I absolutely love this restaurant. The staff here are just terrific. The old school music, darkish ambience, great food, right off the 24 at Harding Pl...it's absolutely perfect. I had a Thai tea (for desert!) before my wonderful entree of chicken pad kee mow (recommended by my server because I wanted something similar to pad see ew but with basil). It had a wonderful light savory sauce and onions, carrots, basil, red and green bell peppers and those wonderful wide flat rice noodles that have that just right chewiness & texture. A nice large portion too. The perfect meal! I was going to take a photo of the dish before I started eating..but i got right into it instead. Here's the after shot.. read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

Came around 8:30 server came by asked for our drinks waited 10min never came back with drinks that's with no customers inside as well now imagine with customers in lobby.Need to hire a better manager sm.wouldn't recommend coming here 9/1/26 if don't wanna work just clock out and leave read more

Food is ok. Meat was not fresh. Pho is ok. Service was ok. The server was not knowledgeable of the menu. Didn't know items on the menu. read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - V6. Combo Meat Pho - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

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Food was amazing and portion was enough for 2 and service was good. I will go back again when I'm the area.

Owner was very friendly, had a nice conversation with her. Got to know a bit about her. Food was great, some of the best sushi I've ever had(and I'm incredibly particular about food's taste and texture). Loved the boba tea, the best drink. Place was very quiet, loved the looks of the restaurant. If anything, best restaurant I've ever been to, would like to go more often. NOTE; this was my experience from ~2-3 years ago, things may have changed. read more

Underwhelming in every way. Friendly? Not really. Hardly was spoken to. They're not rude but just not friendly. Food was forgettable. I had the meatball and rare beef pho. Broth was one note. Missing a whole lot of depth. So disappointed. Noodles were good and plentiful. If you're in a pinch it's fine, but not great at all. read more

We usually enjoy going to this restaurant because the red curry is really good. We also like their tempura vegetables but today they were tasteless and disappointing. The service was very good and the portions were large. read more

One of my regulars, good quality, good service.. Only complaint is they didn't have any dessert to satisfy my sweet tooth this evening read more

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Amazing place for Vietnamese or Thai. I recommend V1 Vietnamese Summer Rolls and V21 the Vietnamese Noodles Bowl (bun) with shrimp, BBQ pork and Vietnamese egg roll. This place is off the charts delicious and you won't feel bloated or heavy after eating here. Servers are very friendly and fast as well. Highly recommended. read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - V21 BbQ Pork, Shrimp and egg roll noodle bowl - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

I dined at Thai Papaya Restaurant on Tuesday, January, 26, 2021 at 1 pm. Their impressive menu offers a variety of dishes ranging from Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, and Lao. I've yet to see an Asian fusion restaurant that is able to pull off such an expansive menu, and I'm sorry to say that this one was way off the mark. I'd love to revisit to try their other dishes to write a more comprehensive review covering their other dishes, but my first experience was enough to avoid this place in the future. The pho tasted very cheap like something that I would expect at an Asian buffet. The meat tasted old and not fresh and meatballs were very small and tasted like I was being cheaped out. The Thai spicy seafood salad was average and needed a lot of refinement and finesse. The rice plate (V26 Dac biet Tau Huky Rice plate) was a mess. The meatloaf looked like someone had already taken a bite out of it and tasted OLD. The grilled pork lacked any flavor or seasoning. The egg was overcooked and fried to hell at the bottom. This Vietnamese dish is supposed to be a very classic comfort food, but I left dissatisfied. Service could use improvement. The server took a while to give us menus after being seated. She didn't write down any of our orders and ended up forgetting a dish (not surprised). However, all was forgiven after she sat down at a table behind us for her lunch break and started talking obnoxiously on the phone. Overall, the food tasted like quick half-assed food. This restaurant needs to work on refining their dishes and reevaluate their capabilities in cooking such a big menu. I rather eat at a restaurant with a small menu that has above average food than a restaurant with a large menu with poor quality food. Less is more. read more

