Thai Papaya

Absolutely loved loved loved the food!.

Decor and service are not great, but the food certainly makes up for it! The restaurant is one of the most authentic places to eat in the Indy area.

The best way to describe this restaurant is to say it feels like you are eating in the owners' home. They take your order themselves and make everything fresh fresh fresh. Its not fancy, its not high end, its casual wonderful homemade food. The flavors are bold and vibrant and fresh.

Its a relief to finally find a restaurant where the food actually tastes like something, and hasn't been soo Americanized you have no idea what you are eating.

As I stated before if you are looking for something fancy, this isn't the place. If you want good, authentic flavorful thai food this is the place for you!

Ive traveled all over Thailand and this place has very authentic Thai food.  It is easily one of the best Thai restaurants in Indy.  The owners are from Bangkok and are very nice.  Food is fresh, hot and flavorful.  Highly recommended!!!

I've eaten here before and the food was decent even good on occasion. I liked the food here so it pains me to write this review but the service here is downright deplorable.

I've read from previous reviews there used to be a server besides the two owners. This needs to happen again because the lady serving does not cut it. *At all.*

When we arrived there was a group and another couple already eating. The lady owner glanced up (barely acknowledging our presence), dropped *one* menu on a table and then turned around and went back into the kitchen. Not a good start.

We took turns looking at the menu (I noticed a stack of menus sitting on the counter) then waited. And waited. The lady was bustling around not really seeming to be doing anything essential. She took a couple dishes out to people. Took away a few small dishes they were done using. Moved about in the kitchen.

A good 10-15 minutes later she came by with second menu and water then promptly left. I attempted to get her attention before she turned away but to no avail. So we waited.

There were several more attempts to get her attention to say we were ready to order but she never once looked our way. Didn't look up when she passed us or from the kitchen. (I was actively watching to see if I could catch her eye.) Nothing.

After a few minutes of indecision we just got up and left.

My boyfriend and I have eaten here before and it's always been the same experience. On one occasion we had to wait half an hour for our check. We had finished, hadn't touched what was left of the food (It was good, I was just full and needed a box for it.) She waited on the group that was there, brought out drinks, then later their dishes as they came out of the kitchen. Another couple came in and she got their orders. Brought them water. All the while we were waiting for the check.

My boyfriend eventually got up and went back to the kitchen to get the check from her. (As well as a to-go box because it might take another thirty minutes to get that.)

This isn't an example of terrible service this is absolutely outrageous service. You cannot blatantly ignore customers.  It wasn't the wait that bothered me. If it had been genuinely busy and she hadn't had time I could understand. But at any time she could have just dropped by to check in (get our order, see that we were done). She didn't. Unacceptable.

Bottom line, a server needs to be hired.