For a comparatively small town, Siem Reap offers an amazing range of cuisines and dining venues. The emphasis is, of course, on Khmer food, which can be found at restaurants across town, but European and other Asian cuisines are also well represented, including Italian, Thai, German, Vietnamese, Indian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and, of course, French. Given Cambodia's long relationship with France and France's gastronomic traditions, it is no surprise some of the town’s finest venues offer French cuisine. Also of interest to the gastronome, some finer venues are offering Khmer fusion and contemporary cuisines quite unique to Cambodia. Restaurants are scattered across the town but none is more than a 5-minute tuk-tuk ride away. Many restaurants, including several specializing in Khmer food, are concentrated in the Old Market area, especially around ‘Pub Street.’ Listings in dark blue offer a bar/nightlife venue in addition to being a restaurant. Listings in maroon also offer a traditional performances. Listings in maroon offer traditional performances. See Traditional Performances for more details.
The Restaurants Siem Reap
Abacus
Restaurant/Bar: World Cuisine
Lovely French restaurant and bar with a white table cloth and wine glass atmosphere, set in a tranquil garden setting. Comfortable air-conditioned indoor seating as well as pleasant garden terrace. Offering a varied selection western upscale comfort food cooked on a wood fire - mains of beef, lamb, pork, duck - Grilled Lamb with Rosemary, T-Bone Beefsteak, Duck in Mango sauce and lots more. Big choice of sides. Home made desserts, ice cream. Full bar, cocktails and a good wine selection. Popular place. Just off Route #6. Look for the Abacus sign marking the road next to the ACLEDA Bank.
Just off Route #6 (Airport Road)
11:00AM - Late
Tel: 012-644286
Website: www.cafeabacus.com
Alliance Café
Restaurant: French/Euro-Asian
In a colonial style building, Alliance Cafe combines an art exhibition space with a chic restaurant featuring French and Khmer cuisine. Popular ‘Khmer Discovery’ menu lovingly prepared with fresh, local ingredients. Nice attention to detail including a deep wine cellar and unique selection of fine spirits and champagnes. Surprisingly moderately priced. A good value. Shadow theater and various Khmer dances presented by the children of NGO Krousar Thmey on T/Th/Sat at
7PM-9PM.
Wat Damnak area
9:00AM - 10:00PM
Tel: 017-809010, 063-964940
Website: www.allianceartcafe.com
Angkor Café
Restaurant: Khmer Art de Vivre Boutique and Café
After a visit to the Angkor temples can relax over a coffee and cookies or ice cream and discover the arts and crafts of the Khmer traditional savior-faire in the same building at Angkor Café in front of Angkor Wat temple.
In front of Angkor Wat
08:00AM - 5:00PM
Website: www.artisansdangkor.com
Baca Villa
Guesthouse Restaurant/Bar: International
Restaurant/bar in a nice, quiet garden set ting serving excellent traditional Khmer food – amok, banhchaev, spring rolls, etc. as well as western and international dishes including BBQ garden evenings. Wine selection, local and international beers and fruit shakes.
Ta Phul Village area
06:30AM - 10:30PM
**Happy Hour: 5PM-8PM
Tel: 063-965328
Website: www.baca-villa.com
Blue Pumpkin
Restaurant: Intl
Popular, thoroughly modern restaurant/bar offering contemporary menu and ambiance. Curbside and indoor café seating and a comfortable a/c sofa lounge upstairs with full bar. Free WiFi access!!. Nicely prepared pastas, salads, pita sandwiches and finger foods. Burger and fries. Breakfast. Good selection of great, fresh made ice creams. Excellent fresh baked breads and pastries. Reasonably priced.
Visa/MC/JCB/ANZ
Old Market area
6:00AM - Midnight
Tel: 012-946227
Website: www.tbpumpkin.com
Bopha Angkor Hotel and Restaurant
Restaurant: Khmer
Nicely prepared, finely presented traditional Khmer dishes served in a comfortably refined terrace restaurant. Traditional curries, fried beef with ginger, chicken and fish amoks and other Khmer dishes. The beef curry in coconut milk is recommended. Crepes and ice cream for desert. Full bar, cocktail and wine selection, local beers.
