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Le Thaï au Lac

Restaurant Thai restaurant

One of the Most Reviewed Thai restaurants in Lausanne


Address

Av. Emile-Henri-Jaques-Dalcroze 9, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland

Website

le-tha-au-lac.digitalone.site

Contact

+41 21 601 10 00

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.00 (1.3K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 11 am to 2:30 pm, 6 to 11:30 pm
  • Saturday: 11 am to 3 pm, 6 to 11:30 pm
  • Sunday: 11 am to 3 pm, 6 to 11 pm
  • Monday: 11 am to 2:30 pm, 6 to 11 pm
  • Tuesday: 11 am to 2:30 pm, 6 to 11 pm
  • Wednesday: 11 am to 2:30 pm, 6 to 11 pm
  • Thursday: 11 am to 2:30 pm, 6 to 11 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: Thai (14) restaurant (10) service (10) nice (8) good (7) staff (6) Chinese (6) great (6)
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  • 5/5 Nipawan B. 2 years ago on Google
    Big restaurant front of Vidy lake. There has indoor and outdoor seating. Food is very tasty (real Thai because we request it) The price is not too expensive
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Lokesh K. 1 year ago on Google
    I live in Thailand, and I can tell you that the restaurant is not run by Thai people. The food is not authentic. The service staff wear Thai sarongs, but are all Chinese. They were not warm but were like robots. We ordered crab soup (Tom kha poo), which came with packaged crab sticks rather than crab meat. Quite dissapointing The crispy duck with soy sauce was sweet. Many extra sachets of sugar and sweet soy sauce. Never tasted this on a Thai menu before. More Chinese. The kraphao fish was alright, not the best but not the worst. Overall I'd not recommend this place if you are looking for authentic food. The ambiance of the lake would be nice during the day, but unfortunately we were here for dinner.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Anh L. 4 years ago on Google
    The quality has gone down over the years. And it's not as authentic as it once was. It used to be very spicy, now it's a bit tasteless. And the place itself is nothing to talk about. It is nice during summer though. Chinese doing service is not very good as expected. Still one of the better thai restaurants in town.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 T M. 4 years ago on Google
    I've got recommended for asian restaurant in Lausanne. A nice Thai food, and i ordered Prok fried rice, sweet and sour fish, stir fry mixed vegetables and tom yam soup. All the menu i've ordered taste delicious. Also good hospitality from the staff.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Priscilla M. 2 months ago on Google New
    Obviously own by Chinese. There's no taste of Thai at all. Rice is as hard as stone. Tomyan base is watery. Squid is tasteless. Cooked by Ang mo. Comfort food but overpriced for this standard.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 SMB 1 year ago on Google
    Beautiful view and ambient, however, the staff were inundated, not welcoming at all. Food were adequate. It could have been a wonderful anniversary dinner! At least the view is picturesque 😵‍💫
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 M T. 9 months ago on Google
    Have been going here for years. Very nice and delicious Thai food. I think the chef is Thai even though the team is chinese mainly. The terrace is great in the summer, the place can host very large group of people as well. The price is not cheap but it is in Ouchy so it is quite normal here.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Thomas H. 1 year ago on Google
    Table of 7, our meal order was completely forgotten, when they finally realised they had forgotten us after 1h, we tried to put a positive spin on things by ordering a second round of drinks while we waited again but they forgot the drinks... Anyway after two of us had a coffee after the meal we were expecting to have the coffees deducted from the bill but it was met by an aggressive "you paye", pointing to the bill. So I payed in exchange for this comment. The general experience was bad, when we left the place, nothing to do with the restaurant but police had between 5 and 10 peoples handcuffed sitting on the floor in front of the place.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Mariem B. 7 months ago on Google
    The food was fine but the restaurant was extremely crowded which made the service be awful. We got our food an hour after we arrived and the waiters were so in a hurry they couldn’t pack the remaining food properly.

  • 4/5 Rogér D. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice restaurant at the lake. We only had a beef salade (spicy 😋) and the mixed starters, together with alcohol free cocktails. Presentation, as well as the taste of the food, were fine.

  • 2/5 Laura C. 6 months ago on Google
    Food is ok but the service is terrible. We waited more than an hour for our food and they never came to ask us if everything was fine or if we needed anything else. Waited another hour for someone to take our order for more drinks or dessert. So we just left quite disappointed and frustrated..

  • 1/5 Kunjan 6 months ago on Google
    I don't like to leave negative reviews but the food here was dreadful. I have lived and worked in the Far East, had plenty of Thai food. This resto does a disservice to real Thai food. The food we were served was far too sugary and had hardly any spices. Awful food. A Big Mac would have been better and I never eat those! To make things worse, when the waitress asked us how we liked the food, we explained only to be lectured on the authenticity of the Thai cuisine they were serving. Really...!

  • 2/5 PE S. 7 months ago on Google
    Used to be a great place with great food and great service. Not the case anymore. With prices now crazy high (e.g. CHF 16.50 for just a single mango).

  • 2/5 Convergentie C. 7 months ago on Google
    The food was not the Thai cuisine, more Chinese with a touch. The service was worse they don’t speak any language and serve you the wrong food several times. Desserts were bought by the local wholesale and prepare in the oven or microwave.

  • 5/5 Julien P. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice restaurant. The buffet was not too large, about 10 choices, but really delicious. The price is more than reasonable for an all you can eat buffet

  • 5/5 Anna I. 1 year ago on Google
    I really like this place. Food is great, service very efficient! Good enough interior :)

  • 1/5 Pk B. 1 year ago on Google
    Horrible experience ! Nothing good except the view which starts to be less enjoyable when you are there ! Something is wrong with the staff ! Underpaid (not possible in Switzerland though, so I guess it’s just the attitude) I read the other reviews, seems a lot of them have noticed the staff are not cordial at all ! Pity this place could be so much better !

  • 4/5 Mark D. 1 year ago on Google
    Most Asian restaurants in Switzerland are (understandably) Westernized - the food's taste and spiciness are adjusted for the western tongue. Le Thai au Lac, however, does it a bit better. Their menu is a bit pricey, but the taste is worth it.

  • 1/5 Daiane S. 1 year ago on Google
    Bad quality, in reality this is a bad Chinese restaurant with prices of a good restaurant. The service is horrible, although the waiters are nice they are very slow (too few for so many tables). If you want to have good food and memories, avoid this place.

  • 3/5 Janine Eva ter R. 2 years ago on Google
    Location right on the lake. Food was nice ,green curry not really authentic. The service was cordial but a bit slow,but it was busy so...

  • 4/5 Daniel G. 2 years ago on Google
    Beautiful setting and good food (my favorite being the stir-fried beef with thai basil — try it once instead of ordering your standard sweet and sour…). Quick service, too. Some critical notes: it’s a bit overcrowded and prices seem to increase while the size of the servings decrease… also, the garden would deserve some tidying up.

  • 4/5 Gene G. 2 years ago on Google
    It was very crowded but we could manage to get a table for two. You have to book if you want a table with a view on the lake. The soup was divine and so were the prawns, the salad and rice. Fresh fruit for dessert plus fruit mousse. And for a reasonable price. We were delighted.

  • 3/5 Rafael P. 2 years ago on Google
    Average... The setting is great (terrace and view), but the food is not Thai quality and the staff is incredibly rude... Blame it on the sunshine and abundance of customers? Maybe, but they shouldn't take things for granted: a nice location only doesn't make a good restaurant.


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Paid parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
    • ✓️ Paid street parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ All you can eat
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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