Papaya Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar Menu (Update 2025)

Introducing the menu at Papaya Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar, a gem in Beaufort, SC, offering a fusion of Thai and sushi delights. Appetizers like the Papaya Taster with chicken and steak kebobs, Summer Rolls with jumbo shrimp, and the Crispy Shrimp are must-tries. Sushi lovers will relish the Sashimi and Salmon Tatake. For soups, the Tom Yum with hot and sour flavors is a winner. Customers rave about the friendly service, ample vegan options, and the great ambience. Standout dishes like the Red Curry and Pad See Ew have left diners impressed. The spacious interior, outdoor seating, and casual yet elegant decor make dining at Papaya a delightful experience. Don't miss out on the $7 Thursday sushi deal or the tasty cocktails. Papaya Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar truly offers a culinary journey that is not to be missed!

Appetizers

Papaya Taster

Chicken and steak kebobs, steamed dumpling, Japanese shrimp tempura and spicy rolls.

$14.50

Summer Roll

Jumbo shrimp, iceberg lettuce, rice noodles, cucumber, cilantro and peanut sauce.

$6.66

Chicken Satay

Marinated in chef barbecue with side of ajad and peanut sauce.

$8.90

Crispy Calamari

Crispy fried calamari served with ajad and mild sweet chili sauce.

$10.02

Fried Oysters

Lightly battered oysters served with sweet chili sauce and a small cucumber salad.

$8.90

Coconut Shrimp

Fresh local jumbo shrimp dusted with coconut and fried. Served with cucumber salad and special tee sauce.

$10.02

Side of Fried Rice

$3.36

Spring Roll

Ground chicken, clear noodle, celery, sweet onion and carrot wrapped with spring roll skin.

$5.54

Papaya Crispy Roll

Ground pork and black mushroom served with Vietnamese sauce.

$6.66

Crispy Shrimp

Crispy fried shrimp served with ajad and mild sweet chili sauce.

$10.02

Shrimp Cocktail

Jumbo shrimp with chef special cocktail sauce and served with touch of wasabi.

$10.02

Steamed Vegetables

$6.72

Side of Jasmine Rice

$2.24

Sashimi

$11.14

Salmon Tatake

$8.90

Seaweed Salad 2

$5.54

Tuna Tatake

Seared tuna.

$8.90

Seaweed Salad 1

$5.54

Squid Salad

$8.90

Sushi Appetizers

Soups

Tom Yum Soup

A delicious hot and sour soup with mushrooms. Served with a hint of lemon grass and lime leaf.

$4.42

Bowl of Miso Soup

Traditional soybean based broth with tofu and seaweed.

$4.42

Tom Kah Soup

Lime flavored coconut milk soup with sweet shrimp richly spiced with Siamese ginger, straw mushrooms and lemon grass.

$4.42

Papaya House Salad

Organic spring mix salad with ginger vinaigrette.

$6.66

Japanese Calamari Salad

Organic spring mix topped with fried calamari and tossed in spicy fusion vinaigrette.

$11.14

Lobster Salad

Avocado, lobster meat, organic spring mix and tomatoes.

$12.26

Nam Tok Salad

Sliced grilled sirloin steak with chili, red onion, green onion cabbage, cilantro, Thai herbs and lime juice.

$8.90

Crab and Asparagus Salad

Spring mix vegetables, asparagus and crab meat with seafood dressing.

$11.14

Nam Sod Salad

Ground pork with chili, onion, roasted peanut, red onion, green onion, cilantro, fresh ginger and cabbage with Thai lime juice.

$8.90

Salads

Dips and Sauces

Wasabi

$0.67

Eel Sauce

$0.67

Spicy Mayo

$0.67

Ginger Sauce

$0.67

Red Dragon Roll

Tempura shrimp and asparagus topped with spicy tuna, sweet shrimp and Sriracha.

$12.26

Smokey Alaskan Roll

Smoked salmon cream cheese and cucumber topped with avocado and regular salmon.

$12.26

Crispy Eel Roll

Eel, cream cheese and avocado topped with shrimp and eel sauce.

$10.02

Mango Tango Roll

Eel, cream cheese and crab topped with avocado, mango, red fish roe, Sriracha and white tuna.

$12.26

Bombs Away Roll

Eel, cucumber and cream cheese topped with white tuna, crab jalapenos and green fish roe.

$12.26

T-Rex Roll

Spicy tuna, regular tuna, cream cheese and cucumber topped with four colors of fish roe.

$12.26

Green Dragon Roll

Tempura shrimp, cream cheese crab and cucumber topped with avocado.

$12.26

Tee's Tuna Roll

Tuna, cream cheese and avocado topped with tuna wasabi and fish roe.

$12.26

Nessie Roll

Crab, avocado, cream cheese and cucumber topped with white tuna, spicy tuna, red and green fish roe and scallions.

