Papaya Thai Restaurant — Restaurant in Newark

Absolutely my favorite Thai food restaurant! Never had a dish we didn't like. Must haves are the Basil fried Rice, Basil Eggplant, Tom Yum Soup, Pad Thai and of course Mango Sticky Rice for dessert! They are very accommodating when it comes to your level of spicy tolerance. You can always go no spice and add chili sauce at the table.

I will say this spot is popular and can get extremely busy, so if you plan to go for dinner or on the weekend. Plan to take your time and not be in a rush. They get a lot of to go orders while serving in-house guests so it can take time to get all your food. However, it's always worth the wait. Super friendly owners, fresh, quality ingredients and extensive options...

Papaya Thai is right on point when it comes to a Thai food experience. The ambience is nice with a decent decor and just enough light in the restaurant.

The staff was kind enough to serve us past their closure time at 3 pm on a quiet Thursday afternoon. Being vegetarian, I was glad to see so many vegetarians options to choose from.

For appetizer we ordered the Roti and curry which was really nice. The roti had a bit too much oil on it for my liking but the taste of the curry made up for it. Panang curry and basil fried rice for main were close to perfection, would have loved a few more veggies in them though.

Overall a highly satisfying experience, good enough to return for future Thai...

Nice, small and quiet place with great food! We were there as a family of 5 for lunch...the person behind the counter was nice and friendly. For appetizers, we ordered the roti and pepper garlic prawn. The roti was a little too oily though tasty and the prawn was quite good though not as spicy as we thought it might be. Our main course order of red curry with steamed rice, basil fried rice (both veg and prawn) and an eggplant veg dish were all pretty good. We had asked for them to be spicy and the dishes were all quite well spiced. We enjoyed the food - nice flavors, the portion size was great and they were served reasonably fast. Overall will surely visit again whenever the Thai food...