Came here to do takeout and also host a small going away party. Working with manager, Noon and waiter, Paul was sooo easy and smooth. The restaurant is pretty much split into 2 sections (1 with a piano and future patio and a large tree going through the roof, and another where the kitchen is located). We had about 20 people and they were all spread out to the normal table setup, but at least we had that area reserved. There were friends sitting on tables of 2-8, but we were able to get up and talk stories with others. All my friends loved what they ordered. My wife and I ordered the Nam Tok Beef Salad (not the normal dish that I normally see, but delicious), Duck Curry (soooo yummy), Seafood Tom Yum Soup (sooo yummy), and Fried Fish in Red Curry sauce (one of my favorite dishes). Overall, the prices are reasonable and the Thai food is authentic. The fresh mango sticky rice was good and the banana tapioca was green and different, but super deliciously sweet. You can BYOB at this restaurant too. The parking lot in the back of the restaurant is super small (8 stalls) and tight. I was told you can either park on the street or park in the little structure next door on the 2nd floor of Kokua Care after 7pm. The staff were fast and very helpful. Noon coordinated the menu and orders and made the party run real smooth. I provided the orders in advance and she did all the preparations and Paul was working on the floor solo just going back and forth delivering and taking orders. read more

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I understand the whole thai thing with sitting on the floor to eat. However, chairs were invented for a reason and if u are gonna have couch sitting at least make it comfortable. Took forever to get seated in an empty restaurant. Food did not come out together. I got pad Thai with beef but I think they cook all the pad Thai together cuz I had bits of tofu and chicken in my food. Food was alright but I won't be coming back. If ur desperate to get a taste of Thailand you might wanna spend ur money on a flight to that actually country and not here. read more

#grateful I come to the Red Elephant very often. It is a woman owned and operated business and the food is amazing. There is free parking in the back and extra parking next door after 7 PM every day. Make sure you check out their Instagram, where they will have more current information. BYOB! Meaning bring your own beer or liquor or whatever! read more

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Horrible service young girl was filled w attitude when we did takeout. We always got another place in market city. I thought we'd give this place a try. Not my fav - outside lanai is beautiful to sit and eat outside. Food was ok nothing spectacular. Broccoli was yellow in parts read more

Such a cute spot. Parking is tough, but they have overflow at mathnasium next door. We sat outside this time, which was cool on a hot day. Yummy curries and waitstaff was helpful. read more

Great service and wonderful food. Thai food is authentic and can be hot or mild. Wide ranging menus and the staff is very knowledgeable. read more

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This is the best thai restaurant in Hawaii. Everything is so good. We come here at least once a week

Ordered takeout. So good. Solid Thai food. Great flavor. I drive past this place all the time and am endlessly curious. Next time will be dine-in. read more

This is a cute spot for Thai in Kaimuki. The parking lot is located down the long driveway right in front of the restaurant. We ended up ordering the Spring rolls and Thai yellow curry for takeout. The food was hot and fresh and was still hot when we arrived home. It was packaged really well and I was super pleased because curry in the wrong takeout container can be such a mess. Portions are huge and 1 curry order is more then enough for 2 people. Spring rolls were a bit over cooked but presented beautifully with lots of lettuce, mint, diced carrots and cabbage. Rice is sold separately by the scoop which I thought was a little weird. Service was quick and accurate and it's a solid choice. read more

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It took 75 minutes to get 3 items cooked after they quoted a 40 minute wait. Papaya salad 4/5 Crab curry 4/5 Fried fish with garlic 3/5 read more

My first time here. Everything we ordered was so delicious. It was the perfect lunch for all of us. Thank you for a great lunch! We will be back. read more

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We ordered the Tom Ka, Papaya salad, Spring Rolls and Chicken Pad Prik King., it all came piping hot quick and delicious. The service was excellent, it wasn't very busy when we got here but that's soon changed. I would recommend anyone looking for authentic Thai in Honolulu stop by the red elephant while you're here! There is a parking lot but it's kind of small you can also park up the street ...easy access. read more

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My favorite Thai place. The owner is really nice and friendly. The food is always good here, no matter what I have tried. The place has a nice feel to it with some Thai decorations. read more

Red Elephant & Thairish Cuisine - Pork Jerky, Cucumber Salad, and Pad Kee Mao - Thai Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

This is my first experience dining at Red Elephant. The restaurant is on Waialae Avenue. The parking first of all is right behind the restaurant. I went for lunch and there were a few spots open. The entrance is at the front of the restaurant. I was not sure what to order but I decided on the Tom Yum Soup and asked for mild. Of the restaurants where I have eaten Tom Yum, this one was the tastiest. It was so good. I will order it spicy the next time. I like the feel of the restaurant because it feels very open and airy. I'll be back to try another soup and noodles. read more

