White Elephant - Étlap

Had been to this restaurant for dinner with my family as it's just down and convenient as we were staying in Zurich Mariott Hotel in Zurich.The ambience is very good and so is their service. Their starters like chicken dumplings and chicken Sathe are good and for the main course their Thai chicken green curry and beef along with sweet and sour chicken was good. Dr. Javed Rasheed

I will start by saying that the food was high quality and very good. However, for the pricing the portions were tiny and force you to have to order more of the ridiculously expensive (but delicious) food. Details below:2 soups: very good tom yum style soups about the size you would get in the US in any Thai place for $3.50 Price here 18 Euro eachThe non lobster/shrimp main courses range from 37-48 euro and again, were tasty, but not any more than you'd get from any local Thai place for $9.95 (and you'd get more food.) If you are craving Thai food in Zurich and you are price insensitive then this is the place for you

I ordered a pot of lemongrass tea to drink with my dinner here. The pot of tea cost CHF 8. Pricey but this is Zurich so expects inflated prices.What is quite outrageous however, is that they charged 5 CHF for hot water. This is not a joke. I had drunk half the tea pot when I noticed that the tea had become overly strong (since the tea leaves were still inside) and it was starting to go lukewarm. Naturally I asked the waitstaff to add some hot water to make the tea less strong and hot again. It is customary to for hot water to be added to tea for this purpose. I have never heard of any establishment charging for hot water, let alone such an extortionate price!There was also no forewarning tha...