Vegan
Western
Mediterranean
Juice bar
Beer/Wine
Delivery
Take-out
Catering
Fusion
Breakfast
Cambodian
Vegan restaurant at YK Art House guesthouse since 2019. Serves Asian-Mediterranean fusion cuisine and Sunday brunch. Offers options like coconut pancakes, bbq mushroom slider, bean & avocado toast, fruit salad with coconut cream, veggie burger, pita and hummus. Location is in the central area. Supports Seametrey Children's Village. Open Mon-Sun 7:30am-8:30pm.
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13 A St 830 (at Sothearos), Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- Outdoor seating
- Wheelchair accessible
- Accepts credit cards
- Free Wi-Fi
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Last update on 04 Feb 2024 by Veganlove000
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Added by IrinaChakraborty on 10 May 2019
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73 Reviews
First Review by Mister Yeti
Susanontheroad
Points +17
An oasis - Edit
This restaurant is set in a beautiful garden oasis. You can hear the motos out on the street, but will find yourself in a serene garden, among the trees here. Walk through a quaint hotel ground floor to an open air terrace, and you have arrived.
Read moreThe food is creative and delicious. We’ve had breakfast and dinner here and have found them both bright with flavor. Excellent coffee and juices too.
They have a mission to create a better planet for us all, which makes it even more pleasurable to dine here.
Pros: Creative fare, Serene garden setting, Reducing the use of plastics
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JoStac30
Points +342
Tasty food.. At a price! - Edit
Really enjoyed the food and restaurant! Lovely tacos and moussaka for us tonight, along with a very nice mango smoothies and wedges. The prices here will make your eyes water, would love to come back otherwise!
Read morePros: Food, Staff , Atmosphere
Cons: Price!!
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Caca
Points +131
Such a cool place - Edit
I love that we were able to eat at and support an establishment that is trying to make a difference. Supporting children, animals and the environment- well done. We enjoyed our meals. Felt the servings were good. Though having come from Vietnam the prices here are a bit of an ouch! Lost a star because the wedges and most of the base of the pizza was soggy. But tasted fine.
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bean+juli
Points +495
Lovely place with good food from different countries - Edit
The location is a real gem in this loud city.
Read moreTo eat in this garden was a pleasure.
The food was tasty and a good portion.
They have also a second hand store and a library and art gallery.
Pros: Lovely place, Good food
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MariucaBolaños
Points +436
Eat and breath - Edit
The place is relaxing. Extensive and varied menu. Something for everyone. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Tea, coffee, smoothies, desserts. And all of this on a terrace surrounded by plants.
Read morePros: Food, Place , Art gallery
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simplysh4ns
Points +1860
Unreal moussaka - Edit
A mix of cultural foods on here, Westerny/European mostly.
Read moreShared the wedges (unbelievably good) with my friends, then had the moussaka which comes with a salad, friends had the tempeh skewers and the tacos.
Moussaka was so good and very filling, cheesy, creamy and potatoey. The tempeh skewers looked good but preferably get them if you know you like tempeh, they’re an acquired taste. I think the tacos looked nice but a bit small a portion in comparison, so maybe only get these if you want something lighter.
Mango cheesecake was underwhelming, very tiny, but the flavours were okay. The chocolate ice cream bar was rich and decadent. Only get if you’re a chocoholic like me!
There’s an outside and an indoors bit, with a community library too. Staff friendly and you ring the bell when you need their service ☺️
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nullpeter
Points +215
Tasty food - Edit
Very nice athmosohere, good food and friendly staff.
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KiwiVeganWanderer
Points +36
Friendly staff, good food - Edit
Service was great, cozy location, good prices, I had tofu on toast with avo a watermelon juice and a coffee ☕️ $8.50 total, cute cat in store.
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MelLatimer
Points +30
So good we decided to stay at the guesthouse - Edit
We first came and got a veggie burger and chips with three black bean tacos, which we loved. We loved it so much that we came back two more times before leaving Phnom Penh.
Read moreThe second and third time we came we tried the vegan cheese balls and the vegetable pizza.
We're now passing back through Phnom Penh to relax a few days before our flight and decided to book the guesthouse so we could spend more time here. We found the staff really kind and friendly, and spent a long time hanging out in the garden area.
There's also a room full of books, a piano, and some ukuleles. It's a really nice little haven in the midst of the chaos of the city, so overall we really liked the vibe.
