Kon Lao Izakaya
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Lao food,
izakaya style.

Charcoal skewers, sticky rice and Lao dipping sauces. Cold beer, sake bombs, and the game on. Downtown Las Vegas Arts District.

$6 Beer $10 Sake Bomb Skewers from $4
First Lao Izakaya in the USA $6 Beer All Night Sake Bombs Charcoal Skewers Game On Grill Platter $68

The Concept

The format is Japanese.
The food is not.

An izakaya is a way of serving, not a cuisine. Small plates. Ordered in waves. Everything shared. Drinks first, and they keep coming.

Lao food was already built that way — grilled on skewers, eaten with sticky rice and a bowl of jeow, over a long night and a lot of beer. We just gave it the room it belongs in.

What we took from the izakaya

  • Small plates, priced to keep ordering
  • Food that arrives when it's ready, not in courses
  • Everything meant to be shared
  • A long sitting, on purpose

What we left behind

  • Japanese flavors — not one
  • Fusion dishes
  • Borrowed sauces and seasonings
  • Heat turned down to widen the room

The Grill

Everything starts over charcoal.

The grill sits in the middle of the room because it is the middle of the restaurant. Beef, chicken, pork, fish, shrimp and sai oua go on skewers in the morning and over the coals all night.

You'll smell it from the sidewalk before you read the sign. That's the intention.

Drinks

Cold, fast, and
never far away.

Beer From $5
DraftRotating local pour$6
BeerlaoThe Lao lager$8
Japanese lagerSapporo, Asahi, Kirin$7
Domestic can$5
PitcherDraft, 60 oz$24
Sake & Shochu Sake bomb $10
Sake bombThe house tradition$10
Sake bomb roundFour, for the table$38
Hot sakeCarafe$10
Cold junmaiCarafe$14
ShochuRocks or soda$9
UmeshuPlum wine, on the rocks$9
Highballs & Sours $9–11
Whisky highballTall, dry, very cold$10
Lemon sourShochu, lemon, soda$9
Grapefruit sour$9
Ume sodaPlum, long and light$9
Lemongrass highballHouse lemongrass, soda$11
Tamarind sourSour, dark, a little salty$11
No Alcohol $4–5
Nam manaoFresh lime soda$5
Kafeh nom yenLao iced coffee$5
Nam mak phaoCoconut water$5
Barley teaIced, unsweetened$4
Soda$4

The kitchen is 100% Lao. The bar is not — sake, shochu and highballs are part of how an izakaya drinks, and they belong here.

The Room

A taproom that
happens to cook.

Game On

Every screen, every night.

Set for the bar and the high-tops. A restaurant with the game on, not a sports bar with food.

Scan & Go

Order from the table.

Scan the code, order, keep ordering. No waiting on a check, no waiting to start.

Loud, Not Deafening

You can still hear each other.

Busy and warm, and still a room you can hold a conversation in. Sake bombs set the pace.

Visit

Downtown, in the
Arts District.

Address
18b Arts District, Las Vegas Exact address announced soon.
Hours
Wednesday–Sunday, 4pm–midnight Friday and Saturday until 1am. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Seating
Walk in Counter seats face the grill.

Opening Soon

Know the night we open.

One email when we set the date. Nothing else, and nothing in between.