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Sooooo good! Customer service was great for take out on a busy Saturday night. This placed saved our night after a huge FUBAR at the other Thai restaurant down the road called Thai Issac ( see my review of that sheet show) . We called and our order was ready in 10 mins even if they quoted 15. Customer service at pick up was friendly and quick despite how busy it was in there. We ordered 6 of the same exact items and it came out to be less than the other place. I love Thai/Laotian food and I have tried the "real stuff" at my Thai/Laotian at their homes where their moms cooked it. So I know what's good when I see it. This place is GOOD. The only thing was the green curry was just slightly saltier than I would have preferred but nobody in my family thought the same. Eat here. Parking is kinda tricky tho because they have a small parking lot in back that looks like it's connected to Teapresso Bar so do yourself a favor and park across the street at Times. This place looks like a converted home ( old NANIKYUYA back in the day) but inside was so darn cute and eclectic. read more

Food was great! Service was mid. The sweet and sour fish is incredible! We got a medium and it was spicyyyyyy mango sticky rice was sooooo good read more

Gave this restaurant a try again after last bad experience. The price is higher and food portions are very small this round. All the appetizers are frozen food being cooked and served such as chicken wings, spring rolls, fried tofu. Ordered 10+ dishes and only 2 are tasty. Curry is too watery. read more

Cool decor and mixed indoor/outdoor dining space, but food and service was on the mediocre side. Their menu was a typical/standard Thai menu offering. Everything seemed under seasoned/flavored. The shrimp in the Thai Fried Rice also seemed to even be undercooked. The green curry seemed a bit more on the watery side versus being a creamier curry. Stir fry basil was okay. Summer rolls were run of the mill. Chicken Satay was alright. Pad Thai had a different thickness/width of the rice noodles and was also missing a dimension of acidity. Similar for the drunken noodles. One thing to note is that the parking is in the back! Might be hard for folks to find read more

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Everything about this place was great!! Had dinner with a friend after looking on Yelp for Thai food and came across this place. This was around the time when COVID just began and although there were only two people working, we could see they were trying their best to provide the best food and service possible. The food was authentic and they had such a wide variety to select from. We definitely were not disappointed and we enjoy supporting small business such as this. Thank you to the staff! read more

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Parking entrance on side of restaurant is narrow. Arrived at 4:50 pm. 6 stalls were available. Also a few parking spots next door on right side. We were greeted by a lovely lady with a warm smile. Bench style seats were very comfortable. Water and menus were brought to us immediately. Excellent service. Food was delicious. Very nice dining experience. We will be back. read more

The next time you're in Honolulu and you want to get out of the Waikiki tourist hell trap, take a quick Uber over the Palolo neighborhood. Just say NO to The Cheesecake Factory! This is a very cute little family-owned spot with friendly staff and great food and within walking distance is the Kaimuik neighborhood. I've been here at least six times and everything I've eaten so far was AMAZING!! read more

Red Elephant Thai Cuisine may have some great variety of Thai food and a "chillin" vibe but I'm deducting 1-star for their nonchalant service, rather a lack of decent customer service and speed. RETC customers' servicing skills needs some sharpening to earn another star in my book. Food-wise, RETC deserves a 4-star so my 3-star deduction is mainly due to servicing issues. Anyhoo, I will probably only return to RETC if my friends insist on returning. The unfortunate thing was the fact that we decided to try this restaurant after reading good Yelp reviews. We figured, during this pandemic period and the day after Thanksgiving, crowds will probably be very thin. Upon arrival at 2 PM which is well after the lunch rush, we spotted only 1 couple in the entire restaurant and us three. Five patrons should be easy but I guessed not since the waitstaff who serviced us turned out to be the owner. I felt like we were made to feel like we were bothering her for coming to eat at her restaurant. Maybe we were bothering her nap time or something. The weird thing is her manager was much friendlier and "happy to serve". On top of that, service was excruciatingly slow from the owner and she rarely returned to our table to check on things. She only came back toward the end of our meal to refilled water. Thank goodness the manager showed up to take our dessert order. Now moving onto the food. Compliments to the chef for excellent dishes whereas the 4th dish was due to no fault of the chef but the seafood size selection. Cellophane noodle salad tasted nice and refreshing, albeit overwhelmed by too many raw red onions. Best dish had to be the boneless fried fish (beautifully criss-crossed cut) with garlic its wonderful sauce making it quite addicting. Crab curry stir-fry was tasty, savory and the delicious sauce goes so well on sticky rice. Crab could have used a little more cooking time but it will do. Lastly, the clam stir-fry was so so since they used miniature clams. You could tell time was well spent on creating the sauteed (oyster) sauce filled the entire plate and making it "lickable". Picture depicted in menu showed large white clams though. To end the meal with sweets, we ordered 2 (unfamiliar to us) desserts not commonly found in many of the local Thai restaurants. Blackberry rice with taro and shredded young coconut was excellent. I've never had this dessert combo before and was really glad we tried it. However, I really enjoyed the Thai traditional stewed pumpkin (cooked in coconut milk) enough to attempt making it on my own anytime soon. While the menu looks quite enticing for future visit(s), I'm just not so sure if I want to return. Coming from a customer's point of view, I don't want to frequent nor enable "lackadaisical" service nor attitudes from staff members and especially from owners. Why do I need to pay to feel like I'm bothering someone? I am fully aware of the restaurant's cool and zen-like vibes they've managed to create from a plain residential house. Ambiance cannot and should not overcome customer service. Great food and decent customer service are the 2 main ingredients required for repeat (and not exclusively IMO) patrons. If I want to have decent customer service or rather lack of, I can stay home to achieve "no cost-no customer service". Parking, at least, is decent in the number of slots, located in the back of the restaurant. read more

