Funky Elephant Berkeley

Top quality Thai food that I make sure to visit every time I'm in town! Everything is thoughtfully prepared and we'll executed. Highly recommend the crispy rice salad.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pad Thai Old Skool, Crispy Rice Salad Nam Kao Todd, Crispy Rice Salad, Green Papaya Salad Som Tum Bangkok Ver

Nice depth of flavor on the curries. I enjoyed the earthy galangal / cumin+coriander flavor in the yellow curry, while my partner's red curry was very herby and let the rockfish shine. reasonable portion sizes (they appear small on first glance but are actually perfect), and the dessert roti is incredible.

Cute, very small little place. Wonderful service. The food was out of this world. I would go back in a heartbeat. Exceptional satay. and crispy rice salad ( to die for!).

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I love Funky Elephant! Khao Man Gai they have is the best! So delicious. I just recommend it all of you. For here and to go, both makes me satisfied and happy. Chicken, rice, sauce, and soup, everything is perfect! Thank you for making amazing food!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

The crispy rice salad was out of this world. The food was fresh and perfectly flavored. Will go back in a heartbeat. Crowded with a short wait. Kind and gracious staff.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

One of the best Thai restaurants in Berkeley. And Berkeley has tons of Thai!!
Different type of menu than your usual Thai spots. Very very good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken with Spicy Sauce, Crispy Rice Salad Nam Kao Todd, Vermicelli Curry Kanom Jean

The food was out of this world, but the restaurant itself was a modern hole in the wall with minimal space for bigger groups. I recommend the Yellow Curry, the breakfast pork dish, and the roti side.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Crispy Rice Salad Nam Kao Todd, Fried Egg, Pork Ribs

Have gotten take out from this small but always busy restaurant near my house several times. Funky Elephant has garnered very good reviews, and the food—while not knock your socks off good—is decent bordering on solid.

What gets me is the small portions. So small that one order of yellow curry chicken was only enough to feed one person. They should either admit this and let diners know up front, or charge more and increase the portion size.

This is my main issue with Funky Elephant, when I spend $50 on two entrees, I would hope it could adequately feed two people and it doesn’t really deliver.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

A cute little Thai place with solid food. Their menu is more limited than a typical American Thai restaurant, but everything is made extremely well. Very stylish decor and the bathroom is a hoot with the disco ball party lights and checkered tile. I've never commented on a restaurant bathroom before but it was a surprise delight.

2018 Michelin star, food has is best ,

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Chicken with Spicy Sauce, Brussels Sprouts, Green Papaya Salad Som Tum Bangkok Ver, Vermicelli Curry Kanom Jean

We ordered three dishes and iced coffee. Everything is very tasty especially the mussels and the wings

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Party Wings, Drunken Mussels

All the food we got there was great and the service was top-notch from unassuming place like this.

I would highly recommend getting the crispy tofu, the som tum, the pad thai and the gang rawang beef.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lovely and attentive service, true to authentic flavors. It seems more intimate than the Mission San Francisco location. Intentionally not recommending a dish because it depends on what you like - the menu is diverse and concise.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pad Thai Old Skool, Green Papaya Salad Som Tum Bangkok Ver, Crispy Hodo Tofu V

Interior is truly too claustrophobic to be OK...but the food is citrus-centered mana.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Pad Thai Old Skool

I didn't take pictures of everything we got, but everything was so good!!! They have a great patio space so we were able to bring our dog, which is always a plus.

We got the drunken mussels, wings, motherland curry, and wholesome noodles. And we had to try the blue rice. Everything was flavorful and so perfectly done. If we had to pick a very favorite, it might be the mussels, but that's a hard choice to make.

We also had the fried roti with Thai tea soft serve for dessert. So good. Sarah was super friendly and so helpful, we're so glad we finally tried this place and will definitely be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Party Wings, Hella Drunken Mussels