Aka Kwadin Restaurant. Offers an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet of vegan Laotian food (no a la carte): rice, noodles, soup, steam buns, a variety of vegetables and faux meat dishes (10 or so). Could get individual items to take away from the buffet. For a larger variety, it's best to arrive after 10am. Directions: look for the basket shop, and head down the adjacent alley that leads into Khua Din Market, walk for 50m, and restaurant is on the left opposite food stalls and a car park. Has a yellow 'Chay' sign. If still not sure where it is, ask for "kin jay" (eat vegetarian). Open Mon-Sun 9:00am-3:00pm.
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54 Reviews
First Review by enRoute
TerenceM
Points +577
Good buffet, nice owner - Edit
Good and quiet all-you-can-eat buffet. The owner talked to us in English, telling us about her family, she told us they were serving vegan food for 30 years now.
Read moreWe arrived at around 11:30 and there was still plenty to eat. Lots of vegetables and even soups, as well as drinkable water. 70.000 kip per person.
Pros: Quiet place, nice owner, Good and plentiful food, Water available
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bukrie
Points +409
Khob Chai! - Edit
Greetings full of love from Indonesia! 🇮🇩 🤍 🇱🇦
Read moreThe place is kind of hidden within the market area. When I first came, I followed the directions from Maps but got stuck when the entrance mentioned was blocked by a new big building. So, you'll have to do a bit of improvising on Maps to get there.
The dishes are rice-based with a variety of side dishes. There's an option for a buffet priced at 60 thousand per person. But in the end, I just went for a plate with 3 side dishes for 30 thousand.
The food is delicious, and their staff are quite plentiful and friendly. Give it a try!
Khob chai!
- Bukrie.com
Updated from previous review on 2024-04-20
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nomeatnomad
Points +4795
Disappointing - Edit
I came here at about 12:30pm on a Monday. By that point only about three of the food trays were visually appealing as most were almost empty, and all the food was now cold. It really didn't taste great.
Read moreMaybe it's better earlier in the day.
The buffet now costs 60,000 kip.
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willemruben
Points +1565
Good value, decent food - Edit
Wasn't blown away by the food, but can't complain for all you can eat for 50k kip.
Read moreYou can use the buffet as many times as you want, so I suggest starting with small portions to see which foods are good.
Updated from previous review on 2023-12-13
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TatianaKwamsu
Points +1521
Cold food - Edit
A lot to chose from but everything was cold at 12pm, except for the steam rice in the cooker. If you want it warm come at 10-10.30am (which is too early for lunch). Good tofu but just ok food.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-11-04
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melanievi
Points +906
ok - Edit
buffet with many options for 50k lak or only three dishes for 25k lak. take away starting from 10k lak. some dishes are spicy and other are not. some are tasty and others not. the location on happy cow is correct, but the place doesn't really look like an restaurant from the outside haha. staff is friendly. they also have a small shop for selling vegan products.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-10-25
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NellyNelloChnvrd
Points +38
Very good! - Edit
We went two times and had the 50.000kip buffet. Each times had very different choices and all we tried was excellent! Staff is friendly and food delicious! Our favorite so far in Vientiane.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-10-06
Pros: So tasty! , Really cheap , Lot of different choices
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LuckyL734
Points +288
Awesome Buffet - Edit
The buffet for all you can eat costs 50K and a plate with rice and 3 options 25K.
Read moreThe buffet is very delicious and quite varied, I wish I didn't put so much rice at first to try more! The food might be warm or cold, which didn't bother me a lot. Plenty of things were delicious.
The coconut pumpkin dessert is extremely delicious and free water is also available.
Pros: Lots of options, All vegan, Great price for value
Cons: Sometimes cold food
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Steveagain
Points +156
Could Be Awesome. - Edit
Second time here, arrived earlier in the day and mostly cold dishes. No spicy basil like I mentioned days ago, noodles were bagged/impossible to serve and found tea with honey in the fridge (even though reported 100%). It's easy and fairly cheap, but didn't feel great after the meal. If they had heat lamps or warmers and were more welcoming, it could be awesome. There is a young girl that speaks English that was very inviting. Other than that it's a crap shoot.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-06-04
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kayabrown
Points +101
Really great food - Edit
Great buffet food for 40k Kip. It was cold which didn’t bother me because it tasted so good. Would 100% go back if we were here another day!
Read morePros: All vegan and loads of options, Really cheap
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Ophirbaron127
Points +30
It was a very good restaurant and nice staff - Edit
Every thing is vegan and tasty
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stam
Points +2188
So delicious - wish I had more stomach space! - Edit
The all you can eat buffet for 40k is amazing with so many textures and flavours. They even had a savoury soup and a coconut sago dessert soup with corn, sweet pumpkin and taro. Everyone is so lovely and friendly there, plus there’s free water and they sell a lot of vegan products at the front of the restaurant too.
