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| - Came here with a friend in December as we both mentioned wanting to try the food after hearing rave reviews online and from others. To get to the restaurant is a little tricky, I was lead into a Denny's parking lot by my GPS thinking it was a cruel joke by my friend (ie Let's do Thai! I lied, we are doing Denny's). Luckily my friend was not being a trickster and we ended up inside the neighbouring hotel lobby and asked the front desk where the restaurant was. You need to go into the hotel lobby, follow the long corridor to the end of the hall, and a short turn to the right will bring you to the door of the restaurant. Strange, I know. The place was already getting busy, luckily with only two of us we were easy to sit down at a corner table. We were given menus and some time to ponder over them. I have had minimal Thai food in my life, some restaurant and some homemade, so I was planning on sticking with what I knew generally. I ended up getting a green curry, and my friend a pad thai; we then shared a dish thinking we would need the extra food. Nope, so wrong. The first dish was very tasty, was a chicken and veggie medley, we still had some left over at the end of our night. Then our dishes came out, we really should have invited more people! The pad thai was huge as was my bowl of green curry, which was more like a soup with large chunks of tofu, broccoli and ginger. I ordered some rice on the side to help soak up the liquid and add some "meat" to the dish. Everything was delicious though! Full of flavour, very light, and plenty to go around. I highly recommend when going with a group to order just a couple dishes that can be shared as the quantities are large enough. As is the culture of Thailand and many other Asian countries, food is meant to be shared amongst those at the table. So embrace the culture and the food when visiting White Elephant :) The service, despite it being a busy night, was very good, albeit the restaurant can get a bit loud due to the close quarters.
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