A trip to Thai Elephant is a short jaunt from our Paso neighborhood eateries, but a nice getaway to something different (and a much needed Yelp review!). The menu has all the usual Thai items. The gf and I opted for Green Curry (with Chicken) and Spicy Eggplant (with Shrimp) along with 2 sides of steamed rice. It was good, but not great. Green curry was flavorful, but sauce was lumpy. Eggplant was nice, but shrimp was overcooked. A little in need of a make-over (patio is in great need), but it smelled and looked clean. Very nice and sweet service. Both pluses. We'll come back again, likely, but not running. read more

Thai Elephant has a casual, welcoming atmosphere. Customers are greeted as they enter and service is prompt. Since we enjoyed our previous meal here, a return visit was in order. We began with a bowl of their delicious Tom Yum Shrimp soup, along the Combination Appetizers plate which consisted of Fresh Spring Roll, three Cheese Puffs, two Deep Fried Rolls and two Shrimp Tempura. All were excellent. For our mains, we chose the Crab Fried Rice, Chicken Yellow Curry and a Fish Yellow Curry. The Crab Fried Rice was very good but it could have had a little more crab mixed in. There was a decent amount topping the dish though. Their Yellow Curry dishes comes with potatos, carrots and onions in a yellow coconut curry that has a medium heat. Both the chicken and fish curries were very flavorful. The chicken curry had a decent portion of protein, but the fish curry was lacking. Overall, we again enjoyed our venture here with the excellent friendly service and generous portions. read more

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Came here about 6 years ago when visiting the area and we remembered it so we looked it up during our visit this month and went for dinner. We enjoyed the tasty food. The service was excellent. The interior was clean and nicely decorated. We'd come again. We ordered the pad thai noodles with chicken, pumpkin curry chicken, and eggplant chicken. All delicious! read more

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Always great! Usually order it online and pick up. But eaten in person a few times and also great :D read more

Thai Elephant Restaurant - Thai Near Me - Atascadero, California

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Elephant Thai is absolutely spectacular every single time. The food is consistently fresh, flavorful, and has the perfect balance of spice and richness. Our go-to favorites are the yellow curry chicken, the prik king chicken (better order 2) and their chicken bowls....simple and they come with 3 potstickers! We order takeout often, and it's always ready on time and just as amazing at home as it is in the restaurant. If you're craving incredible Thai food, Elephant Thai never disappoints. Highly recommend! read more

Came here 2 times 1.5 years apart. I live in SF and have had work projects down here and this was a solid Thai place. Extremely large portions and one of the best lunch specials! The pricing is so affordable and the times I've been here they are always busy and slammed with Togo orders. Just cuz it's a lunch order they don't skimp on the protein. O how i wish we had this place at home i would be a regular all the time. Will definitely be back again when im in town! Service is great super attentive pleasant and efficient. Highly recommended read more

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Wow! Ordered pad see-ew with shrimp take out tonight. The shrimp were sad looking and had an ammonia taste. I googled what would make shrimp taste like that - spoiled/bacteria. They must have known... read more

Popped in for lunch and ordered the Chicken Pad Thai and it was delicious I ordered medium spice and it was the perfect amount of spice. I ate the entire dinner portion which was a good size, overfilling really. My mom ordered the teriyaki chicken bowl and it came with broccoli and white rice. She said it was very good and also a large portion. Will definitely come back when in the area. read more

Food is amazing. Had basil Thai with chicken, eggplant with shrimp and deep fried rolls. People are very friendly and helpful. The restaurant looks great but we did takeout today. read more

First off, we've been eating at thai elephant for 18 years. They catered my son's bar mitzvah. We've always like the way they treat us when we visit for dinner. We can't go out that often but we always try and go to t e at least 5 or 6 times a year. I recommend the mango fish, crab fried rice and the yellow curry. Although everything is excellent. My wife loves the thai I ed tea. The one item you should always order is the tom ka seafood soup. Best in california. read more

