Vientiane Café

Food is always good, never had a bad meal. Been coming here for years. Favorites: spring rolls, pad Thai, Panaeng curry, pho. Any selection you make should satisfy.

One thing I can say about Vietnam Cafe is that it's been super consistently good over the years. We stopped here on a random Thursday night before picking our daughter up from martial arts practice and were seated right away. We ordered the shrimp vermicelli and the chicken pad Thai with some spring rolls. Like I said, always consistently good. The lights were a lot dimmer and then normal so it was hard to read the menu but also I probably need glasses. No seriously. I think I need glasses. Can anybody suggest a good eye doctor in the area? Lol

I'm updating my review. My last visit to Vientiane cafe was better. Most of the food I had was okay. Desserts are good.Here's a food summary (I use ^ to indicate a half-star and * for a full star. So, ***^ means 3.5 stars):** Fish wraps (pun-paah) came with the ingredients for me to put together myself: fish, lettuce, star fruit, cucumber, tomatoes, vermicelli, tamarind sauce, etc. The fish was overcooked and not tasty. I would not want this again.**** Coconut Rice Pudding is creamy and good*** Mango Sticky Rice is fine3+ stars

Fantastic food. A little on the pricey side. I got the pineapple rice with extra tofu. It was awesome. Not sweet like you expected from something with pineapple. They didn't use any fruit syrups or anything like that. It was real fruit. I got the least spicy and for someone like me it was still a little spicy. My friends partner loves spicy shit so she got most spicy and it was almost too much! We kept checking if she needed a glass of milk. I got the tea too which was excellent. Great place but I hope it isn't $90 for 3 people next time.

The food was quite good, but it didn't live up to my expectations unfortunately. I would have liked if they called the foods by more specific names to see which lao or thai foods they are making, because I couldn't tell which soup the King Soup was trying to be (it was still not bad, could have been spicier and more flavorful) and the jerky was a bit dry. My friend also ordered a curry that honestly just looked like watery curried vegetables, so I'm glad I got the soup at least. The service was nice though, and they didn't rush me and my friend out even though we stayed till practically closing.

Very filling and tasty!Bring your appetite!Service is excellent. Off street parking!Comfortable atmosphere!

The food is good but not outstanding. Prices are relatively high which makes cash only somewhat inconvenient. I usually get the Lao sausage which is both worthy and has some standout hot condiments with it. I have however had some bad experience with promised pickup time vs actual pickup time for takeout orders which has discouraged me from coming more often.

So my friend and I went to this restaurant at my suggestion bc I saw that it had good reviews, and we had a meeting to go to after dinner that was close by. We ordered the Penang curry with beef and the pad thai with chicken to share. The Penang curry had a good peanutty flavor and creamy consistency, but the beef itself was very tough, which made it pretty unappetizing to be honest. The pad thai didn't have a strong sour tamarind flavor either. The chicken in it wasn't necessarily juicy either, but it wasn't as hard or dry as the beef in the curry. I was a bit disappointed, given that the food came out to around $50 with tip. I will not be coming back.

Bring Cash!First time having Laotian food, and I love it. This has quickly shot up to one of my go-tos, because of its location near University city, and its absolutely delicious array of food. I had the Sticky Tamarind and the Penaeng Curry, and both were super delicious. Not only does Vientiane provide great food, but it also has so many gluten free and vegan options. Definitely recommend for anyone living nearby.

What happened to this place? It was my fav in Philly! I went there recently and everything was watered down and lot pricier! The coconut soup was thin and bland, the Penang curry portion was smaller than before, no fancy presentation like they used to have, and the flavor was blah..the Pad Thai was generic. Seriously, what happened?? Maybe it's new management?