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We found this place conveniently close to our hotel and we wanted Vietnamese. It's in a strip mall - east to get to and plenty of parking. Walking in - very clean and nicely decorated. We were greeted and seated right away. It wasn't too busy. Our waitress brought over waters and we were ready to order so we let her know. I got the meatball pho. I asked for no onions or cilantro. My mom got one of the rice and pork chop meals. My step dad also got pho. We were giving the typical extras for the pho of bean sprouts, limes, and jalapeños but no other common things like Thai basil or mint. The pho came out and the broth was very dark compared to what I've seen before. It tasted standard to me - not so bad. My mom was not impressed with her meal. She mentioned there was no dipping sauce for her pork (I guess standard) and the amount of meat they give you for the price of the dish is comical. They also gave her a butter knife to cut it and it would cut. It looked dry and she was unsatisfied. The service was not great either. We got checked on in the very beginning when our food was served but never again after. The two girls working just hung out at the counter talking. My mom kept mentioning the next day that we needed to find "REAL" Vietnamese food - did i mention we are Vietnamese? I guess it's our fault for going to a restaurant that has 3 different types of Asian foods (they have Vietnamese, Thai, and Japanese). I'm assuming the person who runs it isn't Vietnamese. Food was not great and overpriced. read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - V8. Meatball Pho (without onions or cilantro) - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

Some of the best Thai food in Nashville! The staff is so friendly, and I've never had any dish that wasn't fantastic. Such a hidden gem.

Not my favorite Thai restaurant. I was so excited to see a Thai menu, a Lao menu, a Japanese Menu, etc. but after tasting a number of items from the menu, it left me wishing I had gone somewhere else at least to a better Asian restaurant. I will say that the food was presented beautifully, the ambience was nice, and the service was very good. It was just the flavors that were lacking. I'm assuming that maybe it was just a bad day? But if I'm honest, I'm not sure I'd venture in again to give them another try myself in less I had a gift certificate or something. Anyway, I hate giving bad reviews of a place, but I wouldn't want someone to steer me in the wrong direction, and that's what YELP is all about anyway. Helping people to make better choices on their dining experiences! read more

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I had the egg/broccoli/carrot Pad Thai with shrimp and unfortunately it was pretty awful. It had no flavor and the shrimp were tiny and a little overcooked. Granted you get a ton of food but because it was so bland, I just stopped eating once I was somewhat full and threw the rest away. read more

Fast service, authentic recipes, and great flavors! The food came out at the perfect temperature and perfect exotically herbal heat level. Good food and great prices. read more

Our regular thai place was closed due to the snow so we figured we would give thai papaya a try and it will definitely be our last time going. I hate leaving bad reviews but i feel like i have to. The service was okay. It really just felt like we weren't wanted there and the food tasted fine. We ordered a to go fried rice and found a bug in it when we got home. They did apologize and give us a refund on the food we ordered to go but not on the rest of the check. read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - Shrimp fried rice - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

I'm uploading two pictures. The first is a list of everything that's supposed to come with my meal. The second is what came with it. They didn't put Bean Sprouts, Lettuce, or Cilantro... which is a huge part of the meal.. read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - This is what you meal is supposed to have but they never added the Bean Sprouts, Lettuce or Cilantro - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

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We stopped here after a long day of travel and had an excellent meal. The pho was generous in portion and tasty. My son had the teriyaki beef, and it was cooked just right and came with a lot of delicious veggies and a big side of ride. Great Thai milk tea as well, and excellent service. read more

This place use to be one of my favorite Thai places in Nashville, but has since become an after thought. The quality of the food has gone down significantly and service can be slow if they're busy. I have now moved on to other Thai places in the area. read more

