L & L Video

Papaya salad taste good but for the portion it’s so not worth it. $ 6 for a few bites and no noodles. Most places gives you double the amount and noodles for $ 6 bucks.

I come here for the papaya. Trust me when I say this.
BEST PAPAYA EVERRRRRRRRR!!!
And their customer service is awesome! It’s a mom and pop little place and it’s actually very clean. The people here are always so sweet! I feel like family whenever I come here. Portions got a little smaller but I’m just glad their selling papaya again. I almost died when they stopped selling papaya!!! Lol regardless, I love them and I they will always be my favorite papaya place!

Best Papaya in sac! I’ve tried many papaya salads in sac but this is far the best one, this place is my Togo to papaya salad if I’m lazy to make it. I even have their badak sauce at home that’s how much I love their papaya! When you walk into the video place it really smells like badak so it really stinks in the place and they skimp on tomatoes in the salad but still really good to eat.

Love the papaya and absolutely love the Thai tea!!! Wished I lived closer for some yummy-​ness.

I dont know about the video store but the papaya has to be the best in town!

I only come here for their papaya salad. I have tried papaya salad from Lao’s Kitchen, The Spot, and Pure Water, but theirs is the best in my opinion. They charge an extra dollar for noodles, but I make my own. One star deducted for their small portion.
Be careful — the papaya salad is extra stinky!

I freakin love places like this. My family was in the supermarket next door and my mom saw the sign outside of this video store.
She ordered the papaya salad and it was DELICIOUS! My mom is super picky with her papaya salad but she like it. It’s definitely not the cleanest in here and there’s no where to eat but it is so so good.
The papaya salad is very flavorful, might be too spicy or even smelly for some people. If you can get past the smell it is good. It is also very cheap for a large portion. Obviously I don’t know how their video rentals work here but their food is great!
Just don’t get it in your clothes. It’ll smell.

TL: DR
⁵⁄₅ Hole in the wall Hmong video store serving delicious Lao style papaya salad for a good price.
Hands down one of the BEST papaya salad I’ve ever had in my life. This is the place to go if you want authentic, non Americanized papaya salad! Be warn, your non-​southeast Asian friends may run away because they won’t be able to endure the pungent aroma of freshly mashed papaya, drowned in a sweet and savory bath of mouthwatering sauce.
Coming from a southeast Asian background, I’ve had several different versions of Lao and Thai papaya salad, but this place offers it a whole new level. Their papaya salad is more of a Lao style papaya salad, so it has a much more stronger taste and smell than Thai style because of the shrimp and crab pastes. I’d say the stinkier the papaya salad, the more tastier it is. The papaya salad is more on the sweeter side and it comes with peanuts and tiny slices of tomatoes. The only downside is that there’s definitely a lot monosodium glutamate (MSG) which is another reason why it’s so addicting.
Each bag of papaya salad is $ 5 and you can add as much peppers as you want. They do charge you a dollar more for noodles, but regardless of having it with noodles, the papaya salad is good by itself. You can get a small and large party tray here for a good price. I bought a small party tray for $ 20 and it was enough to feed 8 people with left overs. They do offer smoothies/​slush, Nab Vam (tapioca dessert) and several Hmong dubbed DvDs, but the star here is definitely their papaya salad.
Warning: Don’t ask for spicy if you cannot handle Hmong spicy because it burns coming in as much as it’s coming out!!!

A great hidden hole in the wall. I used to come here for years. I used to order over the phone, then pick it up and eat it during my lunch break. It would stink up my entire office!
After so long, the nice man that always helped me told me they were remodeling due to code violations. I was sad, but then happy again because they got their violations fixed! However, I tried their papaya after they remodeled and they changed their recipe. I was really disappointed. The nice man behind the counter was no longer there…
Today, 4÷13÷15, I decided to give them another try! I was ecstatic when I had that taste I longed for. It was sweet and spicy. Just how I remembered it. And now they sell boba drinks. Not sure if I would get one since there are so many other boba place out there. Their beef jerky they sell there is also pretty good. Make sure you examine the bags before you buy. If there isn’t a gloss to it, the jerky has been dried out! Don’t get it! They also sell dubbed videos.

