Cute spot with lots of parking and seating. They won't disappoint. We came in town and went straight to Hanalei. Kids loved the spring rolls and shrimp fried rice. Warning the red curry is hot like fire- nomnom. Ladies playing Thai music we were in the mood. The two ladies cooked it up with short wait. read more

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19$ for a beef dish and it was literally 5% beef, 95% rice. I thought it was a joke but it wasn't. Just an extremely thin layer of meat on a mountain of rice. Total rip off read more

Let me start by saying that the pad Thai and fried rice were both good - 4 stars. It's downhill from there. Salmon poke bowl - 2 stars (possibly not our cup of tea) California roll -2 stars (odd flavor to the rice) Spicy tuna roll - 0 stars (inedible, so bad we had to throw it away. Only ate one bite) Service was slow, so we waited about 25 minutes for food that we threw away half of. What a waste of money. Do not recommend. read more

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We came here on a weekday and ordered one food and received a little buzzer to notify us when the food was complete. I ordered the Combination plate with jungle fried rice, spring rolls, and pad thai. We asked to add chicken to the pad Thai, which I don't think we were charged for but as you can see it is a small portion of pad Thai. I thought that this was the best Thai food we had on the island. We had also gone to another Thai place but this one just tasted much more delicious. The jungle fried rice is mixed with green curry, which was made and spiced to perfection. The pad Thai was also similarly great, we just wish there was more in it. The only complaint I have is that they ran out of egg rolls, which comes standard with this plate. The spring rolls they replaced it with were still good, but I didn't see any meat or protein in it. For $25 per combination plate, the food is definitely more on the pricier side but it was still very good and worth it. read more

Thai Elephant - Combination plate with jungle fried rice, spring rolls, and pad thai - Food Trucks Near Me - Hanalei, Hawaii

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Great Authetic Thai Food. If you live Thai, you need to eat here. Probably the best Thai food I've tasted on the Island of Kuaui. Great service and atmosphere There are other options here, it's like a Food court with different options. read more

Thai Elephant - Combo with chicken curry and pad thai, also sticky mango rice. Amazing - Food Trucks Near Me - Hanalei, Hawaii

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Cool little spot with awesome Poke bowl and chicken katsu bowl!! Worth the drive and cool spot with food trucks. read more

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Absolutely the best poke I have ever had anywhere in the world. We also had the veggie spring rolls which were delicious (I suggest asking for the sriracha to cut the sweetness of the peanut sauce). Service was amazing and the team will help guide you. Do not miss this. I think dollar for dollar it is the best meal in Kauai and that is saying something. read more

Came to this food truck for lunch. We ordered the Thai Elephant combo plate which came with pad Thai, spicy chicken coconut curry and 2 spring rolls. The curry was very flavorful and had a good amount of spice. The pad Thai was just okay, a bit bland. The service was friendly. read more

Thai Elephant - Thai Elephant combo plate - Food Trucks Near Me - Hanalei, Hawaii

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The combo 2 was recommended and it was a great choice! The Thai iced tea tasted good too. Great meal to get when in the area. Unlike the food trucks around, their schedule seems to be the most consistent. read more

Thai Elephant - Combo 2 - Food Trucks Near Me - Hanalei, Hawaii

Bad food, bad service. It took over 40min to get our food and when we asked for an extra fork the guy meanly said "I already gave you 4!" There were 6 of us.. Everything we ordered tasted off, I eat thai food often and this was one of the worst I've had. Overly expensive for what you get, nothing good to say about this place. read more

Food was good. Pad Thai with shrimp at 7 shrimp. Service was fast. The roosters and chickens will keep you company! read more

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Sooo good! We came on Wednesday hoping to try it but they were closed. Came back Thursday determined to try it and thankfully they were opened. I got the chicken skewers with papaya and rice. The papaya was so light, fresh, and delicious! Different from the typical papaya I would get in CA because there's no crab/shrimp paste. However, I was surprised at how much I liked the papaya with only the fish sauce, palm sugar, lime juice, etc The chicken was so tender and juicy as well. I finished the whole combo plate before I knew it. Would definitely come back and would totally recommend for those looking for a little thai comfort food. read more

Thai Elephant - Combo - Chicken Skewer with papaya and rice. - Food Trucks Near Me - Hanalei, Hawaii

I'll preface this by saying my husband is Thai, and we cook / eat a lot of Thai food at home. We really enjoyed the food at Thai Elephant! The gang gai (chicken curry) was delicious - very much like we make it at home, with a flavorful curry, kaffir lime leaves, Thai basil, soft eggplant and good cuts of tender chicken. It was served over a bed of jasmine rice. The larb was also really good! Tender ground pork cooked with shallots, galanga, and other herbs with mint, Thai basil, lime, and extra dried chili on the side. It was served with sticky rice and lettuce, perfect for eating with your hands. Our kids enjoyed the chicken skewers with a side of sticky rice. As for the commenter below who didn't like the Thai beef, she must not have ever had it before - that dish is supposed to be exactly as it is pictured - it's kind of like the Thai version of beef jerky (salty, dry, a little hard). The owners spoke Thai and were friendly and genuine. We will definitely visit again the next time we're in Hanalei! read more

