Blue Elephant Thai Cuisine

Great tasting food. I had the Beef Pad Thai, my two friends had the Chicken Pad Thai.
They also had Spring Rolls.

Service was through Uber and was good.

There was no ambiance because we ate at home.

The reason for the four stars instead of five is two fold.

First the prices are not reasonable. $90 for three meals and eight spring rolls.

While the food is very good, the serving sizes are not worth the price. $24 for 8 Spring Rolls is ridiculous. They were actually smaller than the egg Rolls you get at Panda Express.

Second, The Blue Elephant send our food in an open bag, and the containers of Spring Rolls were open. That is completely unacceptable. At no time, should a delivery person be able to have ready access to a person's food. If the bag is to small to seal, use two bags.

Overall the experience was good except for those two issues.

Will I eat the food there again? Yes. Will I order the food on Uber or Doordash? Absolutely not. Not because of Doordash or Uber messing up, but I do not want my food left open for any person to access.

I do recommended their food, but not through delivery.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Great Thai food! Had their signature fried rice and it was delicious. (Ask them to make it spicy!)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I do not recommend coming here. They have small portions of rice and they charge for it on the side. More egregiously, it is cold 3/4 of the bowls you get.

Their Tom Yum is minimal and salty, and tastes like vinegar. It truly does only include protein, white mushrooms, tomatoes, and chili for $17.

Their vegetarian eggplant came out piping...warm. Disappointingly lukewarm. But their portion was okay and the flavor was good. The star is for this. However, it came out much later than the other dishes we ordered.

We had to try 4 tiny bowls of rice for it to finally be hot. To ask for hot rice 4 times is surprising in a mid range or mildly expensive Thai restaurant.

My green chicken and eggplant curry with *plural* eggplants in the description was quite literal with two pieces of eggplant for the curry. My picture is after eating the first and sad about my fruitless search for at least a third. It was poorly incorporated in the curry.

We expected more for how much they were charging $17-19 per dish and were very disappointed. We used to come here pre Covid and during Covid and it went downhill since apparently.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1

Food is good. Almost got turned off by by a poor review of the Tom kha. Glad I went anyways, since the Tom kha was good. Papaya salad fresh(vegan style) and many vegan options. The waitress was extremely kind as well and attentive. She offered "vegan chicken" in our fried rice even though I didn't see it on the menu. Food took time to make so it was actually fresh you could tell. Lastly for our leftovers, the take out bag and box set offered were of fine quality, so you can tell that this restaurant cares a great deal about quality.

Vegetarian options: Vegan friendly.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

The staff was nice enough however there was a roach that crawled on my table. The road appeared after the waitress bought a four flight tray of hot sauces. I walked out because that is unacceptable.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 5

This Thai restaurant has gone downhill since I used to frequent the place many years ago. It used to be incredible and now it's just okay.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

If you want an authentic Thai food, I would definitely say Blue Elephant is top notch in Bakersfield. I only took one photo of the food I ordered because once I started eating I just enjoyed it and totally forgot about my phone. The service was quick and the atmosphere was very homey. I will definitely go back for more.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best Thai Restaurant in town! Authentic & delicious! The staff is friendly, all real Thai people and each dish is just great! We recommend Coconut Paradise, Fish 3 Way and the Pad Thai!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food took too long and the service was bad. Even though their service was bad they still added 20% tip included in the bill

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Blue Crab Fried Rice

Great food

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Seafood, Curry Sampler

I like it because it’s plentiful and clean.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tasty food but server needs tonimprove there delivery way .

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

I've been here many times. It's always very high quality food with very high quality service. My family is vegetarian and they will take extra steps to separate the meat from the rest of the food so they can enjoy all the dishes. They're always ready to help with requests. They've even reserved seats for us when we had 10+ guests.

I always suggest this place to anyone who wants Thai food. It's the best location in Bakersfield (that I've discovered so far).

This is a must try place, you will not regret it. Bring your friends, bring your family. I eat family style so I can try every dish here, I don't think I've yet had a dish that I didn't like.

The location is great, the ambiance is great. The service is incredible. There's really nothing that this place is lacking.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sweet Sticky Rice with Mango

Food came out in 5 minutes. Tasted like it's been sitting around all day like a buffet.

I had the spicy eggplant. Barely cooked onions, overcooked eggplant, and bitter peppers. Not worth eating.

Service was terrible also. Tried to get attention for how the food was many times but was ignored

But manager made sure to take pictures of restaurant being full. Awkward interaction when they start taking pictures of you eating.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Excellent, high quality Thai food with very friendly service. We had a large party of 8 and ordered a variety of dishes and drinks. Everything arrived in a timely fashion and was hot and delicious. The orders were correct and the server was very attentive to our needs. We were all very pleased and I highly recommend visiting Blue Elephant

Vegetarian options: Large selection of delicious vegetarian options

Dietary restrictions: Gluten free options available

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pineapple Fried Rice, Chicken Sate, Curry Sampler