Though the place seems quite popular, I managed to get a table around lunchtime. The restaurant serves a mix of Vietnamese classic with some Xi'an noodels to add some diversity. Inside, the place looks way better than many of the neighbouring Asian restsurants. Their staff polite and quickly takes care of guests. The menu is not too long. After some thinking I chose stir-fried tofu with aubergine and rice. The serving could be slightly larger, but overall the stir-fry was tasty, quite spicy and had a lot of tofu in it. Definitely a good choice for lunch!
Very good value for money, the food is great and the service was quick. Great spot for an affordable dinner in Mare St. My favourites were the Bo Nam Bo beef and the crispy squid.
Really great Vietnamese!. Green Papaya is fantastic Southern Vietnamese food and it's quite different to your regular generic fare... using lots of lamb and cumin and aubergines, kohlrabi in addition to the regular mix.
We've tried a bunch of places on Mare Street and most of them have been pretty average to not-very-good but I'm happy to say that Green Papaya is our new local.
Very friendly service, reasonably priced great quality Vietnamese food.
The cumin lamb was DELICIOUS.
Haven't had the Pho yet but looking forward to trying it.
One complaint:
The food in general wasn't very spicy and we had to order extra chillis to go on the side, but I suspect that's a matter of tailoring their food to an English market that's largely pretty ignorant of the heat involved in Vietnamese food.
Equally, the Green Tea Ice-Cream was a lot more creamy than it was savoury--and honestly, not that highly recommended--and our waiter said that this was really just catering to demand more than anything else.
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