Banna Café — Restaurant in Luang Prabang

Already spotted this little gem on the way to the kuang si waterfalls, however we were in a hurry so came back when we returned to Luang Prabang. Sad to see we were the only ones lunching as this is such a little gem, the service came to our own little cabin overlooking the green rice field and the food was so good. I was expected to pay so much but I paid only €3 for a mango smoothie & fried rice. Already can’t wait to head back...

Food poisoning alert: I would have loved to give 5 stars to this cafe because it is such a wonderful place, the service is great and the food was ok.

Unfortunately, we got heavy food poisoning after our lunch here. I had the Pad Thai and immediately felt weird afterwards and it got really bad. My husband had the fried rice and he is feeling weird as well.

I hope they can improve the food hygiene standard and then this...

Banna Cafe is worth visiting for the setting alone: you dine in a bamboo hut in the middle of a rice field. We had the papaya salad, Khao Soi and bamboo soup. The food has strong flavours (not just heat), but it was not cooked well: the eggplants in the papaya salad were too hard to eat and the rice noodles in the Khao Soi were not fully cooked. The bamboo soup was fantastic, though. We also had to wait 40 minutes...