Vientiane: Amphone (February 2012)

My spouse and I ate dinner at Amphone in February 2013. Our dinner at Amphone was one of our better meals in Vientiane, with a few courses of good quality food (one shared appetizer, two entrees, sticky rice, and three rounds of drinks), combined with pleasant service, and a total bill of about $22). Amphone has both indoor and outdoor seating on a large wooden deck; some of the tables are covered with a wooden roof and other tables are not. Amphone was one of those highly recommended restaurants for traditional Lao cuisine. With no specific plans to go there, I decided to go when I noticed it earlier heading back to my hotel, the Ansara. It is located on a narrow street intersecting Setthathirath road, which is the main artery just after the main waterfront promenade. Not sure if the street has a name, not one I can recall or find anyway. The street is next to a Joma cafe on Setthathirath Road, so if you see that, turn into the street next to it and you should be able to see the wooden Amphone sign prominently with a little sloping roof on top of the gate.