Service was good our server was spunky and kind. Food felt lackluster for the price, I was expecting the really really wide noodles but they did not serve those. Lots of protein though not skimpy on that. Unfortunately it kind of smells like a fountain. read more

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After a long day of travel, being in the car, having crazy allergies and finally making it to the finger lakes area, we were in desperate need of some comfort food. Our friend had been talking about getting Thai food even before arriving there, so we knew instantly where we needed to go: The Elephant in Geneva! We came a bit early for dinner, probably at around 6pm (way earlier than my normal 8/9pm dinner time) but it was perfect for our party fo 6. They had a really nice ambiance and I really loved the screens all around the restaurant that made you feel like you were looking into an aquarium, super cool and cozy. The staff and servers here were amazing! So hospitable, kind and got our orders in so quick. When the portions came out we were shocked at how large the plates were. For me and my hubby, our portions were JUST right and we definitely didn't need to share since we were starving. A lot of our friends did end up taking some of the food home since it was a lot. I ordered the green curry and it was so delicious. My only "complain" would be that I wish the curry was a bit hotter (temperature wise) since it felt a bit on the lukewarmy side. Other than that, it was perfect and just what we needed. We had vegetarians and gluten free in our group so it was the perfect spot for everyone to find something they could eat. DO NOT SKIP the Thai tea ***instant drool*** it's DELISH! read more

The Elephant in Geneva, NY is hands down the BEST Thai food I've ever had - and I'm from Chicago where amazing Thai restaurants are everywhere! The flavors are absolutely incredible, fresh, and perfectly balanced. What made the experience even more memorable was the outstanding service. Dao was absolutely wonderful - warm, attentive, and went out of her way to make us feel truly welcomed. She made the evening feel special from start to finish. If you're anywhere near Geneva, this is a must-visit spot. You'll leave already planning your next trip back! read more

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When we first got into the restaurant, we were sat down and given menus. Our server came by with ice water in a pitcher and we helped ourselves! As we were looking at the menu, she came up to us and asked if it was our first time here and she let us know what the most popular/delicious items on the menu were. Pad Thai and pad see ew. Thai classics. So, of course, I ordered the pad thai with shrimp and my friend ordered the pad see ew with beef. The beef was charred and it was coated with the caramelized sauce and it was a delicious. It complimented to savory noodles. The broccoli that it came with also soaked up the sauce and it made for an explosively flavorful bite! My only qualm about the pad see ew was that the beef could be more tender! The shrimp for the pad thai was cooked perfectly and they were plump and juicy! I enjoyed the sweetness of the noodle dish paired with the savory nuttiness of the crushed peanuts and the fresh squeeze of lime! I also enjoyed the fresh veggies that they added on the plate: a slice of cucumber, tomato, and thinly julienned cabbage. It was a perfect palate cleanser for both dishes! The inside was dimly lit and cozy. There are TV screens that show cozy scenery and there are lights in the restaurant that made for a good atmosphere! read more

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Delicious Thai food! Friendly service. Will definitely be back! (The green curry is very spicy even when ordered mild, but it hurts so good) read more

The Elephant - Geneva - Green curry with chicken - Thai Near Me - Geneva, New York

We went to Elephant for dinner. The ambiance there is great for a casual but intimate experience. We had a bottle of their Riesling and for food we had the appetizer featuring three different foods. For entree, I had their seafood dish and it was quite lackluster. Similarly to the entree, the crab wontons didn't have any lobster/crab. The spring rolls were also quite standard. The service was great. Overall, I just thought the food was pretty mediocre for the price point. read more

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The hostess was friendly. The service was good. I had the chicken pad thai. It was excellent. Crab Rangoon's were tasty. The ambience was average.. but in their defense, I think they just move to a new location. Definitely be going back here to get my Thai fix. read more

Really bland food, overcooked noodles, very small portions. Absolutely not worth it even if it is the only Thai food in town

This is Thai food for people who have no idea what thai food should taste like. Other than meat in the curry, that was tough to the point of being inedible, nothing was awful, just not good--and massively overpriced for the quantity and quality of the protein. $$$$ for a stingy portion of tasteless shrimp in gummy pad thai, stringy dry chicken, cardboard spring rolls. Nope One extra star for being nice and providing timely service. read more

I love coming here and getting so many things off the menu especially the summer rolls. However this evening as I go to take a second bite into the roll I discover an eyelash embedded into a noodle. I called and they where apologetic however I am concerned/hesitant to try the rest of the food we ordered read more

The Elephant - Geneva - Thai Near Me - Geneva, New York

We ate there earlier this week based upon Yelp reviews and were pleased with the good and service. Had Crab Rangoon appetizer, chicken pad thai and Red Curry. read more

