Evergreen Vegetarian and Cafe House
Veg restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, dinner. A set meal includes rice, noodle, hot pot soup, and drink. Located behind Norton University. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-2:00pm, Mon-Sun 3:30pm-9:00pm.
Category: Vegan-friendly, Lacto, Khmer
Reviews (37)
First Review by simpsonyellow
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Average - Edit
Could have more spices/fresh herbs, portions are small.
Cons: Tasteless, Small portions
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Cheap prices, decent food - Edit
Decent menu with wide range of noodle dishes and mock meats. Had a rice noodle soup which was fine, but was more noodle than anything else and was pretty bland overall - would've been nicer with a few more veggies and more herbs & spices. Totally fine, but not worth more than the cheap prices you pay. Maybe better for lunch?
Pros: Cheap, Wide menu, Free tea
Cons: No drinks other than the tea?, Bland & serves egg, Quite small (limited seats)
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good - Edit
had the taro fried dumplings that were.good and some mock meat with plain rice! good stuff!
cheap and friendly too
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Okay food, located in a touristy area, cheap - Edit
This veggie restaurant is located in the touristy area near the river and it´s practical for those who stay near the river, north from the royal palace.
The food wasn´t anything special here, but it´s cheap and the location is good. The fried noodles were a bit limp. I liked most the noodle soup with wontons, baguette with mock meat (available only about once a week) and the mock meats.
Pros: Okay food, okay prices, Located near the river
Cons: Food is not special
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Came here every day of my stay in Phnom Penh - Edit
Good if you're close by and on a short trip. Delicious and cheap but certainly don't expect it to be very nutritious.
Contributions +21
cheap(er) than elsewhere - Edit
very quick service (suggests, all is prepared), food ok, prices comparatively low with couple of exceptions. lots of mock meat and seafood for those who like.
Pros: price, quick service
Cons: ok but not wow
Contributions +53
Good vegan options - Edit
To be honest the food is good but not great. Kind of reminds me of cheap Chinese restaurant food back home. But it was good enough considering the options in Phnom Penh that I went back twice! It also helps that they speak good English, and even knew what vegan means. I started to explain that I don't eat eggs and she's like "yeah you're vegan, right? what do you want?"
Pretty affordable. Not huge portions--I have a pretty big appetite and I have to get a main and an appetizer to get full. Probably under $4 for the two though.
Pros: good english, good vegan options, affordable
Cons: small-ish portions
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So awesome! - Edit
Delicious & cheap, plus very friendly staff.
I went for the Sunday BBQ special, and it was AMAZING.
Free tea, some grilled kebabs on a stick, and it only cost $1.75 US. Amazing!
Pros: No meat, Friendly, Cheap
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Cheap, great eats! - Edit
A very cheap restaurant (entrees are about $1-$3 on average) and friendly staff who speak great English. Free tea is served alongside your meal, and the menu is all in English as well as in Khmer. Most, if not all, dishes are Cambodian, so don't come here expecting Western food!
Pros: VERY cheap, English-speaking staff and menu, air-conditioned
Contributions +118
Little gem - Edit
After reading the reviews I was curious about the place. I didn't see the sleeping man, but I did see the woman watching the video's. It turns out to be the owner who was very nice and tried to convince me to start a vegetarian restraunt.
The food was very good and the specials are cheap. Staff is certainly low energy and shy, but certainly kind.
Pros: Price, quality, taste
Cons: Nothing really
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tasty tasty - Edit
I had the Monday special, cosisted of some v. Spring rolls and some rice noodles, super tasty. Great service, great price.
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Lot of good vegan dishes! - Edit
The menu is really various. I tasted different dishes all vegan and really good and inexpensive!! For the first time I tasted the vegi shrimps! Interesting! They have many vegi-meat and vegi-seafood! And they open at 6.30 AM to enjoy a good salty breakfast. The only negative point is that the restaurant needs a relooking!
Pros: Good vegan dishes
Cons: Restaurant need a relooking!
Contributions +83
food is fine, place is bizarre, I don't get it - Edit
I went here twice and Evergreen is... simple bizarre.
The food is OK, but I couldn't understand the bored staff. There was a corner table where one male server was fast asleep across the table. The girl next to him, also a server, was engrossed in a video while eating a bowl of noodles.
The second time was something out of a comedy: the same guy fast asleep, the same girl watching a video on her phone; while eating a bowl of noodles. A guy (the owner?) walking in with a drill, staring at me while walking by. The staff staring at me from the kitchen while I was about to eat, and they were also eating. I decided to stare back at them while they were eating and they moved away... The whole thing was simply hilarious!
People drifted in, from the street stall outside, with drinks, walked around the room, went through into the kitchen, sat in the stairwell, walked out again, a little boy walked in, started doing some schoolwork, left his bag, walked out, the main server who was nice and spoke English, took my order and left on her motorbike. The bill was higher than the menu prices and I was told that they hadn't had time to change the stickers.
The mushroom dumplings were fine, when I asked for the sauce that came with them, the server actually went first to her phone to pause her video and then had a spoonful of her soup, before heading to the kitchen to fill a dish with the sauce.
Like I said, it all straight out of a comedy show!
In short, it's just bizarre, because they can clearly make food here that is hot and fresh and tasty, and to order, but the whole lethargic atmosphere and the lacklustre mood, the sombre feeling left me heading straight up to Besto a few blocks up the street...
Pros: it's OK
Cons: atmosphere, pricing
Contributions +18
Great Good! - Edit
Delicious and inexpensive place with lots of vegan options. the mushroom dumplings are absolutely amazing. This place hits the spot and is easy to find if you're staying near the Riverfront.
Pros: inexpensive and delicious
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Nice restaurant - Edit
Huge menu card with many vegan options (or else they make your choice vegan, staff speaks pretty good English.) The Khmer style noodles were really delicious, the noodle soup with seitan was tasty but nothing extraordinary. The portion wasn't too big either but ok for the cheap price.
Pros: Lots of vegan options, cheap, tasty
Cons: not the biggest portions
Contributions +54
Perfect place! - Edit
Nice place with a lot of vegan options for very very cheap price! soup, seitan options, topu. the service is very nice and the atmosphere is relaxing.
Pros: the most delicious food I had in Asia
Cons: very cheap
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great food, great selection, CHEAP! - Edit
We have already been to this place twice since arriving here and tomorrow we will return for at least 1 more delicious meal!
Every time we leave from the restaurant we feel pleasantly full, happy and healthy.
They have a good range of this to order and the price is right.
Anyone who is a budget minded vegetarian should check it out.
Pros: good price, good range, fresh garnishes
Cons: no beer served
Contributions +34
Have the soup! - Edit
At $1.75 you can't really go too wrong with having the noodle soup. It's a large portion and although doesn't contain many vegetables the soup is very good. During my time in Phnom Penh I came back here 3 times for they're extensive menu. The waitress actually asked me when ordering if I ate egg which was great as I didn't realise the pad thai would contain it, they are very accommodating They are all very friendly and serve free tea as soon as you sit down. They have various special dishes served on particular days as well as an extensive menu served every day from 6:30am
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