Papaya Thai

I ordered the phở, a Vietnamese soup, and got it with tofu and veggies. Traditionally the veggies come with broccoli or bok Choy. This came with green peppers in it which was odd. The broth was good, just didn’t enjoy the different veggies in it which is not like a traditional phở. I also ordered Vietnamese crispy rolls, which usually comes with lettuce and bean sprouts to wrap up in with fish sauce. It came with just a sweet and sour sauce and was a little disappointed. The server was a little rude and didn’t seem happy to even be there. Overall I give it 2 stars.

Going in with bronchitis and coming out feeling like a million bucks?! I’m sold! The rare beef + Tendon phò was phenom! The phở base is really outta this world! I enjoyed every last sip! Shoulda probably got some more soup for tonight! We also bought the Pad Thai, and again, pretty darn good! I’m used to more egg and some lime, but that’s just a personal thing. Next time, I’ll try a «2» on the heat scale. We’ll beh back for phò brah!

Fast delivery. Huge portions. Tasty! Will surely order from again :)

HORRIBLE! I wish I could give zero stars. I gave this place a chance. I really tried to like it. We ate in at the restaurant twice and ordered delivery twice. We finally had to swear it off for good. The food is average to bad depending on the day. But the service is awful every time. All four times we had Papaya Thai, one of our orders was messed up. And both times we ordered delivery it took two hours. Most importantly, the employees here are so rude! This place is less than a minute from our house but unfortunately we will be going elsewhere when we feel like having Thai food.

Ordered food and delivered to my home via Grub Hub. My second time. I ordered yellow curry with chicken and massaman curry with beef. Also, I ordered spring rolls with shrimp. The latter was excellent but the curry dishes may as well have been vegetarian. Lots of liquid and veggies. The chicken was sparse and the beef, what there was of it, had gristle. That’s not good. Chicken and beef dishes should actually contain those ingredients especially since I paid for that.
I’m afraid I won’t order again. Shame because I really liked having a Thai option for delivery.

Ordered the samurai pad tie, vegetable tempura, and yellow curry. All three are very good. This is a solid place. If we lived in the delivery area we would order food often.

I’m really sad that I had such a bad experience here. The waitress really lacked quality and was devoid of personality. She had a bad case of RBF. We ordered egg rolls which came out quickly, but were cold. They tasted fine, like freezer or Panda Express quality. The cook forgot to make our fried rice and then made it and it was delivered to our table. I ordered a 3 (on a 5 scale) and it was ridiculously hot. To the point that my mouth was burning and my chest was hurting a bit. I found it to be strange and thought I just got a bad bite, but it was all ridiculously hot and honestly just devoid of all flavor. I was not impressed.
I give this place two stars because the fried banana at the other table did look quite good.
The other waitress who helped us was very kind at least.
I feel like this place is incredibly hit or miss, unfortunately for us, we had a miss.

We tried Papaya Thai again after a long break. They have rearranged the space and it is so much better. We had the noodle soup as we were craving phở. We were pleasantly surprised. The broth was great, tons of big veggies and just enough spice. Service isn’t awesome, but not terrible. We’ll definitely come back.

We only know this place by ordering from them at Grubhub. We’ve been to a lot of Thai spots out here and I have consistently been disappointed by the fried rices. Dry meat! I’m so tired of dry chicken and dry pork whenever I order Thai fried rice at Thai joints. I expected the same here when I ordered and got a big cup of soda ready to chase it.. .
But no– I was surprised by the juicy meat here. Yummy, tasty fried rice, and an enjoyable experience with curries for the rest of my family too. Intriguing. I hope we can repeat this experience in the near future.

Where do I even begin with this place. I ordered delivery from them due to their review on Unilocal and on Grubhub. They were 45 minutes late bringing the food then when I called to ask where it was the delivery driver said he would turn back around because he was taking the food back to the restaurant because he «couldn’t find my apartment.» No phone call no nothing. Then when I finally got my food it was disgusting. The shrimp spring rolls were falling apart and had 0 flavor. Then the entrée tasted like spoiled lemon. I will not be eating here again and wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

I have been going to Papaya Thai in Mesa for a while now. The ambiance is not all that great, but the food is excellent. Usually I get it delivered. My son loves it!

