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Sustainable cafe, with a large vegan offering. Offers 100% biodegradable takeaway packaging and a range of cat-themed and sustainable souvenirs and gifts. Part of income earned goes to help cats in need in Laos. Previously called
Luangprabang Cat Café. Open Mon-Sun 9:00am-10:00pm. Closed Mon.


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82 Reviews

First Review by antzkiwi5

IIwedg

Points +83

Vegetarian
08 Dec 2025

Super fresh and interesting options

Came for dinner. Had great vegetarian twists on classic Laos dishes and lots of protein rich salad bowls.

Updated from previous review on 2025-12-08

Onnikav

Points +31

Mostly Veg
06 Dec 2025

Vegan pancakes and more

Pancakes were typical Dutch type, thicker than the French type.
Wonderful concept of raising money for cat care in the city. Loved the food, the option for vegan pancakes. Drinks were good as well. Lots to choose from. And if you are lucky, one of the cats will come by.
Everything was vegetarian, vegan options and plastic free!
We went back 2x

IsabelaMonteiro

Points +802

Vegetarian
04 Dec 2025

Cozy food!

Delicious and nice environment. We had Tom Yum (my favourite) and Khao Soi (also super tasty).

AlineBellucco

Points +66

Vegetarian
23 Nov 2025

Delicious food and environmentally friendly restaurant

The food was very tasty and it came in big portions. They are environmentally friendly which is amazing, fight for animal cause and seem to share the daily income with all staff (as it says on the menu).

Pros: Traditional delicious food, Environmentally friendly, Friendly staff

dveg8

Points +789

Vegan
20 Nov 2025

Lots of vegan dishes with a "side order" of cat

Although the cat(s) come and go as they please, they may honor you with a brief walk by. But no worries, the food is delicious. We had the vegan pad Thai and pho'real noodle soup with veggies, both excellent. And then we had the vegan chocolate and banana crepe (make sure you ask them for the vegan version), also great.

They give a portion of their sales to the local cat and dog rescue and they have a donation box if you choose to give more.

We would eat here again for sure.

Vurrito2

Points +131

Vegan
18 Nov 2025

Again - very delicious dinner!

Yesterday I tried the Kapow! dish. Stir-fried basil leaves with tofu, mushrooms and veggies. Comes with wholegrain rice. Had the Lao spicy variant which was exactly my taste. Very delicious!

Updated from previous review on 2025-11-15

Pros: Food taste and combination, Spiciness

imnotanna

Points +26

Vegetarian
15 Nov 2025

Lovely Cafe

Really lovely, for Laos it is expensive and the food is good but not 5 stars good

sam.ghi

Points +166

Vegan
21 Oct 2025

Cat lover

Personale gentilissimo. Abbiamo preso due bowl, a me personalmente i noodles tutti attaccati e freddi non sono piaciuti, non si sono amalgamati benissimo.
Locale molto molto carino e stra pulito

petitevegan

Points +691

Vegan
21 Oct 2025

Great place, great food

During our 3 day stay in Luang Prabang we eat here everyday. Staff is super nice. Nice cozy atmosphere and all dishes are vegan, but you can add egg and for breakfast they offer egg and cheese. Loved the shots and the locally brewed kombucha.

Pros: Nice staff, Really good quality food

marti.rajic

Points +221

Vegan
20 Oct 2025

Delicious vegan food

Many vegan options in the menu, the food was delicious, staff not super friendly and not very good with English but sandwich and crepes and bowl were goood!

Updated from previous review on 2025-10-20

human001

Points +28

Vegan
19 Oct 2025

Brilliant every day!

Perfect vegan veggie restaurant. Not many like this out here.

Pros: 1 .

Cons: I .

asealz

Points +64

Vegetarian
16 Oct 2025

Delicious and healthy

Healthy juices that are delicious - and shots too! I had the savoury tofu bowl and it was delicious and healthy.

MickelVanSlobbe

Points +1771

Vegan
04 Oct 2025

Geweldig

Wat een leuk tentje. Op wat gerechten met ei en melk na vrijwel alles vegan.
Super lekker. Aanrader

PietroMinea

Points +96

Mostly Veg
27 Sep 2025

Great vegetarian food but adapted to foreigners

I had a tasty bowl and enjoyed it. The food is adapted to foreigners to some extent though , a bit more than the Two Little Birds Cafe, but really tasty.

Friedflower

27 Sep 2025

Thank you so much for your review! :D
We're sorry you choose the more freestyle vegan cuisine bowl, instead of one of the 7 plant-based Lao/Thai dishes on our menu, we are very proud of them!
But we are very happy you enjoyed the bowl as well. Thanks for your visit and if you come back please try our fiery Pad Kapao, or our traditional local favourite the Luangprabang Khao Soi😄Nothing 'foreign' about those! ;-)

Benjaminlaw_

Points +501

Vegan
25 Aug 2025

Such good food and smoothies

I’m really annoyed I forgot to take pictures of our food. This was the nicest food we ate in Luang Prabang. I went with a mix group including none vegans and they agreed! Was very tasty and staff super knowledgeable and friendly

Friedflower

02 Sep 2025

Thank you so much!!
You may just have to come back to take pictures ;-)

senorbares

Points +388

Vegan
13 Jul 2025

It was alright

The atmosphere is cozy and relaxed, and they have 2 cute cats.
The food was ok, nothing too spectacular. A bit pricy but the ingredients were fresh and healthy

Pros: Cats, Atmosphere

Cons: Pricy

Friedflower

13 Jul 2025

Hi, thanks so much for reviewing us. Sorry we didn't 'wow' you 😔

And thanks for noticing that our ingredients are fresh and healthy. And no, our menu cannot be compared to street food prices, the wood-oven baked sourdough bread you had for example, doesn't come at the same price as bulk bought plain rice. We hope you and other customers understand this.