I pulled in about 5:30 and there were no cars in the parking lot or people in the restaurant. I spoke to the server about spice levels and explained that I normally stick to a 3 and find it typically is not spicy enough. She told me the level 3 runs a little warm. This is what I like so I opted for green chili curry with rice and the combo protein which was chicken, beef and shrimp. The spice was perfect to my liking, I could take the individual flavor of all the ingredients but still encourage a good intake of water. There was an ample enough serving of rice to soak up every drop of that great curry. About 5 tables were seated and served while I was there and the server did a good job of checking on all the tables. She seemed to be by her self but no one got left out. The seating was a bit dated, I moved to a different booth when a couple sat behind me as the back of the booth resembled a rocking chair each time someone moved. The server seemed to know about it as she moved me to a perfect spot. I do think it made the man behind me uncomfortable as he was a larger guy and noticed that I moved. All in all this was great food and a great experience. read more

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Tucked away in the basement of the Chamber of Commerce, was this amazing restaurant! Clean, good food and nice staff.

(The photo is Summer roll and Thai Salad) Summer rolls, Thai Salad, Vegan Sampler and Drunken Noodles with Tofu are simply delicious! The ambience and atmosphere with light jazz music is perfect for a date night. Prices are fair for the portions. Our waiter was very friendly. read more

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Have to say as a regular at The Elephant it's clear to see a slide since expanding to Victor. I am not sure if people complaining about dishes being too spicy, is ruining it for the real Thai food lovers but the spice levels have completely disappeared in the food. I am the kinda guy that loves Thai Hot and I can't seem to get anything close to that from The Elephant anymore. Hoping this is a temporary blip for The Elephant and they can get back to the original food quality. read more

The Elephant Geneva was delicious. The only thing we regret is not coming hungrier. Due to reasons unimportant to the review, we only ordered entrees and they were fantastic. What made them fantastic you ask? The flavors, they popped so well on the Drunken Noodles and the coconut curry. The ingredients were cooked to perfection, The tofu, chicken and veggies were all nailed. Our server was an absolute delight and the atmosphere was extremely chill. Hope you make it back to try so much more in the future. In the meantime, Enjoy!! read more

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*Sigh....closed-itis strikes again in Geneva. Went to Elephant a few weeks ago with friends. Food was hot and flavorful. Better than I recalled from 2019. The lighting was still far too dark for a bunch of people in their 50s, but we managed. Was planning for lunch with friends and wanted to stop in at The Elephant this week. On a whim I called to make sure they were open during their usual hours, and to make a reservation. Person who answered said 'No. We will be closed Mon, Tues, Wednesday'. Me: It doesn't mention that on your website. She: We will put a sign on the door. Me: That doesn't help anyone. Putting a closed sign on your door instead of on your website just leaves groups of people standing around in the parking lot trying to figure out where to go for lunch with limited time already wasted. Oddly, this happened at this same location when it was The Leaf. It happened a LOT. Come on folks. The first tenet of a successful business is "Be Open". read more

Food is so good with the flavors like no other. I ordered my dinner as Thai Hot which is perfect for a great spicy meal without burning your mouth. Only problem is the lack of servers. Last night there was the owner and a server so you will wait. read more

So disappointed after being to Thai Elephant in Watkins Glen and always having a 5 star experience. Food was lacking flavor (super odd for Thai food), green curry was very watery and the meat in both the drunken noodles and green curry (beef and chicken) were pretty tough. May have been an off night. I will say the veggies were clearly fresh and service was nice, just mediocre food this time unfortunately. We will try again sometime and update the review if needed. read more

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It's the best Thai restaurant in ROCHESTER. I found this restaurant back in much and it was my first time to eat there. After that I couldn't stop myself not to go there. everything were greatest. The host was very friendly, nice, polite, friendly and foods were delicious. It always been a good service for me every time I go there. read more

It looks to be permanently closed. It was great...I stopped regularly while charging my car in the municipal lot

I went here with a friend while on a college road-trip to HWS. We ordered the spring rolls to share and they were amazing! The sauce was really good. I had the Pineapple fried rice. The serving size was huge! I didn't think I'd be able to eat the whole thing, but I did. The shrimp were very flavorful. The only thing I didn't like was that the tails were still on them. It's hard to get them out when they are so slippery. At least cut them open before serving so they are easy to get out of the shell with a fork and knife. My friend had Pad See Aew which is one of her favorites. She loved it! If my kid ends up going to HWS, this will be a go to restaurant. read more