Passing through and was very hungry! We wanted Thai food and found this place on Yelp (of course). It's family owned from what I could tell. Very welcoming and friendly. Staff was efficient from the moment we sat down. Took our orders and it came out within 5-10minutes. I blinked and food came out. LOL I could tell this place is a local favorite because they had a lot of takeouts waiting to be picked up. Great prices and portion-- importantly, the food tastes like authentic Thai. The people working spoke in Thai, so that's why I concluded how authentic the food tasted. Restaurant was clean and tidy. They had lots of different types of Thai decor throughout the restaurant and a big fish tank in front if I recalled correctly. This is an awesome stop for anyone who wants a hearty meal. I definitely bookmarked this for next time. read more

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I called in an order for pickup and, since they were busy, the wait time was about 30 minutes, which was understandable. I ordered the spicy noodles with shrimp, but unfortunately, the dish was disappointing. The noodles themselves were good, but there was almost no spice to them. In the past, this dish has always had a noticeable kick, so this was a letdown. The shrimp was also not up to par. The texture seemed off--it lacked the usual firm, chewy bite and tasted less fresh than expected. Based on this experience, I'll probably skip this dish in the future and may think twice before ordering from here again. read more

Ordered takeout. Food was ready fast. We ordered potstickers, Mongolian beef, chicken fried rice, and drunken noodles. All were good and large portions. read more

Thai Elephant Restaurant - Takeout drunken noodles, potstickers, Mongolian Beef, Thai Fried Rice - Thai Near Me - Atascadero, California

THREE STRIKES AND THEY ARE O-U-T!!! Service, Price, Food = AWFUL STRIKE 1: A bowl of tofu and curry soup with a side of four 3-inch egg rolls was $30!!! GTFOH!!! STRIKE 2: Food was poorly and cheaply prepared! Requested extra veggies instead of noodles and I was charged extra, plus there was hardly any tofu, and no evidence of extra veggies in the soup!!! Taste was good but portion was 100% insulting for the price. STRIKE 3: The cherry on top of this Thai-Tragedy was that this was a pickup order handed off in a tied bag: when I open the bag, there was no utensils or napkins! I had to go to another fast food place and ask for a napkins and a fork and a spoon! Save you $$ and go ANYWHERE else when in Atascadero! read more

All of their food is usually amazing. And the people who work there are lovely. Tonight, 2 out of 3 of the items I got there were blah. The fried crispy spring rolls were just flavorless and stale. I think all the restaurants here buy their spring rolls from the same food purveyor and nobody makes them homemade. You can tell they're all just kind of stale. I don't think I've had a good crispy spring roll probably since I moved here 7 years ago (Baht is the rare exception that actually has really crispy spring rolls that are flavorful imo). Also, THREE frigging spring rolls for $10?!? Highway robbery!!! Secondly, the rice ....... it seems like it should be hard to mess up. It's straight up just jasmine rice, which if you are a Thai restaurant seems like it should be be good there, but it was old and dry and stale. And it was like 6 o'clock on a friday night, so you would think they would have had a fresh batch of rice for the upcoming busy shift, but no, it was definitely from probably the beginning of their work shift. Very disappointing The yellow curry was amazing. Nothing else to say about it, except for that. It was awesome! Wish the rest of the items had been awesome too, but oh well read more

Thai Elephant Restaurant - Stale spring rolls, and yellow curry in the container and jasmine rice in the paper to go container. - Thai Near Me - Atascadero, California

We've eaten here twice now and both times were excellent. Nicely decorated interior space that is quite small - and will fit up at peak times. The flavors of the items we ordered have all been very authentic and delicious. Service is pretty quick, and prices are reasonable. I definitely recommend this place, and will return next time we are in Morro. read more

Service was great. Food is fresh and flavorful. Friendly staff. However it is a bit overpriced. read more

