🍜 Food & Drink in Siem Reap

Siem Reap's best night market - an atmospheric complex of wooden stalls and fairy lights selling handicrafts, silk scarves, silver jewelry, and Cambodian street food. The dedicated street food island in the center has 30+ stalls serving every Khmer snack imaginable for just a few dollars.

📍Sivutha Boulevard, Siem Reap 17252, Cambodia

An elegant restaurant in a refurbished heritage building presenting royal Khmer cuisine in a refined setting with attentive service. The tasting menu traces Cambodia's culinary history from pre-Angkorian times to the present - a must for food-conscious travelers who want more than street food.

📍Street 7 Makara, Siem Reap 17252, Cambodia

The finest restaurant in Cambodia - Chef Joannès Rivière's six-course tasting menu showcases forgotten Cambodian ingredients and ancient recipes, changing weekly with the markets. A James Beard Award-nominated restaurant that has put Cambodian fine dining on the global map. Reservations essential.

📍Wat Damnak Village, Siem Reap 17252, Cambodia

A training restaurant for at-risk youth run by a French NGO, serving excellent Western and Khmer cuisine in a beautiful garden setting. Every meal supports the life-changing hospitality training program - the French-Khmer fusion dishes are genuinely delicious and the service is outstanding.

📍Chocolate Road, Siem Reap 17252, Cambodia

A stylish boutique market-street in a restored French colonial neighborhood lined with independent Cambodian designers, art galleries, and gourmet food shops. Kandal Village is where Siem Reap's creative class shops and is the best place to find unique, design-forward souvenirs that aren't mass-produced.

📍Street 9, Kandal Village, Siem Reap 17252, Cambodia

A curated artisan market showcasing products made exclusively by Cambodian artisans and social enterprises - jewelry, ceramics, textiles, and gourmet foods. Unlike the Old Market, every vendor here is Cambodian-owned and the products are traceable to their makers, making for guilt-free ethical shopping.

📍Wat Bo Road, Siem Reap 17252, Cambodia

A beautiful open-air restaurant set in tropical gardens presenting refined Khmer cuisine by acclaimed chef Luu Meng. The menu features royal Cambodian recipes alongside street food favorites elevated with premium ingredients - the amok fish curry and lok lak beef are outstanding.

📍Pokambor Avenue, Siem Reap 17252, Cambodia

The original Siem Reap market dating back to the French colonial era - a covered market selling fresh produce, dried spices, silk fabric, and souvenirs alongside a wet market that supplies the city's restaurants. Go in the early morning for the freshest produce and the most authentic local atmosphere.

📍Old Market Area, Siem Reap 17252, Cambodia

The main wholesale and retail market for Siem Reap locals - a vast covered market with separate sections for fresh produce, clothing, electronics, and cooked food stalls. Wander the food section for authentic Khmer breakfasts of bai sach chrouk (pork and rice) at prices locals pay.

📍Phsar Leu, Siem Reap 17252, Cambodia

A charming restaurant in a traditional Cambodian wooden house serving authentic Khmer family recipes passed down by owner Kethana Dunnet. The green mango salad, green curry, and sugar-palm sugar desserts are all made to original recipes - a genuine taste of home-cooked Cambodia.

📍Taphul Road, Siem Reap 17252, Cambodia

A long-standing Pub Street favorite serving affordable, solid Khmer classics in a bustling open-front restaurant. The fish amok, beef lok lak, and fried rice with vegetables are all crowd-pleasers - reliable and tasty food that has fed thousands of travelers over two decades.

📍Pub Street, Siem Reap 17252, Cambodia