Elephant Beach Cafe in Anjuna

I haven’t been this happy with a place in a long time, so this definitely deserves a review! The Elephant Beach Cafe is clearly one of the best beach restaurants at Anjuna Beach!

Elephant Beach Cafe is an eco-friendly beach vibe restaurant directly at the beach and a rare jewel in between all those noisy beach shacks with rather basic food which you find on the beaches in Goa.

With an amazing ambience with eco-friendly, eclectic furnishings, great service from waiters who first of all speak proper English and even know their menu (which you can’t expect in a lot of other places), a rather healthy and not too huge menu with selected high-quality dishes and just the perfect kind of music, this place absolutely exceeded all our expectations.

What made it stand out even more was their zero-waste approach which I have hardly seen yet in other places in Goa. As mentioned, all their furnishings were eco-friendly and they even served my juice with a steel straw.  It’s shocking in how many places you still get served your drinks with plastic straws, especially in almost all beach shacks! Other restaurants use paper straws, and to finally see a real zero-waste solution is definitely something noteworthy!

The food was super yum: I ordered a mouthwatering pesto and mushroom-filled grilled chicken breast with brown rice (usually comes with salad but picky eater alarm :D). My friend went for the fresh Summer salad with a surprising mix of ingredients of lettuce, apples, strawberries, avocado, and even pomegranate topped with feta.

Although this restaurant clearly stands out from all the other places and sets a completely different standard, there is surprisingly no price difference to the other beach shacks! We had checked out another restaurant where I would’ve got some grilled chicken with fries for around 550 INR / ~6.50 EUR. The waiter there claimed that there’s no difference in the taste of Caesar and Greek salad…

This was actually the reason we kept looking for another place since we didn’t even want to find out the result. 😀 In comparison, I now paid 420 INR / ~5 EUR for the chicken, and the salad cost only 100 INR / ~1.20 EUR. This was actually the reason we kept looking for another place since we didn’t even want to find out the result. 😀

The only thing left to say is: if you’re ever in Anjuna, do check it out!