Silk Elephant
Silk Elephant
Sodas do not come in cans or 2-liter bottles. Only fountain cups.
Gluten free and vegan.
Famous Thai hot and sour soup with mushrooms in a tart tamarind chicken broth sauce seasoned with lemongrass, onion and bell pepper.
Coconut broth simmered with galanga, accented with roasted chili peppers and lime juice.
Shrimp, scallop, mussel and calamari cooked with onion, bell pepper, mushroom, basil leaves and lemongrass in a lemony broth.
Bean curd and vegetables in a clear broth.
A seasoned chicken broth with scallions and wontons filled with mixed vegetable, chicken and shrimp filling.
A tasty puree of mushroom, potato and onion spiced with tarragon and garnished with a splash of cream.
Choice of broth, chicken or beef, over thin ribbon noodles and green onions.
Choice of chicken or beef tossed with garlic oil over thin ribbon noodles, ground peanut and green onions.
Duck broth over egg noodles and green onions.
Chili garnished with crispy noodles and coconut creme fraiche
Served with creme fraiche, topped with crispy noodles and drizzled with cilantro oil. Gluten free.
Spring mixed greens with sliced pear, topped with sweet gorgonzola, dried cranberries, and champagne vinaigrette dressing.
Served with shaved prosciutto, dry cranberries and crispy noodles tossed in a Thai sweet chili dressing.
Gluten free and vegan.
Garnished with crispy noodle and creme fraiche. Gluten free.
Crispy shredded duck tossed in a spring mix with shredded fresh green apple, chili, and onion.
Faux duck (Gluten) tossed in a spring mix with shredded fresh green apple, chili, and onion.
Fresh young mango, ground peanut, dried shrimp and red onion tossed in a spring mix with a sweet lime vinaigrette.
Shredded papaya and carrot tossed with lime chili vinaigrette and topped with grilled shrimp.
Fried to crispy green water crest leaves tossed with shrimp, ground chicken, dressed in lemongrass, lime juice green onions, chili paste and cilantro.
Shrimp, calamari, mussel, scallop, lettuce, spinach, onions, cucumber, tomatoes, and peanuts tossed in lemongrass ginger dressing.
Sliced charbroiled beef or pork tossed with a mixture of onions, tomatoes, cucumber, and seasoned lime juice on a bed of mixed greens with a hint of a spicy oyster sauce as a dressing.
Grilled eggplant top with a chunky chili paste dressing garnish with green onion and cilantro.
Minced and seasoned with lime juice, herbs, onions, ground roasted rice and spices.
Served with wonton chips topped with Thai chili paste and hoisin sauce.
Garnished with a mussamun curry reduction, coconut creme fraiche and chili oil.
Pan-roasted crostini topped with melted brie and maple glazed garnished with homemade pesto.
Over arugula tom yum risotto and spicy mayo.
Served with sticky rice, garnished with a coconut cajun aioli and drizzled with sweet chili oil.
Scallop, shrimp, and mussels in green curry sauce toped with crispy noodle served with chili oil brushed crostini
Asian-style garnished with wasabi sauce and spicy siracha mayo
Penang curry and peanut sauce atop marinated, thinly diced chicken breast layers with Monterey Jack cheese, bell peppers, Thai avocado aioli and hoisin sauce.
Burrata cheesed fresh tomato salsa drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and fig balsamic reduction
Served with papaya salad, along with a coconut ginger brown rice. From Australia.
Pan seared over taro mash and accompanied with wilted asparagus and green curry miso sauce. Gluten free.
Filet Mignon medallion topped with oven roasted crab and brie, pan- roasted rosemary potatoes and asparagus, garnished with a mussamun curry mushroom reduction sauce.
Zucchini squash with asparagus, tossed in tom yum broth over risotto. Gluten free and vegan.
Over tom yum arugula risotto and garnished with a creamy Cajun sauce. Gluten free.
Gluten free.
Gluten free and vegan.
Served with coconut rice, garnished with asparagus and drizzled with a lemongrass chili broth reduction and cilantro oil.
Served with lemongrass soup risotto and garnished with green curry sauce.
Served with cauliflower puree, bok choy, drizzled with red wine demiglace.
