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| - Me and Ellen F. came with a mutual friend who is a huge fan of this place, he says nothing but good things about it. The name itself jarred my curiosity, the Elephant Bar. We came at 11:30 so the place wasn't crowded at all, the host seated us right away in the back booth. Elephant Bar has an open kitchen in the back so you can see the staff prepare your food, which I don't mind.
The decor IMO was appealing and comfortable. It's a safari type theme yet very modern, old school advertisements for Africa and warm wood colored tones. When we walked in I caught a glimpse of the bar, it was circular surrounded by clear shadeless windows on all sides. The bar definitely looks like a chill drink spot, going to have to check it out sometime.
I ordered the Chicken & Shrimp Jambalaya, for $2 extra I opted for the bourbon rice instead of the white or brown option, I'm a sucker like that. To start me and Ellen F. split the chicken tortilla soup. The waitress was awesome, she actually split it up into two bowels instead of one which is a bitch to share with someone. The soup was luke warm, I like my soup hot. Although the soup was not the temperature I liked it did taste really good. Wasn't to spicy had the right amount of zest to it.
The Jambalaya was just OK, nothing real special. The rice was worth the extra $2 though. The sauce tasted like it came out of a plastic bag along with the chicken. I think it got left under the heat lamp for to long as it had that dry film-like coating starting to form on top. The quantity was definitely enough as I was full when I finished it, the lunch portion definitely would not have done the job, so if your hungry get the dinner size for $15.99.
Overall I expected a lot more as far as quality of food, the prices are up there and the ambience definitely gives it that fine dining vibe. If I come by again it won't be by my choice unless its for the bar area. On a positive note the service was great, my water never got low and she actually brought lemons with the water without me asking, she was super friendly and genuinely made us feel welcomed.
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