Vientiane Café

Vientiane's food is just all right & not especially good.

The Pad Kee Mao (Thai Drunken Noodles) were soft and tasty for the most part, but the meat was overcooked & not enjoyable.

The Laab (Laotian) was bland, with overcooked meat again, though it wasn't as badly overcooked as in the noodle dish.

I've had a fish dish (tilapia?) which was edible -- meh.

This is a charming little restaurant that's nicely decorated and comfortable to sit in.  The food is around 2 or 2.5 stars, so with the decor and ambience, I give it 3 stars all around.

I am a big fan of Thai and this restaurant definitely stayed true to the fresh flavors that make the cuisine so good. Fish and chicken were both tender and well prepared.  The thing is the food had no oomph. Wonton soup looked great bit the base was too sweet. Same with the pan seared tilapia meal.  I ate it all but couldn't savor it the way I've had Thai at other restaurants.

Came here with my mom and had the lunch special. The coconut soup and dumpling appetizers were delicious, as was the Pad Kee Mao noodles (like drunken noodles)  that my mom ordered . I wasn't a huge fan of the chicken satay - it was cut differently from what I was expecting and was just okay. The Penang tofu curry that I ordered was a little too peanut-y.

Overall yummy, but it depends on what you get.