• CLOSED: Melina Vegetarian Foods

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Vegan
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Laotian

Vegan buffet with Laotian, Vietnamese style dishes. Includes herbal drinks and Laotian desserts. JUN 2013 REPORTED SHUT DOWN/CLOSED, replaced by a meat restaurant.


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7 Reviews

First Review by Tim Denny

Kalorienbombe

Points +145

Vegan
16 Apr 2013

Cheap and OK

The Lunch Buffet is cheaper than at most other places (22000 instead of 25000) but for a reason. The food is really nothing special which I think is annoying because they really use ingredients with which they could do much better. we came at half past 11 and everything was already cold which I don't mind except for the soup. Cold soup is a strange concept. I think they heat it up if you want. I saw some locals getting their's heated up but they didn't offer to heat ours up.
It all didn't look that appetizing but it get's you full.
As a matter of fact I'm not a big fan of any lunch buffet in Vientiane. I would prefer paying less and just getting one plate. Annoyingly lunch buffets are the most common veggie places

Pros: cheaper than elsewhere

Vgan

Points +241

Vegan
21 Mar 2013

Good value

The help-yourself lunchtime buffet is very good value at 25,000 kip. An excellent soup, a wide range of dishes to go with rice (try a tiny amount of each to see if any exceed your chilli comfort level) and dessert. To find it, walk up Chau Anou from the river, crossing Setthathirath Road and Rue Hengboun. When you cross the next one, Samsenthai (with one-way traffic going in the opposite direction to Setthathirath), the Win Hotel is on your left. Keep on going, past the Western Union/money exchange and Melina is on your right, on the other side of the street from V.A.T Import Export Co. If you reach Rue du Puitts or Khoun Boulom you have gone too far.

Pros: Friendly, good value

Cons: open only for lunch

anarchistanimal

Points +563

Vegan
06 Mar 2013

Really excellent lunch buffet

An excellent vegan lunch buffet, popular with both locals and foreigners. The dishes are delicious, with interesting Lao flavours. A highlight is the various Lao deserts - stewed bananas with coconut cream and more. Everything is well prepared and presented. The restaurant itself is pleasant, clean and colourful with some tasteful decoration. The workers are friendly and professional. And at 25,000 kip, it's great value.

Pros: Excellent vegan lunch buffet, Scrumptious desserts

TheVeganFugitive

Points +121

Vegan
03 Feb 2013

great value, vegan lunch

cute small place, mostly entirely local lunch spot, small buffet that was extremely good value and very fresh food .. only open for lunch .. highly recommend ..

Pros: great value, lunch buffet , mostly all locals .

Cons: a little effort to find

sglcklch

Points +2815

Vegan
15 Dec 2012

Best in Vientiane

I tried out three different veg*n restaurants during my stay and this was hands-down the best. Wide variety of choices, delicious food, all-you-can-eat for 25,000 kip. Location was very central and easy to find. I especially loved how clean this place was compared to the other ones.

Pros: great value, location, clean setting

rdavout

Points +35

Vegetarian
04 Mar 2012

Most consistently good-value veg buffet

Maleena boasts what is probably the most diverse of buffets in Vientiane. Though a recent addition to Vientiane's veg landscape, Maleena became an instant classic. The Lao owner, Tia, speaks very basic English as well as fluent Indonesian. Highly recommended.

Tim Denny

Points +91

Mostly Veg
13 Feb 2012

excellent lunch buffet

very tasty lunch buffet for 20,000 kip (~$2.50 USD) Melina's really knows how to cook wonderful Lao and regional foods with high quality ingredients. the restaurant is a little hard to find - look for one of the small shops on the right side across the street from the Lao-Viet badminton center and down the road from the Win Hotel

Pros: excellent dishes, great value, center city

Cons: a bit hard to find, not well advertised




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