemblance. Other dishes were misdescribed, so donโt assume that whatever ingredients are on the menu are a full description of what will be on your plate. Or better yet, assume the worst and go to a different place. Rochester does have some good places to eat, right?
Always amazing Mamasuan chicken & tea!
Loved the authentic Thai food here. Came here for a late dinner on a cold rainy night and were greeted by a friendly wait staff and wonderful food. We had the papaya salad, pad see ew, fried calamari and spring rolls - all fantastic. We thought it was too much food for the 3 of us but ended up finishing everything. Other than it being located in a tiny strip mall next to a smoke shop, everything is great.
The King and I may be the best Thai place in the Rochester area. The food is always delicious and fresh and always served hot. Very reasonable pricing and generous portions.
Most excellent food!
Food here is really good.
Their sesame tofu dish is probably one of the best dishes I've ever had. It is tofu bites smothered in this coconut curry sauce that is to die for and served with rice. I cannot find a single other place that makes the sauce as good as they do here.
Only downfall is their service is a bit rude or short with people. But I deal with it for the food.
The food is still ok even after Joe sold the business a few years back. Except for the hospitality I spend $50 to almost $100 for takeout and I donโt get hello or thank you or even eye contact with small talk. I am convinced the new owner doesnโt like Americans and who knows what they are putting in my food because i don't feel confident eating there anymore. Hey if you don't like people don't own restaurant.
People who works here are very rude . Not professional .
Best Thai food, especially for lunch. I highly recommend the soup. They can handle large groups too
Food is good, staff are most miserable people you can find. Was hit with major Healy code violations, including bugs and rat poop
One of my favorites. if you have a group entrees are big enough if you share a few between you.
Evil Jungle & Chicken coconut soup (Tom Kar Kai) are my favorites.
I'll add that there's not a lot of places where you could go with a party of 8, 10 or even 12 and be seated and served as quickly as here. Especially at lunch.
Honestly, the worst thai food I've ever eat in my life. And the sea food the was added to curry was left over.
I've tried almost every appetizer here (Thai salad, beef salad, papaya salad, etc etc) . The apps, thai lemonade, and Japanese plum wine here are very good. Prices are fair. I recommend the sesame beef for an entre.
Beef Basil is the best. Actual fruit drinks very good.
Food here is awesome! Our server was very good as well!
First time there and it was amazing! Food was spot on! Spicey and delicious!
I wanted to try a new Thai restaurant, so went to this place. The service is worst. They treat you differently based on your race. There were these 2 old ladies serving other customers with a smile but they had a frown on their face when they came near us. They would hardly check on us and were pretty rude.
Excellent and affordable Thai food, really enjoy coming here and is my go to place in Henrietta for a nice lunch
Thereโs almost no better restaurant in Rochester in terms of quality of food, taste, options, RAPID service, quiet atmosphere. Thereโs many options for vegetarian, chicken, beef, pork, and seafood. Order it 4 or 5 spicy fur just a little more kick. Our favorites are the chicken pad Thai, the chicken with peanut sauce, the pineapple fried rice, the chicken or pork satay, the veggie spring roll crispy, and the marinated cucumber. Your food arrives FAST.
Just had lunch here and it was terrible. I ordered the pad Thai and it was extremely bland and seemed like something they heated up in the microwave from a tv dinner or something. I would definitely not eat there again and donโt know how this place is still in business.
The King & I has been a great place for lunch or dinner for years and year and continues with excellent service and great food!
Not very or at all authentic Thai food. Mediocre Asian food. However, it seems like a poplar place for Westerners.
I ordered Pad Thai and "curry" chicken dish. The chicken "curry" meal was served on top of white rice, the rice should be on the side unless it's fried rice.
Flavor wise for both dishes were mediocre at best. I took one bite asked them to box it up since I lost my appetite to eat it there.
The waiter told me that I wasnt their demographic customer which is fine. I don't expect all Thai food in US/Canada to be all authentic but the taste wasn't there at all.
LOVE THIS PLACE! EXCELLENT service INCREDIBLY good food!!!
Best Thai food ever! Like, hands down.
