Lao & Thai Restaurants in Vientiane

Obviously, Lao food can be found every few meters in Vientiane. Listing all the places here would be impossible, so we concentrated on what we consider to be “real” restaurants and left away all or most of the food stall type places.

Although Lao and Thai have different cuisines, they are still very much related to each other. Moreover, most Lao restaurants also offer some or many Thai dishes and vice versa. Often, apart from Lao and Thai food, these places have some “falang” items on their menu as well and it’s also not rare to find Chinese food in what we list here as Lao restaurants.

Last, but not least, as Laos back in the colonial days was part of Indochina, Vientiane4fun.com also lists here the restaurants that offer mainly Vietnamese food.


Kualao Restaurant

Samsenthai Rd.
Tel. (020) 215 777		 Set in a nicely restored French colonial villa, Kualao offers superb Lao cuisine served to international standards. Live Lao music and dancing at night, all at reasonable prices.

Tamnak Lao Restaurant (Lao Residence Restaurant)

That Luang Road
Tel. (020) 413 562		 This upscale restaurant is ideal to enjoy the local cuisine in a relaxed and elegant atmosphere, be it in inside the colonial villa ("the Residence") or in the beautiful, tropical garden. Live Lao music and traditional dancing performances make dining at Tamnak Lao a memorable event.

Café Indochine

Sethathirath Rd.
Tel. (021) 217 658  		As the name suggests, food from the former Indochina is served here, but the emphasis is on Vietnamese cuisine. Very nicely decorated in a traditional, but elegant style, Café Indochine is certainly one of the first choices for local cuisine.

Labieng Latsanee Restaurant

Luangpabang Rd.
Tel. (021) 262 807		 Lao, Thai, Chinese and even seafood is served here. Set in a very nice wooden house with plenty of flowers and plants. Well worth a try.

Moon the Night

Fa Ngum Rd.
Tel. (021) 217 073		 This is the very last building on Fa Ngum Road, the riverside road along the Mekong. "Moon the Night" is a big, wooden stilt construction, directly on the mighty Mekong river, you cannot get closer! Very simple decoration, but genuine local food, all at very reasonable prices.

Sai Nam Lao Restaurant

Fa Ngum Rd.
Tel. (020) 771 574		 Next to the "Moon the Night" and in the same style, but a lot smaller.

Saylomyen Restaurant

That Luang Road
  		What makes this otherwise very simple restaurant remarkably special is that all the cheap plastic chairs and tables are situated in two wooden huts on stilts, directly over a small pond in midst of huge coconut palm trees and other wild, tropical vegetation. Although only a few meters from the main road linking the Monument with the golden That Luang Stupa, this place feels more like being right in the middle of the Laotian jungle. The food served here is good and genuine and the prices are low.

Fong Beer Restaurant

That Luang Road
Tel. 218 190		 Like its direct neighbor Saylomyen, the Fong Beer Restaurant sits on stilts directly over a small pond in midst of huge coconut palm trees and other wild, tropical vegetation.

Mai Phai Restaurant

Fa Ngum Rd.
  		Close to the "Moon the Night" and in the same style, but a lot smaller.

Nang Kham Bang Lao food Restaurant

Khun Bulom Rd.
Tel. 217 198		  

Daovieng Restaurant

Heng Boun Rd.
  		very big, ideal for big receptions, etc.

Tonhom Asean Cuisine

Samsenthai Rd.
Tel. 223 113		 Thai food

Dok Boua Kham Restaurant

inside Chaleunxay Hotel
  		 

Phonetip Restaurant / Coca Suki Rest.

Saylom Rd.
  		 

Seen Dat Saylom

Saylom Rd.
Tel. 212 204		 suki - barbeque - nice, big, quite garden

Krua II Restaurant

Luangpabang Rd.
Tel. 214 882		 ex-Highway Man Restaurant

Suki Yaki

km2 Luangpabang Rd.
Tel. 020 5514454		 suki yaki

Restaurant OK

Sihom Rd.
Tel. 213 322		 suki - steaks

Sunset Restaurant

Fa Ngum Rd.
  		 

Tavendaeng Restaurant

Fa Ngum Rd.
  		 

River View Restaurant

Fa Ngum Rd.
  		opposite Mongkol Restaurant

Sayfon Restaurant

Fa Ngum Rd.
Tel. 020 522 594		  

Mittaphap Lao Barbeque

Fa Ngum Rd.
Tel. 264 444		 next to Mekong River Commission Secretariat

Salonxay Restaurant

inside Lane Xang Hotel
  		 

Riverside

km 4 Thadeua Rd.
Tel. 312 875		  

Villa That Luang Guesthouse & Restaurant

That Luang Road
Tel. 413 562		  

Seafood Restaurant

Thadeua Rd.
Tel. 314 287		 Seafood / Ostrich Meat. Terasse along the Mekong

Km 3 Seafood Restaurant

Thadeua Rd. km 3
  		 

Mekong Restaurant 1 + 2

Thadeua Rd. km 4
Tel. 312 480		  

Sala Nong Chan Restaurant

inside Green Park Boutique Hotel
Tel. 263 062		  

Huong Duê Vietnam Restaurant

Dongpalane Rd.
Tel. 020 240 1843		 Vietnamese food

Ban Yen Restaurant

Phonthan Rd.
Tel. 020 556 3404		  

Sokpaluang Restaurant

Sokpaluang Road
Tel. 020 2433 666		  

Souliphan Restaurant

Sisangvon Rd.
Tel. 260 617		  

Say Nha Restaurant

Sisangvon Rd.
Tel. 263 315		 with big garden, also Karaoke

Kopkap Restaurant

That Luang Road
Tel. 413 122		  

Restaurant Sabai

Phonthan Rd.
Tel. 020 242 75 05		 You have to be able to read lao.... no sign in roman script


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