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Delicious shrimp pad Thai. Authentic and unique flavors. Wish I got 2 orders so I could have more later! I especially loved the generous helping of sprouts and peanuts. My only complaint: it wasn't spicy enough. The pad Thai comes mild and you can add crushed red peppers. I love my that food a level 10 spicy, but I couldn't get it there with crushed red pepper. Please add a spicy option! read more

This was the freshest, most flavorful poke bowl I have ever had! Tuna portion size was generous, as were the rice and toppings. The Thai iced tea was delicious and not too sweet. Best $20 I spent on a meal during my stay in Kauai! read more

Delicious Thai food! Enjoyed the Chicken Pad Thai, Pad Kra-Prow Beef, Garlic Pork and Garlic Chicken. Thai Iced Tea was perfect and Guava and Passion fruit juice was good too. Recommended! read more

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This seems like a new food truck and I really hesitate to write this review, but the Thai food was so bad it really shouldn't be called Thai food. We ordered the beef with sticky rice and pad see ew, both flavorless. Beef with sticky rice was a giant wad of sticky rice with a FEW pieces of super dry and salty beef. Nothing else was on it. The pad see ew had no hint of soy sauce flavor, it was flavorless. They used cabbage and Chinese chow fun noodles. It's like someone hired a kid to throw things together and he forgot the sauce. The noodles were mushy and you couldn't differentiate between the egg, cabbage or noodles. With all of this said, we were here on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday between the hours of when their business said it would be open and it wasn't. If you want some authentic Thai food, highly would not recommend. read more

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Poke bowl was out of the ocean fresh and the pad Thai was good (more chicken than I have ever had in pad Thai). Spring rolls were a nice starter. We were there just before they opened for the day but they accommodated us, very nice and friendly. Food trucks are aplenty in Kauai and this one doesn't disappoint. Btw, If you have a sweet tooth you can hit Holey Grail (donuts) next door for dessert. read more

Please note, this Yelp page is for the Thai Elephant food truck in the Hanalei Eats food truck area in Hanalei (https://www.yelp.com/biz/thai-elephant-hanalei-2) on the north shore. This is NOT for their second location on the south side of the island in Kalaheo (https://www.yelp.com/biz/thai-elephant-kalaheo-3) which I believe has completely different days and hours of operation. Do not confuse the two. I believe folks are posting reviews and updating the hours for the wrong locations. I have requested for the hours/days of operation on this page to be updated as I verified them yesterday. I checked with the folks working in the Hanalei food truck on the north shore, and the hours of operation are: Thu - Sun, 11am - 4pm I believe the hours for the Kalaheo food truck on south side are (https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60615-d10500475-Reviews-Thai_Elephant-Kalaheo_Kauai_Hawaii.html): Mon - Thu, 11am - 7pm Please be sure you are viewing and posting reviews for the correct location, or you will be frustrated, as many reviewers have posted, with the food truck "never being open". Now, to the food and the experience. We went at 3pm on a Friday and there was no line. We promptly ordered and were given an electronic paging unit to indicate when our order was ready. We had our food hot and made-to-order within 15 minutes. The staff was friendly and our experience was great. We ordered the vegan spring rolls. They were tasty, not greasy, but they seemed smaller "than usual" at other places, however, we did get 5 in our order instead of the listed 4. For our entrees, we ordered Pad See Ewe with tofu and Pad Thai with tofu. We thought they had nice flavor. The Pad See Ewe came with lime slices and a tasty tangy/spicy red sauce. The Pad Thai also had lime slices along with fresh bean sprouts and alfalfa sprouts. We normally get Thai food on the mainland from an Americanized Thai-Fusion restaurant, where the portions are huge and the spicing is different. Some differences are that the portions at Thai Elephant were smaller, but I believe were still appropriately sized for an entree, just not the huge portion we're used to on the mainland. The tofu was soft and mildly sauteed, and not deep fried and crispy as we've had at other places, but I liked it just the same. We also liked that the Pad Thai was not as sweet as the Americanized versions. We enjoyed the food and would eat here again. I think you just need to set your expectations so that you won't be disappointed. You are getting traditional Thai food and flavorings, not Americanized flavorings and huge Americanized portions. read more

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Just visited the food truck yesterday and as a resident of Kauai I think it's the best Thai food on the island. We made a special trip to the north shore for their food. Very friendly service and absolutely delicious. read more

Service was good, and it's located in a nice spot, but the food was pretty awful. Tempura shrimp and spring rolls tasted like frozen food tossed into a fryer. The only thing that was decent was the red curry, but it was more of a crock pot chicken curry soup. Worst meal I've had on the island by a long shot, and overpriced. They also gave us heinz sweet and sour sauce, which was strange. read more

Thai Elephant - Food Trucks Near Me - Hanalei, Hawaii

Amazing! Stopped in right at closing the ladies hooked us up! Good had so much flavor. Will definitely be back.

