Vegan
International
Western
Cambodian

Guesthouse and vegan cafe in a historic building with rooftop and scooter parking garage. Serves plant-based Cambodian food, western dishes, smoothies, and coffee. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-9:00pm.


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86 Reviews

First Review by FloraLouise

ondrusod

Points +117

Vegan
10 Dec 2024

Nice vegan spot

Great variety of local and western meals. I ordered khmer breakfast soup and as mentioned in some other reviews, the liquid itself tasted a bit bland, but the meal was tasty overall. The place is really cute and quiet :)

JackLight

Points +1180

Vegan
11 Nov 2024

Katsu for breakfast

Really amazing menu with lots of good options. They just added a new special Katsu curry which I had to have, even if it was breakfast. My partner got a smoothie bowl and we both enjoyed our meals

Pros: Great Katsu , Lots of games , Free water refill

simplysh4ns

Points +1860

Vegan
18 Sep 2024

Fantastic burrito!

They do a meal deal for $8, big bean burrito, with tortilla chips, sour cream, guac and salsa, and a drink (tea or soda I think).

Burrito was huge, a teeny bit bland but I always dunk my tortilla chips in the dips and then put them in the burrito (iykyk). The sour cream and guac were 👌🏼

Passionfruit soda is literally that, soda water with passionfruit added in, it’s not sweet like juice.

You get a free dessert with the meal, a traditional Khmer dessert of coconut milk with little jelly balls. It was fine but not my cuppa tea.

jan3601

Points +204

Vegan
21 Aug 2024

Really bland…

Was really excited for this… but it was SO bland. I tried to Tofu Katsu Curry as recommended, but it was watery and bland with almost no flavour. Wouldn’t go back (sadly).

Polytrauma

Points +335

Vegetarian
24 Apr 2024

yummy af

a great way to experience khmer food as a vegan. to be fair we never had regular khmer food so no idea if it‘s accurate but it tastes great. if you order tea, remember it‘s a whole pot (we had a total of 2x0,5l tea pot)

Lukrise

Points +166

Vegan
25 Mar 2024

Not the best

We had the green curry and the lotcha. Both tasted a bit plain and we used a lot of extra spice. The tofu (you have to order extra and pay extra) was extremely dry. The meaty mushrooms where pretty nice and the passion soda was really good and not to sweet. Overall not bad, but not special.

Updated from previous review on 2024-03-25

Pros: Lots of options , Nice rooftop

Cons: Food isn’t spiced enough

EthanBakerTravels

Points +859

Vegan
21 Mar 2024

Cute cafe and hostel

Lots of good food $1 coffee Tuesday too!

johannaaa.hf

Points +372

Vegan
05 Mar 2024

Delicious and cosy ambience🌞

The food was delicious. We tried the Tropical Bowl, the English breakfast and the chickpea burger again in the evening. Everything was very tasty. The portions are not huge, but really not small either. Even if you eat a lot, you'll be full :).
The sweet drinks (cocoa, Oreo milk shake, caramel frappe, passion fruit soda ) were all very lightly sweetened by European standards. When we asked for sugar, we were given a mini blob of agave syrup... it still wasn't sweet enough for us😂
All in all, it's a great restaurant with delicious vegan food and a great, cool atmosphere :)🤘🏽

Updated from previous review on 2024-03-05

Pros: English breakfast , Ambience

JenniferDavis

Points +263

Vegetarian
02 Mar 2024

Good food for good price

We had the fresh fruit and the pad Thai style dish. Would recommend😄

aviso

Points +113

Vegan
23 Feb 2024

Disappointing quality

I was excited to try this place, but very disappointed with the food.

I started with the pho, which I had a minute long conversation about asking for no mushrooms and extra vegetables. It came out a little too fast and the noodles hadn't fully cooked, so I had to let it sit for a few minutes. There was fake meat on top (no mention of this in the menu). They did leave out mushrooms, but there were no extra vegetables. It was only some bean sprouts and a few spring onions. There were a few pieces of tofu that seemed to have been frozen, but not properly rehydrated. There's nothing novel or creative about this, it's just basic noodle soup you could get anywhere, and a poor version of it.

Next I tried the tropical smoothie bowl. It seems they just put a frozen smoothie concentrate in a bowl and put fruit on top. First, if you're not going to make fresh smoothies with real fruit, don't sell them. Second, it was gross.

I don't know the motivation behind this place, but I think they've lost their way.

Larissajosefiina

Points +607

Vegan
21 Feb 2024

Good cambodian food

The place was cute and I liked that they were proud to be vegan (some places prefer hide to be all vegan). There were many dishes to choose, western and cambodian. We decided to choose cambodian dishes: red curry, amok, latcha and cambodian version of pad thai. I had the amok and it was delicious! My friends didn’t like their foods so much but I tasted them and they were ok in my opinion. The staff was little bit in rush so they forgot some of our orders (drinks) but we didn’t pay the forgotten drinks at the end so it was ok.