Zucchini, Squash, fresh corn and pea
Stuffed with cabbage and carrot lightly deep fried and served with a sweet and sour sauce.
Salmon mixed mild Sriracha sauce and rolled with bean sprouts and then crisped to perfection.
Fried tofu, rice noodles, carrots, lettuce, mint leaves, basil leaves wrapped with rice paper served with a sweet brown sauce top with ground peanut.
Cucumber, carrot, lettuce, cream cheese, crab meat in rice paper wrap served with a sweet chili sauce.
Minced pork and shrimp in dumpling wrapper served with a ginger sesame soy sauce.
Mixed vegetables in dumpling wrapper served with a ginger sesame soy sauce.
Shrimp and crabmeat in dumpling wrapper served with a ginger sesame soy sauce.
Lightly deep fried salmon, onion, cabbage, and carrot in dumpling wrapper top with our homemade wasabi sauce.
Chicken, potato, onion and yellow curry powder with cucumber sauce.
Perfect blended crab meat and cream cheese wrapped with wonton skin then deep fried.
Marinated chicken, lightly deep fried in pandanus leaf. This fragrant meat is then served with a sesame sauce.
Sizzling rice cake bites served with a sheer dipping sauce of ground shrimp, chicken and peanut.
Fried tofu wedges served with a sweet and sauce topped with crushed peanuts.
Seasoned yellow corns coated in a thin crispy batter and served with a sweet chili paste sauce.
Marinated lamb ribs delicately drizzled with a green curry house made sauce and fresh shredded vegetables in a base.
Succulent skewers of chicken and vegetables in a slightly sweet marinade. Served with sticky rice and a sweet and spicy dipping sauce.
Strips of marinated beef grilled on bamboo skewers and served with our homemade peanut and cucumber sauce.
Strips of marinated chicken breast grilled on bamboo skewers and served with our homemade peanut and cucumber sauce.
Marinated pork chop on top of spring mixed salad and topped with a sweet and sour sauce.
Marinated beef with herbs, thinly sliced and served with our special sauce and sticky rice.
Marinated pork with herbs, thinly sliced and served with our special sauce and sticky rice.
Calamari strips marinated with fresh herbs and garlic served with our homemade avocado sauce.
A steamed red curry and tilapia souffle topped with a splash of coconut milk served in a banana leaf cup.
Lightly deep fried patties of king fish meat mixed with a mild curry paste shredded green bean and Thai seasonings. Served with a traditional cucumber sauce
Fresh mussels on the half shell dressed in a creamy, yet mildly spicy sauce and then baked to perfection.
Delicately deep fried squares of herbal shrimp and ground pork served with a traditional Thai cucumber sauce.
Large succulent scallops crowned with a chunky chili paste sauce that is accented with fragrant kymer lime leaf.
Mussels steamed with basil, galangal, lemongrass and then steeped to perfection in a herbal Thai broth.
Jumbo shrimp and crab meat beautifully hand wrapped in egg noodles and drizzled in a trio of tamarind, coconut and panang curry sauce.
Choice of meat mixed with bamboo shoot, baby corn, basil leaves in coconut milk and red curry paste.
Choice of meat mixed with broccoli, green bean, snow pea, eggplant, basil leaves and bell pepper in coconut milk and green curry paste.
Choice of meat mixed with broccoli, bell pepper, carrot and baby corn in coconut milk and panang curry paste.
Zesty stew with a light ginger and tamarind spiced sauce featuring lamb pineapple, carrot and shredded ginger. Can not switch
Crushed fresh chili with green bean, eggplant, bamboo shoot, mushroom and Thai fresh herbs. Starts at a minimum of spicy 4
Boneless roasted duck mixed with tomato, grape, pineapple in coconut milk and curry paste.
Boneless roasted duck mixed with tomato, grape, pineapple in coconut milk and curry paste.
Choice of meat or tofu mixed with carrot, onion and potatoes mixed with coconut milk in mussaman curry paste with a peanut topping. Sweet taste with a strong peanut flavor
Half chicken marinated in Thai herbs and displayed on a side of papaya salad.
These favorite vegetable duos served with your choice of meat in a light brown sauce.
These favorite vegetable duos served with your choice of meat in a light brown sauce.
