Siem Reap - Top 10 "What & Where to Eat" at Siem Reap

When travelling to Seim Reap, Cambodia, Khmer cuisine is a must try food over here! However, since this Kingdom of smile attracts millions of visitors around the world each year, food choices here is wide, from Indian food to Italian, American, Korean food and etc.

In this post we sorted out 10 restaurants or worth-trying food for you! Here we go~

1) The Red Piano

Location: Pub Street.

This restaurant gained its popularity in a lot of travel guides websites or books and Angelina Jolie has a cocktail named in her honour here!

When in Siem Reap, think of Angelina Jolie, think of Tomb Rider and think of Ta Prohm LOL :P She has a cocktail named after her name and there is a tree named as “The Tomb Rider” tree at Ta Prohm.

The Red Piano served Asian and western food, with reasonable price.

In clockwise: Amok with rice, vegetable curry with rice, lime juice and olive Mexican tortilla.

Amok is Cambodian’s national dish and it is normally served with fish or chicken, we prefer it in fish.

2) Jungle Burger Sports Bar and Bistro

Location: Wat Bo area. Street 26, Krong Siem Reap.

A friend recommended us this place. We went there by bike under super hot sun, totally worth it because chilled beer is served! Haha, just kidding, main course here came with beer! We had big pig burger and Hawaii thin crust pizza.

Jungle Burger.

Big pig burger, Beer and Hawaii thin crust pizza.

Strongly recommended this place! Big pig burger is so good! The meat is juicy, the portion is big, even the bread tastes good! This burger is ranked in top 1 of the best burger I had ever tried in my life LOL :P

3) Le Tigre de Papier

Location: Pub Street.

Le Tigre de Papier, one of the best restaurant in Siem Reap that served authentic Khmer food and great Italian cuisine. They even provide cooking class here, so if you are interested in cooking, you can allocate few hours to join the class.

Pumpkin gratin (baked in stone oven) and mixed salad.

4) Little Italy

Location: Pub Street.

Too much of Amok? It’s time to switch to have some western food! Here we go for Italian food! 

Sicilian pizza (anchovy, olive, caper and cheese), House wine Sicilian (white wine) and creme brulee.

5) Blue pumpkin café

Location: Psar Chaa area (closed to Pub Street) and Angkor café (opposite of Angkor Wat).

Blue Pumpkin served a delightful selection of cakes, breads, beverages and homemade ice cream!

We read about Blue Pumpkin from Lonely Planet and throughout our trip, we visited twice LOL :P Our first visit was after sunrise tour at Angkor wat, we went to Angkor café opposite to Angkor Wat and had our brunch there. During our 2^nd visit, we went to Blue Pumpkin at Psar Chaa area. There are many youngsters hang out here since there are bean bags and couch provided upstairs and most importantly is free Wifi LOL :P

Latte, banana shake and crepe with coconut and mango sauce.

Home made ice cream!

6) Siv Long Restaurant

Location: Tep Vong Road, opposite to Naga Guest House.

Siv Long, a restaurant that served breakfast, Khmer food, salad, sandwich and BBQ. This restaurant is well-known as serving big portion food with cheap price. If you are a budget traveler that do not have high expectation on dining environment, here is the best place for you!

Fried vegetable with fish paste and amok.

7) Street food

Location: anywhere along the street.

Street food is always the best way to try and learn about local food. Despite cheaper in price, street food is actually showing us difference of local’s culture. For us, street food exploration is always fun!

Pancake, with banana and chocolate. 1 USD for one.

Like this…how often would you sit along the main street in a rainy day and have your dinner? :P

Fruit shake is one of the popular drink here where you get to choose what type of fruit to be blended together, the best drink to beat the hot sun, besides beer LOL :P Only 1 USD for a fresh fruit shake! Durian anyone?!

So Wat coffee! This is actually a small cart selling freshly brewed coffee on the street! Their coffee is good, with reasonable price and I like their concept! Everything on one cart and here goes the mobile café!

  

8) Angkor Wat Archaeological Park

Location: Food stalls in Angkor Archaeological Park.

Don't need to worry about food when having your temple hopping around Angkor Wat. There are quite a lot of food stall serving food and cold drink throughout the day!

Our lunch at Angkor Wat. Food portion is big and served together with watermelon. Total 8 USD for pineapple fried rice and fried noodles with chicken, 2 USD for a fresh coconut.

For budget traveler, plain rice served here is 0.5 USD, portion is big enough to fill up your empty stomach!

9) Angkor Beer and instant noodles

Location: Any convenient stores.

Angkor beer is a MUST try beverage when you are at Siem Reap! When travelling to Bangkok, try Chang beer, so when you are at Siem Reap, try Angkor beer!

Instant noodles with beer, plus Cambodian TV show which we can’t understand well, the best combination LOL!

10) Khmer Kitchen Restaurant

Location: Pub Street.

Another restaurant recommended by Lonely Planet. There are few branches around the town. Food here is good with affordable price, variety choices and free flow of rice!

Cashew nuts with chicken and Amok with mixed vegetables.