Eat

Benoni Cafe

Offers a wide range of reasonably priced Asian and European dishes. The owners are Lao, but speak fluent English, French and German. Daily specials and home roasted coffee beans, the basis for one of the best coffees in town. Busy at lunchtime, discounts after 14:00.

coffee

Getting there: on the first floor of Phimphone Market
Hours: Closed · opens 10 am
Weekly hours
Mon 10 am–5 pm
Tue 10 am–5 pm
Wed 10 am–5 pm
Thu 10 am–5 pm
Fri 10 am–5 pm
Sat 10 am–5 pm
Sun 10 am–5 pm

Mon	10 am–5 pm
Tue	10 am–5 pm
Wed	10 am–5 pm
Thu	10 am–5 pm
Fri	10 am–5 pm
Sat	10 am–5 pm
Sun	10 am–5 pm

Suggest a nearby place

Listing from Wikivoyage: Vientiane, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.

No exact location on record.

More in Vientiane

Eat
Ban Lao Beer Garden
Cheap Thai food (14,000 kip) and cheap beer (9,000 kip, for the cheap one, 10,000 kip for Lao beer) Nice quiet garden, nice people. (Thai Spoken).
Eat
Chokdee Café Restaurant & Belgian Beer Bar
Tintin Bar
Restaurant & beer bar, owned by a friendly Belgian citizen who speaks a good English and so does the staff. Their signature meal, which is the Belgium national one, is mussels & fries, with different flavors to choose from, starting at 95,000 kip (US$11). Some finger food such as mini cheese burgers (35,000 kip). Famous for its beers too, including trappist ones, with around 100 different crafted bottled beers to choose from, plus a dozen on tap. As Belgium is also famous for its comic books, the place is decorated accordingly, with statues & paintings of Tintin and alikes... cosy atmosphere.
Closed · opens 10 am
Eat
Dai Japanese restaurant
Japanese restaurant with a Japanese owner and chef, Takashi, who is friendly and speaks an excellent English. Very large selection (sushi, sashimi, miso soup, gyoza, tempura, teriyaki, soba, udon, ramen, curry, taiyaki) and drinks (Asashi beers, sake, potato schochu, rice shochu, shochu sour [which can be confused with fruit juice — watch out if you don't drink alcohol]). Japanese TV on to feel even more like home for Japanese people.
Mon-Sat 11:00-14:00 & 17:00-22:30; Sun 17:00-22:30
Eat
Kong View Bar and Restaurant
With the ongoing construction of the flood management levee and river park in Vientiane, this restaurant offers the most optimal dining views of the Mekong. Thai-owned, it features an extensive menu of what is best termed Thai-Lao fusion. Not incredibly exciting food, but good, although portions are on the small side. Also, the staff will invariably mess up your order. Keep a close eye on the bill, as well, as items tend to make it on there that you didn't order.