100% would recommend eating here. My husband and I visited on our recent trip to Berlin and the food was amazing. The staff are also very kind and they even had English menus. It's a small place but it feels very comfortable and looks quite cute. read more

My boyfriend and I wandered up around lunch time after hearing nothing but good things. We're kind of on the look out for the best Thai food in the city, so my strategy is to always order the same thing: fruhlingsrolle to start, and gaeng massaman for the main. First of all, the menu was huge. If you like having a lot of choice you'll be happy here. Sadly I couldn't find the massaman on the menu (to be honest it's probably on there, I was just too hungry to concentrate) so I went for one of the house specials instead: Papaya Ente. The spring rolls were pretty standard, although I think maybe the frying oil needs changed as they tasted every so slightly funky. Still, all manner of sins can be forgiven when sweet chilli dipping sauce is involved. They may not have been the best spring rolls I've eaten in Berlin but they were pretty good, and I munched the lot- even the salad garnish. Sadly I didn't have the same enthusiasm for my main course. The sauce was pretty bland first of all (it just tasted of soy). Maybe I could have livened it up with the various chilli sauces on the table, but I didn't. The ratio of veggies to meat was all wrong too: unless you're trying to get more veg into your diet, then it was probably all good. I really don't like vegetables in gravy, the soggy texture puts me off completely. I'd eaten enough salad with my starter so unfortunately my plate still looked full when the waitress came to collect it: even though I'd eaten all the duck and the rice. All in all Papaya is a solid three star place. You could seriously do a lot worse in this part of town, but likewise you could also do better. As long as you're not expecting to be blown away, it's a solid choice for a sit-in meal. read more

Papaya - Ente Papaya, one of the house specials - Thai Near Me - Berlin, BE

Absolutely love Papaya. The service is always super quick and friendly and they have English menus in addition to their German menus. Sitting outside in the summer is always a treat waiting for your food and drinking their house red wine (which is fairly priced and pretty good). The best vegan option at this location would be #48 Pet Pad Tao Hu which is a variety of deliciously cooked vegetables and tofu served in a red curry sauce with rice on the side. I always add the extra red chili sauce they serve on the table. read more

Papaya - #48 Pet Pad Tao Hu (vegetables and tofu served in red curry sauce) with sticky rice. - Thai Near Me - Berlin, BE

Predisclosure: I am absolutely obsessed with papaya salad. So with a name like Papaya, I thought for sure I would have to love their papaya salad. Unfortunately no papaya love today. I ordered a small tom yam gung and som tam. Soup didn't taste very seafoody (shrimpy?), wasn't particularly spicy, sour, or even lemongrassy. If there was at least some boldness from any one of those elements, I would have been more pleased. Similarly the papaya salad wasn't too remarkable either, which made me sad. In their defense, I didn't ask for the food to be spicy because I wanted to be able to taste everything, but I think I was simultaneously hoping that they would at least take into consideration that I'm Asian and would make it a tad bit spicier for me than for the regular German palate. This is completely not their fault and I am in no way deducting any stars from them for lacking spicy character. My boyfriend ordered a red chicken coconut curry, which was good, but I haven't been to a single Thai place that screwed up a curry dish, so no extra bonus points there. Where they really lost me was the service. It took them a while to bring our drinks. And it took them a long while to bring our check from the first time we asked. Since I was seated facing the room, I kept on giving the ladies the signal that we were ready to go. We ended up asking for the check again. Then we waited some more. Once I was finally ready to just go up and pay, we got our bill. The place was busy, don't you want to get the people who are ready to go out the door as soon as possible? Guess not. Or is this a cultural thing? Food was okay, flavors were subpar for the 2 dishes I ordered, and service was subpar. Since I've only been there once, I can't say this one experience is the standard for this place, but based on this one time, I'm not hunkering to go back any time soon. read more

Great restaurant and very nice dishes! If you like your meal a little spiced-up this is defenitely a place where thats possible.. Already have been here three times in the past month, definitely one of my favorites :) ! read more

As we felt like changing from our usual Thai place I asked my friend for a new cool place to have lunch, so me and two friends sat down outside, service is really quick, we ordered three different dishes and shared them all. We had chicken with vegetables in red curry, fried chicken with sweet and sour sauce and chicken with vegetables in a sauce I have no idea what it was l but was a bit tasteless We could barely finish as the dishes are quite big, even though I think they shouldn't charge what they do for it, the flavors were good and they have a variety of peppers to spice it all up, I love it. I just do. The rice noodles had a bit of an after taste but the rice is great, so I recommend it. It's not mind blowing, but another place to have lunch, thing is - we all experienced some sort of nausea after it, but as we are all three dishes together I can't point out on what dish made up feel that way read more