$12.26

Blazin's Tuna Roll

Spicy tuna, jalapenos, cream cheese and crab topped with white tuna, jalapenos, avocado and masago.

$12.26

Dinner Makimono Sushi Roll

Dinner Nigiri Sushi

Dinner Maguro

Tuna.

$2.24

Dinner Masago

Smelt roe.

$2.24

Dinner Escolar

White tuna.

$2.24

Dinner Izoda

White fish.

$2.24

Dinner Saba

Mackerel.

$2.24

Dinner Sake

Salmon.

$2.24

Dinner Tako

Octopus.

$2.24

Dinner Kunsei

Smoked salmon.

$2.24

Dinner Unagi

Eel.

$2.24

Dinner Conch

$2.24

Dinner Ebi

$2.24

Dinner Hamachi

Yellowtail.

$2.24

Dinner Hokki

Surf clam.

$2.24

Dinner Ika

Squid.

$2.24

Dinner Ikura

Salmon roe.

$2.24

Dinner Kanji Aji

Crab stick.

$2.24

Dinner Tobiko

Flying fish roe.

$2.24

Santa Anna Roll

Shrimp tempura, asparagus spicy wasabi, topped with avocado and eel.

$12.26

Crunch Roll

Salmon, eel, crab, asparagus and cream cheese (tempura).

$12.26

Crunchy Shrimp Roll

Tempura shrimp, asparagus and scallions, topped with spicy masago.

$8.90

Ebi Roll

Crab cucumber, topped with shrimp and avocados.

$10.02

Spider Roll

Tempura soft shell crab, avocados and masago.

$10.02

Salmon Roll

Tempura salmon, avocados, crab, cream cheese and scallions.

$10.02

Combo Roll

Salmon, tuna, white fish, grouper, yellow tail, crab, cream cheese, asparagus and scallions.

$12.26

Unakyo Roll

Eel and cucumber.

$8.90

Phili Roll

Salmon, cream cheese and avocados.

$8.90

Millipede Roll

Tempura shrimp, asparagus and tuna topped with avocados.

$12.26

California Roll

Crab avocado and cucumber.

$7.78

Papaya Roll

Tempura shrimp, asparagus and salmon, topped with avocado.

$12.26

Rainbow Roll

California roll topped with rainbow fish.

$12.26

Spicy Tuna Roll

Tuna, scallions and cucumber with spicy sauce.

$8.90

Veggies Delight Roll

Cucumber, spinach, avocados, asparagus and carrots.

$8.90

Grouper Roll

Tempura grouper, mayo and scallions.

$8.90

Crispy Tuna Roll

Tuna, scallions, crab and cream cheese (tempura).

$12.26

Beaufort Roll

Crab, cucumber, and avocados, topped with a variety of fish, eel and masago.

$12.26

Sake Roll

Salmon cucumbers and scallions.

$8.90

Lobster Roll

Tempura lobster, avocado, crab and sesame seed.

$14.50

Makimono Roll

Dinner Thai Entrees

Dinner Pad Se Du

Stir-fried flat rice noodles, onion, bean sprouts, broccoli tossed in a savory black bean sauce with your choice of meat.

$13.38

Dinner Sweet Basil

Stir fried mixed organic vegetables including basil, scallion, onion, red bell peppers, mushrooms and snow peas with your choice of meat.

$13.38

Dinner Thai Fried Rice

Thai style fried rice served with monster prawns and chicken, fresh pineapples tomatoes and cucumbers.

$13.38

Dinner Thai Curry

Served with your choice of meat and your choice of curry.

$13.38

Dinner Pad Kee Mao

Stir fried rice noodles, onion, carrot, bamboo shoots, broccoli and basil tossed in a house basil paste and a hint of red curry. Served with choice of meat.

$13.38

Dinner Pad Thai

Flat rice noodle, shrimps, chicken, egg, scallions, crispy bean sprouts, peanuts and lime.

$13.38

Dinner Pho

Served with Asian noodle soup and your choice of meat.

$13.38

Stuffed Grouper with Yellow Curry

Stuffed with our house-made crab cake and served over a bed of steamed organic vegetables with it's own sauce and choice of rice.

$24.58

Stuffed Jumbo Shrimp with Yellow Curry

Stuffed with our house-made crab cake and served over a bed of steamed organic vegetables with it's own sauce and choice of rice.

$22.34

Stuffed Salmon with Green Curry

Stuffed with our house-made crab cake and served over a bed of steamed organic vegetables with it's own sauce and choice of rice.

$23.46

Stuffed Lobster with Yellow Curry

Stuffed with our house-made crab cake and served over a bed of steamed organic vegetables with it's own sauce and choice of rice.

