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Papaya Grill

Papaya Grill

280 Market Place, San Ramon, 94583, United States Of America

Grill • Grills • Seafood • Catering


"My wife and I visited on a Saturday at around 1:30 pm. We rode our bikes off of the Iron Horse trail from Dublin Bart station and then went east on Bollinger to the Trader Joes parking area. It was an easy 30 minute and 6-mile ride from Dublin to San Ramon. I'm going to improve my stars from a 1 (back in 2012) to a 4. There were only 2 women working this day. They were both very busy. The lady in the front takes your orders, answer phones, prepares your dish and delivers to your table. She politely acknowledged me at the cash register when I placed my order. She was patient and sweet. The other person was in the back, and she was doing all the cooking. We were there for about 1.25 hours, and she was constantly working. I give these two women 5 stars for how hard they worked. We dined in. There are about 4 tables with 4 chairs each and a counter bar at the front window with 3 chairs. Not a huge place but completely adequate. The bathroom was clean and well stocked. My wife ordered Tocilog. Very good flavor and perfectly cooked. Her eggs were over easy as requested and my wife just needed to add a little salt. I ordered BBQsilog-chicken BBQ sticks. The garlic fried rice was much better than it was in my previous review in 2012. 2 eggs were cooked well with the yolk half-way cooked. Blended well with the warm rice. My chicken BBQ was very flavorful, and chicken was soft and cooked well. It was easy to slide the chicken off the stick to share with wife. I asked for some vinegar (not spicy) and they obliged. The meat was colder than room temperature and for that I will have dock it one star. We then ordered halo-halo for dessert which was already partially prepped with all of the jellies, beans, sago, ube inside a plastic lidded cup stowed in their lobby fridge. The front lady added crushed ice, evaporated milk, and this rice crispy thing (I don't know what it is, but it's like rice crispy but a little harder crunch) and then topped it off with a scoop of ube ice cream. It wasn't too sweet and we didn't have to add anything to it. The fruit and everything inside it were very fresh. Overall, everything was delicious today with generous serving sizes. I appreciated all their hard work today. My only recommendation is to try to keep your food hot or warm when it sits in your serving bins up front. Food that comes directly from the back kitchen was hot. It's the BBQ sticks up front that need to be kept warm (please). We'll be back."