Ginger match sticks sauteed to a light brown sesame oil and then stir fried with scallions, peppers and your choice of meat.
A beautiful mix of fresh broccoli, Napa, baby corn, carrots, snow peas, fresh mushrooms and basil leaves in a light soy sauce.
Marinated lamb ribs delicately drizzled with a green curry house made sauce and fresh shredded vegetables in a base.
Delicious house-made crab cake with macadamia nuts in a panang curry sauce with a mix of vegetables and Thai noodle as a side.
Choice of meat stir-fried with white onions, broccoli, and cashew nuts in zesty chili paste.
Choice of meat stir-fried with basil leaf, bell pepper in a spicy garlic sauce.
Flavorful bites of marinated duck in a dark basil sauce, crowned with crispy basil leaves, carrots, snow peas and mushroom.
Tangy sweet and sour house made Thai sauce with pineapple, bell peppers, yellow onions, tomatoes, green onions and cucumber.
Lightly sweet and nutty in flavor, this narrow stir fried noodle is a traditional Thai favorite. Choice of meat mixed with egg, green onion and crushed peanuts.
Stir fried broad noodles in a hearty brown sauce mixed with egg, broccoli florets and yellow bean sauce.
Stir fried broad noodles in a zesty garlic chili sauce with fresh Asian basil and napa.
This variation on red curry serves this favorite dish with Northern style Thai food. Egg noodle and chicken in our special curry sauce top with pickled cabbage, onion and crispy noodles.
Crispy egg noodles served with mixed vegetables in a gravy sauce.
A variation of pineapple fried rice. This variation adds in grapes, apples, pineapple, raisins and citrus to make a refreshing rice dish. Garnished with cashew and mandarin oranges.
Choice of meat, onion, green and red bell pepper stir fried with garlic, sweet basil leaf and chili with jasmine rice.
Yellow curry stir fried with egg, onion, tomato, green peas, green onion and bean spout.
Thai style fried rice mixed with white onion, tomato, green pea and egg.
This tall taro delight is a cross between a moist cake and custard.
Hand formed like marzipan, this yellow bean paste is a sweet and light way to end a meal.
a bowl of food and a glass of wine
Tom Yum Soup (Lemongrass)
Pad Thai with fried tofu
3 Pieces Satay Chicken
Blue Lagoon
2 Pieces Chicken Kabobs
Tom Kah Soup (Galanga)
3 Pieces Vegetable Steamed Dumplings
Mussamun Curry
Inside
Inside
3 Pieces Satay Chicken
Basil Fried Rice
Tom Yum Soup (Lemongrass)
Thai Noodle Soup with Broth
Yuzu martini
Lamb Curry
Outside - so hard to find!
Pad Kee Mow (Lemongrass)
interior, sushi and sashimi
Prosciutto Crowned Grill Shrimp
Pad Thai, Basil Fried Rice, Thai Noodle Soup with Broth, Panang Curry
Panang Curry with rice
Thai Noodle Soup with Broth
Chris C.
Sep 12, 2024
Juicy food. Juicier people. Came around 6:15, sat immediately tbh p empty. Prices are normal, protein is +2$ for some dishes. Pad see ew is solid, he's like a black tshirt- nothing too flashy but gets the job done, your reliable guy. They have a good variety of thai tapas, the chicken is infinitely than the beef, delicious really good char. Service is what it should be and decent street parking around. I had a great time with some really good friends, def would come back.Strengths: empty
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Amanda K.
Apr 29, 2024
While in the area I was craving Thai food and my friend mentioned she knew of a good place nearby. We stopped by around 1130 on a Sunday and it was almost empty when we got there. We were seated right away and ordered a bunch of different foods to share including mussamun curry, pad see ew, pad kee mow, Thai noodle soup, chicken satay, and Thai iced tea. I'd say everything was really good with the exception of the kee mow. It had veggies in it that I've never had in it before and I just didn't love it as much I have at other places. The mussamun was delicious and the noodle soup is something I've never had before but will definitely be on my radar from now on. The inside was nice, the staff was really friendly, and the food came out pretty quickly. Overall I thought it was a good experience and I would go back!
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Olivia M.
