Silk Elephant - Ankeny

Great food that was ready so fast! Came in for lunch and there was some nice jazz playing. There's space outside for patio seating as well. I come here for take out pretty frequently but this was my first time dining in, and it was greatParking: The spots right outside on the street fill up fast. There is a parking lot behind the building but no rear entrance so you have to walk all the way around

Went here today for lunch. They close at 2. We arrived at 1:20 and was asked if we would be able to finish our food by 2pm. I said sure thinking to myself it would depend on how fast they brought our food as the only other time I ate there the service slow and terrible but I like the food. Our third person, who was parking the car arrived as soon as we were sat. We already knew what we wanted to order. Our third person stated they didn’t want to be rushed eating. We said fine we said we will just order to go. 15 minutes later our waitress came over finally, while the waiter who sat use started to serve a table of at least 6 people. We asked her if we could order to go seen the kitchen was closing soon. She said sure and asked what we wanted. As soon as I said I wanted soup she then stated she would have to speak to the manager if she can do a to go order since we were sitting at a table. Not sure what happened in the 30 second from ordering soup, that we could order to go and now we couldn’t. As we got up and left the table there was still being served food. I would like to know if you have them the 15-20 minutes to scarf down their food before kicking them out or were they allowed to stay and enjoy their meal? I work food service I really try not to go to a restaurant that close to close. However if you had better service we could have at least gotten it to go. You close at 2 but you should say the kitchen is closed at 1:30. We went down the road, spent around $70 and tipped about 30%. I won’t be back nor will one of the other persons I was with. I know one will because she doesn’t like to drive and you are close and convenient. There are far too many better Thai places for me to bother with the rudeness of you staff.

Super friendly staff and delicious dishes all around! Spicy curry we always love.

We had a small group that want to dine in, 8 total, the staff told us they could only split a check 4 ways, despite not being busy. So we asked if we could sit at 2 different tables and still split for each person, they said that was possible, but they would not sit both tables close to each other. we needed separate checks due to being here on business and needing separate checks for reimbursement. Unfortunately, as a result, we chose to go elsewhere, which lost the restaurant business of approx $150+.

Great food and always great service. Not a fan of the overall atmosphere, to open and warehouse like feel. They also need fountain drinks vs prepackaged. But overall food is great and worth a trip.Small update: A couple of small issues the water they serve is typically warm unless you're fortunate enough to get a couple ice cubes out of a fresh pitcher. Also they only have canned pop, so no refills. Food is still excellent, hopefully they will survive as it's never very busy.