Let me start off by saying the food here is great! Iโm a regular, and have never had anything wrong with the food. Tonight I was extremely disappointed in the service we received. They brought out one big bowl of rice for 7 people which was fineโฆ in the past weโve always been able to get the rice bowl filled and the staff is always so friendly and comes out and asks if we want more. We ran out of rice quickly with 7 of us, and sat 10-15 minutes waiting for someone to come so we could get more. Once our waiter came, we asked for more rice since we all sat there 15 minutes waiting for some. He told us it would be a $2 charge per person for more white rice. $14 more for white rice. Weโve never ever had to pay for additional rice, and server was adamant and shoved a menu in my face to show me rice was $1.99 per person. The rice is in the back as an add on.. on top of the menu it shows all meals are included with rice. If you are going to start charging for simple plain white rice that is already clumped together and not soft, we will start supporting another Thai restaurant. Absolutely disappointed! If you are going to start charging for rice, then bring every individual out their own bowl of rice instead of throwing in one container for everyone to take out of. Iโve also NEVER had to make a reservation any of the times I have came here, and the staff was very rude up front. I said there were 7 of us, and they asked twice if we made a reservation. When I called to ask if they were open, they shouldโve said on the phone a reservation was needed. I hope the rice situation gets fix, or make it clear to customers from the start you are now charging for rice that is suppose to either your meals.
Best Thai reataurant in the state. I love this place, and have been going here for the past 20 years. It is a consistent and enjoyable experience every time.
Good food decent price
The Chu Chee Fish is delicious and the price is decent. Service is great!
I love 7 with 2 stars. Had it again in 2023 and it is just as fantastic.
Food was decent. Not great, but not bad. Service was very slow, we waited an unusually long time between our waitress filling up our water glasses and returning to take our order.
Lady who serves food is sweet and amazing. Most delicious Thai food I have ever had.
Delicious food, excellent service, and pleasant atmosphere ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป
Lucky to have the king not too far from where I live as they are really a place that make good food. And when the whole options taste that good, all that left is to recommend.
Very good food and fast friendly service!
Ordered the Tom Kar Koong soup and the Phat Thai. Serving of Phat Thai was huge and excellent flavor. The soup was flavorful but it only had two shrimp, and dozens of mushrooms.
It's supposed to be a shrimp soup so that was a disappointment. My wife had soup of the day and a basil almost licorice tasting beef dish that she loved. Service was good and they had a good crowd for Wednesday.
Great place to do family style/shared meals. Portion sizes are huge and the food is delicious
Great food!! Enjoyed the experience.
The guy who takes the orders when I call is VERY rude. Food is subpar, service is worse.
Seated quickly, quiet clean setting, very attentive and polite wait staff, food came quickly and was tasty. All told it was a really good choice for a quiet weeknight dinner. Reasonable prices, too.
The guy in the reception is very very unfriendly. His attitude is horrible, he is rude and do not know how to take care of his customer, I am using their service for more than 25 yrs. This is not only my experience I have friends and others repeatedly told me that guy is rude, horrible attitude... I hope people stop going there.
The best! If you like hot, ask for the fish oil hot oil sauce
Found multiple pieces of plastic in my meal. Different types of plastic, so from multiple sources. I am concerned about the amount of plastic I consumed in my hurry.
I've been here a few times, and it's the best Thai in Rochester in my eyes. I have always had really good service, and the food is very good. Today, I had the sesame chicken, which is different from traditional Chinese sesame chicken. And they brought out a bowl of Spicy Chicken soup. The soup was definitely Spicy, and the sesame chicken was a more comfortable heat. Both were really flavorful.
I usually pick up takeout and have only dined in a couple times, but this is one of my favorite restaurants. My food is always ready on time and it's delicious.
Great food
I had never been there and our waitress so super kind and helpful. She suggested both appetizers and an entre that was so good and fresh. I had the Shrimp Basil and it was incredible.
Good selection of Thai food. The prices are reasonable. They have a good ambiance. Service is prompt.
Amazing food.
We loved the food there. But the last time we were there for dinner, the service was terrible. We waited over over 45 mins for our food. And when we were done eating, the waitress never brought the bill to us so we had to went to the counter to check out. She didnโt refill our water, forgot our dessert orders. The whole dinner last almost 2 hours which was mostly waiting time. People arrived after us got served and left before us. We wonโt come back.I hope they will improve their service.
