King & I Sushi & Thai Restaurant

King & I Sushi & Thai Restaurant sits on NW 77th Court in the western part of Miami Lakes, in a small commercial cluster near NW 154th Street that also includes Mayor’s Cafe and Golden Corner nearby. Directory categorization places it under sushi and Japanese cuisine, with Thai food folded into the same concept, a combined sushi-and-Thai format that is a well-established independent restaurant category across South Florida, letting a single kitchen serve both cuisines to a broader range of customers than either alone.

Directory data shows the restaurant with a notably long run, listed at roughly thirty-nine years in operation. If that figure is accurate, King & I would be among the oldest continuously operating independent restaurants in Miami Lakes, with roots reaching back to well before the town’s incorporation in 2000 and its formal Main Street redevelopment. A customer comment captured in a business directory calls the food “delicious” and the sushi among the best the reviewer has had, phrasing from an individual review rather than an independently substantiated claim.

The combined sushi-and-Thai format, common at independent Asian restaurants throughout the region, typically offers a menu covering both raw fish preparations and cooked Thai dishes like curries, pad thai, and stir-fries, giving diners flexibility within a single visit. Given Miami Lakes’ relatively small number of dedicated Asian restaurants compared to its many Cuban and Latin American options, King & I represents one of the more established choices in that category, alongside Thai Cafe on Main Street and 107 Taste nearby.

This stretch of NW 77th Court, near the Royal Oaks area and NW 154th Street, forms its own small commercial pocket somewhat apart from Main Street, giving residents in the western part of Miami Lakes an Asian dining option closer to home.

Specific current hours, a detailed current menu, and ownership background beyond directory listings and a brief customer comment were not independently verifiable. Anyone planning a visit should call ahead to confirm current hours before making the trip to this stretch of NW 77th Court, since directory-sourced hours for a restaurant with this long a stated history may not reflect any more recent changes in ownership or operations.

A restaurant that has reportedly operated in Miami Lakes for close to four decades would have witnessed the town’s entire transformation, from a still-developing 1960s-era master-planned community through its 2000 incorporation and subsequent Main Street redevelopment, all from the same stretch of NW 77th Court. Whether or not that specific directory-reported figure is fully precise, a restaurant with that kind of reported tenure represents one of the more historically significant independent dining spots in western Miami Lakes.