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Ordered takeout which was promptly ready by the time they gave me over the phone. Parking is available but limited. Ordered duck curry, ginger stir fry and one order of sticky rice. Everything was very tasty! Duck curry was the best I've ever had. Portions were less than expected - no left overs between my husband and I. Value was 4/5 - duck curry really saved it. About $50 for the 3 items! read more

food was same price as other restaurants and smaller than half portion size also flavors were just not there we went because of reviews but were sadly disappointed read more

FYI there's no ac here. Curry was very good. Pad Thai was meh tho. Service was great. If you look like Peter griffin ya probably going sweat here, there's rotating fan tho. Parking in the back. read more

The food was authentic, fresh and so very tasty. I liked the semi-open air environment leaving the ambiance perfect for the Thai food we enjoyed. Not to mention from our entry into the establishment, the friendly staff was very attentive and professional. What a great dining experience! read more

The food and service is always great. The restaurant has a nice atmosphere. Highly recommend.

I like to believe that COVID has been both a blessing and a curse in my life. Curses: - beloved businesses closing permanently :-( - businesses closing earlier - not being able to travel Blessings: - new opportunities have brought me to where I am today - I've been able to stay home and spend more time with my immediate family - I've been taking up running to get away from my immediate family when they drive me crazy - running has allowed me explore my community more - I've been able to find new small businesses in my community while trying to escape my family - I discovered Red Elephant Thai while on a run - Red Elephant Thai is open until late during stay-at-home orders During these very uncertain times, one thing has been certain for me, Red Thai Elephant is my newest quarantine/pandemic obsession. This not so hidden gem is located right on Waialae Ave, you cant miss it. Red Thai Elephant literally looks like a Red Thai Elephant. It's a huge building and its exterior is painted bright red. The food itself was super yummy--eating it reminded me of the food my Thai friends used to cook. The papaya salad was fishy, tart, and crunchy, just the way I like it. Green curry, phenomenal. It was creamy, spicy but not too spicy, and overall my favorite out of everything. The pad Thai was great, and I loved all of the extra bean sprouts and veggies. The pork ginger stir fry was yummy and if I wasn't so full, I'm pretty sure I would've eaten it all by myself. The staff was friendly and the service was extra quick. We called in our order ahead of time so our pick-up was quick grab (pay) and go. Will I be doing more running to get away from my family? Maybe... will I be eating at Red Thai Elephant more often? Absolutely! read more

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Friendly and efficient staff. Take out not very big portions, but very tasty and authentic.

For those of you that don't know my wife and I live in Honolulu Hawaii, not far from the world famous Waikiki Beach. Second to be able to walk to Kaimana Beach Park, which is our favorite beach in all of Hawaii is the access we have to great local restaurants. We love Thai because of all of the flavor that vegetables add. Then there's the spice, we love the heat! We recently discovered that there was a new Thai Restaurant in town and couldn't wait to check it out. Thai Restaurants don't get more authentic than Red Elephant. We met the owner whose family owns several Thai Restaurants in Thailand and she shared her story with us. She moved to Hawai'i and wanted to share her families recipes and open her restaurant. The food is amazing, the atmosphere is uniquely Kaimuki and it is BYOB. We didn't take many food pictures, but we posted a video on our YouTube channel! Check it out! https://youtu.be/h0rlIHHcIEs read more

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Ordered 4 items: Chicken Pad Thai, Chicken Pad See Ew, Cashew Chicken and Fried Fish with Curry. Really good flavors but see the amount of protein in each dish. Red circles. read more