Spicy chilies, fresh ingredients and good portion size. Enjoyed the fresh rolls with peanut sauce, chicken pad prik, beef pad kee mau and washed it down with a green tea milk shake. Service was standard. read more

I read all the good reviews on qype and wanted to try Papaya. I also liked that they use organic meats. Unfortunately, my food was a disappointment. It was only stir fried veggies with shrimp but the veggies were clearly precooked and set in the fridge to later be warmed. One large piece of broccolli was not thoroughly warmed up again so I bit into a half warm half cold piece of vegetablenasty! What precook the vegetables when they can be stir fried from raw so quickly??? Unfortunately the mushrooms were nearly raw but all the other veggies were soft and mushy. I hate that in a stir fry. At least I could taste that the y were not frozen vegetables but still the food was not fresh. My boyfriend had a coconut curry that was bland and super watery. The food is not cheap which made me feel even more strongly about writing this review. I would not eat at Papaya again. read more

Absolutely delicious!! I had the no 90. Chicken with sweet and sour sauce. It was really awesome.

I love this place. Been to several Thai places in the area and this must be my favourite. The tom kha gai soup is super tasty as well as their glass noodle dishes. The staff is friendly and food is served quickly. read more

Look I'm thai and I typically do not eat at other thai restaurants. However, I've broken that pact for a select few restaurants. I have to say- I like Papaya. However, I should tell you what I get, so you don't go applying my words to everything and anything. Although they have an extensive menu and two restaurants on the same freaking street, I choose to the go the smaller one closer to Simon-Dach. It's less crowded. My husband and I have our preferences for thai food, so the stuff we don't get too often, stuff we don't cook, or stuff my parents didn't make are the stuff we order and eat. with that being said, I'm very much into noodles and noodle soups. He gets the stir-fried types, pad woon sen . . I get wonton soups or noodle soups. Thai people are my favorite people for noodles. I know Pho food is noodle heavy, but it's often bland and requires you reaching for table condiments. The wonton soup has another name which I don't know. But it was fresh and delicious and surprisingly filling. Wash it down with Lychee or Mango lassi / shake (Nahm Puhn) and you've got yourself a typical meal for me. The papaya salad is also delicious, which of course is always an indicator of great thai food. The neighborhood is great, so that's one more reason to draw you there. I love my hood and you should too! read more

In a city where poor customer service and careless, dirty food is everywhere, Papaya is a haven. Proper tasty Thai food, GREAT service and the little signs of respect for the industry - the Menus are properly made, designed and always clean, your beer always come with a matching CLEAN glass and so on. Definitely recommended!! read more

Keep you waiting and then come later to confirm your order. Takes a lot of time to serve food. Not enough waiters . Poor customer service. Food overall is average - nothing too special. There are plenty of other places with the same quality of food though with a lot better customer service read more

Went here around the typical Berlin dinner hour (9pm), mostly because all the other places were closed and we were actually able to get a seat here on a Friday night. My expectations were kind of low at first; going into a restaurant without having done my research beforehand always warrants such a level of expectation. My initial impression after going is was that they may have invested all their efforts into the atmosphere instead of the food (I'm a bit skeptical of Berlin Asian food if you can't tell). But I was really pleasantly surprised with how spicy, flavorful, and fresh the food was! I ordered Pad Kee Mau and asked for it extra spicy. They delivered and it was really freaking hot! Very delicious as well, everything was super fresh and expertly cooked, and the service rocked. The value for the money was a bit above average for the area, as the food was higher quality than expected. Our original destination was Lemon Leaf that night, but I will have to decide between the two as to which is the better one. read more

Not as spicy as the papaya Charlottenburg Kantstraße, but the same great fresh foods. To me Papaya is definitely one of the best thais in Berlin read more

i've been here a few times and i don't feel the dishes justify the price. usually i go here when there are guests in town, so i have sampled a lot of the dishes since i'm usually there with large groups of people. the ingredients are quite fresh, however the taste is still quite on the bland side and the spice level close to nonexistant. this would probably be a better restaurant if they didn't tone down their recipes for germans, but then again they would probably not survive. thai food in general is lackluster here in berlin, so if i'm going to have something bland then i'd rather get it for less elsewhere. read more

we LOVE papaya!! the food is always fresh, fast and tasty and the staff are super friendly. we eat their at least twice a week and are always happy with it. if you want great thai, go to papaya! read more

Who knew that you'd find good Thai cuisine on the other side of the globe. This place was so good we ended up dining here twice during our four day visit. read more

the food is really good and the portion sizes are in order. prices are a bit expensive. however, i recommend the place if you're up for some thai food. read more