Restaurants in Luang Prabang
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Lao Lao Garden
Superlative Thai, Lao and Western fare graces the long menu at this hip, alfresco restaurant, where tables tumble into a hilly, candlelit garden. The Lao barbecue here is a must – diners are served a basket of raw meat and vegetables, which they cook at their own leisure on a round hotplate in the centre of the table. It’s about as much fun as dinner gets.
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JoMa Bakery Café
Arguably the best bakery in town, JoMa has alfresco tables along the street or in a spacious air-con dining room. A great menu of sandwiches, soups and salads joins the large bread and pastry selection, and the coffee is excellent.
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Somchanh Restaurant
This simple but pleasant outdoor place near the cluster of guesthouses in Ban Wat That serves a large selection of Lao and Luang Prabang dishes, including the best choice of vegetarian Lao food in town. Dining areas are divided between tables on a slight bluff near the kitchen and seating across the road on the riverbank.
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Lala Café
A refreshing variation from the ubiquitous burger-and-pizza selection greets diners at this trendy little spot. Gracing the menu are Greek dishes, massaman curries and a kicking spicy catfish and mango salad. Dine in the intimate café or at the tables on the riverbank across the road.
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Nisha Restaurant
This place serves Indian specialities, Western breakfasts and Lao dishes, both veg and nonveg.
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Night Stalls
Some of the cheapest and tastiest dishes in town can be found at the night stalls that emerge at dusk on streets running off Th Sisavangvong where the night market takes place. The main congregation is one street north of Th Kitsarat, where you can dine on a whole barbequed pig's head, superb vegetarian dishes and noodles, and just about everything in between. There's even a 'vegan' stall.
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Tamarind
Chic little Tamarind injects a great deal of style into the Luang Prabang dining scene, inventing its very own make of ‘Mod-Lao’ cuisine. The à la carte menu boasts delicious sampling platters with bamboo dip, stuffed lemongrass and meuyang – DIY parcels of noodles, herbs, fish and chilli pastes, and vegetables. With a day’s notice they also serve banquets (per person US$6 to US$8) with variations like a Lao Celebration Feast (Pun Pa), and the degustation-style Adventurous Lao Gourmet. Dishes include whole fish, marinated in local herbs, stuffed with lemongrass and barbecued in banana leaves, traditional eggplant and meat stew, or Lao-style barbequed pork. Meals are …
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Maly Lao Food
Great, authentic Lao food is served at this casual eatery. House specialities include a range of exotic meat dishes made with buffalo, deer, turkey or fish, green papaya salad, and sáa (minced fish or chicken salad with lemon grass and ginger). Lao beer, rice whisky and local rice wine are also available.
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Morning Glory Café
This smart and cosy café dishes up some of the tastiest breakfasts in town: smoked ham omelettes, fresh muesli, rice soup, and fabulous coffee. For lunch tuck into esto chicken pasta or a fragrant Thai curry. Comfy chairs sit on the pavement and jazz bubbles in the background.
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CT Bakery Restaurant
Although it lacks a decadent array of chocolate treats and pastries, this bakery serves outstanding ‘breakfast baguettes’ stuffed with delicious meats and cheeses. It also has an extensive Thai, Lao and European menu at reasonable prices and a secondhand bookshop.
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Scandinavian Bakery
A falang -fave, this branch of the Vientiane bakery serves delicious cakes, pastries and cookies, as well as large breakfasts and fabulous baguettes. It’s small and pricey but you can enjoy air-con and yesterday’s Bangkok Times with your meal.
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Phousi Cafe & Gallery
In a leafy bamboo courtyard, this quiet café serves set Western breakfasts, salads, sandwiches and a host of quasi-Lao and Thai stir-fries. It’s deliberately tranquil with bubbling water features, stylish timber slab tables, and local art on the walls.
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Le Café Ban Vat Sene
In a restored colonial building decorated with antiques, this fine café serves tapenades and tapas, smoked chicken and feta salads, and roast pork and tarragon-filled baguettes. The tarts and cakes are delicious. It’s quietly chic, and the service is excellent.
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Khemkhong View Restaurant
One of the many riverside restaurants lining the Mekong, the split-level Khemkhong View has an extensive menu with choices such as spicy prawn and coconut soup, squid láap (salad; or intestine láap for the more adventurous) or steamed, fermented fish.
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Café des Artes
The scrummy selection of deli goods on this menu satiates chorizo, salami, saucisson, pâté and cheese cravings. It also boasts French fare, soups, tartines, burgers, brochettes and set menus, plus some fusions like duck pizza.
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Paradise Restaurant
This ambient spot resides in a quiet neck of the woods and serves great Lao and Luang Prabang specialties like sweet and sour Mekong squid, or áw lám – stewed meat with green beans and eggplant. Diners sit at picnic benches in a leafy courtyard.
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Fruit Shake Restaurant
The effort they didn’t spend on the moniker has all gone into the fine Lao food at this local restaurant. Fried dried beef, Luang Prabang–style, fresh chilli pastes and wild deer with basil are up for grabs as well as three-course set menus for US$3.
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Restaurant Brasserie L’Elephant
One of Luang Prabang’s most elegant eateries features wooden floors, subdued lighting and Lao antiques. The menu is mostly French but you’ll find other treats such as New Zealand rib eye with gorgonzola cheese sauce, and delectable seafood.
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View Kheam Kong Restaurant
Alongside falang fare and generic stir-fries, this riverside restaurant serves a good Luang Prabang sausage salad, fried green chilli with duck, and Luang Prabang–style stewed fish. Seating is on a large balcony with fairy lights.
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Naunenapha Restaurant
The no-nonsense Naunenapha has a pleasant tumble of tables edging onto the street and a wide variety of Thai, Lao and Western dishes. There are ample vegetarian options and the hot soupy curries are particularly delicious.
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Café Toui
This little cosmopolitan oasis serves delicious breakfast bagels and mostly European mains such as grilled buffalo with red wine and tomato sauce. The setting is terracotta and tasteful and the wine list is French.
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Baguette Stalls
You can get a huge chicken, mayo and salad baguette for around US$1 from the baguette stalls at the corner of Th Sisavangvong and Th Kitsarat. There are also fruit stalls across the road.
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Restaurant Luang Prabang Bakery
This swish restaurant treats timid palates to excellent burgers, pizzas, pastas, steaks and salads, and fairly generic ‘Lao food’. The beautiful timber seating is worth a visit, as is the French and Australian wine, superb coffee and gluttony-inducing cakes.
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Tum Tum Cheng Restaurant
Years of experience have made this one of the best restaurants in town, and the Lao chef here prepares an interesting menu of Lao and Lao-European fusion. As he lived in Hungary for some years, some of the dishes display a European touch.
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