Blue Elephant is a well-known chain of Thai restaurants known for sumptious decorations. As their own website espouses your senses will be dazzled as soon as you walk into the Blue Elephant where you are greeted by around 8 waitresses, and as you make your journey to your table you are confronted by nice big green plants, gorgeous fountains and a flowing river. It feels just like you’re in a jungle.

We thought that to make the most of our visit to Blue Elephant we would try out their Sunday Buffet. With 2-hour sittings (not too strictly enforced it seems) this gives you a decent amount of time to soak up the atmosphere and also to eat as much, or as little from the buffet choices as you want.

Whilst waiting for Elvira and Andrew to arrive I also partook in one of the signature drinks – a (non-alcoholic) cocktail delivered in a coconut shell. Very cute if a little on the expensive side.

There are three food sections for the buffet – an amazingly diverse starters section where some food is cooked fresh and where there is also a noodle bar, a “mains” section and an extensive dessert section. Most of the people who have been to Blue Elephant give to the food, if not a thumbs down, at least a just so-so rating and sadly enough I would have to agree. That is not to say that it was completely horrible but it wasn’t anything spectacular considering how much everything else in
the restaurant was picture-perfect (service, decoration, presentation of food, uniforms of the staff.)

The starters were mainly deep-fried and were my preference over the mains. Disappointingly the mains buffet didn’t even feature a popular Thai Curry (I would have expected at least a Thai Green or something to turn up.) The desserts were pretty good – the fresh fruit was deliciously fresh and the puddings were very traditional. So maybe from that you could deduce
the meal started well and ended well but the middle wasn’t so crash-hot.

I would definitely recommend Blue Elephant as a restaurant that you have to experience at least once even if it is on the pricey side and the food isn’t the greatest (looks fantastic however!) How can you not be charmed by the girl plucking her khim or the man spinning intricate lollipops with sugar?