$27.94

Dinner Stuffed Seafood

Dinner Fresh Seafood

Pad Thai Seafood

Stir fried mixed fresh seafood with bamboo shoots, onions and scallions with a hint of red curry. Served with your choice of rice.

$20.10

Sea Scallops

Four large seared sea scallops on a bed of steamed vegetables topped with sweet basil sauce. Served with your choice of rice.

$17.86

Crispy Flounder

Fillet of fresh, local flounder lightly battered and fried served over mixed organic vegetables, including mushrooms and scallions and topped with sweet basil sauce. Served with your choice of rice.

$18.98

Grouper-Fresh Catch of the Day

Choice of sauce over mixed organic vegetables, prepared your way. Served with your choice of rice.

$21.22

Prawn Garlic

Pan-seared prawns on a bed of steamed vegetables topped with sweet basil sauce. Served with your choice of rice.

$17.86

Thai Salmon

Fresh fillet of salmon, grilled and served over a bed of mixed organic vegetables, topped with green curry. Served with your choice of rice.

$20.10

Salmon-Fresh Catch of the Day

Choice of sauce over mixed organic vegetables, prepared your way. Served with your choice of rice.

$20.10

8 oz. Lobster Tail

Choice of sauce over mixed organic vegetables, prepared your way. Served with your choice of rice.

$23.46

Roasted Pork Tenderloin

Roasted pork tenderloin, asparagus, organic sweet onions and mushrooms with sweet Thai basil sauce. Served with your choice of rice.

$17.91

Pan Roasted Prime Fillet Mignon

Served with steamed asparagus, sauteed organic sweet onions and organic vegetables, served with Thai basil and cream Thai curry sauce. Served with your choice of rice.

$27.94

New Zealand Lamb Chops

Grilled lamb chops served with asparagus, organic steamed vegetables and topped with creamy Thai yellow curry sauce. Served with your choice of rice.

$22.34

Steak and More

Dinner Sushi Combinations

Sashimi Dinner Combo for 1

Fifteen pieces of sashimi (tuna, salmon and smoked salmon) includes soup and salad.

$22.34

Papaya Dinner Combo for 2

Tuna tatake, 15 pieces of sashimi, sushi roll, includes soup and salad.

$48.10

Sushi Combo for 1

Five pieces of nigiri, five pieces of sashimi and a choice of roll, includes soup and salad.

$27.94

Maki Combo for 1

Salmon roll, California roll, and spicy tuna roll, includes soup and salad.

$20.10

Peppercorn Seared Tuna Special

Sushi-grade tuna, pan-seared in organic coconut and peppercorn, served with a cognac reduction sauce, organic greens and jasmine rice.

$22.34

Steak and Lobster-Filet Special

8 oz. filet mignon, prime premium grade, with red wine and portabella reduction sauce, served with lobster tail.

$39.14

Sizzling Duck Special

Half duck marinated in light soy sauce and three flavored herbs, boneless duck, crispy outside, tender inside with your choice of sauce.

$22.34

Thai Surf and Turf Special

Grilled New Zealand lamb chops paired with fresh grilled salmon fillet served over a bed of organic vegetables topped with green and yellow curry sauces. Served with jasmine rice on the side.

$27.94

Dinner Chef Specials

Children's Menu

Kid's Chicken Satay

$5.04

Kid's Thai Fried Rice

$6.16

Kid's Chicken Nuggets and Fries

$5.04

Kid's Pad Thai

$6.16

Kid's 4 Piece California Roll

$5.04

Lunch Pork Chop with Onions and Mushrooms Sauce

Served organic steamed vegetables and baked zucchini.

$10.02

Lunch Thai Chicken Satay

Grilled curry marinated chicken breast cucumbers, red onions and spicy peanut sauce served with organic spring mix salad.

$8.90

Lunch Thai Salmon

Grilled wild salmon, zucchini, organic yellow squash topped with spicy green curry sauce and jasmine rice.

$11.14

Lunch Ahi Tuna Salad

Seared sushi-grade tuna pair with organic spring mix, tomatoes, red onions and cucumbers topped with lemon ginger dressing.

$11.14

Lunch Pad Thai

Flat rice noodle, shrimp, chicken, egg, scallions and crispy bean sprouts.

$11.14

Lunch Pho

Asian noodle soup.

$8.90

Lunch Sweet Basil Chicken

Stir-fried white chicken with scallions and basil.

$10.02

Lunch Thai Fried Rice

Far eastern style fried rice with shrimp, chicken and organic house vegetables.

$10.02

Lunch Avocado and Shrimp Salad

Organic avocado, cherry tomato, grilled prawns with ginger dressing.

$11.14

Lunch Crispy Flounder

Lightly battered and sauteed with basil-garlic, mushroom and scallion with jasmine rice.

$10.02

Lunch Grilled Shrimp Salad

Cucumber, lettuce, cilantro with sweet and sour sauce.

