One of the best Thai places I've ever been to, it's such a hole in the wall but the vibes are amazing! When you walk in there's elephants everywhere and a hint of Thai culture everywhere even at your seat. The food is always amazing, I've been here multiple times and the price is pretty reasonable esp if you come for lunch on the weekdays it's a good amount of food. The service is great also, they're always friendly and the food comes out so quick. This place never disappoints, I definitely recommend anyone in the area to try this place! read more

Elephant Cafe - Crunchy belly & Papaya Salad (ig: jkfoodandeats) - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

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Love this place! The food is always so yummy and service is always great. I think they may have changed owners but the food and drinks are still great! read more

Yummmmm!! I love Thai food and yelped Thai and found this spot and omg was it delicious!!!!! Service was soooo sweet!! Parking is easy!!! Prices are great!! I can't say enough great words about this restaurant! I've already been twice and each time just as delicious!! I definitely recommend this spot if looking for a delicious meal and quiet restaurant read more

Highly recommend their lunch special. Decent price and foods are delicious. We order a fried banana for dessert, not bad, very crispy outside. read more

Elephant Cafe - (Lunch Special) Green Curry (Lunch Special) Pad Kee Mao Noodle - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

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Not good. Had the pad tai... I'm sorry, it was not good at all. Place felt dirty and there were flies. I hate to be so judgmental. I just wasn't happy there! read more

Best Thai Food in the Mission Viejo area. Quality ingredients, inspired recipes, and generous portions. I highly recommend Elephant Cafe whenever you have a hankering for delicious Thai cuisine. read more

I love Thai Food and I was craving it several weeks ago so I decided to order it for dinner. Papaya salad was the worst salad I ever had. It's not the typical papaya salad I'm used to from Thai restaurants. I was very disappointed. Pad Thai was for my BF and he said it was just okay. I had the Eggplant stir fry and it was also just okay. I've had better. This place definitely did not satisfy my Thai Food craving. I was shocked to have had this experience since it's 4 stars on Yelp! read more

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Great quality Thai food! I love the Tom Kha and ordering is always a cinch. Awesome customer service and my deliveries are always quick and fresh. I always get what I want when I have special requests like extra broth with a minimal additional charge. I also love the mango sticky rice and boba tea! I highly recommend this authentic Thai cuisine. read more

Authentic Thai cuisine, reasonable price and well served friendly staff. Eggplant dish& Padthai my favorite

Great service, our host was Andy, he was extremely respectful, funny and fast. The food was delicious, I was here for the first time with my extended family and they all loved it. read more

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This is a great place with all these delicious food. Loved to go to this place. Nice people and seat arrangements are comfortable.

We've been coming here on a monthly basis. The food is good. But the service is just okay, as is the wait time after the order has been placed. What really sucks is how filthy the men's bathroom is. The urinal is out of order. How long would it take to get a plumber in to replace it? This place is always busy but I'm not coming back anytime soon until the bathroom is repaired! read more

I don't know why I ever venture elsewhere when I crave Thai. Their prices are amazing for the portion and delicious quality. Every dish we've ever ordered has been extremely flavorful. On weekdays, they have a lunch special available for both takeout and dine in for $11 which includes and entree, a side of rice, a salad and a small soup. You really can't beat it. The one dish I absolutely HAVE to order is their Tom Yum soup in the large size. read more

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The only Thai place we go to now! Service is friendly and very quick. Restaurant ambiance is welcoming and calming. Food is absolutely delicious. read more

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This place was amazing I recommend. I can't wait to be back in Irvine just to visit this place again, the food was absolutely delicious. Service was very fast and friendly. read more

