The Elephant Thai Cuisine
Chuck Blatt · 392 Google reviewsThe Elephant Thai Cuisine — a thai spot in Jefferson Park. Friendly team that sets the tone, and BYOB. "The texture of the noodles is perfect and the sauce is a good mixture of sweet and savory" — Randall Almazan [$$]
What 296 diners keep saying
What 296 diners keep saying
verbatim, from Google
“Thai Iced Tea is 10/10 here. Food was really good too.”
“Although I think the food is tasty and the spice level is spot on, the two biggest things holding this from being 5 star: 1) The portion sizes are not adequate for the price paid. In my picture, there are two dishes: A) Basil stir fry B) panang curry The two small white cartons are the small rice portions served with the dish. I ordered through grubhub, and by the end of it, each dish was about $18 each. For $18, at the bare minimum regarding portion size, these two small cartons of rice should be for one dish instead of one small carton each dish. 2) the curry itself is a bit more on the soupy side than I would like. A slightly thicker consistency would have been nice and complimented what little rice was received. Would love to come in person here at some point, but the business needs to do something about portion sizes first.”
“It is NOT a dine in restaurant. We came in for a sit down lunch but it turned out to be a take out restaurant. The owner (I assumed) was super friendly who allowed us to sit and eat with our to go order. The food- it was not too too bad but for the price, it should be better. We had appetizer sampler and it was like from the frozen market. Tamarind was lacking in the pad thai and pad see ewe.”
“STAY AWAY FROM THIS BAD THAI. I went to the Elephant because of its good Google reviews. Paid parking was available in front of the restaurant. I asked the lady at the cash register what had been recently cooked. She did not know and asked me if I wanted noodles or rice. I chose noodles and ordered Pad See Ewe, which tasted burned, as if it was cooked at a very high heat. I returned it, and they offered to make a new one. The menu has nine lunch specials, but she didn’t mention them. It also has special combinations that were never brought up. The newly cooked Pad See Ewe was better than the first, but the pasta still only mediocre in taste and the few pieces of chicken tasted old. Can restaurants use fresh ingredients, take their time to cook them properly, and train their staff to sell their best dishes? Terrible experience at the Elephant Thai Cuisine, but cute elephants on the walls. I do not recommend this place, $24 for a meal that ends up in the garbage. Inedible.”
“The food was not up to the standard of Thai food I know. Pad Thai is missing the key pad Thai ingredient which was the tamarind. Thus the pale pad thai. The Pad see eww got the smoky taste but the flavor was ok. It was more of a wet pad see eww. This was probably my least enjoyable visit to a Thai restaurant.”
“Ordered the panang curry and it gave me diarrhea for two days ): Also ordered the thai iced tea and it was too sweet. Food is tasty but overseasoned and definitely cross-contaminated. Not fresh. Gut noises and stomach churning, sorry, but a no from me.”
“Great food. Love their homemade crab ration and eggs rolls.”
“This little diner/ carry out is the perfect spot to enjoy your favorite Thai food. The cashew chicken, WOW! Though there is plenty on the menu to pick from. (Edamame, spring rolls, chicken satay ... our favorite appetizers) Oh! and the owner, Ann she is so polite and friendly. If you live in the area, stop in”
“I have loved this restaurant from it's first location to it's current spot. The food is amazing - always fresh and beautiful”
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