Ratana's Green Papaya Salad

211 Kilauea Ave, Hilo
(808) 987-3844

Recent Reviews

Luella Taranto

Excellent, excellent aromatic curry with wonderfully textured red rice. My new favorite place ❤️

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Green Curry

LH Ta

Highly recommend #3 - mixed papaya salad with peanuts. Excellent sauce! It has cucumbers, avocado, tomatoes and papaya. So delicious. The summer rolls with tofu and avocado were also very good, especially with alfalfa and lettuce. Owner is friendly and service was fast. We will definitely come back!Parking: A block from the famous 2 Sisters Mochi place. Nice part of downtown and friendly islanders. Yet not crowded.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Summer Rolls, Salad

Jodi Roberts

Excellent food! The Green papaya salad with avocado was delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sydney Lee

I moved away from the big island 5 years ago and I still think about her food.

Food: 5

Recommended dishes: Green Papaya Salad with Avocado and Mixed Nuts

ESQ Truth Revealed

Fantastic and fresh food. Very friendly customer service as well. Can't wait to try other dishes here. I had the #4 AWESOME!!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Taylor Yoder

This restaurant was so good that I decided to start writing Google Reviews - the world needs to know how great this place is. We stayed in Hilo for 5 days and ate here twice. Every single thing we ate was excellent. Our most well-traveled group member decreed this as the best Thai food he’s ever had in America. The curry was spectacular - especially the green curry, the masaman curry, and the red pineapple curry. We also enjoyed the pad Thai, coconut soup, green papaya salad, spring rolls, Thai tea, and mango sticky rice. You really can’t go wrong!Ohi and Lotus were so kind; they even gave us recommendations for local activities as we were waiting for our food. It sounds like they grow most of their vegetables or buy them at local farmer’s markets. Everything tasted so fresh! If you like Thai food, you will love this place.Vegetarian options: Tofu as an option for most dishes

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mango Sticky Rice, Green Curry, Pad Thai, Peanut Sauce, Coconut Soup, Chicken Satay

Kristin Hargrove

We ate at this delicious restaurant everyday while visiting Hilo. The Massaman curry and pad thai are excellent. We ordered the same thing both days because we enjoyed it that much. The portions are fairly large so two people can split one thing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Massaman Curry, Pad Thai

Plan Zed

Best papaya salad outside of Thailand.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

katya karankevich

Fantastic spot. Staff and owners made us feel like family. We ordered Thai iced tea, mango sticky rice, pad thai, red curry with pumpkin and even asked them to cook us the same spicy pork soup they were eating, which was not on the menu. They oblidged my obnoxious request. It was incredible and if I lived close, I would go there once a week and request the secret off-the-menu item.There are a couple of tables for seating, but it looks like most of their business is structured for quick pick up. Prices were very reasonable and food was piping hot.Owner even brought out some dessert for us to try that was straight from Thailand. She told us about how important sourcing local ingredients is for her cooking and that they have a booth at the Waimea Saturday farmers market. Nice to see family restaurants on island thriving!

Chloe Pangas

I’m not sure what the bad reviews are about. The owner is a wonderful person inside and out. The food is oh so fresh!! The atmosphere is amazing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

De Lo

Papaya salad is awesome, and any pads thaiI had to get seconds while in

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad, Pad Thai

Essafir Faty

Very very clean homemade food, portion are Gigantic, and the taste is a masterpiece , i highly recommend it , the green papaya salad and the red pineaple curry were my fav ❤️

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nick Patel

Food was absolutely delicious. We came in with 8 ppl...place was small but owners were very accommodating. I love Mom and Pop run restaurants, the love in the food is obvious. Good luck on your marriage!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ess Faty

Very very clean homemade food, portion are Gigantic, and the taste is a masterpiece , i highly recommend it , the green papaya salad and the red pineaple curry were my fav ❤️

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Vrushali Chandwaskar

Great food but the front desk lady needs anger management classes!!!She has the get out of this place attitude!!! You leave feeling horrible…. She has an issue with every little thing… Just take out and eat in your car….Or avoid.

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Ratana's Green Papaya Salad

211 Kilauea Ave, Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 987-3844