Vientiane Travel Guide

Along the river

Dozens of unpretentious restaurants and beer gardens (those upstream from the main beach promenade are generally cheaper). All are pleasant

Ban Anou Night Market

Has some of the best cheap meals in the city despite being only about a block long. Starts setting up at sundown. There's a wide range of st

Delicious Noodle - Quan Banh Canh Ngon

For an authentic Lao dining experience there is this noodle soup shop. This restaurant offers the best Lao white thick slimy rice noodles wi

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A small group of stalls offering local food patronized by office workers. The ambiance is similar to the morning and night street food marke

Nazim Indian Restaurant

Decent Indian food. Their toilet is not the cleanest in the country, perhaps because the patrons of some of the restaurants on the river ban

Noodle Shops

They typically serve rice noodle soups ("feu", a close cousin to Vietnamese phở and Chinese 粉 fan2), often also fried rice and other rice or

Seng Lao Hotel

Clean rooms with air-con and TV. Very helpful staff can let you know where to find more local stuff in addition to normal tourist things.

Benacam Guest House

Clean, nice rooms, great value. Nice baths with great water pressure, a real shower, clean linens. Rooms can be small, but have a fridge and

Mimi Guest House

Mixay Guesthouse

A simple room with fan and shared bath. Friendly staff. Clean, but has ventilation issues in some rooms (especially on the top floor where t

Mixay Paradise

Partner to Mixay Guesthouse and just one block away. Nice guesthouse with many generally small rooms, all with a padlockable draw and good W