This is hands down the best Thai food I’ve had. We’ve gone to a lot of thai places all over the valley and the flavors and quality of the food here is the best. Yes, the ambiance isn’t much to look at but who cares with great dishes like the Phad thai, mango curry and vegetable rama. three of my all time favorites. They are very reasonably priced and you get huge portions. We usually get two meals and a snack out of one order. If you’re uptight about little dive locations, this may not be the place for you, but if you want great food, Papaya thai rocks. We’ve taken my Aunt who lived in Asia for 35 years there and she thought it was the most authentic she’s had since being back in the states. Love it!

Delivery opinion:
It’s not authentic, but it hits the spot since Mesa is pretty much a food desert. This is pretty much my go to place when I don’t want to cook because they have delivery and the prices are decent. Their peanut sauce is pretty good. Other than that, the flavors are sub-​par for Thai food. I normally order my food Thai hot and I’ve either gotten barely spicy or not at all. The Tom Kha soup is pretty good, and it’s a really hard dish to get right, so that’s a plus. The spring rolls are pretty good, and I’ll actually order $ 15 dollars worth of food just so I can get the spring rolls delivered. It takes an hour for the food to get here and I literally live a mile away.

My new favorite take out !! Very good overall experience. Great tasting curry. The bomb! I will definitely call again.

Food is okay but nothing special, the service is slow and when I tried to order a take out order with my groupon when I got in they slapped on extra fees when I got there before they would give me my food. I have eaten there once for take out and once eating in. The atmosphere is dirty and has the feeling that it needs a good cleaning but nobody wants to do it.

I’m reviewing it on the basis of take-​out. I love their yellow curry. I’ve actually only ever ordered take-​out, but have ordered 5 or 6 times now. Every once in a while I get a hankering for it and have yet to be disappointed.
I can agree with the other reviews that the décor is not the fanciest… it could use some updating. In fact, I probably would not take my wife here to try Thai for her first time, simply because experience is important. However, the food is good and that’s what keeps me coming back. I’m a fan.

This place sucks. Twice now I’ve gone. The first time they put onions in my pad Thai. Who the hell does that? Doesn’t say it has onions on the menu. So whatever, I’m over it. I go back to give it a second shot. I get the panang curry. How can you screw that up? Right? I get home and guess what? More onions!!! Again, didn’t say it had onions on the menu. If you didn’t notice, I hate onions. Also I don’t appreciate paying 10 bucks for a meal, when your menu lies about what’s in it. Screw you papaya Thai.

I would give this 3 stars, but I really couldn’t get by the «greasy spoon» atmosphere of this place. It’s not just the décor, the longer I sat here (which was awhile, kind of slow service) the more I saw how much this joint needs to be CLEANED.
Went here on a Sunday at opening. One waitress and a groupon special going on which I must’ve missed out on. She was a little frazzled, and messed up every table’s order. We got vegetable curry, vegetable pad thai, and Tom yum soup. The curry was very good, but the rice seemed to have been, ahem, reheated. She brought a different pad thai to the table than what was ordered. The soup was so-​so, for the price I wouldn’t order it again. Everyone around us was sending food back.
As a carry-​out this place would probably rate higher. The forks were in a coffee cup on the table, the «condiments» had been sitting out all night and everything in this place needs to be wiped down.
The kicker came at the end when I asked for a bag for the left overs… the waitress stuck her finger in the pitcher of water at the beverage table to separate the plastic bag from the stack. Carry-​out if you eat here

I am giving this restaurant two stars instead of one because the recipes can be really good and they have large portions.
I really liked the food at this place but every time my boyfriend and I would go there, SOMETHING on our order would be messed up (whether it was incorrect, burnt, or had a floating hair)…and we came here approximately 1 time every other week– so it happened a lot. The last time my boyfriend and I went there they forgot chicken in my chicken fried rice and we decided that we were never going to go back there because there were a couple other great places just a little bit farther from home.
Today, I decided to give them a twentieth chance and I went back there on my own to get pad-​se-​ew and when I got home I realized that they cooked it without sauce.
I couldn’t help but laugh but I had to throw it out because pad-​se-​ew without the sauce ended up being super gross and now I will officially never go there again.

HOT MESS!
Food was «eh»…
Service was seriously lacking!
Too bad…
Owners /​Mgmt. nowhere to be seen…