Vegan
Chinese
Take-out
Taiwanese
Small family run vegan Chinese restaurant near Rådmansgatan tube. Serves green tea from its own tea farm in Taiwan. This business accepts cash. Please note that many businesses in Sweden are cashless. Open Mon-Sat 17:00-22:00.
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177 Reviews
First Review by Poundie
Ramen
Points +133
Vegan Chinese restaurant - excellent food - Edit
Lao Wai is nowadays a classic vegan Stockholm restaurant and still keeps the high standard. Minimalistic interior design, and very small space - so make sure to book a table in advance. This is one out of a few Stockholm restaurants that serves Chinese food as I remember the taste from my visits to China. The high-quality food is the basis for my five stars. The service is reasonable but I sometimes feel the waitor is a bit too stressed and one sometimes has to wait a few minutes extra for orders.
Read morePros: Excellent food
Cons: Often fully booked, Somewhat stressed out waitor
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Laroy
Points +80
Tiny and authentic - Edit
Vegan chinese with vegan substitutes for shrimp, meat etc. Hard to get a table, fair prices. For lovers of chinese food primarily.
Read morePros: A classic chinese, vegan style
Cons: Crowded
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kaminoge
Points +173
Book ahead! - Edit
We turned up just before 5:30pm on a Thursday night and we were lucky to get a table (and had to be prepared to be gone before 7pm). We saw several other groups get turned away. So book ahead!
Read moreThe prices weren't cheap and the serving sizes quite small compared to what we're used to (in Bulgaria) but man, it was good! We had 3 dishes (a starter and 2 mains) and they were all delicious. Before moving to Bulgaria I lived in Asia for a decade (5 of those years in China) and this is the best Asian food I've had in a very long time.
Highly recommend giving this place a try but do make a booking to avoid disappointment.
Pros: delicious food, friendly service , English menu
Guest
Ryecatcher
Points +2222
Decent lunch option - Edit
They do offer a set lunch on weekdays between 11 am. and 2 pm. for 100 kronors. I didn't have to wait for long, the portion was generous and the food was tasty. It's a friendly place and I would go there again. For Swedish condition the price was OK. Food seemed to be quite authentic (Chinese).
Read moreThey could invest in nicer decoration though.
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MiaWasiljeff
Points +16
Amazing food! - Edit
One of my absolute favourite restaurants in Sthlm. Everything is supertasty and delicious!
Read morePros: All gluten free, All vegan, Not too expensive
Cons: Small and not so cosy, Sometimes hard to get a table
Guest
RespectKitchen
Points +287
Average - Edit
I was looking forward to some Asian food which was began in Stockholm however I was disappointed.
Read moreThere is just one dish they serve at lunchtime and it was lacking flavor.
For the simplicity of the dish and they fact the kitchen only need to prepare one dish the 100Kr cost I thought was too high.
A nice atmosphere and friendly staff.
Guest
Eric_
Points +734
Great but expensive - Edit
Admittedly a long time since my last visit, but few things seem to have changed when one walks by. The food is really, really good - but also really, really expensive (not overpriced).
Read morePros: The food, good lunches
Cons: Expensive, noisy and tiny restaurant, indifferent staff
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JonJon
Points +20827
Nice food and place but expensive! - Edit
This restaurant is relatively small (don't forget to book your table) but offers a good vegan Chinese food, with plenty of tastes. The menu is not huge but every dish looks good! I tried the sliced mushrooms as a starter (exquisite) and the spicy Sichuan tofu dish (that was really spicy!). The portion of the dish is big and you won't be hungry anymore after a three-course-meal. I finish my dinner with a pistachio ice cream, made with their homemade soy milk. It was really so good! They also have a cappuccino very creamy. I would recommend the place for sure, even if I found it highly expensive. There is quality, yes, but nothing that deserves such high prices. Nevertheless, it is a must go for a vegan in Stockholm.
Read morePros: tasty Chinese food, big portions, 100% vegan, great ice creams, friendly staff
Cons: expensive
Guest
thevegetariancorner
Points +13
Simply delicious and fresh! - Edit
A gem of a restaurant! The food was simply delicious,appetizing, well prepared and seasoned with fresh herbs. Much thought went into making this restaurant an excellent choice for vegan food in Stockholm.
Read morePros: fresh food, Good selection of foods and dishes , Vegan
Cons: small
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kenvegan
Points +13513
Nothing Spectacular - Edit
I had heard about how great the Chinese food at Lao Wei is, so I tried it.
