Green Papaya
3211 Oak Lawn Avenue, Dallas, 75219
(NE corner of Oak Lawn & Cedar Springs)
Phone: 214-521-4811
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Basic information:
- Pricing: Moderate
- Alcohol: Limited
- Accepts major credit cards
Features:
Business hours
- Sundays: noon to 3 p.m.
- Sundays: 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- Mondays: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Mondays: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Tuesdays: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Tuesdays: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Wednesdays: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Wednesdays: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Thursdays: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Thursdays: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Fridays: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Fridays: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- Saturdays: noon to 3 p.m.
- Saturdays: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The kitchen is always open during business hours.
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Comments
unlisted Anonymous
Food: 5/5 Vibe: 4/5 Service: 5/5 Value: 4/5 Overall: 4/5
Green Papaya makes the best PHO soup in Dallas.
HUGE serving.
I order it with tofu, cooked crispy.
If you're coming down with a cold, it's great medicine, as well! Better than Mom's chicken soup!
The hot sauce and the hoisin sauce that you add are delicious.
The best waiter is SHAWN (sp?). Gives you lots of personal attention and remembers you each time you come in and is very pleasant. Ask for him.
2 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
burlyqueen Anonymous
Food: 3/5 Vibe: 4/5 Service: 3/5 Value: 2/5 Overall: 3/5
This place is an alternative, albeit trendy, to Vietnam Restaurant. I am a huge pho connoisseur, and will settle for the pho at GP, but it's not my favourite. Like DC said, it lacks "punch". The fresh spring rolls are okay, but the peanut sauce is more like peanut butter sauce. It's really heavy for the spring rolls.
2 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
dybala Anonymous
Food: 5/5 Vibe: 5/5 Service: 5/5 Value: 5/5 Overall: 5/5
When I worked closer to downtown, I used to frequency The "Green P" weekly. Note the other reader comments posted. Why do you need to get there early and why is it not great for big groups? Because the place is almost always crowded for lunch. That should say it all. Follow the crowd. Also, Green P has ruined Shrimp Spring Rolls for me. Why? If I get them from someplace other than Green P, I am almost always disappointed.
Due to my new work location, I now only eat there 3-4 times a year, but the staff still knows me and says hello as if I was still a weekly customer.
If you ever want to go out to lunch near downtown with me - I will suggest Green P.
2 months, 2 weeks ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
sassathon Anonymous
Food: 4/5 Vibe: 4/5 Service: 3/5 Value: 3/5 Overall: 4/5
I've never been to Green Papaya for dinner, but since my office is at the corner of Oak Lawn and Maple, it's one of my favorite joints to hit for lunch. Their spring rolls with peanut sauce used to be a favorite of mine, but they weren't as good as usual on my last visit. My current favorite meal is #15, Hu Tieu Xao Tofu (Rice Noodles with Tofu, Chinese Broccoli, Bean Sprouts, Eggs and Green and White Onions). They bring the sauce on the side, so you can add as little or as much as you like. Their portions are huge, and no matter how hungry I am, I can never finish my lunch. Oh, and their ice tea is perfect on a hot day.
Green Papaya is tiny on the inside and the seating on their porch is tight. They have fans and misters, but it is still pretty warm out there if the sun is out. I'd recommend getting there before the lunch crowd to snag a table in the shade, and I'd avoid GP is you have a big group.
1 year ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
DC Anonymous
Food: 4/5 Vibe: 3/5 Service: 3/5 Value: 2/5 Overall: 3/5
Take the car to the back for the "complimentary" valet.
We're seated at one of the many too small tables. The space outside lends itself to the tables moving. Looks too unsteady for soup.
The staff are reasonably friendly and the bar offers the standard Asahi level drinks.
Rolls are sometimes excellent and sometimes tired.
Pho is fragrant if a little small. Noodle dishes are generous in portion and reliable, yet lack some punch.
Opens too late on the weekends. No reason we should have to wait until noon for morning pho tai nam.
Overall, not bad. Better value than East Wind. More expensive than Vietnam / Mai's and loses to both in the tastes.
Worth a visit if the thought of crossing to the east of 75 is too much.
2 years, 4 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
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