Truly charming restaurant with good Laotian food and great service. This is a dope Laotian restaurant. Wife loved the butterfly pea tea some much she ordered a box of the tea online on the way home. The food is great, the portions are filling without being too much. Definitely will cone back.
Abby Cossentino
I got the Kapoon and it was the best thing I've eaten in weeks
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kapoon
The Truth
Good food and great shareable dishes!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Nam Khao
Allison Hu
Dillon was great!
Paris Roberts
Amazing food, beautiful looking place, and amazing presentation! Cant wait to come back and try more of the vegan food. They have a lengthy list!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Elias Schutzman
Tasty and unpretentious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chelsea Seiden
Charming Elephant is a family owned restaurant. A little treasure in Baltimore. My friend and I truly enjoyed ourselves. The Pho is absolutely delicious and healing. I loved the Buddha Alter and interior decorations. It is very clean and orderly. The family was very friendly and welcoming. Looking forward to coming back for more! Thank you so much. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kaori Taylor
I came here on a Friday at 10PM for their extended hours. It was my first time coming here after being recommended by a friend. I wasn’t disappointed! I ordered the khao piek w/ pork belly and it was so flavorful. The service was quick and friendly too. I will definitely be back again soon!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
GSecer
The oil they use for cooking pad Thai has a distinctive smell and taste which we disliked
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Sunny P
Charming is definitely an understatement!! Charming Elephant brings the flavor and culture of Laos street food to the streets of Baltimore. The nation of Laos is one that in itself is a charming country but not a well known country.It is primely located on a popular street across from the harbor, where the congestion of people and traffic are manageable.The ambience is cute and has the traditional Lao script along with traditional pieces of art and beliefs of Laos.The food is by far the most authentic Lao food in Maryland!! Lao food is considered by most Americans similar to Thai food and while that is somewhat true, Lao food is generally more tart and not as spicy. Lao food also their own unique twist on classical Thai dishes such as tom som. In Lao, it is call thum maak houng which translates to “pounded papaya plant”. In traditional Lao meals, we more often use cucumber (maak thang) over papaya and our ingredients in addition to appearance slight differs.Being able to use my native tongue with the server was such a joy being Laos communities in America are so far and few. My server was so sweet and thoughtful. I watched as she bussed table, hosted and sat guest, interacted and suggested dishes, and served with fluidity.And the food!!!! The food is spot on culturally accurate!!! It was like having dinner at my grandparents house. I had the Laos sausage and jiew maak len (tomato “salsa” is the best description), a traditional side that accompanies a protein. When I was a kid, my grandpa would make this with his home grown veggies and I would dip my sticky rice in it and have it as an after school snack. The flavor profile of the jiew transported me back to 1992, sitting cross legged at our low table watching power rangers with my siblings and snacking on sticky rice and jiew with grandma’s sausages.Jiew maak len is a tomatoes base that has been roasted and ground in a mortar and pestle with added ingredients such ask cilantro, garlic, peppers, fish sauce and lime.Laos sausages are typically pork that has been sweetened and infused with herbs like lemongrass, cilantro, watercress, lime leaves, garlic, oyster sauce, lime, and fish sauce.If you’re seeing a trend with lime and fish sauce, you can understand how Lao food is different from Thai food.I also enjoy thum maak thang (a spin off of papaya salad made with cucumber) and naam khao. Naam khao is fried rice balls that are broken up and mixed with pickled pork sausage, green onions, fish sauce and lime, and eaten with lettuce like a wrap. It is a savory dish and the lettuce balances out the dense fried rice while also toning down the pickling flavor that naam generally carries.If I could give Charming Elephant more than 5 stars I would, not only because I’m so proud to be a first generation Lao-American, but because they hit it out of the park with the traditional flavors and brought another charm into the Charm City!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Papaya Salad, Nam Khao, Khao Piak
Great service- the waitress was super nice and gave great recommendations. This was my second time here, and it truly is charming! ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
W Colin
Incredible and authentic Laotian food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Nam Khao, Butterfly Pea Tea
Stephanie Gomez
The food never disappoints....a Baltimore must try!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kapoon, Spring Rolls, Summer Rolls
Taylor N.
sate was nice and spicy and I love spicyyyy, attentive service, nice ambiance kapoon was nice
Alena Henry
It might be the worst meal I have ever had! We ordered pho and some noodles with omelet. Pho was tasteless, broth is like oily water, and noodles were very sweet.