Red Elephant & Thairish Cuisine - Chicken Pad Thai, Chicken Pad See Ew. See the amount of protein in each dish. Red circles. - Thai Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Husband drove by and we decided to check out the new spot on Waialae. The restaurant is very nice to be in and they did a nice renovation. I got Tom yum soup because I was in AC all day and craving something warm. It was the best broth I've ever had. Ever. It was so incredible. For dessert we had the mango sticky rice that was absolutely delicious and the mango was so fresh! Tasted like a Kaimuki mango! Yum! However the wait time for food was pretty long. It was worth the wait but I'm sure part of that is that they're just getting started. I didn't knock a star off because I figure that's expected of a new place. Can't wait to come when the pandemic dies down for a family dinner so we can order more food and get to try a little of everything. read more

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What a great little Thai restaurant! Excellent food, the medium heat was a little hot for me, but that was expected. We had the Panang curry, which had great flavor, along with the pad Thai. Love the charming decor in this open air restaurant. The tiny parking lot behind the restaurant might be the limiting factor. Highly recommended. Best Thai food we've had in a while. read more

You see it, but yet you don't stop check what it is, not to worry i did it for you. Parking in the rear about 6-8 stalls and .2 on the side the building as you enter. Down home feeling as you enter the dining room area, Outdoor dining available as well, greeting with a warm smile and felt at home. Fish curry was not like the pictured displayed i like my skin golden brown, but it was delish to say the least plentiful portion of fresh veggies and fish curry. Beef salad ordered medium with plenty of onions and side of cucumber which i needed to scale back the heat, freshness is the key here and it shows. Corn salad blew me away, i hate veggies but this dish i could eat everyday, simple hand picked farm to table. Loved it read more

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It's you're looking for authentic Thai food this is your place to go. Located right across the times on Waialae is where you would find This restaurant. You won't miss it because it's the only red building. The only down side to their location is the parking situation. Not quite sure if they have parking in the back but we were lucky to find a spot to the side of the restaurant. They have indoor and outdoor sitting. I think there is one table where you actually sit cross cross on a pillow. Very nice outdoor seating area with a tree going through the ground up to the roof. I love Pad Kee Mao and I would always try to find the best places on the island with it. I must say this is actually the best place you can get it. I've tried other well known restaurants but I don't get that full flavor and the aromatics like this place. Def a place to check out if you are in the area! read more

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Soft opening for this Thai place that over the previous Thai place that was here. They renovated and looks quite lovely inside. The lanai area is decorated in a Thai style and looks inviting. The food we ordered was flavorful. Although because it's a soft opening they didn't have some of their more interesting menu items yet like the fried rice salad. Also there was a looooong delay to get our takeout food. But the flavor was good enough that I'm definitely gonna go back once they get their bearings. We got the crispy tofu appetizer with peanut sauce - the tofu itself is fine but the sauce was excellent; like a salty homemade chunky peanut butter. We got the pork spare ribs soup called Tom Saep Moo. This was good not a huge different from Tom Yum; maybe less sour and the broth was more meaty. Our fave was the cashew nut stir fry that we got with chicken. Flavorful and delicious. Got pad kee mao drunken noodles which was spicy but not overwhelmingly so and had lots of veggies. Enjoyed that a lot. Wanted to get deep fried fish with garlic but they didn't have. The hub ordered sweet and sour fish which was fine but nothing special. And in fact just tasted like regular sweet and sour anything. Which I actually don't like. Anyhow, despite the 1 hour wait for our food beyond the agreed pick up time, it was excellent. Will give them another chance once they get into a groove. read more

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Food was fantastic, once we got our food. Do not, I repeat do not order online. Put in an online order, food should have been ready in 30 minutes. Got to the restaurant in 30 minutes but they did not have our order. Then she checked the IPad and said "oh". Then put in the order to the kitchen. Sat in the parking lot for 1/2 hour.... Then when we finally got our food, no apology given. Will be a long time before we go back, if ever. read more

First of all, the ambiance of this place is super cute and the service was good. The food was also good but the portion is smaller than the other Thai restaurants I've been to. read more

The food here was surprisingly very good! We had the Penang curry with sticky rice and papaya salad. Definitely better than Bangkok Chef. Dining area is open and the lighting is very dim. If you are a critter or lizard freak, you may not like this setting. read more

My favorite Thai place! Everything I've tried there so far has been delicious. I've tried the yellow and red curries, crunchy tofu, and the fried noodles. My favorites are the meant curry and the beef noodles (the chow fun looking ones.) The service is great and I love sitting to the left when you walk in, where it is semi outdoor seating. I can't wait to go back! read more