Read moreI have eaten Asian food all over the world, and perhaps this is really good food for Stockholm or Sweden, but I didn't find the food at this restaurant to be anything special. The prices were certainly higher than I normally pay for rather ordinary Chinese food.
The food was good, but based on the reviews, I figured the food would be superb. The presentation was typical of just about any Chinese restaurant I have eaten at.
I ordered a monkey mushroom dish and some mixed vegetables. I enjoyed my meal, but wouldn't make a special trip to eat here again. This was the only Asian restaurant I have tried in Sweden, so perhaps this is better than the others.
This restaurant is very crowded and you are lucky if you can get a table quickly like we did.
Guest
NicNewbs
Points +703
Great vegan Chinese - Edit
Everything is vegan here, it gets really busy from 6.30pm so book if you're hoping to visit at this time.
Read moreNot cheap and a bit off the tourist track but only a 15 minute walk from the palace.
Really tasty authentic Chinese food.
Pros: All vegan menu, English menu available
Cons: Pricey, Location
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Drakflugan
Points +211
Expensive but good vegan food - Edit
Only vegan which is great and during lunchtime, you don't even have to order cause there is only one meal to get so you just sit down where there is space and wait for the food to be done. Its really expensive and there aren't much spaceand tends to get really loud. Still pretty good.
Read morePros: all options are vegan, Good food, Don't have to order during lunchtime
Cons: Extensive, Loud and crowded
Guest
cr87
Points +177
Best Chinese food ever. - Edit
The flavours in the food were the best I have had from any Chinese restaurant. The place is quite small and always busy (I was there just after 5.30pm and I was lucky to get a table), but the advantage is that they focus on making really high quality food in small batches that is always fresh. The place is exceptionally clean and modern, and the kitchens looked just as clean as the dining area. First class service. It wasn't cheap - 340SEK for a beer, starter and main course, but it was definitely worth it. The reason it's not cheap is because they clearly use high quality organic ingredients, which I appreciate.
Read morePros: Accepts cards, Very tasty, Vegan
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Jonatand
Points +109
Great but expensive - Edit
This is really one of the better restaurants in Stockholm, but not one you go to that often since the prices.. :) The food is great BUT a bit to spicey for it´s own good. Many dishes on the menu kinda numbs the mouth so you can´t taste the other dishes anymore.. And i love spicey food, but here it kinda kills all other tastes.
Read moreGuest
+++VeGaNiSaToR+++
Points +1004
High Quality - Edit
The prices are very expensive, count 340 sek for a meal, a tea and an ice-cream. The interior is little and always full, it is better to book !!!
Read moreThe staff is very nice, the food is good, organic, without MSG and they have my favorite tea : Oolong from Taïwan :)
I love pandan leaf cakes so I tryed this flavour on ice-cream but it´s not so good with the cocnut milk. Choose an other parfum ;)
Updated from previous review on Wednesday September 03, 2014
Guest
runsten
Points +249
Still best vegan restaurant in Sthlm - for 10years - Edit
I went to Lao Wai again a week ago and I can confirm that it is still the only and best vegan restaurant in Stockholm and probably in Sweden as well! It is also the best vegetarian restaurant in Stockholm and probably the only vegetarian restaurant in Sweden which actually prepare the food AFTER you order it. All the others are more like lunch restaurants, makes you feel like you are back in school canteen. And this is shocking with us Swedes. We go to restaurants, vegetarian or ordinary non vegetarian restaurants, and we vegetarians as well as meat eaters pay a high price for food which was prepared en masse in the morning, not even expecting to receive freshly prepared food. Canteen food is the standard for most restaurants in Stockholm.
Read moreThis makes me sad. We have basically only Lao Wai, which serves great food. However, in other European cities you have plenty of great restaurants like Lao Wai. In Sweden - only one for probably 15 years by now!
Lao Wai should not be considered to be the best restaurant, this should be normal standard for vegetarian food at least! The demands are really low in Stockholm.
OLD review
I have been here many times during the last years and every time I come back home to Stockholm I try to eat here. It is the best restaurants for vegetarian and vegans. Might be considered to be expansive but it is a real restaurant, it is worth every crown! Most of the other vegetarian restaurants in Stockholm only have buffets or small lunch menu with food more like in a canteen.
You must go here, it is worth it. Even when I was a poor student I would make sure I could go here some times every year.
Most other veg restaurants will make you disappointed after a visit to this one.
