Was a little nervous to come after reading a lot of negative reviews but we had no need to be! Really loved the food! Came here for a family dinner with a group of 9, amongst us were several vegans, several children, and various omnivorous adults. They had options for everyone to enjoy and happily checked ingredients and reassured those of us with dietary requirements. The lady we dealt with was friendly & welcoming. The portion sizes were decent and we all left feeling very full and satisfied.
Very yummy food but,
I ordered a tofu noodle dish online from there website and when I got it it had no tofu in it and rang up and was told that the online menu is different to what they serve now so needs to be updated
A few times ive wanted tofu side dishes and theyve run out of tofu
but best Thai place in the area
Lovely atmosphere in this small restaurant. Food was all very delicious with well balanced Thai flavours. We had a few entrees and soups, the Pad Thai and a green curry. Service was good, friendly staff and they got the order all correct except for giving us sweet chilli sauce instead of peanut sauce on the side of one entree, but this was quickly rectified.
Not a huge selection on the menu but perfectly adequate. We'd love to go back if we travel to Auckland in the future, I recommend.
We had an amazing time. The food was wonderfully flavorsome and absolutely delicious. We had a mixed entrée with fragrant delights that I absolutely loved. Every little bit cooked to perfection. Our mains were just as wonderful. The fragrances and flavor's absolutely perfect and the ingredients fresh. We also had the death by chocolate cocktail for dessert and it was perfect leaving a wonderful chocolaty taste lingering in your mouth. The service was also top notch with our waiter extremely friendly. Will definitely revisit!!
A good night out, had heard good things about pad thai here, and finally hot to try it. We ordered the wak fried beef, fish cake, kanom jeep.
The favourites of the night was the wak fried bewf and basil chilli. My wife enjoy spicy thai fish cake. The dipping sauces with meals were really nice, and the tamaried one was, hot and spicy but amazing place was nice and good service, although may be a little rushed. A table for 4 quite small and not so much room for putting all the plates. On no big deal though.
The banana flitter, icw cream was good meal and big. Total bill only $69. Oh love to come back again. 😊
Went here for dinner with a friend a while back for a special birthday. It was early dinner and the place was still empty so we immediately got seated. The staff was very polite and attentive, refilling water and rice without you having to ask, unlike some other places where you have to ask three times.
Fantastic flavours. Great atmosphere. Perfect! Pitching reasonable. BYO too, would definitely recommend the duck!!!
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+5
The food is adsolutely amazing flavorful and quite authentic.It is a family run restaurant and the people there are very nice,they asked how many times we've been there and were generally very friendly.
Probably the most bargain Thai restaurant I've been to in Howick.
Great service, nice décor and excellent food.
Roughly $100 per couple for 3 course meal and a bottle of wine.
Food: Thai food done very well. You'll find the famed classics as well as a few contemporary dishes. Spicyness is varied which is good for those of my party who are not so inclinded to eat hot food. All in all, a very good dinner.
Ambience: The decor is opulent. Gold colours, engraved ornaments, heavy metal cutlery deep reds. This really is a luxury dining hall.
Service: Fantastic. Friendly and courteous staff without being over-bearing. They even stayed open a bit later whilst we finished our drinks.
Worth the visit: A very solid option. If you need somewhere to go or you want a good bit of Thai cuisine, go to The Elephant.
An absolutely amazing place. The decor is stunning and the food is absolutely on point for Thai food. The pineapple fried rice was aromatic, fresh and balanced that it too me all the way back to being in Thailand. The only issue (reason it lost 1 star) was the gluten free menu. There was nothing vegetarian on it and we had to speak with the manager to have something made to cater for my wife. The chef was very cautious about particular ingredients such as the coconut milk that he felt might be contaminated so he didn't want to make anything with it for her. Appreciate their caution of what they do and make which is amazing to see in restaurants.
This is my favourite Thai food restaurant. The quality of the dishes is excellent, mains are around the $20 mark and it's definitely worth it. The staff is really friendly and the atmosphere very enjoyable. This place is a must if you like Thai food!
Came to the restaurant for dinner on a rainny Thursday night. The pineapple fries rices was amazing. Main was ready right after I finished my entree. I ordered some takeaways back home for friends and got 15% discount. 4/5. I will come back!!
It was my first time dinning at this restaurant with my boyfriend. So I decided to go for the lunch set which comes with an entrée and a main dish. I picked the Tom yum soup as the entrée and oh my goodness it was AMAZING! That zing of sweet and sour remains on my tastebuds, making me crave for more. For my main dish I picked the Pad Thai. The portion size was definitely satisfying.
Overall, I really enjoyed coming here.
Food 4/5
Service 3/5
Environment 3/5
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I think the elephant thai in Howick had change owner.
I just order takeaway online.
Their new website is very high technology. You can pay by credit card or pay paw. and you just pick up after you order only 15 minute. It is very good just use your smart phone.
Dined in over the weekend for my Mothers Birthday. Lovely friendly service. Not the largest portions I have seen - but fresh and tasty.
English isn't great - but enjoy it for what it is.
We would like to thank you The Elephant thai cuisine for your huge
Donation to our. Organisation on last week.
Plus free dinner for our staffs.
Thank you for your wonderful chicken cashunut and green curry
Also your yellow chicken rice.
We will never forget your help
Thank you again
This gorgeous and classy restaurant can be found on Moore Street Howick
The decor and layout of this delightful restaurant oozes class and sophistication.
Staff are friendly, attentive, polite and obliging and the menu is extensive and interesting. There is also an option to choose a set meal from a range of set menus.