Read morePros: Delicious and wide range of dishes, All vegan, Great value for money
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Here.To.Travel_Jade
Points +9986
Great value vegan buffet - Edit
Yes the food is cold but there’s a great variety (over a dozen dishes), hot soup (with herbs & noodles you can add), warm rice and a dessert station. All you can eat was 40,000 Kip and less if you just want a plate of food.
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Mar___
Points +966
Good buffet - Edit
Eat as much as you can. Great food but would have hope it to be warm. It was cold.
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farangmango
Points +143
delicious food - Edit
loved it here, delicious healthy food and inexpensive, friendly staff, miss the place and hope they are doing well.
Read morePros: yummy , healthy , cheap
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bruceeeee
Points +105
superb - Edit
simply great food and a nice welcome...gets busy with locals so you can be sure it is good. The buffet has many choices and there are takeaway options. There is a small stock of veggie dried goods and faux meat products. Recommended.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2020-08-13
Pros: friendly, good food
Cons: gets busy on Saturday around 12
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bruno.assaz
Points +479
Simple, good food for a fair price - Edit
Good restaurant. There were around twelve options in the buffet, with things such as rice, noodles, vegetables (cooked and fried), soups, tofu etc. They don’t use onion and garlic, but some dishes were a bit too spicy for our taste. The owner, a middle age lady, could speak a bit of English and affirmed everything is 100% vegan. The place is also clean. The price is very good, 30000 kip per person for the buffet. I wouldn’t mind to come back if I had to.
Read morePros: Good variety of dishes, Fair price, Good, central location
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Gabi.Uieda
Points +141
All you can eat with many options - Edit
Arrived a little before closing hour and still had a lot of options. Good price and tasty.
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m.elanje
Points +27
Delicious and cheap - Edit
Super delicious food. Only 30.000 KIP and you can eat as much as you want. Curries, soups, vegetables, salads, fresh greens and rice. I can definitely recommend this place!
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mrnickbaron
Points +173
Buffet!! - Edit
All you can eat buffet with good food. What’s not to love?!
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StephanieMeyer
Points +1501
❤️❤️ - Edit
Really good all you can eat! Got there 15 minutes before closing and there were still a lot of options. Good price, 30,000 kip per person.
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JackieJans
Points +1228
Nice range of all vegan food - Edit
Great to try out some local Laotian vegan food but careful if you don’t like spicy food!! The banana leaf wrap has a hot pepper in it and my boyfriend almost died eating it. The soup is great, it tastes like a Tom yum soup almost!
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cornonthecob
Points +348
Good choice if you are hungry - Edit
This place had a good 12 options when we went there at 11am plus soup and rice aswell as a sweet dish.
Read moreThe Laab, curry and sweet and sour tofu were all delicious. There was also a few dishes which I was a bit scared to try but the locals were enjoying them so they must have been nice aswell.
Come when you are hungry as it's all you can eat and there's loads to chose from
Google maps may take you behind the shop in to a car park, but it's actually on the side of those buildings where there are open front shops selling clothes and other goods
Pros: Cheap cheap cheap, Loads of choice , Clean inside
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SimplyNomad
Points +56
Local vegan food, simple but good - Edit
As you arrive you find a small restaurant which offers the food as a buffet for a fixed price which is shown at the door.
Read moreRice, noodles, soup, vegetables and dishes with meat replacing stuff like soy. And really nice coconut curry gravy.
Even if you might feel a bit uncomfortable in the first seconds, try it, it is worth the food and the experience.
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Ankexin
Points +41
Amazing and cheap food - Edit
I came after 1 PM and the choice was still big (14 diffrent dishes), it was already a bit cold but super delicious. Definetely recommended.
Read morePros: cheap, lots of options
Cons: no cons
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chilling_master
Points +18
Review of khouadin - Edit
Nice food in the city center. The selection in the buffet is decent and the price per person is 25000 lok
Read morePros: Nice food, nice corn porridge and great price
Cons: If you arrive late the food may not be warm.
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Sljnsn
Points +323
Dopest place - Edit
Banging food, banging price. I ate until I was going to be sick. Not a huge selection but the pumpkin curry and the peanutty salad thing were to die for. Would definitely go every day if I lived here. Beats Vegie Hut hands down.... Times a zillion
Read morePros: mega cheap, delicious laotian cuisine, mock meats
Cons: you might explode
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