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Lao Wai Vegan Restaurant  
4 cows based on 8 member votes based on 8 member reviews
Luntmakargatan 74, Stockholm
+46-8-6737800
Type: Vegan, Chinese
Info: Small family run vegan Chinese restaurant. Serves green tea from its own tea farm in Taiwan. Open M-F 11.00-14.00, T-Sa 5:30-10pm, Su closed. NOTE: Closed until Aug 4, 2009 as reported to HappyCow. Price: Moderate.

   
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"Amazing food!"  
My Rating
Excellent
azna
3-10 Reviews
6
Posted on: Sunday, October 04, 2009
Review: I have to agree that this is the best vegan restaurant in Stockholm (even though there aren't that many.. :P) It's a very small, chinese restaurant, and if you want dessert you should come early (otherwise they may be sold out). All the food is wooked, and the dish is served in the middle of the table and you get a separate rice bowl, so everybody shares the dishes and takes some from them to their own rice bowl.
The food is great, the place is nice and clean, and the staff friendly. Only con is the size of the restaurant, it gets a bit crowded. However I recommend it to everybody!

 
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"Chinese vegetarian!"  
My Rating
Very good
X-tul23
3-10 Reviews
10
Posted on: Thursday, August 20, 2009
Review: It's great to find a chinese vegetarian restaurant! They have a very good choice of meals, which are quite traditional chinese meals but without meat and a lot of mushrooms. The wine card is also excellent.
The interior design is modern and not like a traditional chinese restaurant. It's quite small and you should go there early.

 
Pros: Good food * Good wine *
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"Greasy food"  
My Rating
Needs improvement
Lise
3-10 Reviews
3
Posted on: Sunday, August 02, 2009
Review: Me and my boyfriend tried this place after reading the reviews. But we were both very disapointed. The food was very oily and the environment was narrow and noisy. Sorry but we cannot agree with the other reviews.
 
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"Don't judge a restaurant by its name..."  
My Rating
Excellent
Pan Tau
3-10 Reviews
5
Posted on: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Review: Most Caucasians who spent some time in China are probably familiar with the term "laowai" meaning a Caucasian foreigner and will have their own view on wether this is a derogatory term or not - whatever your view is, at Lao Wai in Stockholm you will certainly not feel as a foreigner!

I spent a very nice evening in this restaurant with a friend and we were both impressed by the high quality of the food - fresh, flavoursome and authentic. The wine menu was ok, but a white wine without a wine cooler is actually not so cool... However the selection of tea was exquisite!

The interior of the restaurant is plain and simple and thus makes it easier to focus on the excellent food :-)

I truly appreciated the attentive service and Herbie Hancock as background music was actually more than I could have ask for.

To put it in a nutshell if I would have to choose only one restaurant in Stockholm it would be Lao Wai.

 
Pros: Excellent food * Attentive staff * Smoke free
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"We liked it even though it wasn't perfect"  
My Rating
Fair
Jade n Lucy
3-10 Reviews
6
Posted on: Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Review: My partner and I went here for dinner a few weeks back because the reviews were so good. We looked up the menu online and we had decided what we wanted before we went. Unfortunately neither of the starters nor main courses we had chosen were available that evening. We picked some other dishes and we were happy with them. The ingredients were all fresh and well prepared. We could see into the kitchen and it looked very professional and clean. We both enjoyed our meals very much. When it came to dessert we were informed that they were all sold out also! So, it was a bit disappointing even though we really enjoyed what we had. I'll probably go back another time because I'd still like to try the items that weren't available that night. If you are looking for a romantic setting I don't think this is the right place. It's very bright and the tables are very close together. Our table for two wasn't comfortable. We hadn't enough leg room so I had to sit awkwardly with my legs out to the side and neither of us are tall or large people. I can only assume that the other tables are better. I'd give the food 4 stars and the setting only 2 stars.
 
Pros: fresh tasty food * friendly staff *
Cons: small and tables too close together * some dishes unavailable *
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"Best vegan restaurant in Stockholm"  
My Rating
Excellent
gkreitz
3-10 Reviews
4
Posted on: Saturday, July 12, 2008
Review: Lao Wai is simply the best vegan restaurant in Stockholm, especially for dinner. Fantastic food and service. During lunch there is only one course (changing daily). Make sure you try the desserts (but beware that they're very often sold out) and soy cappuccino.

The restaurant is rather small so a reservation is recommended. If you go without a reservation and dont't get a table, the cafe Organic Green and the restaurant Malaysia are both extremely close, and the restaurant Kokyo is within 5-10 minutes walking distance.

 
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"great tastes"  
My Rating
Excellent
LucasKop
3-10 Reviews
4
Posted on: Thursday, September 27, 2007
Review: All sorts of delicious dishes on offer at this TW restaurant. Loved the small and comfortable dining area. Attentive service always makes this place a great experience. A bit spendy indeed but worth the price when you get the urge for some great, fresh faux meat TW cuisine. My favorite vegetarian restaurant in Sweden, not all that hard to find but it is outside of the general area a tourist might visit in Stockholm. Be warned that because it is a small family run business they might be closed or on holiday from time to time.
 
Pros: delicious * fresh * lovely atmosphere
Cons: expensive * *
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"Superb place"  
My Rating
Very good
Poundie
Over 10 Reviews!
43
Posted on: Friday, October 06, 2006
Review: This was the best vegetarian/vegan eatery that I found in Stockholm. The service was old good, and the prices were steeper than other places in town, but otherwise everything was excellent, with delicious and extremely healthy food. Also, it is much cleaner than most of the other veggie places in town.
 
Pros: Healthy delicious food * *
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