Updated from previous review on 2024-02-21

Pros: All vegan, Many options, Good flavours

Cons: Absent-minded staff, Milkshake was watery

Louise234#

Points +58

Vegan
18 Feb 2024

Pad thai is delicious

Ordered take away on grab and it was wonderful. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ebsveg

Points +2398

Vegan
14 Feb 2024

Not my cup of tea

Unfortunately I might have caught them on a bad day, but I really didn't enjoy the food here. I had the Khmer curry which was very watery and the Oreo milkshake which just tasted of pure coconut milk from a can which generally makes me feel sick so I couldn't drink it. My partner liked his iced chai (not sweet) and amok curry. The interior is really lovely though and there is a vegan hostel on top.

willemruben

Points +1565

Vegan
14 Feb 2024

Convenient cafe X hostel

I ate here a couple of times during my stay in the dorm. Very convenient to have a vegan cafe in your hostel!

The food was good, really enjoyed the fruit they had.

EthanBakerTravels

18 Mar 2024

Thanks for posting all the menus. Staying here for a couple nights looks awesomeeee 🤩

Jay54321

Points +110

Vegan
05 Feb 2024

Very nice and a lot of it

A very good feel to the place and very relaxed. I had mixed veg rice which came with a soup. Also had the ginger tea. came to $6. I thought it was tasty and there was a lot of it. The customer at the table next door had the burrito- which looked very nice and again a lot of it. My favourite place in Phnom Penh so far

Pros: Nice food, Good feel to the place, Staff friendly

Cons: Nothing

Lluna22

Points +1348

Vegan
04 Feb 2024

Food is ok, some days better than others.

We have been there several times and the quality is uneven, depending on the day. We thought the hamburger was delicious, but the last time we ate it, it was bland, the fries were oily and soft. The same with the burrito that came with a pico de gallo with old tomato. I guess it's a matter of luck! Staff is lovely and the place is cozy.

Updated from previous review on 2024-02-04

squidfire

Points +38

Vegan
03 Feb 2024

Excellent!

Twice in one day, breakfast and lunch.
Loads of choice.
I had the Amok curry and so so good.
Burger was great, as was the coffee!
Recommended for sure.

Tiggy

Points +13798

Vegan
31 Jan 2024

Simple but pretty good

We ate here a few times at different meal times. The atmosphere has a rustic feel and staff were lovely. On the first visit i accidentally over-ordered and we ended up with chicken rice, cheeseburger, tortilla chips and dip and fries. The burger and rice were very nice, as were the chips and dip, but the fries were limp and unappetising. We came for breakfast and I ordered muesli , which turned out to be fresh fruit sprinkled with a few oats and sunflower and pumpkin seeds: nice but not what I expected. For another breakfast I tried their avo toast and it was absolutely delicious: tangy and sharp with red onion, and sunflower seeds for contrasting texture. At dinner time I tried the Khmer green curry (twice), not spicy but tasty, more savoury than sweet; and the very nice kuy teav cha, a noodle dish with lime, crushed peanuts, bean sprouts and scrambled tofu. A new dish for me, it was less sweet and with more vegetables than a pad Thai, and delicious. We grabbed a BLT and a burrito to take with us when we left Phnom Penh, both nice, the BLT excellent. An essential stop for vegans in PP. #Veganuary

maaaarteenn

Points +258

Vegan
18 Jan 2024

Decent but not extraordinary

The food was decent. And it is definetely one of the better places in Phnom Penh.

Angéline8888

Points +983

Vegan
23 Dec 2023

Nice café but a little expensive

The Coffee atmosphere is nice, the food was good but it was a little bit expensive for me

katiechurn

Points +1237

Vegan
18 Dec 2023

Great vegan Cambodian food

We stayed here for a couple of nights and ate all our meals here because it was nice to get vegan Cambodian food. Our favourites were the red curry and the noodles like pad Thai.

SophievanderKooi

Points +384

Vegan
24 Nov 2023

All kinds of food

Lovely food. They do breakfast, lunch and diner. Loved the green curry and BLT. We also stayed at the hostel but that was not that good. Dirty and old.

julie.sansnom

Points +870

Vegan
23 Nov 2023

Good food and nice staff

Really nice spot for breakfast, and to read a book. My favorite dish so far is the green curry!

FedenRoorda

Points +4690

Vegan
23 Nov 2023

Amazing vegan food!

I’ve stayed here in October for a few days and I really enjoyed their vegan food! Everything is vegan, which is so easy.😊 The vegan curry, the avocado toast and the pad thai were really nice. The muesli yoghurt with fruit was not good. There was barely any yoghurt or muesli.

LeanderSchrijver

Points +537

Vegan
22 Nov 2023

Good food

We stayed at the hostel here, which is ok. The food is pretty good. Especially the BLT was very nice. We loved to mixed fruits and also the green curry.

WeronikaFj

Points +194

Vegan
01 Nov 2023

Khmer soup

Was amazing! Tested other dishes but the soup was my favorite!

MaRie993

Points +60

Vegan
11 Sep 2023

So good!

Try the peanut noodles. Everything taste so good! Don't miss the tiny entrance.

Updated from previous review on 2023-09-11




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