We opted for the main menu as we are small eaters.
The food is exquisite, tasty and magnificently presented.
we visit Auckland as a group of my family private tour. We went to the old town name Howick. Very hungry but we do not like Europe food.Finally we found a Thai restaurant which customers que up for table. We went there, name The Elephant Thai Cuisine. Wait for 15 mins for a table, We order 8 dishes which come jumbo size and super fast, Pad Thai and fried rice are the best.Thank you for lovely waiter. Next year see you again, When our next vocation.
If you like to eat here
they have top ten meal
1 Thai spicy salad
2 Massamun lamb curry
3 Chicken Pad thai
4 Pineapple fri rice
5 Raw Prawn salad
6 Som tum Thai
7 Jungle curry fish
8 Cashnut tofu
we got there around 6 pm
the restaurant had 2 customers
our order came super fast. hot and yummy
the tom yum soup a bit spicy, but test good.
the waitress were busy with a lot of take away. She forgot our drink.
we like your chicken cashunut
8 of us went for dinner and we were not dissappointed.. Even though there was only one person serving the food, it came on time.. To be honest the food was not awesome but was good.. Ambience was also good.. The dessert served was only kids quality, could have been better..
Went there with my family last week
1. Food very yummy!!!
2.Staff friendly
3.Restaurant clean n amazing!!
4.Nice music
Just went with my friends Thuesday. The restaurants was full
with customers. But the staff still can manage table for four for us. I try noodle tom yum prawn. very good.
my friend order green curry fish, unforgetable .
en up by banana fitter ice cream.
lovely.
No question why this restaurant always full.
This place was great! My Husband had to work late on his birthday so I called these guys up to get Takeaway. The food was ready and hot at the specified time. Quick, easy and delicious!
good service was good, food was also, prie is reasonable, location is ok, but hey, food was very good.
would go back, suggest you visit:)
Excellent food. Best Thai in East Auckland! Staff are always lovely.
Great food nice place with attentive service best thai around this part of the city
My friend and I had lunch there mid week and the staff were so friendly. I have a couple of food allergies and they bent over backwards to accommodate me. The food was absolutely fabulous. Reasonably priced, not over the top. Highly recommended for a great lunch venue. Decor is wonderful and it was a real treat to go to a Thai restaurant where they actually play Thai music in the background. All important as part of the ambiance. Not tried it for dinner yet but looking forward to it.
Great food at this Thai restaurant! Staff were not very friendly with my large group and also very hard to understand when asking questions regarding the menu.. Was happy with food which is the main thing but will not be returning.
The Elephant has been my go to restaurant for lunch for about 4-5 years.
I love this place so much. The staff are lovely and it's so so cheap during the day.
I will always go for the $10 lunch. It is so worth it, big portions and such tasty food.
I also love the pan pipe music, bit odd I know, but for some reason i like it.
There isn't really much I can against The Elephant, it doesn't claim to be a fancy place, it is what it is and it does it very well. I go to a lot of Thai places, but he food here is always the best.
If you're in Howick and hungry, try The Elephant.
A great place to eat traditional Thai food 🥘 sparingly served with great atmosphere and ambience bar with drinks of choice
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A great little gem hidden in a corner of central Howick
So we’re eaten here a few times before so delicious to leave a review. It’s very easy to miss this hidden ... which is great as being a smaller restaurant, it means depending on time of visit it can fill up quite quickly. I heard that at lunch times this place is very popular with the local office/ shop crowd.
We visit on Sunday around 7pm and there were only 3 other couples and 1 group of5 friends. The restaurant is not spacious nor white table cloths posh ... but it’s clean, the staff are always friendly and above all the food is brilliant. I haven’t traveled to Thailand unlike many others so can’t compare to there... however this is a family owned place and I have eaten at other posher Thai places that aren’t nearly as good.
The order:
Mix entree’
Fresh spring roll stir fried rice with chicken and Penang curry, Pad Thai with seafood,Ginger beef, Red curry with chicken, with side order of jasmine rice
The tastes are fantastic. The chef clearly knows about how portion work as the amount/ proportion of ingredients was perfect.
To all staff,thank you for such a splendid time.keep up the great work.
Had dinner here the other night. Staff was very friendly and helpful in recommending dishes when we couldn’t decide. Their mussaman curry with lamb was delicious, especially with the roti we also ordered. I cant handle anything spicy and the chef was nice enough to make it extra mild for me. Would go again, nice quiet place to have family dinner.
Have eaten here every 3 months or so for several years. Never disappoints. Not been in when super crowded but service is likely to be good then as it's pretty good every other time. Really well prepared dishes. Suitable for a birthday or romantic dinner too
Great value, fresh ingredients and very reasonably priced. The staff are always friendly and welcoming we have dined at The Elephant many times and found it to be consistently good.
Such a pleasure being here. It's my favorite thai restaurant in auckland. Lovely place for occasions especially birthday parties. Friendly and quick service by the staffs. It's just amazing and the food is just unbelievably delish 👌👌
Pleasant and affordable. It has a nice atmosphere, tasty food, and a large and varied menu.
Very good for a casual dinner out.
Lovely staff, very obliging to cater for a large part of 50. This was an (extensive) limited menu, but could have been still further limited to reduce the wait for meals.
The setting was a little lack-lustre, the food was delicious but nothing new and the service was top-notch, I would recommend it for sure
Amazing..flavoursome Thai!!!! Will go again. Reasonable prices...and friendly service.
Very nice place to enjoy great food.... friendly people there you will find too.
Great foo great service❤❤
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