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I've been visiting this location as well as the Morro Bay location for a few years now, and Thai Elephant has slowly become my go to spot for Thai Food in the Central Coast. The staff is always super kind and very engaging, as well as super attentive when it came to any needs and checking in on you. This specific location is pretty spacious and is right off El Camino- I love sitting by the window and people watch/ car watch. OKAY THE FOOD: Their pad see ew and pad Thai are pretty good, I usually pair them with either chicken or pork, but you can't go wrong with beef or tofu. If you're feeling soupy, their curry dishes are pretty good as well as their Tom Kha. You can't go wrong with their fried calamari, and their Mango Salad with Shrimp is pretty tasty. I like to order their satay chicken since it's a nice addition to the meal, however I also like their honey ribs & sesame chicken. 20/10 would recommend this spot! :-) read more

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everything here was DELISH!! param chicken - very peanut flavor heavy, yet mixed well with the other flavors. huge hit with the table, the ones who took us there to eat said it's their favorite, and we see why! pad see ew- always my favorite dish, basically a thai version of chow fun. good balance with the amount of well cooked broccoli, meat & noodles (we usually get beef, the meat wasn't tough) bbq beef short ribs: yummmmyy tender and not too much fat. not pictured: chicken larb, crab wontons larb was sooo tasty, right amount of sour & fish sauce and onion/ cilantro/ mint. wontons had that good crunch and perfect amount of crab/ cheese filling. service was quick and attentive, even though it was packed-- which is a great sign, goes to show that this place is quite popular. well deserved crowd, really. dreaming of the next time we visit atascadero to hit this spot again! read more

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Food is fresh and delicious, service is good and fast. This has become one of my favorite Thai restaurants in the area. I have tried several different plates and love them all! It's clean and neat everytime I have gone. read more

Food is delicious. I had the Drunken Noodles with Pork, Yellow Curry Chicken, Sweet Sticky Mango Rice (my fave), and veggie chow mein. All were amazing. Highly recommend. read more

The food was good, the servings were generous, and the service was good. I recommend this restaurant for lunch.

Food is always fresh, hot, and delicious! My top three items to order are the pumpkin curry, spicy fried rice, or sauté tofu. I usually order medium and sometimes hot. If you are not okay with fairly spicy food I would recommend ordering no spice or mild spice to be on the safe side. read more

Not sure why we've never been here before the last few months. The food is delicious. We've tried quite a few dishes now. The portions are big. The prices are reasonable. It's our latest addiction! read more

Pros: Rolls were good and red curry was good. Cons: Scallops tasted fake to me as they did not have any striations like normal real scallops would. I ordered the fried noodle dish just for the scallops but it seems like they tried to save money by giving me imitation ones, for vegetarians. I've eaten real scallops all my life so I definitely know what they taste like. Why they'd want to ruin their reputation and lose a customer just to save 10-20$ is beyond me. Am not coming back. Never coming back to restaurants that are shady. read more

We ate here on a weekend during the middle of the day while the temperature was 112F outside! Initially we ordered to go since we were on our way to Santa Barbara from The Bay and we had our dog with us. After we received our 2 orders of the Short rib rice bowl and fresh shrimp roll, instead of continuing with our road trip. We decided to just eat inside to stay kool While one of us waited in the shade , since pets are not allowed inside or in the alfresco area. So we sat down at an empty table and began to eat. One of the staff members came over to us, with an attitude. To notify them if we change our minds about dining in. What difference did it make? The restaurant was not full. There were only 4 tables with customers on one side of the restaurant. Also, she didn't even ask if we wanted anything to drink. Was it because I didn't tip for our take out order or that we changed our mind about where we're eating our take out? Whatever her problem was, we're glad that we don't live here. We gladly will take our business somewhere else. read more

Highly highly recommend Thai elephant - our favorite Thai place in north county. Everything here is sooo delicious - some of our go-to's are chicken pad thai, Mongolian beef (this is amazing) and orange chicken. The service is quick and when we usually order take out they are very friendly and helpful. read more

