A small French restaurant and wine bar in Pakse with French recipes, Belgian beer, selected French wine, cheese and charcuterie, and a crowd that mixes Lao regulars, expatriates and travellers.
A lively Lao restaurant and beer garden on a small central Pakse street, with frequent live music, draft beer, outdoor seating and a rock-and-roll vintage interior that gives the place a real personality.
A recent Italian restaurant in central Pakse where a strong Italian-Lao duo works the pizza station in full view of the street, backed by handmade dough, imported Italian products, pasta and a lot of personality.
A tiny fixed street-food cart in central Pakse where a Vietnamese grandmother serves cheap Lao-style burgers and bánh mì from morning until early afternoon.
My safest local-food bet in Pakse: a young family restaurant serving fresh Lao and Thai dishes on one of the city’s busiest everyday food streets.