Visa/MC
East side of Siem Reap River
6:00AM - 10:00PM
Tel: 063-964928
Butterflies Garden
Restaurant: Asian and International
Featuring tropical butterflies and a koi pond in a romantic serene garden. Khmer and international cuisine served breakfast, lunch and dinner. Extensive vegetarian selection. An array of fresh juices, beer, wine and cocktails. Specializing in events of all kinds from corporate retreats to children's birthday parties. Call for current schedule of traditional dance performances.
East side of Siem Reap River
9:00AM - 10:00PM
Tel: 063-761211
Web site: www.butterfliesofangkor.com
Cafe Moi Moi
Restaurant: Khmer/Japanese
Located in a pleasant garden setting on the road to Angkor Wat at the fork just short of the main park office. Offering a selection of Khmer and some Japanese foods. Fresh juices and ice cream. Clean, hygienic preparation. Menu in English, Japanese and Khmer. Full bar, beers, wines, Cambodian wines, sake. Reasonable prices.
General Oung Oeng Park, Road to Angkor Wat
9:00AM - 9:00PM
Tel: 092-255563
Website: http://cafemoimoi.com
Chiang Mai Thai Food
Restaurant: Thai
Inexpensive Thai restaurant on Wat Bo road near many of the guest houses. Offer a full Thai menu including full Thai including a variety of vegetarian dishes. Prepared by a Thai chef. Comfortable open-air and indoor air-conditioned seating. Very reasonably priced.
Wat Bo Road
Restaurant: Juice Bar
Comfortable, clean, air-conditioned juice and coffee bar conveniently located on the road to Angkor Wat. Shaved ice, fruit shakes, fresh fruit juice, coffee and tea. Guaranteed safe water and ice. Japanese and English spoken.
Road to Angkor Wat
10:30AM - 7:00PM
Tel: 012-1976660
Central Café
Restaurant / Bar: International
Smart, comfortable, international style restaurant and bar cater-corner to the Old Market and offering a nice streetside view. Wide selection of western favorites and well as some local selections. Fish & chips, soups and salads, pizzas, pastas, a big selection of burgers and even a kid’s menu. Full bar, cocktails, top-shelf spirits. Good place for a snack, dinner, happy hour or to relax over a local beer or cup of coffee and write some postcards.
Old Market area
7:00AM - 11:00PM
**Happy Hour: 4PM-7PM
Tel: 012-1756723
Chamkar Restaurant
Restaurant: Vegetarian Khmer
Unique little Cambodian restaurant on Pub Street alley - the only place on the alley focusing exclusively on vegetarian fare. Sweet potato curry, stir fried egg plant medley, vegetarian oysters, spring rolls and several other dishes and sweets. All 100% vegetarian - no fish sauce, no MSG, etc. Very pleasant sidewalk seating as well as an indoor dining room. Full bar. Sunday hours: 5PM-11PM.
Pub Street Alley, Old Market area
11:00AM - 11:00PM
Tel: 092-733150
Website: www.chamkar-vegetarian.com
Restaurant: Indian
Award winning Indian restaurant (Best Value for Money) serving a wide variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian, authentic Indian dishes at very reasonable prices. Free home delivery and internet access for guests. As reviewed in Lonely Planet. Two locations, one on Sivatha Blvd and another on the road to the Angkor Night Market.
1) #805, Sivatha Blvd.
2) Road to Angkor Night Market
10:00AM - 11:30PM
Tel: 063-965451
Dead Fish
Restaurant: Cambodian/Thai
The eclectic decor complements the unique architecture, resembling something out of the Swiss Family Robinson, with open air platforms on multiple levels. Very good Khmer and Thai food. Quality steaks. Live music every night. Traditional performances.. Pleasantly cool retreat in the hot afternoon.
Visa/MC/JCB/AMEX
Sivutha Blvd.