For some reason, this place makes me think of that one TV show… Breaking Bad. It’s a disguise on the outside but what really happens on the inside, is making crack. Just like this place. Hole in the wall. It’s a video store but really known for their addictive yummilicious papaya salad. Great price. Just wish the portion is bigger but this will do. I bought 2 papaya salad; one with noodle and one without. $ 11. Luckily, there’s an asian market next door. Bought some pork skin rinds to go with the papaya salad. Ate at home and one papaya salad is good enough for 2 person only! Anywhoo, not bad at all. Love the papaya salad. The sauce is bomb! Good customer service. Nice people. Definitely coming back when I’m in Sacramento.

Just like the rest of them, I am NOT reviewing their videos. They always play them while I’m waiting for papaya salad, and frankly, they look prettttyyy bad.
But the papaya beats out Laos Kitchen, Pure Water, South Area Market, and any other restaurant/​side dealer of papaya in the area. Best papaya salad I’ve ever had.
The service is friendly enough and they have a few plastic chairs inside. Buuuut there are crackheads roaming around the parking lot, so run inside, grab your papaya, and dip before a crackhead spots you & your wallet.

I Only come here for their 5 star papaya salad. The guy who works here knows exactly want I want.

Best papaya in sac! I love their papaya so much. I recommend them to everyone. Next time you’re craving papaya come here and get it! $ 5 cash for papaya only or $ 6 cash for papaya and khaub poob noodles! I love that they give a lot of juice. Can’t rave enough about this place.

Monday special: $ 1 on all their drink!
they got stamp cards now! woo whoo!

The best place for papaya salad hands down! No fishy or crabby taste. No added veggies, just made to perfection and extra juicyness for only $ 5!
This place is Hmong owned and they also sell Thai and Hmong videos.
Oh and grab $ 1 of the pickle seasoning on your way out. Lol

Hella bomb papaya!!! Not fishy :) probably as good as the papaya at pure water in north gate.

This is one of my favorite spots for papaya salad. The staff is friendly. Papaya salad is yummy. The lady gave me a frequent reward card, buy 10 papaya salad and get one free. You get to be in a raffle also! Also I live down the street, it’s very convenient for me.

I discovered this place from my friend. You see I am a big fan of papaya salad so to find out that they sell it, well I most definitely have to try it! It’s actually a hmong video store but they sell papaya salad which is kind of funny lol the guy that works there is so cheery and his smile is so contagious that it literally makes me smile too. They give you large portion of papaya salad for only five dollars! If you want noodles its an extra dollar and they give you plenty of that too. Also you get to choose what pepper and their pepper are oh so hot so I always get one only, that’s still so hot though lol. I love this place and whenever I crave papaya salad I come here :)

This is one of my stops when I visit Sacramento. No not to rent video’s but to buy their yummy papaya salad. Sadly, I stopped by a few weeks ago and was disappointed to find out they no longer sale papaya salad due to licensing regulations. (Which is important because who wants to get sick from eating food they pay for?) They hope to get their license soon so I’ll be waiting!
As for the video’s, if you’re into Hmong, Chinese, or Thai movies that are dubbed in «Hmong». you should check out the place.

Papaya salad is sold at this Hmong video store. Yes, you read it right. My friend was the one that introduced me to this place. She walked up to the counter to order and stated how many peppers she wanted in it. There is someone in the back who makes it. Once they are done preparing it, it’s packaged it in a clear plastic bag. A bag costs $ 5. It tasted fresh but I thought it had too many peanuts. I also liked drinking the liquid.
The papaya salad was better than I thought it would be, but I would much rather get it from an actual restaurant/​food store. The store isn’t located in the best neighborhood either.