• CLOSED: Phounsub Restaurant

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Vegan
Buffet
Asian
Laotian

Vegan restaurant offering a lunch buffet. Located opposite The Reunion Cafe. Price is around 30,000+ kip. Best to arrive at 11:30am as food is usually gone by 1 pm. Directions: Go west along Samsenthai Rd from the intersection with Khounboulon Rd, turn down the small side street on the right immediately after the Bridgestone sign, and walk about 100m. Reported closed February 2023.


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25 Reviews

First Review by reunioncafe

lime.skyblue

Points +536

Vegan
09 May 2021

Come Early. Wonderful Lunch Buffet With A Scrumptious Dessert Option.

During our stay in Vientiane, my partner and I came here daily for lunch! Like another reviewer said, it's best to arrive there earlier, and not at 1PM/1:30PM, when a lot of the buffet food was gone (but creating a meal for yourself is still possible). At the end of my meals here, I combined their green jelly with their coconut milk, which made a great dessert treat. The locals recognized my and my partner's face, and during our fourth visit, a young, English-speaking Lao person in a suit greeted us with a loud and grand "Hello!"😁He was the owner's son.

cornonthecob

Points +348

Vegan
01 Jul 2019

Good choice for lunch

We came here at 11 as recommended in other reviews and there was loads of food left in the containers. I think there was rice, 7 dishes of food, plus soup and rice noodles. All you can eat for 30k kip per person.

The curry and Laab that day was very good.

Come when you are hungry for the best value as you can get a good sized meal cooked to order for less than 30k across the road at reunion cafe

ninik

Points +49

Vegan
13 May 2019

So many options! yummy and cheap

We tried everything from the buffet haha - really good!

Pros: Lots (!) of vegan dishes

Lampky

Points +1610

Vegan
26 Mar 2019

So yummy

Excellent buffet. Everything is so good go early

Pros: All vegan , So many choices

Cons: They start running out around 12:30

JonJon

Points +20239

Vegan
25 Jul 2018

Amazing Lao vegan buffet at low price

This daily buffet is excellent and very cheap (30 000 KIP, all you can eat). There are many Lao dishes, noodles, tofu, curry, vegetables, rice, etc., all very fresh and tasty. The owner is friendly, the room is modest but clean. Has a huge success so it's better to go early. A must-go in Vientiane!

Pros: 100% vegan, all you can eat, great and fresh food, friendly staff, cheap

Bintje

Points +1416

Vegan
04 Jul 2018

Very good !

The staff don't speak english a lot but they are hepfull ! Food is really good and cheap. Come early because the food gone fast !

jasonfloats

Points +178

Vegan
28 Jun 2018

Solid vegan buffet!

As with most buffets, some things are hits others are misses. Overall a great selection of lots of tofu dishes. The veggie sausage/springroll things were awesome. And the price cannot be beat.

Pros: Good food, Large selection

Cons: Some dishes got cold

Lizzylodge

Points +111

Vegan
18 May 2018

Delicious food, lovely atmosphere

Definitely go on an empty stomach as it is 30K for the buffet, I hadn't eaten all day/night so I easily packed away a large plates worth. The food is delicious, it was warm with a lot of option. It was predominately tofu dishes when I was there but they did bring out several more dishes while I was sitting down eating. It's a really lovely place to sit outside and eat, with the vegan coffee shop next store that has amazing coffee. The food was delicious and the service lovely

DannyDavidson

Points +201

Vegan
10 May 2018

Come hungry

You’ll be overpaying if you don’t eat a decent amount, but a good option if you like buffet style eateries.

CharityBosua

Points +548

Vegan
14 Jan 2018

Best value for money you will find in Vientiane

Pretty sure you won't find something better for this price. All you can eat lunch buffet which get's refilled all the time. I recommend to go here to get a nice local experience and to eat some vegan traditional food (Lao soup and Lao pancake).

Add as much leafy greens as you like!

Owner is very friendly and helpfull. Used Google translate to ask which dishes didn't contain oil and she pointed them out for me (half of them had NO oil and half of them had little oil). A dish I really liked had oil but she offered to cook it for me without oil and she didn't charge me extra for it!

The food is quite plain but you can add spices, soysauce, etc. as much as you like. The bread I ate here is the best I had so far in Lao.

Has great coffee place next door!

Updated from previous review on 2018-01-14

Pros: Local, All vegan, Little oil

Cons: Only for lunch

LaurenceMontreuil

Points +687

Vegan
23 Nov 2017

Get value for your money!

WOW! The food was SO good that we ate more that our stomach was able to handle! That's what happen when you discover an all you can eat vegan buffet!!! There are so many different dishes including noodle soup, curry and fresh salad! There are other vegan buffets in town but this one is simply the best! Highly recommended! All you can eat buffet for 30 000 Kips.

Pros: Many choices , Cheap , Super tasty and fresh

KateMoore

Points +123

Vegan
27 Oct 2017

Stop looking. you found the best vegan food in The city!!

All you can eat buffet for 3000 lip with sooo many delicious, healthy options. We have eaten here every day. There is also a vegan coffee shop attached which has almond soy or coconut milk options. Love this place!

vitalvegan

Points +321

Vegan
18 Oct 2017

Best value vegan in Vientiane

Phounsub Vegan Restaurant, Vientiane, Laos, 13th October 2017

Go west along Samsenthai Road from the intersection with Khounboulon Road (that intersection has the Centerpoint Boutique Hotel on one corner, the TMB bank on another, a photocopy store on a third while there is a construction site on the 4th currently). The Bridgestone sign is on the right side of Sansenthai about 100m from the intersection just described. Turn down the small side street on the right and walk about 100m. Reunion café is on the right and Phounsub is on the left.