Truly charming restaurant with good Laotian food and great service. This is a dope Laotian restaurant. Wife loved the butterfly pea tea some much she ordered a box of the tea online on the way home. The food is great, the portions are filling without being too much. Definitely will cone back.
I got the Kapoon and it was the best thing I've eaten in weeks
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kapoon
Good food and great shareable dishes!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Nam Khao
Dillon was great!
Amazing food, beautiful looking place, and amazing presentation! Cant wait to come back and try more of the vegan food. They have a lengthy list!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tasty and unpretentious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Charming Elephant is a family owned restaurant. A little treasure in Baltimore. My friend and I truly enjoyed ourselves. The Pho is absolutely delicious and healing. I loved the Buddha Alter and interior decorations. It is very clean and orderly. The family was very friendly and welcoming. Looking forward to coming back for more! Thank you so much. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I came here on a Friday at 10PM for their extended hours. It was my first time coming here after being recommended by a friend. I wasn’t disappointed! I ordered the khao piek w/ pork belly and it was so flavorful. The service was quick and friendly too. I will definitely be back again soon!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The oil they use for cooking pad Thai has a distinctive smell and taste which we disliked
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Charming is definitely an understatement!! Charming Elephant brings the flavor and culture of Laos street food to the streets of Baltimore. The nation of Laos is one that in itself is a charming country but not a well known country.It is primely located on a popular street across from the harbor, where the congestion of people and traffic are manageable.The ambience is cute and has the traditional Lao script along with traditional pieces of art and beliefs of Laos.The food is by far the most authentic Lao food in Maryland!! Lao food is considered by most Americans similar to Thai food and while that is somewhat true, Lao food is generally more tart and not as spicy. Lao food also their own unique twist on classical Thai dishes such as tom som. In Lao, it is call thum maak houng which translates to “pounded papaya plant”. In traditional Lao meals, we more often use cucumber (maak thang) over papaya and our ingredients in addition to appearance slight differs.Being able to use my native tongue with the server was such a joy being Laos communities in America are so far and few. My server was so sweet and thoughtful. I watched as she bussed table, hosted and sat guest, interacted and suggested dishes, and served with fluidity.And the food!!!! The food is spot on culturally accurate!!! It was like having dinner at my grandparents house. I had the Laos sausage and jiew maak len (tomato “salsa” is the best description), a traditional side that accompanies a protein. When I was a kid, my grandpa would make this with his home grown veggies and I would dip my sticky rice in it and have it as an after school snack. The flavor profile of the jiew transported me back to 1992, sitting cross legged at our low table watching power rangers with my siblings and snacking on sticky rice and jiew with grandma’s sausages.Jiew maak len is a tomatoes base that has been roasted and ground in a mortar and pestle with added ingredients such ask cilantro, garlic, peppers, fish sauce and lime.Laos sausages are typically pork that has been sweetened and infused with herbs like lemongrass, cilantro, watercress, lime leaves, garlic, oyster sauce, lime, and fish sauce.If you’re seeing a trend with lime and fish sauce, you can understand how Lao food is different from Thai food.I also enjoy thum maak thang (a spin off of papaya salad made with cucumber) and naam khao. Naam khao is fried rice balls that are broken up and mixed with pickled pork sausage, green onions, fish sauce and lime, and eaten with lettuce like a wrap. It is a savory dish and the lettuce balances out the dense fried rice while also toning down the pickling flavor that naam generally carries.If I could give Charming Elephant more than 5 stars I would, not only because I’m so proud to be a first generation Lao-American, but because they hit it out of the park with the traditional flavors and brought another charm into the Charm City!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Papaya Salad, Nam Khao, Khao Piak
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Great service- the waitress was super nice and gave great recommendations. This was my second time here, and it truly is charming! ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Incredible and authentic Laotian food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Nam Khao, Butterfly Pea Tea
The food never disappoints....a Baltimore must try!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kapoon, Spring Rolls, Summer Rolls
sate was nice and spicy and I love spicyyyy, attentive service, nice ambiance kapoon was nice
It might be the worst meal I have ever had! We ordered pho and some noodles with omelet. Pho was tasteless, broth is like oily water, and noodles were very sweet.
Food: 1