Tom Yum Soup Tom Yum Soup

A spicy and sour Thai soup with shrimp, lemongrass, lime leaves, and mushrooms.

The Golden Elephant

The Golden Elephant

43 High Street, St Albans, United Kingdom

Thai • Asian • Vegan • Chinese


"Seeing the number of positive reviews, my partner and I were excited about our visit to The Golder Elephant. Sadly the experience left us a little underwhelmed. Lovely setting, very welcoming and super friendly on arrival and have to say throughout. However, we were there...for the food which although we ate it all without any problem (mainly because the portion sizes were very small) the flavours were average. Tom Yum soup was bland, prawns were very fresh and plump but no lemon grass, galangal, tomatoes or kafir lime leaves, which is standard for a traditional Thai Tom Yum Soup. It was basically an under seasoned broth with prawns in it. We ordered Thai Green Curry and what was supposed to be whole sea bass to share. What actually arrived was only one filet, which between two of us was meagre. The green curry was tasty enough but lacked depth of flavour and was likely made from a shop bought paste and not fresh ingredients. No coriander either to finish the dish which seemed rather lazy. The still fried vegetable were tasty but again portion was tiny. My partner and I are not big eaters, but we both left feeling we could have felt more full. The manager who brought the bill was quite hurried and short with us, no interaction, just took our money, no thank you or comment, I must say however the lady waitress who looked after us was lovely and super attentive stars for her!"