I hate to leave a bad review. Since moving to Nashville, I found this place and only ordered my Thai food from this spot. Recently, the food has been fine but the orders have been wrong. The last time, I ordered Shrimp tempura but no shrimp was in the order, only the tempura veggies. This time, I placed two separate orders (I left off the Thai egg rolls, but put in the notes that the orders were connected). I went to the restaurant. When I pointed out that I had a second order of Thai rolls, which was prepaid, I had to really prove this order. They never found it and gave me Thai spring rolls. I did not check the order before leaving. When I got to the house, I had Thai spring rolls. I called and they said to come back and they would correct them. When I arrived, they asked for the Thai spring rolls back. I told them I had a picture but did not, bring the rolls back because I had opened them. The waitress put in the order. This order was correct, the issue is she was kind of snarky and saying that I should. When I told her that this is the second time I've ordered online and it was wrong, she responded that I should just call in my order. I mentioned that it was inconvenient. They lost a customer today. The food might be good but the time wasted in proving I ordered and paid for what I ordered and paid for was just too much. Here is a picture of my incorrect order. read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - Thai Spring Rolls (received when I ordered Thai Egg Rolls) - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

I can only comment on delivery and the quality of food as we've never dined-in before, but the food that's been delivered has been wonderful! We lived on the east coast and in So. Cal and know good Thai food. Sadly we had yet to find a spot that actually makes it "Thai hot" even when we stress we want a spice level 10! Thai Papaya, however, not only has authentic food but will make it very hot for you. Also, I love that their noodle dishes, with the exception of Pad Thai, have larger flat noodles and not the thin ones that most Thai restaurants in TN have. I do agree with some of the other interviewers that the protein portion sizes are small and that needs to be improved. All-in-all I'm thrilled we found them though and will continue to order delivery. read more

Been coming here for years. It's our go to for airport trips. Thai papaya salad still bomb after all these years as well as their fried rice. read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - Thai PAPAYA. Chicken fried rice. Vietnamese egg rolls. Stir fry chicken. - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

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Thai Papaya is a stones throw from I 24 and provides some exceptional Thai food at reasonable prices in a usually quite atmosphere. My fiancée and I eat here often as it is very close to our home. It's a great place for a quick dinner and it is hardly ever very busy. We have never had to wait for a seat to open up. We usually split an order of the spring rolls. My fiancée typically chooses a pho option while I stick to pad Thai and General Tao's Chicken (best I have ever had). The service is always good and I have nothing but good things to say about this place. If you like Thai food add it to your list. If you like General Tso's call ahead and see if it's available that day and get it. It's spicy and amazing. Not Chinese buffet quality. read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

My wife and had our order delivered and we really enjoyed it! I really like Thai and Laos food, and I'm pretty familiar with the flavors of this cuisine. The two menu items we had were Banh Mi and Tom Kha. Both of these entree selections were delicious, and I'd definitely order them again! The Banh Mi is a sandwich with grilled BBQ pork and vegetables on a baguette roll. The baguette roll was fresh and really complimented the sandwich. The crunchy vegetables were refreshing, crunchy, and tasty. Fresh cucumbers, pickled carrots, daikon, cilantro, and jalapeño are a perfect combination with the BBQ meat and baguette. I ordered the Tom Kha soup, and it was my first time trying it. The first spoonful was so surprisingly flavorful, and the first flavor that gets your attention is the coconut milk base. This is blended with the lime leaf, chili, and galangal pastes, and with mushrooms, cilantro, scallion, onions, lime juice, and shrimp. The flavor profile is very complex and unique, and this is something I wish I'd discovered a long time ago. I'm looking forward to enjoying a dine-in experience in the near future, and Thai Papaya will be at the top of our list for delivery as well! read more

When I first started going here I guess when it first opened everything was good. But lately they haven't been. Nothing taste fresh no more. And the food is never consistent. I just go here when I go visit my friends nail shop since its next door and its quick and easy to get. But I probably won't be back. read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