Jul 17, 2024
We went here to get out of the heat! We were seated right away and immediately got water. The food and the service were both good. I ordered the fried calamari and it was awful - limp and chewy. We also tried the Pad Thai with beef and that was very good. The restaurant was very nice, and a great break from the summer sun.
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Joseph B.
Nov 16, 2023
Silk Elephant's food is very good--and, as others have noted, Thai tapas are incorporated into the menu, so they have a unique offering! They have a full bar by plus beer and wine. Recently I enjoyed the yuzu martini plus pumpkin masaman curry, which complemented one another well. The curry was rich in flavor. Service is efficient and food comes out quickly. While the restaurant is clean, it feels a little sparse inside. I'm sure this would be a fantastic takeout spot. It's Squirrel Hill so street parking on Murray Ave or a nearby side street would be the way to go if coming by car.
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Julia B.
Nov 2, 2023
Thai food is one of my favorite cuisines, and this was my first time trying Silk Elephant in person after having gotten takeout a couple of times. The food is delicious! I had a spicy tom yum soup (super flavorful & filled with a ton of veggies) and a lamb curry on the waitress's recommendation. The curry was thick & spicy & the lamb was super tender - I will definitely order that again! We went as a big group and shared a couple of appetizers as well. My favorites were the beef satay (super tender with a really good peanut sauce) & the salmon dumplings (a combination that I was surprised to like so much). The restaurant also has a bar, although I opted for the guava tea (free refills!). My friends who got drinks said they were delicious, though, and they have an interesting cocktail menu. The only downside about this restaurant is that service is very slow. We were one of only two tables dining in, and the waitress took a really long time to visit us to get our orders. If you aren't in a rush, the food is worth the wait!Food: A-Drinks: BService: CAmbiance: B-
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Jenee S.
Jan 4, 2023
I ordered takeout from here. The food came out hot.The tea was a little too sweet for me.Moo and goong dumplings were just okay. The texture was kind of weird, almost sponge like. Couldn't taste the shrimp and was definetly well grounded, not mincedI also got the pad kee mow. Level 5 spice level with mixed meat. The pricing is deceiving. You have to pick a meat that adds extra to the price shown. That's an additional $3 ($17 total). The meats tasted off and the noodles seemed old.Looking at one of the pieces of chicken, there was a weird grey/green stripe on it. Not sure if it was mold or what. I found a few more of the same and no longer ate anymore.Would not order from again
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Julie Anna E.
Jul 18, 2022
Very good thai food! We got this last night when a lot of local places stopped delivering after 8pm. Silk Elephant came through and we loved the food!! The only reason I took away a star is because we ordered calamari and it only came with like 5-6 rings on calamari and it wasn't my favorite and the sauce with it wasn't goodOur meals were delicious and piping hot! We got the Red Curry and the Spicy Basil Fried Rice. The spice levels we got were perfect and had a nice kick without being too much. My boyfriend raved about the curry. We will definitely be ordering from here again but will skip the calamari next time
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Ellen B.
Jun 17, 2024
From the service to the food this place is a 10/10. The owner cares so much about his customers and the quality of his food. Treats you like family. My favorite restaurant in Pittsburgh!!
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Sabina S.
Apr 28, 2023
tl;dr: decent Thai food in squirrel hill with large portions, slow service but nice ppl. Probs better as takeout.----Walked in at 7p on a Friday and was sat immediately. Decently busy but not packed. The menu was extensive and they had a large wine selection.Got the tom yum soup which was $5 for a small bowl. The flavor was okay but I felt like I could have made it myself with the paste from the store. Wasn't as flavorful as I usually expect from a restaurant. The veggie spring rolls were delicious!Noodle Curry was beautiful and a huge serving. I got spicy level 4 which wasn't very spicy at all. The flavor of the curry was okay but also not as strong as I would have liked. The crunchy noodles on top were yummy but then they started getting soggy which I didn't personally enjoy. My fiancee got the curry fried rice which was also a huge portion. She said the flavor was good but "nothing to write home about"Prices were fair though. Overall was only 40 bucks.I have a feeling they do more business for takeout. But we'll probs stick to our usual Thai place. Glad to have tried it tho after so many years walking by.
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Danita B.
Mar 4, 2025
The food is so good, servers are so attentive & it's a quiet & thoughtful environment.
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