Elephant Thai Cuisine

We had the Chicken Feet Salad and Pampa(Fried Tilapia fish). Food was very delicious. Pampa dish: The fish we had could of been bigger, but we probably just got a small one from the batch. The sause for it is more on the sweet side, still good, prefer it to be more sour and spicy side. Lots of veggies! Which is great. Chicken Feet Salad: Right sour, sweet, and spice. Comes with kapoon noodles. Atmosphere is clean, nice black and white contrast with a beautiful display of an elephant and a decorative wall display. Staffs are very nice and friendly. Would definitely come back again.

First two pics are from my 1st time I had of the best sesame chicken I’ve ever had. Third pic is from my second time and the chicken I received was completely disgusting and burnt.definitely not sesame chicken. Please keep same consistency. I’ve been raving abt this place nonstop to all my coworkers and now I’m super disappointed.

Great broth in the Thai Boat Noodle! Mmmm…it wasn’t even what I picked for an entree but my reluctant partner didn’t mind me slurping up all the good tasting broth! The Spring Rolls were a little different (spices/ingredients inside) but still were a tasty treat! Good portion sizes, so we were able to bring some noodles home for later! Atmosphere was nice, just a little loud at lunchtime.

Awesome service and clean!!! I purchase a lot of pad Thai with chicken. Chicken was a bit bland but plenty of chunks. I think the grill is shared with fish, didn’t care for the taste at first. My noodles were orange and a little drippy which I am not used too. I got a 4.5 out of 5 for spice and that was perfect. The amount If food was plenty. I don’t think I will be ordering this specific dish again, but there are plenty of other food that looked tasty.

Service was quick until towards the end when we were done. We asked for take home containers so we could pack our leftovers home and our check, the waitress said ok and was gone forever. We saw that she continued to serve other people while we wait. Finally she got back after a while and did apologized for taking long. Food: we got the raw laab, eggrolls, papaya, combo pho, and sticky rice. Raw laab was decent, more on the sour side, but a lot better than some places that I’ve been to. Eggrolls, very crispy, good size (comes in 4pcs), didn’t see any meat, all I saw was veggies and noodles. Veggies still had a crunch to it. Flavor was a bit bland. Papaya (got the Lao style) was pretty good. Very flavorful. A lot better than most places I’ve eaten at. Large portion. Pho broth was pretty good when I took the first slurp. Good portion of noodle and meat, nothing unique about it. Pho flavor started tasting plain with no flavor as I ate more into it. Best thing I ate was the sticky rice dipped into the raw laab and papaya. Overall, food is not bad, the waitress was very friendly, decent prices for the portions that you get. Place was clean and felt like a more upscale place. Wouldn’t mind returning to try other stuff next time.

Was near Maplewood area and saw the sign. Did not know that this had opened there. I arrived and got seated within a minute or two. Ordered a Large Pho & Fried Rice. Wait time was within 10 minutes or so. Not as long as other places. Place was 1/4 or so full at the time when I dined in. About 2 PM in the afternoon. Pho broth wasn't too bad. But, one thing that I didn't like was that the noodle was still hard, so you gotta chew it. They should've let it sit longer on hot broth. Rating for the Pho that I was served was a 7/10. Would've been at least 9/10 for the Pho if the noodle wasn't hard. The Fried Rice was good, for my liking. It felt somewhat authentic to the Thailand taste, IIRC. At least, to me, it felt somewhat nostalgic eating that Fried Rice from Elephant Asian Cuisin, especially when you eat it with the moisten tomato. Would probably taste better if there was lemon, which I don't remember them serving me, it was only 1 for the Pho, IIRC. Anyway, I ordered fried rice from a few different places and they're not as nostalgia on the taste as this one for me. For that, I'll give the Fried Rice a 9/10. Took some photos of the menu & my ordered. For the Fried Rice, I would recommend going and at least trying. Maybe same for the Pho. If you feel like trying out new places, and haven't gone to this Asian place, go and try it out. EDIT #2: Went back to this place again the following week or two. Around the same time and same day of the week (Friday). I noticed only 4-5 tables with people. So, not as packed. Still same wait time for my food. Less than 10 minutes. This time, I tried the Pho (Large) and Pork Belly Laab. The Pho noodle is better this time. The right amount of softness, at least for me. Forgot to taste the broth before I added my own personal condiments to the bowl. But, tastes about the same as other Pho I had in the past, so, a 8/10. Not a huge fan of their pork belly style that they had in the Pho, that’s all. Now, the Pork Belly Laab. Honestly, I would expect Sticky Rice to go along with any type of Laab, in my personal opinion. It’s just the right combination. Sadly, they don’t serve any rice at all with the Pork Belly Laab. That, and the style, again, is not what I would personally like. I like them to be more chunky and bigger. I would rate the Pork Belly Laab at 5/10, honestly. I didn’t finish the Laab so I took it home and ate the rest later that night. All in all, this 2nd trip, I tried to time it. I probably say I’m in and out in less than half an hour lol. That’s it from me :) This is an honest review. I would honestly go back just for the Thai Boat Noodle & Fried Rice :) EDIT #3: Went back there with my siblings. There were 6 of us and we sat at the big table. Our dine in time was 1 hour before they close. There were still a lot of people, surprisingly. We browsed the menu for 5-8 minutes, wrote down all the orders. Took them less than 15 minutes, to bring out All of our orders. I did not take anymore photos, sorry. But, we did order each person an Entree and about 3 Appetizers. All in all, about 9 dish total. Most places I went to, it took at least 20 minutes, sometimes even more and those places weren’t busy as well. Bill came to almost $150. I took a look at the receipt this time and saw the “Gratuity” for $17. A lot of places are doing that now. But, it’s whatever. We were happy with our experience. No more update/edit :)

Overall, it is a fairly priced and delicious restaurant The chicken wings are a hit or miss. Some days, they're a nice red color, juicy, crispy, and some days, a little dry like some regular fried wings, but it's ok. I love their pork belly stir fry. It's so tasty and fulfilling. Their pho was good. The egg rolls were also good and it comes in 4 per order. Overall, about $50. The service was quick. About 5-10 minutes for all the food to arrive. Tasted fresh too.

Went there with a friend. We tried quite a few items. The Steak Laab wasn’t as flavorful as when I had ordered it togo prior to my dine in visit, my take out order Steak Laab did have a more flavorful taste; very similar to the seasoning you’d get at an oriental store. The Steak Laab has the texture of sheared/somewhat boiled beef. The Papaya was awesome. The flavor was limey which I loved! The papaya we ordered was no pepper. The beef Laab was good as well, we had requested to have no intestine and they had no issues with said request. The fried rice had tomato slices in which it didn’t bother me but I’d prefer it not. Still tasted really good. The jumbo Eggrolls are good as well. We had ordered 1 order each. I’d recommend if it’s just 2 people order 1. We also order a bigger plate of sticky rice. It was about $10-$11 dollars in which I forgot the price but there was a lot of sticky rice. Just for the record I continuously call and order the papaya for pick up! Their raw Laab is good as well. I’ve ordered it a few times for pick up. I do recommend if you’re in the mood for some raw Laab. Parking is aplenty. Getting in to the location is a little bothersome but it’s definitely manageable.