Having been a frequent customer for approximately 10+ yrs, I was looking forward to a bowl of pho. I wish I could give a better review, however I absolutely can not. The food quality is now barely average. The price has almost doubled. The broth tastes watered down, perhaps leftover from previous day. Additionally, order was incomplete...no sauce (it IS ADVERTISED) evidently they ran out of noodles, as my order was a mix of 3 different kinds of noodles, mashed together. I ordered beef pho. Not only did it comparable to an instant soup mix, was 17 dollars for a regular bowl, but included squid. No mention of seafood in the beef soup when reading menu OR ORDERING. Seafood allergy? Dont risk it..they denied having put squid in a beef dish and told ME I was being UNPROFESSIONAL when I called again to explain the severity of not divulging ingredients. (Seafood allergy=hospital visit) I know if you order something different and don't like it, u must pay. The have a clear sign indicating such. If you place an order, they serve whatever, and offer no recourse, don't offer to fix the issue and seem to not care if the customer receives correct order...as long ad they pay. I do not recommend this strip mall neighborhood restaurant charging prices as if they were fine dining. The GREED is putrid Good luck read more

Wow... What can I say? This used to be my favorite pho spot but they have gone drastically downhill. While we were there today, we got served with dead looking basil. How can you serve your customers with blackened, dead basil? Just no good! Please have fresher ingredients. Not only that we had six bowls of pho soup and they only brought out one sad looking veggie platter. Like I said, dead basil, beansprouts, and maybe 3-4 lime pieces, with two thin pieces of jalopenos. The broth also tasted better back then. Not sure what is going on but service and food has gone downhill. read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - Sad and dead basil! Boooo! - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

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This is a little hole in the wall spot, but very popular! The restaurant has a decent sized seating area, and it was plenty busy for lunch time. Very good variety in case you love sushi, but have a shellfish allergy. I didn't try much of the Thai cuisine, but I did have the summer rolls with pork. They were okay, but a veggie version would have been the exact same. I got a peach tea with strawberry jelly boba. Delicious!! The way they packaged the food also made for a pretty good foodie pic. So that never hurts read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - V1. Vietnamese Spring Rolls, Salmon Tempura Roll, Nashville Roll, Bubble Tea - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

Always great customer service and great food , good prices. What else could you want ? If it was a little closer i would eat here everyday!

Came in around opening to try out some bubble tea, and was pleasantly surprised. Nice environment and even better tea! Host informed me of happy hour offer for bubble tea (buy on get one free!) from 2-4pm. Good stuff! read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - Lychee bubble tea - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

Thai Papaya is one of two Vietnamese restaurants near my office and it doesn't disappoint. Thai Papaya is built into a strip mall that definitely used to be a Mexican Restaurant. I have been about 3 times or so. I have had their Phó, Bahn Mi, and a pork chop dish. All were above average. Their menu is diverse and can work for nearly anyone who likes ethnic cuisine. It's a solid option if you want to try somewhere new. There are still plenty of choices I want to try out on the menu. read more

the food was flavorless. i ordered a shrimp pad Thai & took one bite & immediately spit out my food from how gross it tasted! i RESPECTFULLY asked the server if i could get anything else bc i didn't like it & she got an attitude w me! The server then told me I would need to pay for it but i'm not about to pay for something i didn't like or eat, so she got an attitude w my table & told me this is the only time im allowed to not pay since it was my first time there and that the second time i would have to pay... (like im coming back??) on top of that the restaurant itself is infested w roaches. i posted my review about the food on my snapchat story & Ngun my server from that day slid up on my story and shared her thoughts. i've included the images of my post & her message in this review as well. read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - the food looked AMAZING but had no flavor :/ - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