Phounsub’s buffet is very good and sufficiently different from the one at Khouadin/Kuadin vegetarian restaurant. Perhaps fewer dishes but perhaps higher quality (or so we perceived them) – more whole vegetables rather than being more cut up or mushy. Restaurant very popular including with locals but dishes are replaced (at least while we were there) as they are depleted.

At just 25,000 kip/person probably the best value in Vientiane.

Pros: very good food yet cheap, clean and quiet, despite popularity, easy to find

Cons: only open at lunchtime

Reut.e

Points +32

Vegan
11 Oct 2017

Excellent!

I was there a long time ago, it was the only restaurant in Laos that I got a chance to experience a proper local food (and not only Laap), It was so good!!

brtknr

Points +225

Vegan
14 Sep 2017

Tasty and cheap buffet style food

All you can eat for 25000 kips which was quite good value for money considering that the food is quite good. However, a lot of it seemed to have been sitting out for a while so recommend going early. We arrived at 11 and should have gone earlier. There was a make-your-own hot soup noodle in the corner which was quite tasty but not sure if this is a regular offering. They had simple dessert options included.

There is a lovely new vegan coffee shop open next door by the same owners which is also worth checking out.

Karoo

Points +42

Vegan
05 Jul 2017

absolutely delicious

Very delicious food, lots of vegetables, good variety and quite cheap regarding lao prices! And a dessert, mm..

Tofulicious

Points +1155

Vegan
20 Jan 2017

Highlight of Vientiane

As an avid veganomic tourist, I'm sad to say that Laos is one of the most uninspiring countries my stomach has ever encountered. Hence, when my herbivorous travelling companion and I chanced upon Phounsub (with the assistance of Happy Cow), our Laotian venture transformed considerably!

With an abundance of fresh and cooked vegetable dishes (each with distinct flavours and textures), plenty of protein accoutrements, the choice of red or sticky rice, DIY noodle soups and a daily dessert - Phounsub's daily vegan lunch buffet turned our Vientianese hellhole into one of joy. Didn't even bother with the other local options, as we didn't want to miss our daily fix here.

Pros: delicious local 'veganised' dishes, warm friendly service

Cons: buffet lunch only :(

JerriFairy

Points +22

Vegetarian
01 Sep 2016

Yum yum yum

A great little find ,just meandering thru a neighbourhood and voalla! Best to arrive abit earlier than 2 as the food was abit cool and of course many hungry people had eaten before me!

Still yummy and great people! Across the street was nice as well Reunion Cafe!

Pros: Great variety, Great taste, Confortable ac space

Cyclebilly

Points +126

Vegan
06 Mar 2016

Great food. Lovely staff. Cheap

Was all vegan. Most of the food tasty. well worth 25,000 kip. Get coffee and tea too and can have jelly, coconut milk and syrup for dessert. shop next to it. staff friendly.

Arvid

Points +469

Vegan
29 Feb 2016

THE place to have lunch!

What a lovely place! For the humble price of 25,000 kip we had a delicious "three part" vegan buffet:

(1) Rice with maybe 8 different vegetable and tofu dishes, all very good.
(2) Lots of fresh herbs and little things that you wrap in big salad leafs, dip in sauce, and eat like fresh spring rolls.
(3) Rice noodles, raw vegetables, and a rich and somewhat spicy stock that you mix together to make your own noodle soup. Probably the freshest and best I've had!

There is also some kind of jelly or pudding for dessert. Didn't try it though.

The setting is simple but nice, and the locals who have their lunch here were friendly, talkative, and helpful (which came in handy since some of the food and the way to eat it was new to us).

The dishes weren't always warm, but we found them all fresh (place opens at 11am, we arrived at around 12am).

We highly recommend this place!

Pros: great food, friendly and helpful locals, very cheap

Cons: food not always warm

Ianthewander

Points +237

Vegetarian
19 Jul 2014

Tasty Laos lunch buffet

Small restaurant, not overly flash. For 25,000 kip ($3) a selection of a dozen or so trays of food, plus desert and soup. Tasty, spicy, good quality. Small selection of drinks, ok to bring your own. Attached is a small shop selling veg products.

Interestingly, directly opposite Reunion Cafe.

Pros: Taste, Inexpensive, Range

Cons: Sanitation, open food, a few flies., No brown rice (seems none in Laos!)

Thetruthpaint

Points +63

Vegetarian
25 Apr 2014

Great all You Can Eat Buffet

Mixture of Vietnam and laos food. From soup till sweet Desserts. 25.000 kip. Very friendly and tasty place. Can highly recommend!

Pros: Tasty, Choice, Friendly

anarchistanimal

Points +563

Vegan
06 Mar 2013

Yummy lunchtime buffet

A good lunch buffet, popular with locals, a short walk out of the tourist ghetto. It's true, many of the dishes were gone or almost gone by 1pm, but there was still plenty to hit the spot. Highlights for me were the battered eggplant, laap and sago dessert. The restaurant itself is a lovely space - open and airy with a sunny, plant-filled verandah. The workers are friendly. Great value at 25,000 kip.

Pros: Tasty dishes, Yummy desserts, Quiet, leafy verandah

AmericanPhil

Points +224

Vegan
05 Sep 2012

amazing

Best meal I had in southeast Asia. Get there early if you want fresh spring rolls. Very kind people with good English and all vegan food

Pros: good dessert, spring rolls, English

reunioncafe

Points +126

Vegan
Owner
01 Oct 2011

Good Vegan Lunch Buffet

If you are in Vientiane, Laos and looking for Good Vegan Lunch Buffet. Phounsub restaurant is the right place.

Pros: food, staffs, private




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