Updated from previous review on 2024-04-01
Pros: Burger, tacos, chips, mayo, pizza, cheese balls, the staff, the atmosphere
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nicirl
Points +2175
Not enamoured, but good - Edit
I came here on my last day in Cambodia. The staff are super friendly and the initiative is also super good, so it’s nice to know that the money you’re spending is going to a good cause.
Read moreThat being said the reason this place lost a star is because of one of the dishes I ordered - the pancakes. I had been craving pancakes for a while and decided to order them (the berry ones) along with the “beer plate” - I will talk about that further on. The pancakes, priced at $5.25, were a tiny dish, more snack sized but for that money I was expecting more. The texture was lacklustre, but I would say the combination of berry jam with chocolate was amazing. I would not order again (see pics for reference).
The beer plate was amazing! All beer battered things which were delicious but would definitely say better as a sharer, as it was so rich and decadent that I could not finish. The garlic mayo that it came with was amazing and I would honestly recommend ordering garlic mayo as an extra with any savoury dish that doesn’t have it because genuinely it was that good.
The watermelon juice I ordered was the least watermelon-y I have had, it was as if they had put water with it, as it didn’t pack much flavour.
All-in-all, I think just make sure to choose right when coming here to avoid (slight) disappointment, but I would still recommend coming because it was a really cool place and has a great initiative behind it which sort of makes up for the bad pancakes I had.
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Jay5
Points +1328
Unimpressed - Edit
Ordered tofu scramble toast with beans and avocado. Was a bit salty. Beans were slightly undercooked
Read morePros: It's vegan , Service , Staff
Cons: Food wasn't great
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CarynMichele
Points +67
Excellent takeout/delivery - Edit
The best thing about them is their weekly delivery service. You can choose what days and time and they will deliver meals right to your door. You can have a standing order every Tues and Thurs no matter the food option or you can go in weekly and select what you want. The nemu changes weekly for the delivery service. They offer the option of reusable lunchboxes for your delivery just give them back each day. If you want tonorder less often you can oder from the full menu. Theybthen offer 100% biodegradable packaging.
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Plantos
Points +3269
Great Place with a bit of room to grow - Edit
No doubt it's great to just be able to choose everything without having to look what is vegan 🍽️🌟
Read moreFree water is served 🚰💧🥛
Wonderful and sustainable concept 🌎
Cozy courtyard with plants, trees and shadow - liked it a lot 🪴🌳
Food is all in all tasty with some personal suggestions for improvement
🍔 Chick'N Nugget Burger
- add sauce or ketchup to the buns, as it was a bit dry
- decrease the size of the nuggets as it was impossible to eat the burger without having it fall into pieces)
🍔 Impossible Burger
- Personal opinion: I did not like too much the anis spice in the patty. Leave that and its perfect
- add sauce or ketchup to the buns, as it was a bit dry
🍞 Toast
Scrambled Tofu with refried beans 🫘
Loved it! Rather small portion
🍞 Toast
Spinach & roasted Tomatoes with Hummus
Great as well | Rather small portion
☕ Latte with Cashews Milk
Absolutely great!!
Pros: Sustainable concept 🌎, Free water 💧🚰
Cons: Some personal suggestions to improve the food
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BasSpelbrink
Points +22
Highly recommend - Edit
Super lekker gegeten voor de 3e keer tijdens ons bezoek aan Phnom-Penh.
Read moreOase in de stad met groene tuin en mooie bomen
Pros: Lokatie maar wel moeilijk te vinden
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Lluna22
Points +1348
Beautiful place and extensive menu. - Edit
We have been in, and ordered from Bong Bonlai quite a lot of times, but I agree with some of the reviews, the quality of the food is uneven, and some dishes are very yummy, some are just ok. I love the place, the garden and the athmosphere. Portions are big and staff is lovely and attentive. We tried several dishes, amok was great most of the times, tom yum, burguer, breakfast were ok, pancakes too hard to eat but they made new ones, and these were fine. Chocolate cake arrived frozen a couple of times. Some days we really enjoyed the food, some days not that much.
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Veganlove000
Points +307
Very good! We come again! - Edit
We had fresh pineapple juice and scrambled ‘eggs’ made from tofu and avocado. 🥑 It was really delicious! We would definitely come back here in the few upcoming days we stay in Phnom Penh. The staff was super friendly! Highly recommended!
Read morePros: A lot of vegan options , Friendly staff , Very tasty food!
