our RESTAURANT

A taste of tradition 

At Doi Ka Noi, we are proud of Laos’ rich culinary heritage. We offer a small weekly changing menu of dishes created with market-fresh ingredients. 

Doi Ka Noi is a restaurant for those who want to experience traditional Lao cuisine. We do not adjust recipes for those who cannot eat spicy food and cannot cater for vegans as all dishes use fish sauce or pa daek, essential ingredients in Lao food. All dipping sauces and stocks are homemade, and we do not use MSG or stock powders in any of our food.

Friday-Sunday
11 AM to 9 PM
(Last table 8 PM)

131 Soi Sapang Mor, Sisangvone Road, Baan Naxay, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Tel: 020 55898959

Noi has appeared on CNN, French TV, and taught Danish celebrity chef, Timm Vladimir about Lao food when he visited the country. She is the first Lao member of Slow Food and was invited to present her cuisine at the organisation’s Terra Madre Salone del Gusto in Turin.

Austin Bush, the author of Lonely Planet: Laos says of Doi Ka Noi “It took one meal for Doi Ka Noi to become one of our favourite restaurants in Laos. With a menu that changes daily, the dishes here range from Lao standards to regional specialities most of us have never heard of, with something to appeal both to newbies and grizzled foodies.”

Each weekly menu at Doi Ka Noi showcases the incredible diversity of local ingredients and the delicious dishes that can be created with them. 

Depending on the season, what looks good in the market, and what Noi wants to cook, the menus can include Lao favourites such as naem khao, rice ball salad with soured pork, kua kai mot daeng sai kai gai, stir fried weaver ant eggs, sup nor mai, grilled bamboo salad with mint and roasted rice powder, or less well-known dishes such as oua hua si khai sai moo, lemongrass stuffed with pork, glass noodles and herbs, and yam mak eua leuang sai moo ping, Xam Nuea-style salad with yellow aubergines, flower and grilled pork.