The Elephant - Geneva - Spring rolls - Thai Near Me - Geneva, New York

Can't say enough good thing about The Ele[hant - located in a historic building in Geneva, right near Seneca Lake. We had a Hot Pot (Big bowl with a flame) of the Tom Kha (Coconut) Soup for the 3 of us and it was truly delectable. Excellent service and big platted of veggie and crab (they use REAL crabmeat) fried rice. Plenty to take home, too. We love it here. read more

Terrible customer service. Waiter service is unprofessional. The food is greasy. The ambiance is dark and the restaurant is in back of a building. I had a bad experience with a take out order and a bad in person dining experience. Never again. I won't go a time to get the same bad service. Geneva, NY businesses don't take customer service seriously. That will explain why they are never busy and the downtime business are not thriving at all. . read more

I was very happy with the people there and the food was very good a lot better than any Thai food in Syracuse

Excellent!! Four of us dined together for an early dinner and each ordered a different entree, all dinners were delicious. Beautiful presentation and good service. Price was fair and dining room was clean and very nice. Highly recommend if you like good Asian cuisine. read more

Great food for vegans and vegetarians! So tasty! Slow service but that seems the way it was most places around Geneva. Place is nice ambiance. read more

This is the absolute worst service I have ever experienced. I ordered for takeout and came to get the food when it said it would be ready and sat there for 30 extra minutes, asked 3 people for the status of my food and none of them got back to me. read more

Coming to The Elephant was a fantastic experience! We ordered calamari, won ton soup, pad thai, thai dumplings, and finished it off with fried ice cream and it was all very delicious. Our favorites were definitely the pad thai, and fried ice cream. The service was good & the staff was friendly. The inside was very well designed, peaceful, and provided a cool ambiance. We cleaned off every plate & got a bit excited at the pad thai so we forgot to take a picture before we devoured it . We enjoyed coming here and would highly recommend it! read more

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We had Pad Thai with Beef and Drunken Noodles with Mock Duck. Pad Thai was authentic and well done. The beef, however, was over cooked and tough to chew. the mock duck was exceptional however the dish lacked in noodles. (strange that there were very few noodles) The service was good but a little slow and inconsistent because they were so busy with only one waitress. also there was an odd smell in the place (scented candles I think) but the food smells and the scented candle mixed together smelled a bit like "wet dog". the ambience was dominated by 6 TV's glowing a video of a "yule log". overall it was good, but the service was spotty. The ambiance was weird, the smell was off-putting, the lack of noodles in a drunken noodles made no sense and the beef was just short of leather....not good enough for me to return to. read more

I've eaten here once before years ago and though I don't have much experience with Thai food, I thought my dish was excellent! My fiancée and I stopped here after checking out some wineries because we were craving something spicy and this place definitely delivered. We started off with the sampler appetizer which included 2 spring rolls, 2 crab rangoon, and 2 chicken satays. The spring rolls and the rangoon were pretty standard, but good. The chicken satay was delicious and when you dip it in the Thai peanut sauce, it takes it to a whole new level. For entrees, I ordered the traditional Thai basil with ground chicken and my fiancée ordered the emerald salmon. We both ordered our dishes Thai hot, which for them is a step above hot. My fiancée felt the salmon was a tad overcooked and the avocado slices we're definitely not ripe, unfortunately. We actually couldn't cut through the avocados. The curry itself, however, was absolutely delicious and had a pretty decent spice. For my dish, I was pretty blown away. It was noticeably (and enjoyably) spicier than the salmon. The ground chicken and vegetables were beautifully seasoned and the fried egg added a nice extra, almost contrasting flavor component. The rice gave a welcomed balancing texture to complete the meal. The umami flavors and heat were absolutely wonderful and I'm upset that I'm currently not eating it while writing this review. We're definitely going to be come back here and I have now developed a palate for Thai. read more

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Stopped by The Elephant on a recent trip to FLX after many attempts at other restaurants - many restaurants in the FLX area love to close on Monday, Tuesday, and / or Wednesday, so we had a hard timing finding an open restaurant, but luckily we landed on The Elephant. It's a little tucked away from the main drag in Geneva, but easily accessible. We were essentially the only ones there on a Tuesday night, but there did appear to be a lot of takeout orders. Our waitress was incredibly nice and welcoming, making kind small talk with us and giving us plenty of attention, which was nice. The menu at The Elephant is quite large, but my sister and I narrowed it down to our main interests - pad thai-type dishes for me and curry-type dishes for my sister. I went for the drunken noodles, which had a wide-ish noodle with a light brown sauce, tofu, and plenty of veggies. I was a big fan of this dish, and I was pleased that it was the perfect serving amount - I feel like similar restaurants often give you SO much food, but I was pleasantly surprised by the appropriate portion size. Also, the dish featured this beautiful carrot flower that was a delightful addition to the noodles! My sister wanted to get one type of curry that they were unfortunately out of, so she settled the red curry, which she also really liked! My sister also appreciated the generous yet appropriate portions, and she also enjoyed the plentiful veggies on the dish. The prices of both were totally reasonable as well, which also pleased us. Overall, we really enjoyed our meal at The Elephant, and we were glad to find a place that was open on a Tuesday night in Geneva. The portions and prices were just right, and the hospitality was very welcoming. Definitely would recommend The Elephant if you're looking for Thai food while on a trip to FLX! read more