Yelp really led us astray with this one. Service was good and the food came out quickly but every dish was uniformly tasteless. The Thai fried rice was like a cup of white rice with vegetables and the most dry, bland chicken. The entire dish was literally white, as in it had no sauce of any type on it. Jungle curry was strange tasting. Pad krakow was a glob of tasteless beef on a bed of rice (75% rice 25% beef). Poke bowl was $18 but not the best either - ate some 13/14 dollar poke bowls on the island that were far better in taste. Overall this was a super let down which was disappointing as Thai food is my favorite, but it wasn't cheap and unfortunately almost everything was borderline inedible. read more

This food was disgusting. My shrimp pad Thai just tasted like fish sauce, no other flavors at all and the shrimp was not good. 3 tempura shrimp for $11 is a joke. Most expensive not good lunch ever. I do not recommend spending your hard earned $ here. read more

Mediocre, overpriced Thai food at best. The spring rolls were doughy inside. The drunken noodles didn't have much flavor but weren't terrible. I asked the woman for to go container as there was no way I was going to be able to finish all the noodles. Seeing as I spent $25, I was going to take the rest home and doctor them up for leftovers. The woman rolled her eyes and shoved the tiniest to go box known to man at me, wouldn't even fit the spring rolls. They also have a 3% charge on credit cards that I saw on my receipt. No signage posted stating this, or I would've paid in cash. read more

The jungle curry was soooo good! The flavor was just how I remember it from a small local spot we tried in Chang Rai 10+ years ago. It says 'hot' but it's not super spicy at all, I'd say medium, a very pleasant level of spice. The flavor so delicious! Service was very pleasant too! read more

We ordered the pad, Thai with chicken, and it was slightly less than par it was decent, but it was not great. We also ordered sushi the (Ahi roll). it was rather bland and small. It is really big on the outside of the container but on the inside it only had eight small rolls. The location was cool in a food truck area and good service. read more

Best Thai Food ever! EVER!! Pad Thai is super fresh and 100% gluten free. Friendly service and amazing food! We tried it on a whim and came back the next day for more. It is that good! You will not be disappointed! read more

The first time we went the food was very average. We still went a second time but they were closed even though they were supposed to be open. The next time we went they wanted to charge $1 for an extra plate plus $0.50 for a single extra plastic fork so we cancelled our order. Just a general disappointment and insulting to ask for what they charge for paper plates and plastic utensils. read more

The chicken pad Thai was delicious! Had some spice but really good flavor! The iced guava drink was perfect too! Good flavor and not too sweet! read more

Poke bowl was the best I've had on the island! Only complaint was the size of the bowl, I couldn't mix it together!

was delishhhh, got the pad thai chicken and it was so yummy! the people are so kind! loved the service!

I got here right before closing and I was a bit nervous that the food might not be great but I was pleasantly surprised! Very yummy, very fresh and great service. read more

Thai Elephant - Chicken Pad Thai - Food Trucks Near Me - Hanalei, Hawaii

The place is great. We had poke and two other dishes and they were all delicious. The staff when we ordered was friendly and willing to make suggestions. We would definitely recommend this place. read more

Really good veg pad thai! Tasty veg fried spring rolls too. A great way to lunch in Hanalei. This food truck collection is fab!

The best Thai food on the entire Island. This is verified with repeat visits over many years, and multiple attempts at other Thai places. Thai Elephant's Pad Thai (tried the chicken and tofu) is fresh, not greasy or tasteless as experienced elsewhere. They put great care into the dishes. The chicken is soft, juicy and flavorful, and with generous amounts of meat. The Tofu is light and tasty. Now compare that to the rubbery, overcooked chicken that is usually put into Thai dishes at other places. You will find yourself trying to get every last morsel of yumminess out of the crevices of those ribbed to-go containers! Haha. I must add that their Pad Thai dish, is actually Gluten Free! As a Celiac, this is a big plus. Some other food trucks don't offer Gluten Free Pad Thai, due to their sauce. Thank goodness for Thai Elephant. They are very aware of what is safe for a celiac to eat, and will kindly guide you. The staff is very friendly. So if you are in Hanalei, and even if you are on the other side of the island like we were, you'll definitely want to make the hour drive to enjoy a wonderful meal. Absolutely. read more

Thai Elephant - Chicken Pad Thai, w side of sticky mango rice. - Food Trucks Near Me - Hanalei, Hawaii

We ordered egg rolls and elephant combo. The egg rolls are ok but it is very small. The elephant combo quality is poor and it is small amount. We had Tai in many places. This place is the worst I ever had. read more

Very good service! Food was amazing, Chicken pad Thai was great along with the coconut chicken. Nice people!

Wait wait wait wait. No place to pee. Almost forgot about the food. Torture on Christmas Day in paradise.

Stopped by to grab a spring roll and realized that their spring roll is actually called the "summer roll," while their spring roll is deep fried. Wish there was an option to add shrimp to their rolls, but it was still good! The sweet and spicy chili sauce was tasty, too. read more