Best Thai Food in Carpinteria

Q: Where are you located?

We are located in Carpinteria, CA at 509 Linden Ave

Scratch-made Thai, steps from Carpinteria State Beach

Welcome to Siam Elephant

Located on Linden Avenue in Carpinteria, Siam Elephant serves flavorful Thai cuisine in a warm, welcoming setting. Enjoy traditional curries, noodles, stir-fries, fresh salads, and more, prepared with care for a delicious Thai dining experience.

Bold flavors on the California coast

On Linden Avenue in Carpinteria, Siam Elephant brings vibrant, scratch-made Thai dishes rooted in tradition — a short stroll from the beach.

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Mango sticky rice

Save room. Reviewers keep coming back for the mango sticky rice — sweet coconut milk, ripe mango, a garnish of fresh mint.

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Gather your group at Siam Elephant for flavorful Thai cuisine, warm hospitality, and a memorable dining experience. Share the details of your event with us, and let’s make your celebration special.

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Office lunches, beach celebrations, private gatherings — we bring the flavors to you. Pickup, delivery, or fully staffed.

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Reserve your table at Siam Elephant and enjoy flavorful Thai cuisine in a warm, welcoming setting. We look forward to serving you.

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Top Thai restaurants in SoCal. I have been coming here for years. The green papaya salad is a must, fresh, spicy, sweet, tangy, crunchy. Pad see eiw, the noodles are stir fried to perfection and nicely charred, broccoli is juicy, savory and flavorful. Yellow curry with potato’s, onion and carrot is like home cooking, an earthy curry with bold yet balanced flavors and rich in spices. And lastly, you must save space for mango sticky rice pudding!

Jacqueline R.

Robert was a most excellent server and the food was fantastic! I appreciated how helpful he was with my food allergy. When we arrived no one else was there so we got prompt service. It filled up as we were eating though. They have amazing options and just generally some of the best Thai I've ever had!

Michael M.

Siam Elephant is one of the best Thai places in Carpinteria. The owners here are extremely friendly and their cooking techniques definitely reflect their strong Thai cooking background. Although the flavors may not a hundred percent resemble the ones in Thailand, the technique is there, resulting in the flavors being very aromatic in some of their specialized dishes like their Pad See Eew, Penang Curry, and Chicken Satay.

Tonfai N.

Food was awesome, service was attentive! We had the fresh rolls which were pretty good, Tom kha soup which was amazing (full of chicken and veggies) and the pad Thai which was also very good. I’d order the pad Thai and soup again. I’ve had better fresh rolls; the ratio of shrimp to mint/lettuce was off-needed more or bigger shrimp and less mint/lettuce. We couldn’t finish it all so we could have had just had the soup or rolls and the pad Thai. I highly recommend Siam!

Tracey S.

I came here again after the first time in 2024, the place is still very good in every dish I ordered. Vermicelli phadthai, stir-fried ground pork with basil, special tofu soup with minced pork and broccoli with shrimp are all amazing. It’s a place you have to stop when in Carpinteria.

Pornpan T.