Always fast service and great food. Highly recommend.
Great food and service in a 1970's setting
My go to Thai restaurant for all of my college years and even when I went back to visit spectacular food, ridiculously good hot and on point spice and extremely affordable phenomenal service also. Very Thai atmosphere. One of the best Thai places Iโve ever been to.
Best Thai food I've ever had.
Great food, fresh ingredients, and reasonable prices. We go here regularly.
Americanized Thai Food! I wouldn't recommend for Asians or South Asians.
The red curry had cream in it and was kind of sweet. Never had such a red curry before in any Thai restaurant.
Great food, fast service, and a very clean restaurant!
Good food and good experience. We asked for it to be crazy spicy hot. Although it was very good and the spiciness blended very well with the flavors, it wasn't hot by our standards (sweating on the first bite) on the pallet, but something about it did eventually trigger a nice glisten on the forehead. The one mistake was my own which was to miss the lunch specials on the front page. My companion and I got the exact same thing, except he got the lunch special. Our dishes looked identical, although his might have had one scoop less โ it was hard to tell. I also got rice in a separate bowl and got a separate clean plate which I didn't understand nor need. Come to the bill and his is 15 and mine is 30. Lesson learned.
The fish panang was made with tempura fried orange roughy then stirred in. It was so good. All ingredients were fresh and the Thai Basil was amazing. Great service!
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Best food
Wonderful as always!
Very good food. Nice atmosphere.
Cashew chicken was delicious
Food was very good. Service also. Good value.
I ordered the fresh vegetable roll appetizer, and the Wild Curry Vegetable for my entree. I also decided to try a Thai beer for the first time. The portion sizes here are absolutely huge! The food is so full of flavor, and so good! The atmosphere was pretty quiet, and the floor plan is very wide open and spread apart. The service was extremely fast, and mostly friendly. The only downside was I felt like I was being rushed out of the restaurant. I was asked if I wanted a to go box after I had barely started on my meal.
The older gentleman that seated us was the most rude person Iโve EVER encountered in a restaurant. Food was decent, but I will never be back there.
Been coming here since I was a kid and it never disappoints!
All 4 of us thought the food was bland. Used to love this place but the last 2 times have been very disappointing. Time to find another Thai restaurant.
Have loved this place for a long time. Best Thai food in or around Rochester. Quick and delicious. One of my top 5 places to eat.
Always a great experience!!
Good Thai restaurant, better than Chinese.
Service is ok.
our favorite thai spot. unfortunately today they are closed due to kitchen issues and thereโs no way to check aside from showing up to their door after an 8-hour drive excited for their food.
great place and usually worth a pick up order across town but we wish they were able to have some kind of online presence so we could have known.
We had 21 people. We were served quickly and the food was great!!!
The food was okay, but the waitress was rude and dishonest. We arrived about three minutes after lunch ended, so we asked if we could still get the lunch rates. We were told no. So we ordered our lunches. I wanted panang curry with beef, but the waitress pushed me towards another dish. The food came out very quickly, and when we said something about how fast it was, the waitress said that it was left over from lunch. So we got sold the lunch dishes that had been sitting around and they charged us full price! My dish was thick and gooey as if it had cornstarch in it or it had been sitting cooking for a long time. The food was okay, but we're disappointed by how they treated us, and we won't be back.
Terrible Service + Food
Service: Wow I have never experienced such terrible customer service. I only came here for green papaya salad and this was one of the only places I saw had it near me.
As soon as I walked in, I was not greeted. The restaurant was empty, too. I waited for a little bit as waiters walked by. They could be busy. While waiting, I pulled up a menu at the podium. A guy sitting at a table eating asked me "are you ready??!!" I said yes. Still at the table, he asked me harshly "what do you want?" I told him my order. He walked to the podium angrily with his mouth full of food. I was not greeted with a smile or kind words.
When my order was ready and I paid, I asked for chopsticks to go. He threw 2 chopsticks in my paper bag. No thank you or nothing.
I am Asian and have traveled to many Asian countries, yet I have never experienced this bad of customer service.
Food: The green papaya salad was not good or tasty at all--it was bland and flavorless even though I asked for spicy and sour.