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Attention all you Pho lovers...I have found yet another awesome place to get Pho here in Nashville. Thai Papaya serves up one VERY authentic bowl of Pho, one that rivals the Pho I have enjoyed at Kien Giang. If your not a Pho freak like me, do not fret, Thai Papaya also serve other tasty Vietnamese and Thai dishes, but my faves so far are their Beef Pho and Bun Bowl #V21!! They also make a killer Taro Bubble Tea! Give them a shot for yourself and you'll see what I mean. Happy Eating! read more

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I go to this place pretty regularly and it's amazing they have amazing service and great sushi

I have lived in LA, and Vegas. Moving to Nashville was definitely a culture shock with the lack of great Asian food. But, when you try and try you just might find that needle in a hay stack. Dai Viet definitely has the cleanest and well seasoned broth for Pho. I tried the Banh Mi, it was my first time. And now I can say because of this place I am addicted to the food here. This is my 2nd time eating here in two days, and coming from a curvy girl that's saying a lot. So, please try this place it will not let you down. Also, I would hate to see it close from lack of business. Keep them going!! read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

This place is cool and it offers 3 types of cuisine regardless of the restaurant name. It's not fusion. You can choose Japanese sushi, a variety of Thai curry and my favorite is the Vietnamese cuisine. Most of the people that come by work in the area and usually order for pick up. I hear a lot of orders for the chicken green curry when I picked up my order of Bun Thit Nuong Cha Gio pronounced "boom tet newing jai yaw" lol. Kewl right? AKA V18. It's room temperature rice noodle that's very similar to angel hair but it's rice, duh~ Sitting on top of a bed or crisp shredded romaine lettuce, sliced cucumbers, a few bean sprouts pickled daikon radish and carrots. Yuck, I know it sounds boring and it's a salad.. but wait you get a lovely portion of protein. A red marinaded thin pork with crispy fried shallots on top of all that healthy stuff. Oh but wait. Do you like egg rolls? Yea They'll give you two eggrolls that's to be mixed in. A fish oil vinegarette sauce to allow all the flavors to mesh. If you're going to take home leftovers, please note that it doesn't keep well when the vinegarette saturates the rice noodle. You will be really sad. I would dunk my noodles into the vinergarette knowing i'll be taking it home. Reheat noodles with a teaspoon of water. Use new lettuce and veggies. Introduced this noodle salad to all of my local friends and they crave it more often than the soup noodle. Others have chosen pineapple fried rice is that's pretty awesome, too. It's never been busy as a sit down place but I've eaten here a few times and the family that works there is quick and friendly. You can totally grubhub this place as well. There is a $10 off on $15+ order for new users. Check this place out! read more

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This is my first visit and I am impressed. The food is delicious and the service was fast. The staff was courteous. I have to work my way through this menu. Today was Vietnamese. The true test will be the Thai Beef Pho. If it is good, this will become my new home. read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - V18. Thit Nuong Cha Gio Vermicelli - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

AMAZING MENU.. best mix of cuisine in my opinion... I would l fly from Boston to Nashville once a week for their food if money was no issue.

Overheard many customers complaining when I sat down but I wanted to give it a try. Worse yaki soba ever. They used wrong noodles and sauce. My thai spring rolls were still frozen when they arrived. Servers are constantly on phones and not friendly. Truth be had, I wanted to try the bubble tea but did not understand and did feel like they could handle the questions. Best part of my visit was the thai iced tea otherwise I would have gave it one star. read more

Thai Papaya Restaurant - Bubble bar area - Vietnamese Near Me - Antioch, Tennessee

The food is pretty good. Lunch specials are great. Only problem I have is from 2 days ago. I went to the nail shop a couple doors down and decided to grab dinner for takeout. I got a noodle dish with shrimp added (basil, peppers). Pad something... Anyway, I had a taste for something else and then put my food in the fridge to eat later. I opened the container to prep for a bowl. The carrots were burnt. They only gave me about 4 shrimp total. Very tiny!! And the noodles were stuck together. Feels like I got the bottom of the pan. Not worth $10 to $15 on an entree. I should've stuck with my standard Pad Thai. read more