Green Elephant Gourmet

3950 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto
(650) 494-7391

Recent Reviews

Deniece Smith, Realtor

hear the food here is really delicious with choices that are Burmese and Cantonese. I believe it is. The waitress is so kind and always just works her tail off. I love that. They serve the food on beautiful plates and have lovely decorations so it feels like you’re eating at someone’s home.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hot & Sour Soup, Mongolian Beef, Pot Stickers, Coconut Rice, Cashew Chicken

Harsh Gupta

Ordered the Kung Pao Lunch with Fried Rice for pick-up. Terrible food - full of oil, poorly cooked chicken and pricey. The lunch combo even had the soup missing (it says on the menu that you will get one). Never going to this place again!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Ryan Greenburg

Top picks were string bean, chicken, wontons, and the tea salad. Would highly recommend and appreciated the service from the staff. Great family place!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tea Leaf Salad

Janice Carey

We were in the area with out of town family. We dined in for a wonderful time. Husband and I found the 2 servers were constantly involved with making sure we had filled water glasses. answering requests to have extra plate and napkins, and adding new dishes to the order. Service was equal to a 5-star restaurant. It was Christmas eve, and their attentive watchfulness was a pleasure. Love the eclectic atmosphere, the noise level was right because though I'm hearing impaired, I could hear all of the 5 people at the table!. The food was good and plentiful. Not epicurean, but tasty and enjoyable, we believe we will be back. Prices reflect that this is a sit-down restaurant.We have been there for lunch also to have a less-expensive than dinner treat..

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Soni Carbonel

The restaurant staff are scammers!! My husband ordered the pumpkin chicken.As he is dishing it to his plate, he noticed there are only two pieces of pumpkin and the rest are all potatoes. He brings it to the waitresses attention and she totally denied it and called the manager over and she denied it too. We may not be Burmese, but we know the difference between an orange piece of pumpkin to a white clump of potatoes. If it looks like a potato and tastes like a potato, then it is a potato. Be aware of this place for the prices they charge. You should get what you ordered. I highly would not recommend this place. We've been there several times and the last time is the very last.Beware don't be scammed!!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Paige Fitzmorris

Best. Ever.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Anup Goel

Good to try

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Joanna Li

Nice service only to native speakers? Not pleasant service experience at all. And serving plates and bowls are dirty!!

Taufiq Habib

Tasty Thai food in the Palo Alto. The service was outstanding by Jessica - she moved fast and never left us waiting.We had a bottle of wine served in a chilled bucket, huge serving of chicken egg drop soup and shared a broccoli beef, and a serving of brown rice. Wine took us over 80 or meal would have been 50 before the tip.Everything tasted great! Will visit again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hot and Sour Soup

ronald borrego

Very clean vey friendly staff grest prices good portions food is so tasty this is a ten star restraints you must try it to see for your self

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Brett Higgins

Delivery for lunch so no comment on atmosphere. I found the food (fruity nutty chicken) to be pretty average tasting overall, there was not much bell pepper and the mango added was not fully ripe. Rice was a side and extra for all dishes rather than included. Small portion size for the price. Overall, average tasting and average value, for the dish I had at least.

Food: 3

Service: 5

Paige G.

I cannot think of a single complain about this restaurant. They have the best balance between high-quality food and price. Definitely get the Mongolian beef, chicken, and lettuce cups, and the Chow Fun. All are super good. The staff is also very friendly and I like getting take out or eating in the restaurant. It is a must-try!

J H.

Solid place we ordered on Christmas. Liked the kung pao and orange chicken. A lot to try next time

Abby L.

This review is about the customer service. We've had a few disappointing experiences here. The first was when we came here to pick up an order, and my son was interested in looking around the restaurant. They told us -- kids cannot wander around! Some greeting for customers picking up a $100+ order! Then another night I tried to place an order on the website, but the submit-order button kept failing. Eventually I gave up and called. I repeated the order multiple times, but after I picked it up, I realized one of the dishes was incorrect. When I called to inquire, they told me -- well, that's what we wrote down! Then they hung up on me. They were not interested in fixing the issue. So, we've had enough and we will not patronize this restaurant again.

Janny R.

We went in for an early dinner. The server was very energetic and friendly. She was the only server for the restaurant at that time. The dinning room is decorated but one would not expect it as a Burmese restaurant. The unexpected dinnerware and the tea pot and tea cups are more like what you will see at an Italian restaurant. I ordered a Tea Leaf Salad and my dinner date ordered a Pork Curry. Both were delicious. Overall experience was pleasant and will return and try other Burmese dishes.

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