Updated from previous review on Sunday July 22, 2012
Pros: vegan high quality food, service, only veg rest which serves fresh food!
Cons: small place - reserver table! , noisy due the empty kind of basementwall, really! too small, noisy and dull atmosp
Guest
Laxsill
Points +112
Fantastic restaurant - Edit
The food here is a bit expensive for me, but it is seriously worth every krona. It's well composed vegan food, with vegetables to fresh you can taste it. As a sober person, I enjoy their beverages. They have excellent beverages to go with the dinner, and their tea is lovely (the coffee too, I've heard). Don't miss this place!
Read moreGuest
YahelSherman
Points +513
I don't like tofu !!! - Edit
First, the restaurant has been renovated, so now it looks clean & stylish . When you go in, you smells a very appetizing smell from the kitchen.
Read moreAll dishes based on Tofu.
I ordered the veg dish ( comes with rice )
with out tofu and the taste was great .
My girlfriend ordered a tofu dish and she loved it .
The price was a bit high , but we enjoyed .
The rest open till 22:00 but the kitchen works until 21:00 .
Guest
Markus_jahl
Points +52
lack of information. - Edit
Everywhere you read open till 10 pm, but when you get there suddenly the kitchen is, of course, closed since 9 pm.
Read moreGuest
RosannaRobertsdottir
Points +108
Try the homemade icecream and cappuchino - Edit
All vegan restaurant close to the centralstation in Stockholm. They make their own soy-based ice cream in different flavors which is really too good. They make their own soymilk aswell so the cappuchino is like a delicious desert. A lot of dishes with tofu in different sauces and rice. Great food, though quite expensive.
Read morePros: Excellent food, Make their own soymilk and ice-cream
Cons: Best to book a table, crouded, Expensive
Guest
alibic
Points +20
Favorite vegan restaurant - Edit
However difficult it might be to get a table here when out in the last minute, Lao Wai is still the best restaurant in town. The food is all vegan and all delicious!
Read moreGuest
Winterdragon
Points +462
Nice Chinese restaurant - Edit
Tasty Chinese vegan food. Small and crowded around lunchtime; reservation is a good idea.
Read morePros: good food, reasonable prices, friendly staff
Cons: small, odd opening hours
Guest
sigurdas
Points +134
A number one vegan place to visit in Stckhlm - Edit
Have been many times there, everytime it feels like I am having the best meal of my life.
Read morePros: delicious, own made soy ice-scream, friendly staff
Cons: small, you need to book in advance
Guest
Caryne
Points +301
Amazing vegan chinese food - Edit
This place has some of the best vegan chinese food I have ever eaten. It is not particularly cheap, though reasonable by the standards of Stockholm, but I totally recommend it. The menu is extensive and all the food we ate was delicious, the 'Nutty Delight' a chocolate and almond pannacotta, was a dream, every vegan should eat this once in their life. The portions are a good size, plenty of free water was offered and there are a great choice of teas.
Read moreThe restaurant is quite small and you really need to book ahead, as I was travelling from the UK I was able to book my reservation by email beforehand but usually you should telephone. At 5.30am on a Wednesday evening this place was already busy so it's probably not a good idea to just turn up.
Pros: Exceelent food, All vegan, Friendly atmosphere
Cons: Limiited choice of desserts, Must book ahead, it does get busy
Guest
gavn8r
Points +54
An amazing choice for the traveling vegan - Edit
I took a 40 minute walk to this restaurant based on reviews I read here at Happy Cow. And I was not disappointed at all. The food was amazing.
Read moreYou should know before you visit that it is a VERY small restaurant with a tiny dining room. Reservations are a good idea. Otherwise, you may be standing outside in the cold.
Pros: Very tasty food, Very quick service, Mmmmm. Ginger water.
Cons: Very small dining room, Not the most friendly people, It's a bit out of the way
Guest
LindaSteel
Points +251
Best vegan food in Stockholm - Edit
Love it.
Read moreGuest
kasia
Points +144
Heaven - Edit
Lao Wai is absolutely the best veggie place I have tried so far. Me and my carnivorous bf had fake chicken protein with veggies and peanuts in a spicy sweet sauce and bean curd with mince in chilli bean sauce and they were the best meals of our lives. I didn't manage to try the nutty delight but had some lovely cardamon ice-creams. I wish I had this restaurant in my town as I would be there at least once a week.
Read morePros: amazing food, great choice, friendly staff
Cons: not great choice of dessert, small, a bit expensive
Guest
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