Enjoy your time in Laos! And maybe next time one of our other dishes, such as our colourful and protein packed vegan savoury bowls, or one of our delicious smoothie bowls with home made granola will leave a better impression 🥲🙏❤

👕❌ClimbingMonkey

Points +83

Vegan
27 Jun 2025

Really nice scrambled Tofu!

The food was really nice and as europeans we are really happy to find some vegan food for breakfast instead of rice and noodles🙂‍↔️

Pros: Scrambled Tofu, Cats and dogs are treated good, The owner is really delightful

Friedflower

27 Jun 2025

Thank you so much for your nice review! It was lovely meeting you😄Have a great trip (and look up Koh Kradan in the south!)

ayelet_metayelet

Points +184

Vegan
10 Jun 2025

Cute place with a good cause

Came here everyday while staying in Luang Prabang, don't miss out on the pandan bubble tea!

Updated from previous review on 2025-06-10

Friedflower

10 Jun 2025

Thank you so much for your visits and for your kind words!

JuliaSamaras

Points +24

Vegan
27 Feb 2025

Great food and place

We tried the vegan pad thai and the tofu satay bowl. Both super delicious! The coffees are also great. My bf had the espresso chocolate brownie. Unfortunately it's not vegan, but he said it tastes incredible.

Friedflower

20 Mar 2025

bb.$hark

Points +2247

Vegan
12 Feb 2025

Huge servings

I got the tofu bowl and it was huge. And super good. There was a little bit of a weird scent in the restaurant, however.

Friedflower

20 Feb 2025

Hi, thank you so much for your review!
We are so sorry about a weird scent though!? We keep the place super clean and this would be immediately addressed had we noticed! We do sometimes have problems with people stepping in things on the street and walking it inside our place though, maybe it was that? Super embarrassing, we will do our very best to stay aware of any unwanted scents in our place.

Michellepaire

Points +1381

Vegan
29 Jan 2025

Great sandwiches!

We loved the tofu scrambled eggs and the peanut tofu sandwich. Nice spot to hang around. They also make nice fruit juices, like the watermelon mint juice and dragon fruit mango juice.

Updated from previous review on 2025-01-29

Friedflower

11 Feb 2025

Thank you so much for your kind words and for the beautiful pictures!

jossi1904

Points +2057

Vegan
24 Jan 2025

Amazing food - lots of plantbased dishes

We went here twice and loved the food. The owner is very nice and helpful.

Friedflower

11 Feb 2025

Thank you so much for your kind words and for the nice pictures!

Saoirsx

Points +146

Vegan
15 Jan 2025

Utterly obsessed , all of our Laos food highlights are from here

We cannot say enough about this little cafe. It’s vegetarian but extremely vegan friendly. We ate here twice a day, almost every day for the 6 nights we spent in Luang Prabang.

We tried almost all of the baguettes, our highlight definitely being the scrambled tofu baguette (with extra vegan garlic mayo). We also had the nutty noodle salad and the super power satay tofu bowl which were both delicious, especially the super power satay bowl!! And the banana pancakes with peanut butter and chocolate are absolutely amazing. The coffee is also great here. The owner, the staff, the atmosphere, the food and the lovely cats and dog sparkles that sometimes make an appearance meant that this place was a huge highlight during our time in Laos.

Updated from previous review on 2025-01-14

Friedflower

11 Feb 2025

Ahhh thank you sooo much! This is so so so nice to read!
We loved having you as well

G_v

Points +955

Vegan
09 Jan 2025

Yummy vegan pancakes! or crepes?

I like this cat cafe concept. The cats aren't there to entertain the customers but sometimes come to cuddle as they wish.

I had the vegan pancake which was more like a crepe for me. Anyway it was very tasty. So if you search for an alternative to the standard pancake try this one.

Friedflower

11 Feb 2025

hh24601

Points +63

Vegetarian
06 Jan 2025

Cafe with cats

Really yummy food with a great selection. Menu is super clear and vegan options prevelant. A lot of sustainable nods - metal straws etc.

More of a cafe with 5 resident cats (and dog!), rather than a typical cat cafe, which I don't like. Cats come and see you if they fancy it, alas I only looked on from afar!

Updated from previous review on 2025-01-06

Pros: Tofu baguette , Thai tea!

Friedflower

11 Feb 2025

Thank you so much for your kind words!
We are very passionate about sustainability, but we need to get better at communicating this haha! In fact, we are the first plastic free cafe in Luangprabang, so all our take away packaging is fully biodegradable. And we are very proud that the majority of our furniture is made by a local start up that is the first business to recycle plastic in Luangprabang and makes it into sheets. The bench you took the picture from for example! :D
Thanks for noticing and writing about it!

Pirate.Joseph

Points +688

Vegan
06 Jan 2025

The dream

I have to admit for the first 3/4s of my meal, the cats were nowhere to be seen, then just as I was finishing up they came out in force, lovely place with great food, better service, a cute assortment of gifts to purchase and even accomodation! Although I did not stay

Pros: Cats!, Friendly service, Delicious food

Friedflower

11 Feb 2025

Thanks so much for your nice review!
It's true, we focus mainly on fundraising for animals in need and our cats have the freedom to decide where they want to be at any time😄But we're happy that you got to meet them!

Liv.

Points +148

Vegan
05 Jan 2025

Great vegetarian Cafe with lot of vegan options

Lovely cafe with a vegetarian menu and many many vegan options. The food is great!
With their cafe they support sterilisation, vaccination and care of cats in need. They have 5 cats in their cafe but they are free to go in and out as they want so don't expect to see them there all the time.

Updated from previous review on 2025-01-05

Friedflower

11 Feb 2025



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