Next time I will buy my own ingredients to make green papaya salad :)
Some of the best Thai in Rochester.
Not impressed whit the food and they little rude.
Has the atmosphere of a Chinese buffet. Food is not that great.
Ordered brown rice and Massaman chicken curry. The food arrived. I look at the chicken dish, no potatoes, and an integral ingredient of Massaman curry is potato. And instead of brown rice, white rice is placed on the table. I asked the server if this was the Massaman chicken I ordered? He said yes. Thereโs no potatoes I replied. He checked with the chef, theyโd run out of potatoes! But, they are still selling Massaman. No offer to order something else. And he deducted the cost of the brown rice from the bill. I ate very little of a dry chicken dish. Paid the bill and left. I doubt I will return.
Extremely rude staff. Thereโs one person who picks up the call every time and he is so rude to customer, not just me but everyone who came when I was there. There are a lot other better restaurants out there.
The best Thai I've had in Rochester! No pics, sorry, the food was that good! And enough left for another meal or 2! DEFINITELY going back & will be our regular spot for Thai. EXCELLENT SERVICE!!!
Great service. Wonderful lunch selections.
Look closer : little bits/strips of hard plastic with your veggies & tofu.
Their recipes can be quite tasty, but you'd be surprised how sub-par their quality control and standards are. They've tried to elevate their cheap ingredients with ironclad recipes, and it's worked for many, but not for this one anymore.
Pay attention and you'll probably spot it.
Always excellent food, and when asking for it to be gluten free, I've never had a gluten reaction eating here.
We had great food and service! Some of the best spring rolls I have had in some time!
Looking for a Thai food in Rochester? Stop searching and visit this restaurant.
Perfect food, service, atmosphere.
Servers are professional and very friendly. Unlike some of other Asian restaurants where you can only drink ONE cup of water, they keep coming to your table and filling you water!!!
The most important part of this restaurant is the taste. It tastes very authentic, not salty and perfectly balanced flavor. Moreover, you can CHOOSE the spicy level depending on your spicy tolerance!
Tried few other restaurants but this place is the best in Rochester so far.
Great spot for different food. Service is fast pace
I have never had a bad meal here. The Tom Yum soup is delicious and I love the chicken and cashew.
Not to bad , server was very nice , gave her a great tip
Chicken Phat Thai and Seasfood Tom Yam Koong were awesome! Service was good too. We had approx. $27 for this dinner including tax which is a fair deal! Highly recommended!
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Met friends for lunch. Food was very good, and portion size was very big (you'll need a box) our server was pleasant. Will definitely return.
Excellent food! This is my favorite restaurant. I go here every year for my birthday.
Authentic Thai food very good very nice place to sit and eat
Food was bland and tasteless. The "hot and spicey" rated dish was neither hot nor spicey". Tasted like a cheap TV dinner right out of the microwave.
Service was OK. Place is very dark and the table was sticky.
Will not return.
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- 200 reviews
- 4.4 Health Rating
- Contact: +1 585-427-8090
- Website: http://www.thekingandithaicuisine.com/
- Location: 1455 E Henrietta Rd, Rochester, NY 14623, United States
- Map: 43.091333999999996, -77.611442
- Thai restaurant
- Restaurant
- Monday: 11โฏAMโ9โฏPM
- Tuesday: 11โฏAMโ9โฏPM
- Wednesday: 11โฏAMโ9โฏPM
- Thursday: 11โฏAMโ9โฏPM
- Friday: 11โฏAMโ9โฏPM
- Saturday: 12โ9โฏPM
- Sunday: 12โ9โฏPM
- Delivery: Available
- Takeaway: Available
- Dine-in: Available
- Fast service: Available
- Great tea selection: Available
- Lunch: Available
- Dinner: Available
- Solo dining: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible car park: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible seating: Available
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet: Available
- Alcohol: Available
- Beer: Available
- Cocktails: Available
- Coffee: Available
- Comfort food: Available
- Healthy options: Available
- Quick bite: Available
- Small plates: Available
- Spirits: Available
- Vegan options: Available
- Vegetarian options: Available
- Wine: Available
- Lunch: Available
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- Dessert: Available
- Seating: Available
- Bar on site: Available
- Toilet: Available
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- Accepts reservations: Available
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