Bella's Lao Beef Jerky & Café

Ordered from Doordash and it was overall great. Nice to continue to expand Wichita's food scene.3.5/5Pros: Pork belly, seasoned-- lightly coated and fried. Rich, fatty and zero gamey flavor that occasionally pork belly has. What's not to love. The texture still maintained a crispiness and a pleasant chew even with the delivery time. Sticky rice texture was perfect also. Cons: The pork sausage was just not for me. The size and coloring on it was visually pleasing but the casing lacked that familiar snap that really nice sausage has and I just could not fully get behind the flavors. I think there might have been some fish sauce flavoring? It was complex and interesting and it grew a little on me as I ate it but it just could stand up to the pork belly. Do take what I say with a grain though. I'm by no means a Laotian cuisine expert so maybe its supposed to taste exactly this way and I'm just ignorant. Most of their meats appear really rich and if I had any suggestion at all it would be to include some kind of fresh vegetable with it. Cucumber, tomato, even a lettuce garnish to help break up the strong umami flavors and act as a palate cleanser. People tend to eat more when there's something to break up monotonous flavors.Overall, a good first impression from this new restaurant and I hope their business continues to grow.

My wife's family is Laotian so we eat a lot of Lao food. The nam khao here is pretty good, probably an 8/10. The Lao sausage here is on a different level, solid 10/10, taste and texture is just amazing. The papaya salad was just OK though.

If I could eat here every day I would! It's a must try. I've also had the pork belly and sticky rice it's so yummy

The jerky and soup were amazing! The Thai tea I highly recommend. I've never had jerky at a restaurant before but it really is that good.

Great service and the food is delicious. We stopped in for lunch and it wasn't busy. Had just opened. Was very refreshing.

It was clean, and the food came out quick. My friends and I had the chicken wings, beef laab, papaya salad, spring rolls (fresh rice paper rolls), chicken curry and Kai piek sen.

It felt more like a soft opening than a grand opening due to them not having certain items not ready at opening time such as khao piek sen and nem kao. They might have it ready now. However, it left me wanting to come back and try the other dishes. The area of the front had about 5-7 tables but not much. They put everything in Togo containers so it's easier to distribute. So today's outting, would I call it a success or a mess? Definitely success!For improvements, please have every food item in stock and ready for opening.

We ordered the fried pork and papaya salad with sticky rice, it was on point! This place felt more like a takeout restaurant than a dine in restaurant. It used to be an old Pizza Hut joint, but I'm glad they cleaned it up a bit. It was a little dark and hard to find at night but well worth it!

Me and my boyfriend tried this place yesterday. It was delicious! I got the stir fry chicken ramen and my boyfriend got the pork belly with stick rice. We also shared some chicken egg rolls and a Thai Boba Tea and Honeydew Tea. We will definitely be back!