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Stopped by for lunch and think I've found my go-to Thai restaurant! The restaurant was very homey and had the most delicious Thai cuisine that I have had in the Orange County area. Can't recommend this place enough given their amazing flavor, large portions, and friendly service. The dishes I tried were the tom kha soup, the panang curry with pork, and the pad kee mao with chicken. The tom kha soup was really flavorful, a bit sour, sweet, and savory. There were tons of veggies in the soup and the small was definitely a great sharing size for 2 people, especially if you want to share and try a few different dishes. The panang curry was very creamy and well-balanced, and the mild spice level was not spicy at all. It was surprisingly very different than the panang curries I have tried in the Irvine/Tustin area and tasted so much better. Finally, the pad kee mao was sweet and savory. The noodles were perfectly cooked, not too soft or broken up. The servers were very friendly and came to check in on us often! I think this would be a great place for vegetarians since all of the dishes can come without meat and they taste delicious with or without meat. Also, on weekdays, excluding holidays, they have an $11 lunch special where you can get an entree, soup, salad, and rice. I can't wait to return the next time I have a Thai food craving and looking forward to trying the mango sticky rice. read more

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Quarantined but craving pad Thai, and lucky for us Elephant Cafe is free delivery on Uber Eats! The food came 15 min faster than estimated, and the restaurant got all our customizations correct. Pad Thai - 3/5 it was just ok, not as flavorful as I had imagined? The meat was kind of dry as well. We got a mild and a medium, both were pretty spicy! Portion is pretty big and decent, enough for a second meal. Thai tea - 4/5 not the best I've ever had but it fulfilled my craving. Chicken Skewer - 4/5 pretty good! This was pretty tender and the sauce it came with enhanced the flavors. It is pretty pricey, $8 for 4 skewers. read more

Elephant Cafe - Pork pad Thai delivery - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

Great value. Good food! The pad Kee mao was spicy in a good way and the salad was simple but fresh and tasty. Excellent value to the lunch special! read more

Fav local Thai place. Delicious Pad Thai Noodle and Tom Yum Noodle Soup! Super nice staff.

Service was good , nice atmosphere, the food was just ok. Based on the pix that were posted, I expected more with regards to presentation . I'd give the one more try when I'm in town. read more

I love Thai food, and this was some of the best I've ever had. Good size portions, affordable prices, and BIG flavor. The staff and environment is also very nice, 10/10 recommend! read more

Food and service were excellent! Authentic Thai food in OC. It's a cute little family restaurant.

This place is decorated with the Thai authentic style. The service is great with friendly staffs. We ordered the pad Thai, Kao Pa (basil leaves with Beef) - which turns out to be our favourite. The Tom Yam soup is missing the mark a little bit. But we will come back again! read more

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We recently moved and this has become our go-to restaurant for Thai food. The service is always fast and very friendly! We have never eaten in, so we cannot speak about the ambiance when eating here, but we always love coming here to pick up our food! read more

This place is amazing! I love elephants and they had quite a lot! The food was delicious! I had pumpkin tofu curry and my boyfriend had the cashew chicken. We started with egg rolls-crispy and soo good! The service is great! Very attentive and very nice! I don't live close to this restaurant, if I did-I would be a regular!! I will make a special trip very soon! read more

Some family was visiting me from out of town and I decided to take them to Elephant Cafe as they wanted to try Thai food. We ordered pad Thai, red curry chicken, green curry chicken, cashew chicken, and ginger fish. They used to offer free Thai iced tea with check in several years back, but that is no longer the case. Pad Thai chicken ($11) - This consisted of stir fried rice noodles, eggs, bean sprouts, green onions, and tender pieces of chicken. It was so flavorful, delicious, and one of the best versions of pad Thai that I have tried. Ginger Fish ($13) - This came with a few pieces of lightly fried fish stir fried with some Asian vegetable. The fish wasn't as crispy as I was hoping for nor was the quantity of fish plentiful. Taste wise this dish was just ok. Green Curry Chicken ($11) - Elephant job does an amazing job with their curry dishes. This green curry dish had a thick consistency, flavorful, and had a nice kick to it. It consisted of egg plants, bell peppers, bamboo, basil, green bean, and chicken. This dish as well as the red curry chicken dish were my favorites. Red Curry Chicken ($11) - This dish was prepared with bell peppers, bamboo, basil, green beans, zucchini in a coconut milk based red curry sauce. It was delicious! Cashew Chicken ($11) - This was a stir fried chicken dish with cashew nuts, onions, and bell peppers. It was ok taste wise. Overall the food tasted great, especially the curry dishes and the pad Thai. The prices are reasonable and the service is on point. This is a great place to go to get Thai food in south Orange County. read more