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The server was very friendly. The appetizer was delicious, but to be honest, I don't remember what it was. Their pad thai was way too fishy for my taste, and I ended up not eating it and taking it home where I added my own peanut sauce (from wegmans) to overpower the fish taste. Prices seemed reasonable. read more

The service was extremely friendly and the food was great. They had a lobster pad Thai which was delicious. We tried a few appetizers, veggie dumplings, shrimp in a blanket and chicken dumplings and they were all delicious. It is BYOB so that was great since we had just bought a few bottles of wine at one of the vineyards read more

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My dinner tonight (October, 2024) was probably the best Thai dinner I have ever had, and I've had a lot. I had Emerald Salmon. It was crispy, cooked perfectly and bathing in an incredible, light curry sauce/soup. Never had anything like that before. Service was great and the restaurant itself is cozy and clean. Highly recommend. read more

Good food. Went here because they had vegan options. Many labeled vegan items on menu. However, many of the fried "vegan" appetizers are fried in the same oil as meat. That is not vegan. There were still many rice and noodle dishes to order. One of the waitresses was extremely loud too. read more

After fishing on Lake Ontario the family all stated they wanted to eat.. right away. So we picked this restaurant, first ordering calamari to satisfy our initial hunger while awaiting the pineapple curry duck, seafood in love, ginger sauce pad khing which was followed up by fried ice cream and mango with sticky rice. Everyone clean their plates and rated their food an A+. Special thanks goes out to Nucharee who served us and guided us along the menu. read more

I've been here several times now. This is my favorite Thai place around! The location is convenient; there's plenty of parking. It took me a little bit to figure out where it was when I first came here; the parking and entrance are in the back of the building. The decor is pretty and the interior is cozy and warm. We've always sat at the booths. The elephant decor is awesome. There are monitor/screens with videos of fireplaces and they're actually very comfortable. There have been other things on the screens too like fish/aquarium. All the waitresses we've had have been very nice and attentive. They've checked in frequently enough. My water has always been full. On the most recent visit, We were offered a spice rack which had sriracha, chili powder, chilies in vinegar and chili fish oil. I was ecstatic about that because I LOVE spicy food. I've tried many dishes here. My go-to is the Thai basil (Thai spicy) with mock duck. The mock duck is a great texture, loaded with veggies. Other dishes I've tried and loved here are the jungle curry with mock duck, garlic sauce with mock duck, massaman curry, pad see aew. They've all been very delicious. The Thai spicy heat is good and yummy, not over or underwhelming. Of course, since finding out about the spice rack, I could increase the spice level to my liking. On my most recent visit, I tried the Tom Yum soup with tofu in a hot pot. It was loaded with mushrooms, tomatoes, tofu, green onions, cilantro. It was substantial and filling which I wasn't expecting. The soup was a flavor and fragrance bomb! it took me back to Thailand. It was sour and spicy and the lemongrass was perfection. I can't recommend it enough. The presentation of the food is always so pretty! The soups and jungle curry come in gorgeous metal serving ware. The veggies are cut into cute shapes, the rice comes made into a cone shape. The hot pot for the soup was especially cool. I love Thai food and The Elephant is my go to Thai restaurant in the area. I highly recommend trying it and I'll continue to come back :) (Accidentally deleted my review instead of updating it. Whoops) read more

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Four of us ate at The Elephant last night and we were all very impressed. Two of us just moved here from Southern California where there are lots of Thai restaurants, so we were excited to try one here, and they didn't disappoint! We had: shrimp Tom Kha soup, lobster pad thai, spicy basil fried rice, Penang curry with shrimp and the emerald salmon. Everything was fresh, delicious, delicate, just the right amount of spicy and presented very well. The service was really good, and our waitress was very personable. The decor of the restaurant was definitely Thai inspired but elegant, not kitschy. Nice aquarium tv show was showing on the tv which was calming. We will be back, and soon! read more

Honestly so impressed by this Thai spot!! Their service was excellent (I wanted to place a takeout order and the food was ready in about 10-15 minutes), and the staff is so kind and patient. I ordered the chicken pad thai and garlic stir fry tofu with jasmine rice. The tofu was my favorite but both were really yummy If you're around this area, I'm pretty sure this is the best Thai place - I've heard nothing but good things! read more

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