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| - I want to write a rather longer review to make up for many things lacking at this restaurant.
Number one: People. I have never been here and seen more than 2 or 3 parties at the tables around me. Never. Friday lunchtime with the 5.95 lunch special. Saturday date nights. Nada.
Number two: People. Again. It's that bad.
Number three: Reviews. Though with mine I hope to inspire more of issues #1 and #2 and thus remedy #3. On to the review then.
I know you've driven past this place. You've driven by and thought how very strange and dumpy looking the place was that sat next to the Dollar Store and Smart and Final and that dry cleaners (which by the way, is a great cheap dry cleaners, but that's for another review). And you may have thought to stop but you didn't. Maybe you went to Ted's Hot Dogs instead. I'm afraid to say my friends, that this was a major mistake.
Papaya Thai is my favorite Thai restaurant. Why? It combines the three necessaries for a wonderful Thai dining experience: great spicy food, cheap prices, and charming ambiance. Combine this with an exceptionally large menu which includes all manner of curry, seafood, duck, and other types of delicacies, you have yourself a winner. The service ranges from acceptable to fantastic though with only 2 or 3 groups all the time, it's a wonder they even manage to keep the one server.
The Mango Curry is out of this world. It will make you weep with the delicate sweetness which stands so well next to the spice. Bamboo shoots radiate in the Green Curry which packs such a punch, even the die-hard spice fans will acquiesce to its power. Eggrolls, delicious. Soups, unusually good. Rice, as it should be. Deep-fried bananas, nummy. I could go on and on but I won't. The bottom line is it's good.
So, here's my request. Go there. Say to yourself, we'll try that crazy strange looking place just for the hell of it, like I did a few months ago, and revel in the goodness of a straight and simple ace of a Thai restaurant. Go there so I don't have to be one of the only parties in there during dinner time, and mostly so it doesn't close down for want of customers. For this I'll be forever grateful.
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