Tel: (021) 214-130 | commechezsoivientiane@live.fr

Located on Rue Hengboun below Hotel Lao, Comme Chez Soi is a great little place to enjoy your lunch. It’s menu is designed around a selection of meats that the restaurant produces itself in its Phonpapao factory.

All of the meat served at Comme Chez Soi comes from animals raised in Laos, a nice way to support the local economy. The restaurant offers beef pastrami, cooked ham, Parisian ham, salami and coppa. All of the meat can purchased in increments on 100 grams.

The menu at Comme Chez Soi centers around three types of food: pizzas, baguette sandwiches and spaghetti.

The restaurant also offers a wide variety of wines by the glass or by the bottle.

Open Monday through Saturday from 8am to 11pm

Tel: (020) 797-8190 | cemturan81@hotmail.com

Hidden away within the Nongchanh Water Park is this great little Turkish restaurant. If you have never tried Turkish food or if you are already a fan, the quiet surroundings of Istanbul offer a relaxing spot to enjoy a Turkish style coffee.

Istanbul has a nice selection of foods to choose from. All entrees come with an appetizer of sliced baguette pieces with three different dips: eggplant, roasted red pepper and a vegetable yogurt mixture. The best options for vegetarians  are the falafel and salads.

For families with the children, Istanbul has some great benefits. The restaurant is in the main courtyard area of the water park and has a wonderful play area. The restaurant also has nice sturdy unbreakable wooden tables, a feature often overlooked by restaurant owners, which provide a worry free environment for eating.

Open everyday from 10am to 9pm.

Tel: (021) 212-260 | peter@cafedesartslaos.com | www.cafedesartslaos.com

Located in the heart of the city on Rue Hengboun, Cafe des Arts offers a great place to enjoy a quality lunch or dinner. The small restaurant is filled with elegance and style.

Cafe des Arts serves great selections of Italian style food including home-made gnocchi, penne pasta, ravioli, tagliatelle, pizza and more.

With room for only 20 to 25 people at most, you can rest assured that you will be able to enjoy your meal in a quiet relaxing atmosphere.

Open Monday through Friday from 10am to 2pm and 5pm to 11pm

Open Saturdays from 5pm to 11pm only

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Tel: (021) 350-445 | Mobile: (020) 502-6362

Liaoning dumplings have been staple fare of the expat community in Vientiane for quite a while now. The restaurant was even mentioned several times in Brett Dakin’s book Another Quiet American: Stories of Life in Laos.

Liaoning is locally famous for serving a good selection of Chinese food with a focus obviously on dumplings. One can enjoy a variety of meat or vegetarian dumplings and have them fried, steamed or boiled.

The original Liaoning restaurant is located on the west side of town in the  Silom area and quickly becomes crowded during lunch and dinner. Fortunately, Liaoning has opened a second restaurant on the east side of town on Rue Lao-Thai.

Both locations can accommodate groups up to 12 while the new location may be able to handle more with some advance notice.

Neither location has a high chair. Bringing toddlers can be difficult as both locations have glass tables as well as many other breakable objects.

Open everyday from 9am to 10pm

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Going out to eat with the kids can be a bit of a challenge in Vientiane, especially if you have toddlers or pre-schoolers. When they’re babies they’ll sit in their car seat or stroller. If you’re lucky, the waiters may even take them off to visit the kitchen staff for a while. But once they’re toddlers they want to walk all over the place and grab everything in sight, which usually keeps the parents from being able to eat their food while it is still hot.

If this sounds like your family then the Nongchanh Water Park is the place for you. There are two restaurants on the water park grounds, Joma and Istanbul Restaurant. You don’t need to purchase tickets to the water park to eat at either establishment. Both restaurants have outside seating with a perfect view of a small grassy play area with two swing sets. This provides a great place for kids to run around while the parents relax and eat their meal. There is also a large open courtyard that gives children room to roam while remaining safely in sight.

So, the next time you’re planning on going out to eat with the whole family, keep Joma or Istanbul Restaurant in mind. Who knows, you might be able to eat your meal before it gets cold.

