Ovo
Laotian
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Map is a rough approximate - ask locals for exact location. Menu is listed at the wall. Vegans could get rice or noodles with vegetables (specify no egg), fried pumpkin, potatoes and bamboo. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-9:00pm. May open later.


Venue map for Mama Lao
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18 Reviews

First Review by moehre.gabel

sivvyb

Points +1117

Vegan
09 Nov 2024

Cute family owned restaurant

The family who run the place are very friendly and understand what vegan means. They made me a vegan laap with sticky rice which was really nice and very good value!

TerenceM

Points +441

Vegan
30 Oct 2024

Large servings and excellent papaya salad

Had the fried rice with vegetables (ask with no eggs), nothing outstanding but the servings are large. The papaya salad was very good and very fresh, as one of the family member did go buy a papaya by motorbike when we ordered it!

Pros: Large servings, Excellent papaya salad, Nice staff

TobyDoherty

Points +252

Vegan
04 Jul 2024

Happy with it

Noodles and veg stir fry. Hard to go wrong. Cost 35,000.

MikeDunn

Points +47

Vegan
20 Jun 2024

Great food, both visits

Friendly family cooking tasty affordable food.

Gemkvegan

Points +1891

Vegan
13 Mar 2024

Lots of options but average quality

We ordered pad Thai and vegetable curry. Both were ok but nothing special. Lots of vegan/veggie choices, menu similar to many places in Nong Khiaw.

MarenMoriz

Points +165

Vegetarian
12 Mar 2024

Delicious and affordable food

We had spring rolls, fried mama noodles and a pumpkin soup. The food was freshly made, authentic and very delicious. Lots of vegetarian and vegan options. They even understand a bit English.

Klaud

Points +811

Vegan
13 Jan 2024

Very friendly owners!

The place is simple and a bit outside from 'centre'. The owners are lovely people! It is authentic experience, as the seating area is next to their house😊

We came for breakfast and I got mango sticky rice. The portion was big and mango itself delicious. Just too much sugar unfortunately.
My friend eats standard diet and she took vegetarian schakschuka and she said the same that she can taste sugar.

Ben.traveltheworld

Points +78

Vegan
15 Nov 2023

Klare Empfehlung! ☺️

Leckere lokale Küche zum günstigen Preis.

LéoG

Points +73

Vegetarian
18 Sep 2023

Cheap and good

Nice little kitchen held by a nice famille where evrybody's helping. The cook is simple, very cheap and good.

stam

Points +2156

Vegan
07 Mar 2023

Simple and delicious!

It is extremely cheap to dine here and you will need to be clear about being vegetarian, but they seemed to understand that clearly. Service was friendly and quick. I got the stir fried noodles and they were simple but delicious. Portion size was a bit on the small side for the noodles, but decent enough given the low price. It’s a good dining option for vegans.

Edit: just ordered vegetable laap with sticky rice and the portions are huge!

Updated from previous review on 2023-03-06

Pros: Decent range of veganizable dishes, Extremely inexpensive, Quick and friendly service

Cons: Dishes are not labelled vegan/vegetarian

IuliaNOTLulia

Points +6485

Vegan
06 Mar 2023

Nice local place

The food is limited, but you can experience local food (rice or noodles)

Cons: Limited options

kool_kitchen

Points +862

Vegetarian
24 Feb 2020

Nice little rustic Laotian cuisine

Had a good knowledge of veggie and vegan. I had fresh spring rolls and take way fried spring rolls. I had some comfort food in their mashed potatoes which were scrumptious but a bit small.

There's no pure veg options in this small town, but this was a good place to eat.

I also had a tasty chocolate shake.

Pros: understand veg and vegan

Cons: canteen style seating

MagnusMelin

Points +77

Vegan
08 Feb 2020

Acogedor y familiar😄

Es barrato y acogedor y muy rica

Pros: Muchas opciones veganos, Barrato, Muy cariñosa

Marinemht

Points +25

Vegetarian
03 Jan 2020

Excellent

La nourriture est très bonne et copieuse. Il y a la possibilité de demander sans œufs pour les vegans. Le service est un peu lent comme partout en Asie, les plats sont préparés minute mais très bon. Prenez une bière en attendant et profitez du moment ;)

Pros: Options vegans et végétariens. Pas cher

Ellalauwa

Points +757

Vegan
23 Jan 2019

Not recommended

The food was delicious but I ordered the fried bamboo and got fried bamboo with egg. Also ordered steamed rice and after asking for it 3 times, while my other dish was getting cold, I got told they didn't have steamed rice so I got sticky rice instead which was obviously cooked way earlier that day. The girl (daughter?) who took our orders and brought us our food was incredibly rude the entire time, trying to get us to order quickly so she could go back to watching TV. I did not complain about any of this btw because they probably wouldn't understand it anyway.

Pros: Cheapest option in town

Cons: Very bad service, Be very careful as a vegan

PeteH

Points +1113

Vegan
29 Dec 2018

Good laos food

I had a quick lunch before I left on a boat. Food was good. Many vegan and vegetarian options. Friendly woman serving. Inexpensive.

Alyse

Points +32

Vegan
06 Oct 2018

Great Lao food!

We decided to go to mama Lao's after reading some great reviews. There are quite a few vegan options and everything we ordered was delicious and so cheap. Our meal was the best we had in Nong Khiaw so we decided to go back the next night and it was just as delicious.
The restaurant is in the front of her house and the whole meal is cooked by Mama Lao so may take a bit of time if busy but is worth the wait. Mama Lao is lovely!! She is able to speak some English. We highly recommend.

We would definitely give this restaurant a 5 star but as it serves meat we are only able to give it 4 star (under happycows conditions)

moehre.gabel

Points +42

Vegan
28 Sep 2018

Best Restaurant in town

Family owned, extremely cheap restaurant with one of the best Lao dishes! You need to write your order on a sheet but almost every dish is listed separately as a basic meal, with egg and with egg and meat.

For everyone who is wondering why It got only 4 stars: 4 is max for a non vegetarian restaurant. :/

Pros: cheap, very friendly owners

Cons: May take a while




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