Veganlove000
Update: we came here 3 times for the last 2 days. Every dish was sooo delicious!! The 2nd time we had the Khmer style ginger tofu and the third time the moussaka (you should eat this!) and the incredible burger. Would highly recommend this place. The place is a little hard to find, but Google Maps helps😉
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pricey602
Points +22
Yum! - Edit
Very cosy place. Very friendly staff.
Read moreHad the pumpkin and mushroom amok and love it!
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Tiggy
Points +13798
Great causes but food quality uneven - Edit
I really wanted to support this cafe because it’s part of an organisation that does really good things for the community. I loved the setting, a mixture of cute courtyard and indoor library. The menu is a decent size and we came here a couple of times. Our first visit was for dinner, at which we had the Khmer-style ginger tofu, the feta salad and the moussaka. The tofu dish was fine and I enjoyed the salad although the feta was not sharp or tasty. However, the moussaka was constructed of scalloped potatoes, most of which had burnt to the dish in the oven and were inedible. We struggled to locate any eggplant and, for that matter, flavour, in the dish. I was willing to see this as a one-off occurrence and we came back for lunch and ordered a couple of burgers. These were fine, around the standard of most cafe burgers, but not bursting with flavour. We came back one last time for breakfast and I gave in and had the distinctively shaped pancakes, which were very nice. I’d love to give the cafe a high rating but I feel that my experiences here ranged from poor to marginally above average. I will be generous and give an extra star for being part of an organisation supporting awesome causes, including aiding street animals and supporting a school and the arts.
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lydiab96
Points +1170
Not the best - Edit
I ate here for dinner and was quite disappointed. I had the tacos which were ok. Large portion and tasted fine.
Read moreAnd I also had the maki rolls which were bizarrely bad. They tasted of absolutely nothing (I think they might have used white rice instead of sushi?) I absolutely love sushi and I couldn’t finish these.
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Emilykt
Points +117
Tasty vegan food in a cute setting - Edit
Everything we ate here was really tasty, although a couple of the dishes we originally wanted weren’t available (but we didn’t know until we went to order them)
Read moreShared a platter to start (fried veggies and dips), then I had the tempeh skewer and my partner had the moussaka. Both really good with generous portions 👌
Only slight hiccup was them not accepting card payments (despite what it says in this listing) meaning my partner had to go and withdraw cash, but he really struggled to find one nearby that was working and it took him a long time. This is totally acceptable and normal for small / casual venues here, but for bigger/well established venues I would expect card payment to be possible, really. And slightly frustrating as the venue is also a hotel so evidently CAN take card payments… 🫠
Pros: Tasty food, varied menu, Reasonable price , Good portions
Cons: Not all of menu was available but weren’t told , Does not take card
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VanniPaul
Points +801
Tasty veg food in a cute small courtyard - Edit
Juicy veg burgers in a quiet and cozy courtyard.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-11-17
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ChrisHolmes
Points +28
Delicious! - Edit
Came here for dinner. Very beautiful outdoor seating. The portions were quite generous and everything tasted great. Very cool sustainability setup as well, would love to stay at the guest house another time.
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whitesiroi
Points +1831
Superb - Edit
Delicious food, great staff and atmosphere, speak English
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Black Seville
Points +1005
Can be hard to get to but excellent food and ambiance - Edit
This place is on a narrow street, so if taking a large car or minibus then be aware that it may not fit in the narrow street. You'll need to take either a tuk tuk or park any large vehicle further away and walk here.
Read moreThe food is all vegan and delicious, made with high quality. The menu is also large. The place also has a very nice ambiance with lots of trees and lights. The staff are very nice.
Bong Bonlai is also located at YK Art House where you can book rooms to sleep. These rooms are fairly priced and, like the food, are also high quality.
Updated from previous review on 2023-07-03
Pros: Everything vegan , Large menu , Kind staff
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constansiia
Points +43
Really good vegan food - Edit
Hidden oasis in the middle of Phnom Penh. A must try when visiting the capital.
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WrenLangford
Points +84
Great vegan cafe - Edit
Great food- especially the local dishes. Lovely atmosphere
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DaneLittlefield
Points +30
Must try in Phnom Penh - Edit
Wonderful vegan restaurants with delicious food and a great atmosphere. Food is a bit pricey though and serving sizes are a bit small.
Read morePros: All food is vegan, Food is delicious , Great atmosphere
Cons: A bit expensive , Small portions
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