$10.02

Lunch Thai Curry

Served with your choice of curry and meat.

$8.90

Lunch Menu

Lunch Makimono Sushi Roll

Lunch Avocado Roll

Avocado, cucumber and cream cheese.

$4.48

Lunch Spicy Tuna Roll

Tuna, scallion and cucumber with spicy sauce.

$5.60

Lunch Sake Roll

Salmon, scallions, cucumber and tobiko.

$5.60

Lunch Phili Roll

Smoked salmon, cream cheese and cucumbers.

$5.60

Lunch Crunch Roll

Salmon, eel, cream cheese, asparagus, masago topped with eel sauce tempura style.

$5.60

Lunch Snapper Roll

Fried snapper and avocado.

$5.60

Lunch T-Rex Roll

Spicy tuna, regular tuna, cream cheese and cucumber topped with four colors of fish roe.

$12.26

Lunch Green Dragon Roll

Tempura shrimp, cream cheese crab and cucumber topped with avocado.

$12.26

Lunch Tee's Tuna Roll

Tuna, cream cheese and avocado topped with tuna wasabi and fish roe.

$12.26

Lunch Nessie Roll

Crab, avocado, cream cheese and cucumber topped with white tuna, spicy tuna, red and green fish roe and scallions.

$12.26

Lunch Blazin Tuna Roll

Spicy tuna, jalapenos, cream cheese and crab topped with white tuna, jalapenos, avocado and masago.

$12.26

Lunch California Roll

Crab, avocado and cucumber.

$5.60

Lunch Vegetable Roll

Cucumber, spinach, canypo, asparagus and carrot.

$4.48

Lunch Alaskan Roll

Salmon skin with cucumbers.

$4.48

Lunch Crispy Shrimp Roll

Tempura shrimp, asparagus scallions, masago with spicy sauce on top.

$5.60

Lunch Fried Oyster Roll

Fresh oysters, avocados, cucumber and mayo.

$5.60

Lunch Red Dragon Roll

Tempura shrimp and asparagus topped with spicy tuna, sweet shrimp and Sriracha.

$12.26

Lunch Smokey Alaskan Roll

Smoked salmon cream cheese and cucumber topped with avocado and regular salmon.

$12.26

Lunch Crispy Eel Roll

Eel, cream cheese and avocado topped with shrimp and eel sauce.

$10.02

Lunch Mango Tango Roll

Eel, cream cheese and crab topped with avocado, mango, red fish roe, Sriracha and white tuna.

$12.26

Lunch Bombs Away Roll

Eel, cucumber and cream cheese topped with white tuna, crab, jalapenos and green fish roe.

$12.26

Lunch Ebi

Shrimp.

$1.12

Lunch Izoda

White fish.

$1.12

Lunch Saba

Mackerel.

$1.12

Lunch Sake

Salmon.

$1.12

Lunch Tako

Flying fish.

$1.12

Lunch Kunsei

Smoke salmon.

$1.12

Lunch Maguro

Tuna.

$1.12

Lunch Escolar

White tuna.

$1.12

Lunch Hamachi

Yellowtail.

$1.12

Lunch Hokki

Surf clam.

$1.12

Lunch Ika

Squid.

$1.12

Lunch Ikura

Salmon roe.

$1.12

Lunch Kani Aji

Crab stick.

$1.12

Lunch Tobiko

Flying fish roe.

$1.12

Lunch Conch

$1.12

Lunch Masago

Smelt roe.

$1.12

Lunch Nigiri Sushi

Lunch Thai Entrees

Lunch Pad Se Eu

Stir-fried flat rice noodles, onion, bean sprouts, broccoli tossed in a savory black bean sauce with your choice of meat.

$13.38

Lunch Sweet Basil

Stir fried mixed organic vegetables including basil, scallion, onion, red bell peppers, mushrooms and snow peas with your choice of meat.

$13.38

Lunch Pad Kee Mao

Stir fried rice noodles, onion, carrot, bamboo shoots, broccoli and basil tossed in a house basil paste and a hint of red curry. Served with your choice of meat.

$13.38

Lunch Stuffed Grouper with Yellow Curry

Stuffed with our house-made crab cake and served over a be of steamed organic vegetables with it's own sauce and choice of rice.

$24.58

Lunch Stuffed Seafood

Lunch Sushi Combinations

Lunch Papaya Dinner Combo for 2

Tuna tatake, 15 pieces of sashimi and sushi roll. Includes soup and salad.

$48.10

Lunch Thai Surf and Turf

Grilled New Zealand lamb chops paired with fresh grilled salmon fillet served over a bed of organic vegetables topped with green and yellow curry sauces. Served with jasmine rice on the side.

$27.94

Lunch Chef Specials

Desserts

Sweet Sticky Rice

Sweet coconut flavored sticky rice served with mangoes.

$7.78