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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61 Reviews
First Review by enRoute
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 +352
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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Elizalodge
Points +112
Huge selection, awesome mock meat - Edit
I came just before 11:30 and there was still a massive range of food. Unfortunately it was luke warm, the mock meat was delicious but the meals were very dense, with a heap of sauce and unidentifiable vegetables, I wasn't quite a fan of, but I know would be up a lot of others alleys. I found the vegan buffet restaurant on the other side of town a lot better, with more accommodating staff, tastier warmer food and also the vegan coffee shop next store was so yum, so I'd definitely recommend that over this buffet.
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DannyDavidson
Points +201
Wasn’t a big fan, BUT - Edit
Food wasn’t very tasty for me, but nice staff, and you can eat all you want for 25,000. Good deal
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carolink
Points +358
best lunch Option in Vientiane - Edit
A small lunch place with a huge variety of dishes. It you come late, some might be cold already, but they keep on bringing new dishes all the time until approx. 2 pm. Almost everything was really tasty and 25.000 Kip for an all you can eat buffet is very cheap! Would definitely go there again!!!
Read morePros: tasty & huge variety, not touristy, cheap
Cons: some dishes cold
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Lukas1
Points +66
Awesome - Edit
10/10. The food was awesome and the people there as well ^^
Read moreI'll def go there again when I'm in Vientiane. Thank you very much :)
Pros: A lot of options, Very cheap, ultra friendly people
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Duriandevoured
Points +55
good if in the area - Edit
I found this lunch buffet was slightly smaller than other in town. The food was tasty, but it is a small restaurant in the market and so not easy to get to or get a seat. Friendly staff. I probably wouldn’t travel to get here - unlike some others.
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vitalvegan
Points +321
Very good value for money in Vientiane - Edit
Directions on Happy Cow are quite good although note that the bus station is currently under reconstruction so may not be obvious on Thanon Nongbone as the main arrival/departure part of it is currently on Thanon Khouvieng. The basket shop is right on the corner of the alley and Thanon Nongbone. Go about 100m down the alley, past one turnoff on the left (which leads to one parking area), until one passes all the clothes, textile and dry goods stalls on the right and reaches a row of food stalls adjacent to a car parking area (also on the right). Kuadin vegetarian restaurant is directly opposite and has a yellow ‘Chay’ sign outside (see photo).
Read moreFood was good, diverse, cheap (25,000kip/person for as much as you want) and plenty of it including a delicious desert of sago, cassava and coconut milk. Restaurant is simple and clean (tiled floor and walls).
Updated from previous review on 2017-10-18
Pros: Good, diverse food, Clean and calm inerior of restaurant, Cheap
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Olesya
Points +200
Amazing tasty and cheap food! Local & vegan - Edit
For 25,000kip per person you can choose whatever you want to eat from the rich buffet they have there water. Super tasty, lots of greens, tofu dishes, noodles, salads, soups, rice dishes etc.
Read morePros: tasty and fresh food, not spicy, very cheap, clean
Cons: working not too much hours, looks like a cheap buffet, not a restaurant, no sp
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Meedee
Points +29
Not tasty at all. - Edit
I tried once and would be the last as well. There were about 8 choices on the buffet, I tasted them all. All of the food are so sweet , not pleasant taste I didn't enjoy them. All staffs seemed didn't want to work, only want to talk talk talk.. toilet was flooding on the floor. Strongly not recommended in this place.
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Mike Munsie
Points +3466
Khoudin Vegetarian Resturant is a Lao style vego restaurant - Edit
the Khoudin Vegetarian Resturant is a Lao style vego restaurant located in a market environment ... the staff were friendly and helpfull with limited English ... the food presented in typical Lao buffet style so it will eventually become lukewarm ... there is a microwave for staff to re-heat the food if requested ... the main customers of this restaurant are the Lao people who either work or shop at the market with the odd farang vego
Read morePros: all-you-can-eat buffet
Cons: luke warm food
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forcompassion
Points +27
great surprise - Edit
Was mystically guided to this place. Could be really hard to find. Its on a street by Talat Sau. Go past the eye glass store bldg., turn right. 100yds.