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Seriously the best Thai food around and the portions are BIG!! We typically have a good amount of left overs for the next day and so we get to enjoy their food 2 days in a row. We had guests from out of town and they loved it as well. The curries and Pad Thai are delectable!! read more

I had not been in several years. I met two friends for dinner. Everything was great. Food was delicious, service was good. I believe that Thai barbecue in Paso is owned by the same family or relatives anyway. Food was very consistent with theirs and just as delicious. read more

The worst Sweet and Sour Pork we have ever had 9-12-25..They used the cheapest cuts of Pork possible. Should have went to Von's and buy a good cut of Pork and Fry it myself, buy some frozen rice at far less cost..We will never go back there again. Don't waste your money.. It's horrible...Nick and Mike Campbell in Atascadero... read more

Really good food! This place makes the best pad see ew! They are always really fast and they have a huge menu!

If your menu clearly states that all your soups are gluten free and I make it quite clear twice that I have to have GF, don't bring me seafood soup with battered fish in it. It's a shame because the food and wine are excellent. FYI, when I sent the soup back, I asked them to switch the order to chicken. My husband thinks the look on the server's face was disappointment that he wouldn't be able to take the soup back to the kitchen and just pull out the contaminated fish. read more

If you want a great lunch and friendly staff this is the place for you! I love any of the noodles and the beef and chicken

Great Thai food! Always my go to when I am craving curry. Delicious chicken satay and other appetizers. Happy to have it near me.

Friendly service! Delicious food! I'm so glad to have found this place when driving by! I've never been to Atascadero before, but we were driving from SoCal to NorCal, and we got hungry so we punched up food on Waze. Thai elephant came up. Fellow Yelpers gave it 4 stars so it was an easy decision! Everything was delicious! We ordered spicy fried rice, pad see ew, and green curry. The green curry was my favorite. Looking forward to our next visit! read more

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Horrible service! Rude little girl server. Owner and lil girl talking crap about customers. Most of us that work corrections locally can read lips senorita! Food was gross! Did they get another cook? We won't be back! read more

Went to this area to go look at sensorio and was not expecting good asian food tbh, since this is near slo. But this place was absolutely delicious. Unfortunately, I only remember 2 of the dishes (khao soi and tom yum seafood, think we also ordered pad thai with beef). The Khao soi was amazing, but I will say the curry broth was a bit overpowering for me although my family really enjoyed it. The tom yum seafood (o wow) definitely worth a try and my favorite dish BUT I will say the broth tastes strongly of lime (which I personally really loved but just be aware of this). The pad thai? was really good and tasted amazing, good solid staple for pretty much anyone to enjoy. The food was a bit pricey for me when looking at other Thai places, but definitely worth it for me considering I was just passing through so won't eat this for a while. Came during New Years time and restaurant still had decorations up from Christmas, pretty nice family ambiance (gave me vibes similar to a hole in the wall restaurant) Overall, I give this a place a 6 out of 5 stars, and if you just passing through, definitely worth a try. read more

Thai Elephant Restaurant - tom yum seafood - Thai Near Me - Atascadero, California

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Fast and delicious! Ordered a lunch special for take out while driving through only 3 minutes away...stopped for gas and coffee before picking up my food and it was all ready when I walked in! Generous amount of food for a lunch portion and it was all so tasty! Would recommend read more

Very patient & kind with us newbies to Thai food! Everything was so flavorful & huge portions as well. There's options for levels of spice, which was great too! Nothing was oily at all or over priced! Very reasonably priced & homemade! Although it was super busy inside we were greeted quickly & ordered soon after sitting. Make sure to try this gem in Atascadero! read more

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Had an absolutely delightful authentic Thai lunch here the other day. Food arrived in a timely manner and entrée reasonably priced. Had a wonderful coconut milk based shrimp soup. Amazing. Noodles and a yellow curry. Also fresh spring rolls and Thai tea. Left completely satisfied read more

Thai Elephant Restaurant - the front of the restaurant - Thai Near Me - Atascadero, California