Nazim Restaurant offers a wide variety of North and South Indian Cuisine as well as some Malay specialties at moderate prices.

Conveniently located on Fa Ngum Road facing the Mekong River in Vientiane, Nazim Restaurant is a frequent haunt of many in the expat community because of the vast selection of tasty dishes and the all-important air conditioned indoor dining.

On temperate nights it is enjoyable to eat outside on the patio and watch the assortment of tourists and locals wandering down the sidewalk.

Vegetarians will find lots of acceptable dishes from at Nazim Restaurant.

Those with sensitive palates can choose a tame soup or salad or a mild dish vegetable dish like the sweet Nauratan Korma. Accompanied by some rotti, naan, parata, or rice, even the youngest child should have no problem finding something to enjoy at Nazim Restaurant.

At least one highchair is available for children.

Nazim Restaurant has so many dishes to choose from that you might like to order one dish per person and enjoy them family style (sharing each dish among everyone).

 Open everyday from 10:30am to 10:30pm

Tel: (021) 223-480 | www.nazim.laopdr.com

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Our picks from Nazim

Le Banneton is an idyllic café in the French style, located on Rue Nokeokou-mane across the street from La Terrasse Restaurant.

La Banneton offers breakfast, brunch and lunch items as well as fresh baked artisan breads and sweets.

The interior has comfortable seating, air conditioning, and a pleasant ambiance thanks in part to a satellite radio providing tasteful music selections.

Outdoor seating is available under a generous-sized awning.

Several vegetarian options are available, including quiches, salads, La Tartine Marie, French toast, and bakery items.

No highchairs are available, but two of the indoor tables offer seating in low stuffed chairs that might be manageable for a toddler.

Open Monday-Saturday 7am to 7pm, Sundays 7am to 1:30pm

Tel: (021) 217-321 | bpricco@laopdr.com

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Our picks from Le Banneton

 Swedish Pizza & Baking House offers an extensive selection of thin-crust, oven-fired pizzas (61 options at the time of this writing!), ranging in price from 38,500 kip to 60,000 kip.

Swedish Pizza & Baking House also has salads (priced from 23,000 kip to 32,000 kip), sandwiches (16,000 to 22,000 kip), espresso drinks (both hot and cold), beer, wine by the glass, and a bakery case filled with desserts and some breads.

With fast dine-in service as well as a carry out or delivery option, Swedish Pizza & Baking House fits well into a busy schedule.

Indoor, air-conditioned seating is available. Dinners may also elect to sit on the outdoor patio, protected by a large awning on sunny days.

One high chair (from IKEA!) is available for babies.

Vegetarians have a variety of options including salads and various meatless pizzas (vegetarian pizza options: menu item #1, Margherita (cheese pizza), #4 Al Funghi (cheese and mushrooms), #22 Veggie (4 different veggie toppings), #48 Double Veggie (8 different veggie toppings).

Open everyday from 7am to 9pm.

Tel: (021) 215-705 | No website or email

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Our picks from Swedish Pizza

Tel: (021) 412-792 | info@joma.biz | www.joma.biz

Joma is a bakery/coffee shop with twolocations around Vientiane. The Nam Phu location is usually  packed throughout the day with tourists using it as a haven due to its clean atmosphere and quality food. With parking being scarce near Nam Phu during the day, many expats now use Joma’s water park location for their breakfast and lunch outings.

The Nam Phu and water park  locations both offer indoor, air conditioned seating (including several stuffed chairs) and outdoor seating on the patio.

At least two restaurant-quality highchairs are available for children at the both the Nam Phu and Waterpark locations.

In all locations, one may peruse copies of the Bangkok Post or Vientiane Times. WiFi access is available for purchase.

Vegetarian options available are: Garden Salad, Greek Salad, Eggplant Lasagna, Spinach Quiche (22,000 kip), Vegetarian Sandwich, Vegetarian Pizza (18,000 kip), and a selection of creamed soups.

Open everyday from 7am to 9pm