Funky Elephant

1313 Ninth St Ste120, Berkeley - 94710
219 reviews
Thai
(510) 356-4855

The staff here is friendly and the restaurant has a good mix of indoor/outdoor seating.Now onto the food. I would not consider this traditional Thai food, granted the flavors were good, but the cost, i don’t think the experience is justifiable. Especially the steak dish. We’re talking maybe 5oz of flank steak in a curry sauce with arugula thrown on top for >$20.While the restaurant is trendy and the food presents extremely well, i doubt this place will have any trouble appealing to the Berkeley crowd.

So salty. Salty. Salty that not eatible. And over charge. A bowl of rice are separate order for main dish, unbelievable. I don't understand for this for high reviews. Seriously.

If I could give 10 stars, I would, is the best Tai food I have ever had, the crispy rice is AMAZING, the staff very friendly, excellent experience!!!!

Everything we had here was great. We had the waiter help us out on what to order.Very good food, well balanced!

Absolutely horrible. The server and the manager are both extremely rude and unprofessional. Telling the customer that they ate plenty of it when they are reporting a dish as bad is horrendous.This is when another table told the same thing. The waiter was racist. She dealt with the party at the other table much more nicely and when we reported the same dish had the gall to tell us that we are just doing it because the other table also did it.Will absolutely never go here ever again and you should also not.

Service was amazing and the food is also really good. I got the pad tai

Highly highly recommend this gem!! It’s as close to Real Thai food as you’re going to get in the States… please don’t ask them to omit fish sauce or spiciness.. that’s a big part of the appeal for this place..The Flavors were all perfect.. a highlight was the drunken mussels and black cod curry with vermicelli..It’s a great spot with friendly staff..

Delicious old skool pad Thai w/ Mr.Q

Pad Thai is nothing like what I’ve had before in other Thai restaurants; it was way better. The two shrimp the dish was served w were the tastiest shrimp I’ve had in a very long time; it’s as if I was transported back to when I was a young child. Not trying to be dramatic here. Just coming out that way.

Incredibly small portions for the price. The kids noodle is just a few strands of noodle mixed with a handful of tofu cubes in broth. The fried egg salad is just a few garnish over a few fried eggs. Just don't bother.