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Very good。 I like the Pad Thai, Tom Yum Soup, Tom Yum noodles. The shrimps are very fresh and delicious. Good service, Highly recommended

Exotic food great quality and taste so good. Aleays come back again and again. Very close to our place and very convenient

Food: I L.O.V.E their food! They have the perfect amount of spice, flavor and is really enjoyable. I love their red curry the most! Service: I love the service there! On the phone, my family accidently said "fried rice" instead of red surry, and the woman on the phone was really patient with us! :D Ambiance: The atmosphere really fits the name, I love all the elephant decor! This place is one of the best thai food places I have been too! read more

Wow! Their pad kee mao and yellow curry were flavorful and arrived warm. I will definitely be ordering takeout again from Elephant Cafe next time I'm in Irvine. read more

Elephant Cafe - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

3.5 I ordered drunken noodles and pad see ew for delivery from DD. The drinken noodles were super flavorful and the noodles are perfectly cooked. I got Medium spicy and it was wayyyyyy too spicy and I can usually handle spice. The pad see ew was also pretty flavorful and cooked well. I wish they used the chinese broccoli instead of the regular broccoli though. Overall, it's better than other Thai places I've tried in the area but nowhere near good Thai food I've had in the Bay Area. read more

Hands down, best yellow curry I've ever eaten, and that includes in Thailand (the country itself). It has the perfect blend of spices, and not too many strange, questionable vegetables that make a man go, "Hmmm." The meat is high quality and plentiful, but I've also ordered it without meat, and it was just as good. The service is wonderful here as well. I've been on the hunt for a great Thai food place when I'm visiting my second home in OC, and by golly, I've finally found it! Now you just need to open an Elephant Cafe in LA. ;) Keep up the great work! Love, Pro Reviewer Chen read more

Ordered takeout via Uber Eats and was pleasantly surprised at how authentic everything tasted! The green curry was a flavor bomb packed with sweet, spicy, and umami notes. Sooo good, I just wished the portion size was larger. The chicken pad thai had just the right amount of sweetness, but I was missing the acidity to cut through it -- a lime wedge would've sufficed. As for the crying tiger, it was marinated and cooked well. Don't even get me started on the dipping sauce, literally umami central... I wish I ordered more food to try, but there's always next time!! read more

Elephant Cafe - Green Curry, Pad Thai Noodles, & Crying Tiger - Thai Near Me - Lake Forest, California

The best Thai in SoCal! The food is great, they have lots of veggie options and they're careful with diet restrictions. The staff are such lovely, polite people. An absolute favorite! read more

Always wondered what this place was like. We stopped in for lunch and was pleasantly surprised. Great food and friendly service. We both had lunch specials which came with soup, salad and rice. Mom had the sweet and sour chicken and I had the Pad Thai with tofu. Everything was very flavorful. I will be back to try something different. read more

What an awesome find! We stumbled across Elephant cafe on Uber eats, after a long day on the road. We ordered on the app and then called the restaurant to confirm dietary restrictions and make a request on one of the dishes that we forgot to put in the comments. They were super gracious and accommodated our request. The food was well packed and super delicious. We had the fried rice, massaman curry and papaya salad. All three were amazing, but the papaya salad was the best of the three. We will definitely go back when we are in the area again. read more

Decent place! The interior is cute, the service is speedy, the food is tasty, and the environment is easy going. They have a $9 lunch special which caught our attention! Basically it's your choice of entree, with rice, soup, and a small salad. It's worth the price! Its located in a strip mall, and although the outside looks a little flimsy.. the entior is cute and comfy! You'll forget where you are! Its next to a few busy streets too which you forget about. We enjoyed our food and experience here. Thank you! read more

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Wonderful spot that has put its spirit into the food and the decorations. Would recommend to stop by for Thai Food! Had my usual green curry which hit the spot and was loaded with flavor and meat/veggies. read more

My go-to local Thai restaurant for so many years. Consistently delicious food and service. Also love the ambiance and vibe of the restaurant. read more

I love this place. I tend to order the spicy Basil chicken and pad Thai. Both are delicious. I have eaten in and also ordered take out. Ambiance is cozy and casual. My favorite "go to" place for Thai food. read more