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In Vientiane there are few discotheques, once we ended up quite outside of the city centre in Mee Na on Thadeua Road. It is a big place with nice and fashionable (well, in Western fashion, not Lao way for your info:) dressed young Lao bartenders and customers, a place where locals go and maybe a tourist if he knows about it (not much likely, it seems)... It also doesn't seem like a place for 'average' local to go, since most people here wear brands and consume alcohol like birds, only few wore something simple like t-shirts or street-wear. Sorry for my articulation of the sentences, but I think you know where's the point (anyways, some people like that kind of places, others don't and after seeing it by myself I wasn't impressed either but I don't say it is altogether bad place, just not my cup of tea:).
First you pay the entry, it is about 20 000 KIP, and you have to show your bags.... and then you have to pay something like 20 000 KIP for a Beer Lao, which is not cheap. But I think that's how it is if you go to discotheques here, even the smaller and nicer ones in Vientiane aren't much cheaper. In fact, if you go to Don Chane Palace, you will pay more for a drink, but of course it's a top place, mostly with local rich and tourists and the only place (discotheque) in the town opened after midnight as I was told.
Meena plays popular soft music and hip hop.
Dress Code: We wore casual, weren't told to change, but most wear their best clothes...
Updated Apr 9, 2010
Address: Thadeua road
CCC Folkbar is one of the more lasting bars of Vientiane. While small, 50 pesons is full-house worth a visit. Apart from the its amzingly green terasse, the inside hides an unique decor of crickets, colours and fishes in a television set.
In normally quiet Vientiane, this small place can, especially when the band is playing (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) or the CCC beach parties, into a crazy mix of local, expats and tourist trying to get the best out of their evening.
For this the bar offers some a a pool music, good music (on request), unique coctails and yes a unique dishes of creepy and crawling fried crickets which go suprisingly good down with your drink. Ahh yes they also make cofee.
Dress Code: Any thing goes and good enough not to many working girls/boys.
Updated Nov 25, 2009
Address: Location downtown vientiane Sihon street
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Along the Mekong River there are many small local restaurants and bars, and this is a great place to enjoy the sunset over the Mekong River.
Take a BeerLao or something to eat while the sun is disappearing in the Mekong River – what more can you ask for? Nice and relaxed atmosphere…
Written Dec 15, 2008
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Go there if you like:
- lively atmosphere with live concerts - can be xciting
- meet other travelers, expats and well situated Lao
- want to eat something (Lao, Indian, Chinese, Western) with your cocktail or beer
- sitting in terrace under the shade and watch other people, hehe...
... and if you stay in the centre, the old colonial quarters beacuse it's near almost everything. It's very popular place, nice building and terrace, big one, you cannot miss it.
Dress Code: I've seen people wear everything.
Updated Jun 4, 2008
Address: Nam Phou circle.
Website: www.khopchaideu.com
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Extraordinary experience which I think we all should experience while in town.
Lao people do enjoy spending time with friends and family by the riverside having a 'steamboat' or the japanese terms as 'shabu shabu' along with couple of Beerlao
Lots of riverside cafe found near mekong river after sunset. Cool and relaxing ambience.
Written Dec 30, 2007
Romeo is one of Lao's hippest discotheque of the moment. The interesting thing about this disco is that there isn't any dancing floor. People gather around a table and dance, with this table separated between them! Stunned at first, my friends and I tried to shift the table away and create a small dancing space for ourselves but our Lao friends promptly reinstated it. Guess they were too shy to dance unreservedly in front of others. Haha.
Nonetheless, once we got used to the idea, we had a great time shaking our thang. For those not inclined to dance, fret not, for you will be entertained by English Premier League broadcasts on screens installed on the walls. Be wiser than me and don't drink too much whiskey, otherwise prepare to suffer from a nauseating hangover the morning after!
Written Dec 23, 2007
Jazzy Brick is a relatively new bar which serve all kind of alcohol and cocktail possible. There is also somehow good music but not always and certainly not always jazzy style.
Nevertheless, this is a nice spot and quite expensive for Vientiane.
Dress Code: see advice at the entrance but as usual in Laos, pretty casual and kool
Written Oct 25, 2007
Address: Thanon Setthathirat
Sit outside and people watch, including the daily aerobic sessions by the Mekong. Drinks are of average price. Live music every night at 8pm, it was quite good. Food was okay.
Dress Code: No dress code unless you want to join in with the aerobics over the road.
Written Jul 25, 2007
Address: Th Fa Ngum
Phone: 241 349
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This bar is located in the roof opposite the Mekong river. Best view of the sunset. Bor pen yang is how its spelt but really pounced as Bor Ben Yang or Baw. Means no worries, no problems, its nothing, it doesn't matters in Lao.
Any tuk tuk driver knows the way. Pool comps on wednesday, good drinking place for expats and travellers. Great beer and food. Really good music and gets busy everynight, but is tolerable. Its open from 10am in the morning until around 11pm. Best bar by far in the Capital
Written May 26, 2007
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The first time I saw this bar was during the day and I thought it was long closed and awaiting renovations. It looked grungy, raw and very homemade as I squinted through the glass looking for signs of occupancy. It turned out I was partly right. I wandered past later in the evening and the place was in full swing. They have sofas, a pool table upstairs, a sports room (TV and more sofas) and a traditional bar.
It is dimly lit and seems to have a core of regulars. The decor is pretty basic - a couple of old whiskey signs and a menu or two. They haven't tried to emulate the wild west mahogany style that seems to be the norm throughout south-east Asia. The music was the most striking thing during my first visit though - it was Franz Ferdinand followed by T-Rex. No Hot Chocolate or Robert Palmer like every other bar in town. Very cool atmosphere. I've never seen any bar like it in the region - it was more like an underground bar in Moscow than an establishment in downtown Vientiane. I ended up calling in at the Samlo Pub most nights I was in Laos - worth checking out!
Dress Code: No beach crowd in here - dress cool.
Updated Jan 2, 2006
Address: 101-103 Sethathirat Road, Ban Mixay, Vientiane
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