Restaurant Cao Lai in Varel

Small, slightly hidden restaurant with a great selection, delicious food, good prices and friendly service.

Very good food, extremely clean and cozy

I've been visiting this restaurant for years when I'm in the region. A, small, lovable, hardworking and Vietnamese-friendly family business! For those who are hungry, I recommend everyone to try the Vietnamese noodle soup (Phở). In Germany still unknown to many, in Vietnam everyone eats them at least once a day. It is served very authentically here with lemon juice and chili slices. The other dishes for the "normal" hunger (by German standards) are plentiful and also very tasty. - I haven't used the guesthouse yet (because I've had a regular hotel in the region for 15 years). But I can very well imagine that you can experience Vietnamese hospitality there ... By the way: with the reviews here on this site there are some that are very unfair and not very empathetic. Thank goodness a small minority!

The food is very tasty and the service very polite and attentive

Nice small and recommendable restaurant in which you can eat well. From the outside, however, it is quite inconspicuous, and the interior is not furnished in a typical Vietnamese way. More like a wedding party with the plain white interior.

Excellent food locally, highly recommended

The service was very good. The prices too. Unfortunately there was no Thai food which disappointed us.

Price performance ratio was absolutely okay. The rooms are out of date but the breakfast and the friendliness of the hosts made it up for us.

If you know that you don't have to wait half an hour, but one hour to pick up dishes, the food is very good.

The food is very good, unfortunately the ambience is not really great. But still 5 stars because the service also fits.

Good food, nice atmosphere and reasonably priced

Beautifully laid out with great attention to detail, very nice hosts and the food was delicious. Price-performance ratio completely in order. There were three of us there last night with registration we didn't have a long wait. We will be back!

We had our baby with us and ordered our takeaway food on site. In addition to us, 4 other tables were occupied, 2 of which already had their meal. Although at one table only 4 adults and a child, at the other table 1 adult were still waiting for their food and in between one person picked up the food that we had previously ordered, we had to wait 75 (!) Min for the meal. The reason given was that other tables had to be served in front of us. Completely incomprehensible and unacceptable! When asked whether the only coconut milk-based soup could also be obtained vegetarian, it was said that this was too complex and would take too long. Unfortunately, the menu did not always show what kind of sauce the dish had ... If the food had been at least delicious, we might have been reconciled, but for a rather mediocre meal, it was our last time there!

Waited for the food for over 1 hour without warning or information, which was unfortunately not very good. Authentic Thai looks different.

Very nice people! Very tasty, always fresh prepared food! In Cao Lai you just have to go back again and again.

Nice Locatian! Here you can eat well and cheaply! There is also a guest house, which can also be seen in the picture. Overnight between 50-60 € / night (breakfast 7 € / person)

Clean restaurant, very nice service, you feel comfortable here. The food is lovingly prepared and full.

Very good, delicious, tasty food ... freshly prepared. The female service is very friendly. The man, however, looks very rude and annoyed. He has no desire for people who may even ask questions .. 😒. Very sad .... we hope every time that he is not there

A true treasure by the sea. In the middle of the expensive seafood restaurants a super delicious, fine and absolutely affordable restaurant (even if it has no sea view). Especially the atmosphere is great, because the operators have designed a beautiful restaurant in the backyard.

We are more than enthusiastic. Very friendly service and delicious food. A nice atmosphere and a very clean restaurant complete this beautiful location. We have now counted it among our favorites and can only recommend it.