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Tel: 012-630377
Website: www.deadfishtower.com
Ecstatic Pizza
Restaurant: Pizza/Pasta
American/Italian style pizza. Also chicken wings, feta cheese and other salads, western breakfast and some inexpensive Cambodian dishes including Amok, Siem Reap Curry and Cambodian soups and more. Very reasonably priced. Friendly. Free delivery. Locations in Siem Reap, Sihanouk Ville and Phnom Penh.
Old Market area, opposite the hospital
6:00AM - Midnight
Tel: 011-928531
Web Site: www.ecstaticpizza.com
8th Street Bar & Brasserie
Restaurant: International
Brasserie style restaurant with curbside seating set mid Pub Street. A good place for a full meal or to sit back with a drink and watch the passing Pub Street crowds. Offering a large selection of traditional and contemporary western favorites as well Cambodian and regional selections. Good salads, mains, imported steaks, fish & chips, pizzas, pastas, sandwiches and a big burger selection (using imported beef.) Full bar, wine selection, cocktails and beers.
Pub Street (Street 8)
7:00AM - 11:00PM
Tel: 017-453758, 012-1814001
FCC Angkor (Foreign Correspondents Club)
Restaurant: International
Sister restaurant to Phnom Penh’s famous FCC (Foreign Correspondents Club), the FCC Angkor carries on the tradition of excellence in cuisine, service and venue. FCC Angkor is set in the tranquil Old French quarter, amongst mature trees alongside the Siem Reap River. FCC Angkor offers an extensive menu of moder- ately price international, fusion and locally-inspired contemporary fare. Full bar, wine selection, cocktail menu. Comfortable, airy, open first floor seating as well as pond-side patio seating overlooking the Siem Reap River. Shopping on the ground floor including a book store, travel agency, boutiques, galleries and the Visaya Spa & Pool.
Visa/MC
Pokambor Street
7:00AM - Midnight
Tel: 063-760280
Web Site: www.fcccambodia.com
Fou-Nan
Restaurant / Bar
Lovely stylish restaurant lounge set in a tropical garden offering ‘culinary voyages’ in Asian cuisine. Offering a variety of Asian cuisines. Tea time 2:00PM-6:00PM. Unique Asian tapas lounge 6:00PM-7:30PM. Apsara dance show dinner at 8:00PM Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays.
#115, Group 7
10:00AM - Late
** Happy Hour: 6PM-7:30PM
Tel: 063-762449
Website: www.samarvillas.com
Happy Angkor Pizza
Restaurant: Pizza/Italian
Pizza, pasta, salads, sandwiches. and a good selection of Cambodian food too. Amok, Curries, Tom Yam, Ngam Ngor. Western breakfasts. Beer and wine. Reasonable prices. Indoor and curbside seating. Free delivery.
Old Market area
8:00AM - 10:00PM
Tel: 012-356044
Happy Herb Pizza
Restaurant: Pizza/Pasta
Well-known, popular, friendly pizza place in the Old Market area. Lots of pizzas, pastas, western food and Cambodian food also available. This is a branch of the famous Happy Herb in Phnom Penh, open since 1993. Well-known on the traveler circuit. Reasonably priced. Free delivery. Call to have a pizza delivered to your hotel room.
Near Sivatha
7:00AM - Midnight
Tel: 012-838134
Happy Special Pizza
Restaurant: Pizza/Khmer/Thai
Very affordable little pizza and Khmer food place in the Old Market area. Big selection of pizzas and an even bigger selection of Khmer food. Happy hour 1PM-8PM (Beer: $0.50/can, $1.50/btl.) Very reasonable prices. Delivery.
Sivatha Blvd.
7:00AM - Midnight
Tel: 011-850362
The Indian Restaurant
Restaurant: North and South Indian Cuisine
Pleasant, comfortable little Indian restaurant in the Old Market area offering something of a step up from many similarly priced Indian places in town. Offering a wide range of Indian dishes - tandoori, thalis, curries, masalas, dosas and more. Also offering western breakfasts and some Cambodian selections. Beer, wine and cocktails available.
Old Market Area, Opposite the Provincial Hospital
7:30AM - 11:30PM
Tel: 017-928471
Kampuccino
Restaurant: Pizza/Intl
Long-established, popular restaurant on the riverfront just around the corner from the Old Market. Very good pizzas, pasta, salads, steak, sandwiches and other western dishes. Indoor and curbside seating. Full bar.
