• CLOSED: Romdeng

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Vegan-friendly
Khmer
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Has vegetarian section on its menu. Operated by the same organization as Friends, as a training school for former street kids. Closes annually for the Pchum Ben festival from Oct 11-Oct 28. Reported closed July 2023.


10 Reviews

First Review by Vegan8

Jtydlaska

Points +582

Vegan
13 Mar 2020

Good for a good cause

I like that the place has a social mission and that it has some veg options, and the food was quite good (I had the veg amok and the red sticky rice dessert). But it certainly wasn’t great for the price. I suppose that’s because they charge high prices to subsidize their social mission. It would probably help to think of the prices more like being a combination of paying for food and making a donation rather than just buying a meal.

Pros: Social mission , Great ambiance , Veg amok

Cons: Price

lotustummy

Points +1194

Vegan
15 Dec 2018

Always good.

We love this place and come whenever in PP.

Pros: Good selection of veg and vegan , Yummy flavours , Friendly hosts and a good cause

Cons: Expensive.

nlukas51

Points +243

Vegetarian
25 Oct 2018

Super tasty

After having dinner at Friends last night, I just had to check out Romdeng. I ordered the veg special, which was fantastic. Here too are marginalized youth trained for an opportunity to a better future. What a wonderful organization.

Pros: Great service, Excellent food, Beautiful atmosphere

ivega

Points +37

Vegetarian
17 Dec 2017

oase: heel aangename groene dinertuin in het hectische Phnom Penh

Redelijk wat vegetarische opties in een chique aandoend restaurant waar het relaxed en goed eten is. Mooie tuin. Pluspunt is ook dat het een horecaopleiding biedt aan voormalige straatkinderen. Vanwege deze funktie is de bediening door de leerkrachten ietwat formeel

Pros: Uitstekende kwaliteit., prima locatie, sociale funktie

Cons: ietsje duurder dan opties elders; de crispy riceno

LoganG

Points +47

Vegan
08 Nov 2017

Super Tasty Fresh and Super Service

Lunch at Romdeng, had the crispy rice noodle salad with lotus seeds and mushroom coriander spring rolls. Really clean fresh light flavours...super yummy :) super staff in a great garden setting.

Romdeng has a great feel and is stand out in Phnom Penh.

Pros: great venue, great project, great food

Cons: slightly more expensive $6.5 for main (but worth i

AnthonyMichel

Points +38

Vegan
30 Oct 2017

Good food but shocking menu for vegans

The food was rather nice even if the menu is not very descriptive. The black beans and dumpling dish is actually a soupy curry and the dumplings are more a vegetable paste smushed into balls.

If you are a vegan against animal cruelty here is not really a place where you will feel most at ease. Starter are composed of tarentulas, ants, crickets, served on beef tartare. Having the tarentulas exposed in a fish bowl alive until you order them.

Overall good food with a slight fancy touch to the place, but pretty pricy.

PeterRichards

Points +290

Mostly Veg
04 Oct 2017

feel full, feel good :-)

This restaurant is part of the Friends International Social Enterprise and youth training / child protection network. It really feels like an oasis. The menu is interesting. The butterscotch and chocolate milk shake (dairy milk) was incredible... I ate a tasty sweet potato curry. The staff were friendly. They are getting a lot out of the training.

Omika

Points +24

Vegan
31 Oct 2016

Yummy, Must-Try

Great place with a great mission. Several veggie options (most of which are vegan). The Vegetarian Amok and the Khmer Curry with Dumplings are both awesome.

Pros: Good mission, Excellent quality food, Good location and atmosphere

Cons: Can't think of any

Lorenzo FV

Points +13

Vegetarian
29 May 2015

Simply lovely

A great place to eat with non-vegetarian friends. The veggie options are numerous and really scrummy. They're not the usual Khmer fare with meat substitutes but stand on their own. I ate Jeow Mak, a grilled aubergine and chilli dip with crusty baguette, Tak Kroeng, mushroom pate with cumin, then a mouth-watering pumpkin amok... and I'm going back tomorrow. Plus you eat for a very good cause and the staff are delightful.

Pros: excellent food, really, great staff, you can get the recipes

Vegan8

Points +136

Vegan
30 May 2013

Good food and a great cause

At about $5 per menu item, this is more expensive than many other veg options in the city. However, the food is great, the portion sizes are large, and it feels nice helping former street kids. If you like lemongrass, you should love the "fresh garden vegetable sauteed with lemongrass and spicy basil" on the vegetarian section of the menu.

Pros: excellent food, trains former street kids, nice vibe

Cons: more expensive than other options




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