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    The Blue Elephant

    4.0 (21 reviews)
    Closed 12:00 pm - 9:30 PM

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    I love this place. Been going for the past year. Good prices and food. Good for any occasion. Will be back!

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    2 years ago

    Great food, charming interior design--a very welcome neighborhood spot. Only open for takeout now, but looking forward to eating in.

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    1 year ago

    Awesome! Crab Rangoon's are so good! Everything we got was delicious, the Thai basil dish is very good.

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    2 years ago

    We really enjoyed the pad Thai, fried roti and mango sticky rice. The miso soup was not my favorite but my husband liked it.

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    2 years ago

    This new Thai place was super cute and cozy inside, and the food was delicious! I enjoyed the Panang curry. The staff was friendly!

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    Tried this place out as it just opened. Wow, so delicious! Highly recommend, I hope this place sticks around 10/10!

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    I came here for dinner recently and had a lovely time! If you're going around peak dinner times…read more(6-8pm), I highly recommend reservations. Service was really quick and polite. I got their lemongrass shrimp ceviche and their green curry grilled beef rigatoni + their mango sticky rice colada to drink. The shrimp ceviche came out beautifully presented and a good portion. While I wish there was a bit more of the lemongrass flavor (I didn't really taste the lemongrass in it at all), it wasn't bad. The green curry rigatoni was really creamy, rich, and such a delicious fusion dish. However, I did think that their steak was a bit too tough and overdone. Their mango sticky rice colada drink was SO good. Overall, absolutely amazing and I will have to come back to try their burgers!

    When I was walking into my reservation for 7:15pm there was a long line of people waiting outside…read more(like 10-12). I was looking to go here for a while and thanks to my friend Erin, it came back into my radar. It's giving sleek but with character. Visually reminds me of the design of Krasi.The servers really are on your butt when it comes to ordering and everything to the point where I was like can yall chill please lol. In the first 10 minutes we were there, I swear they came to the table like 3-5 times. They are really trying to get people in and out which I get but maybe be a little less obvious about it. Otherwise, service was respectful and nice. The presentation of the drinks was also really nice. I got a pink float and that was like strawberry milk with a nice scoop of ice cream. It was so fun and childish I made sure to have every single sip. The person next to me even asked what I got. My friend got the thai martini and she said it was delicious and couldn't taste the alcohol which for her is dangerous lol. The burgers, which are what they are known for, were a site to see indeed. For the curry burger it essentially is a pool of curry with a split in half burgers sitting in it. I was afraid that the buns would be soggy and to my surprise it wasn't and was delicious with this nice mini crunch from the topping. I actually preferred my burger which was a Big Crunch and juicy with pickled mustard greens. I also realized my burger had curry sauce in it too. Special mention to the scallion fries, what came out was not what I expected but it was one of my favorites. We got two things listed as spicy on the menu but did not taste spicy above a level 1 or 2. In addition, the menu online does not list their drinks lol so make sure to look at the last page for dessert and the milk floats. The restaurant is right in Porter Square where there are also SO MANY other great options but would go again for food and fun drinks. Atmosphere 8 Food 8 Service 7 Thai Tea martini Pink milk float Scallion fries Mussels in red curry rice wine Khao soi burger Massaman burger

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