Read moreIt was clean spacious, staff very friendly.I got there this morning at 10:30am. Food was not warm but was no problem. About 8 or 10 food dishes buffet style. Lao food. Very yummy. Didn't see any foe meat just several tofu types. I will definitely go back. 25,000 kip for all you can eat.
Pros: tasty food, Clean good variety, right price
Cons: hard to find, maybe spicey for some
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SonjaCPA
Points +5270
delicious buffet - Edit
Our VegVoyages group had breakfast before the restaurant opened to the public and we had so many choices. I hope everyone going has the same choices. And the posted price on the wall was very reasonable. The food was delicious and the staff was great. There's a small market area in front of the restaurant too. Definitely check them out while in the market area. Good food for an even better price.
Read morePros: all vegan, delicious buffet
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chupzzz
Points +194
Delicious asian food - Edit
I like this place: simple design and big choice of different vegetarian dishes. They have soups, curry, etc. and you pay one price to eat them all. And yes, better come before noon - after food will not so hot (but still very tasty for me).
Read moreUpdated from previous review on Thursday July 09, 2015
Pros: Big choice, Good price, Friendly staff
Cons: Not so easy to find, but follow your GPS
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Aya
Points +631
I liked it - Edit
I really liked the place. I arrived just when it opened so there were a lot of options and the food was still hot. The dishes were simple but really tasty and fresh, and there was a lot to choose from. It's too bad its opening hours are so short.
Read moreThey have indoor and outdoor seating area.
P.S. There is a copycat (?) restaurant right across from this one.
Pros: Tasty food, Clean place, Nice seating area, Cheap
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IndianVegan
Points +88
Decent food - nothing to write home about - Edit
Same same buffet style food. Reached there before 10 and most food were already lukewarm. Couple of steaming hot items were added while I was there.
Read moreFound enough to eat since there was a good percentage of vegetables in the dishes. However, this tendency of placing mock meat, which while liked by many Westerners, places me in a not so pleasant situation of picking them out from my food. A few items had relatively low mock meat but it seemed liked that almost all the 10 or so items had some form of mock meat.
I have decided to eat nuts and fruits instead in future.
But for others it does offer a good value at 25Kks.
Pros: vegetables, price, convenient location (follow directions)
Cons: mock meat, lukewarm, bland taste
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Zsiri
Points +22
not clean and cold after 1pm - Edit
My husband and I both got sick after visiting this place:-(
Read moreFood was cold and not clean enough. Very reasonable price but I would not risk to get sick again.
Pros: cheap, all you can eat
Cons: cold after 1pm, not clean
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medus
Points +1001
A nice place - Edit
A clean and cozy restaurant with several outside tables surrounded by plants. The food was tasty and totally worth 25 000 kip. Compared with other places in Vientiane, this one stands out in a good way. The only thing that some might not like is that most dishes are lukewarm.
Read morePros: tasty, good value
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rymanvegto
Points +112
Really Great Local Place - Edit
I was pleasantly surprised with this little hard to find place. There was a nice selection of dishes, though some were good and some were average. Overall, the food was definitely good, but not amazing. A lot of the food was no longer warm at 12pm-ish, so that might have had an effect. The new dish they brought out while we were there was real good. There was also an interesting coconut veg soup and a sweet corn soup/dessert, both which were different to anything I've tried and good. The staff were really friendly, they had free cold water and lots of food! Plus it was a good price for 25000 kip.
Read morePros: Selection, Price, Taste
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aspara-gus
Points +184
good, cheap buffet - Edit
Read peace-fulls excellent directions if you are planning to go here as it might otherwise be hard to find. We got here early as it seems most lunch buffets in Vientiane get worse the later you arrive. Food was pretty good. Food was cold although I saw a micro wave oven (which was blocked by plates, though). 25000 seems to be the going rate for a vegan buffet in Vientiane and I thought this was the best buffet we had while in town.
Read morePros: cheap, vegan
Cons: food cold
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OlgaGradova
Points +17
it's only open till 1 pm now - Edit
the rest is without changes
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Sarayna
Points +208
Arrive early! - Edit
Went here today, thanks for the amazing directions, made it very easy to find even in the chaos of the area!
Read moreI made the mistake of not arriving until 1pm so the dishes were almost finished and a bit cold, but sure it's great if you arrive a bit earlier.
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