Old Market area on the riverfront road
7:00AM - Midnight
Tel: 012-970896
Kanell Restaurant
Restaurant: European/Indochine
Charming new restaurant created in the customs of old Indochine, set in fully restored traditional Khmer house in a beautiful tropical garden. Select from a choice of traditional Cambodian dishes, Indochinese fare and European favorites as well as intriguing contemporary and fusion offerings. Relax poolside for an evening cocktail, and dine in stylish air-con comfort or in a garden paillote amongst majestic palms and fragrant jasmine trees.
#0292, 7 Makara Street, Wat Damnak area
10:00AM - 10:00PM
Tel: 099-630644
Website: www.kanellrestaurant.com
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
Restaurant : Fried Chicken
Yes, this is the famous Kentucky Fried Chicken - KFC - serving up Colonel Harlan Sanders’ internationally famous and patented Kentucky-style fried chicken - individually, by the bucket, dinners, sandwiches and more. Fully air-conditioned restaurant with wifi. Delivery available.
#33-34, Sivutha Blvd., Opposite Hotel De La Paix
10:00AM - 9:00PM
Tel: 023-428496
Website: www.kfc.com.kh
Khmer Family Restaurant
Restaurant: Khmer
Indoor, balcony and curbside seating on ‘Pub Street.’ Offering a a wide selection of very reasonably priced Khmer dishes from a convenient photo menu. Fish with mango, amok, soup m’chou Kreung, duck with honey to name but a few dishes. Full bar, cocktail and wine selection.
Old Market area, ‘Pub Street'
7:30AM - 9:30PM
Tel: 015-999909
Khmer Kitchen Restaurant
Restaurant: Khmer Cuisine
Offering a wide selection of very affordable, authentic Cambodian and other Southeast Asian dishes. Amok, Luk-Lak, Sour Soup, Pumpkin Soup, Khmer Curries and more. Traditional favorites and many lesser known Khmer dishes. No MSG in any of the food. Comfortable indoor and sidewalk seating on the tranquil, traffic-free Pub Street alley. Most dishes for US$3 or less.
1) Pub Street Alley (The Passage), north end
11:00AM - 11:00PM Tel: 063-964154
2) Pub Street Alley (The Passage), corner of Street
10 11:00AM - 11:00PM Tel: 063-966353
3) Old Market area, Street 10, opposite the market
11:00AM - 11:00PM Tel: 063-963756
Website: www.khmerkitchens.com
Khmer Taste Restaurant
Restaurant: Khmer Family-run little Cambodian restaurant 5-minute’s walk from the Old Market, serving very reasonably priced home-cooked Khmer food as well as a good choice of western comfort food. The Cambodian Banana Flower Salad is excellent and recommended. Beer, cocktails, Cambodian and western-style coffees. Friendly place.
Just west of Sivatha Blvd, next to Sok San
6:00AM - 10:00PM
Tel: 012-830102
Kitchen Angkor Chey
Restaurant: Khmer
Khmer restaurant serving home-cooked Cambodian dishes, served in a Khmer-style traditional wooden house set in a quite nook of the middle of town well off the main road. Set Cambodian meals and a large selection of a la carte Cambodian dishes as well as a few international offerings. Cocktails, beer, French and Cambodian wines. Offering a special dine and massage combo deal - a Cambodian set menu dinner followed by a one hour traditional Khmer massage at the massage shop next door.
Just off Sivutha Blvd., behind CCB Bank
10:00AM-Midnight
Tel: 012-876012
L’Escale Restaurant des Arts des Sens
Restaurant: New Asian Cuisine
One of the finest dining experiences of Siem Reap.
New Asian cuisine prepared by one of Asia’s best chefs, beautifully presented and served in a relaxed, stylish, jazzy atmosphere. Indoor, covered patio and open-sky gar den terrace seating with vodka bar in the evening. Full bar, cocktails, wine selection. Tapas. Lots of baked good
