Vegan-friendly
Ovo
Western
Cambodian

Simple restaurant serving veggie burgers, noodles, soups, mock meats, rice dishes, and fruit shakes. Location nis 1/2 block east of Norodom Blvd near Royal Palace. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-8:00pm.


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109 Reviews

First Review by raphalla

Aiwendil

Points +952

Vegan
04 Feb 2020

Ok

We had some food for take away, which was good and cheap (between 2 and 2,75$ per dish), but nothing special.

Attention: There is a second vegetarian restaurant one house to the left. So please be sure you are in the right one if you post something here 😜

DanSweeney22

Points +90

Vegan
11 Jan 2020

Oh god. Awful.

I ordered a mini hot pot, it tasted like melted plastic, the flavour is still in my mouth half an hour later. It was full of highly processed Chinese mock meats which weren't good. Ordered a fresh passion fruit juice which turned out to be cordial with a couple of passion fruit seeds in.

Jasmin0210

Points +60

Vegetarian
04 Jan 2020

Our favorite vegetarian restaurant in Phnom Penh

This restaurant is one of the best vegetarian restaurants, we've been to in SE-Asia. They have such a huuuuuge menu with a giant variety of food to very reasonable prices. We were there two days in a row and happy with all the dishes we ordered. The staff is very friendly and speaks quite good English. The service was fast and we were offered cold tea for free. My favourite was definitely the vegan fried steak either with noodles or rice - both kinds were delicious! My boyfriend tried a burger which was also very good. We would really totally recommend this restaurant! :)

Updated from previous review on 2020-01-04

Pros: giant variety of vegetarian food, delicious meals, cheap prices

Marilynmodiva

Points +1698

Vegan
16 Dec 2019

Great value, so many choices!

This cosy café was the cheapest place we've been to in Phnom Penh in regards to dining out. The value for money is really good too, we were extremely full from our meal and the lovely staff running it even gave us a large portion of the fried mushroom steak for the price of the small one. Amazing! We had the Black Pepper Fried Steak a la carte, the Mushroom Fried Steak (our favourite)a la carte, the Hokkien Noodles and the Mixed Vegetables with Tofu, Veggie Ham and rice a drink each and it worked out to be $11. A bargain for the amount of food we received! The fried steaks were decadent and delicious - a naughty treat, really! The mushroom one was our favourite, highly recommend this (and it was actually recommended by the gentleman who works there), and all other dishes were yummy. Great value, friendly and helpful staff, yummy dishes. Giving a 4* because it wasn't the cleanest of places we've been to.

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Great value

kelseyjaynex

Points +2782

Vegan
09 Dec 2019

Okay food

Budget-friendly place with a MASSIVE menu, the food ranged from really good (the burger) to okay (black pepper stir fry, dumplings, pineapple fried rice) to horrible (french fries, which came out 15 minutes after the burger and were extremely undercooked).
Vegan options are labelled but you need to be careful as some have the “vegan” stamp and some say “can be”’ next to it which is easy to miss.
Also be mindful of your change as I realised afterwards I was shortchanged US$5 on one visit, my fault for not checking - we had just arrived in Cambodia that day and I hadn’t got my head around the USD/ KHR conversions yet.

Pros: affordable, lots of options, some items pretty good

Cons: raw french fries

CremeBrulee

Points +166

Vegetarian
08 Dec 2019

Must do

Food is delicious. We went 3 times to the restaurant and everything was perfect (the hot pot, burgers, dumpling soup, fried rice, spicy tomato soup (really spicy!), smoothie, fresh juice, tea and the wheel cakes with different flavors as dessert.)
They really have a huge menu.

Updated from previous review on 2019-12-08

Pros: Delicious food, Cheap

Cons: Nothing

Veggie_friend

Points +606

Vegan
16 Nov 2019

Yummy and cheap!

Great food and lots of vegan options! I loved the noodlesoup with vegan ham and the burger with the vegan hampatty. We ate here three times and the food was always good! We ordered 4/5 dishes at a time and paid around 10 dollars including drinks. Great value 😊

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Cheap, Mock meats

Cons: Some of the tables are sticky

Ronja1234567

Points +22

Vegetarian
22 Oct 2019

100%

Really nice restaurant, fair prices, good atmosphere, huge menu, great food!
Delicious!
I will definitely recommend this restaurant!

Pros: Riesen Auswahl und vorallem gute Auswahl! , Super Preise, No rush, we could take our time.

Cons: Nothing!

hannah.jobson

Points +79

Vegetarian
08 Oct 2019

Huge menu! Great Burgers.

Can’t comment on the local food as we only had burgers but they were great. The menu is HUGE and it’s super cheap. Good if you’re staying in the area and want to grab something quick.

DuncanMacbethLead

Points +1223

Vegan
28 Jul 2019

Good food, lots of choice

The menu here is huge! Lots of vegan options, or options that can be made vegan as well!

Prices are really good as well, with decent portions. Free (cold) green tea on arrival as well

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Cheap, Good portions

Cons: Serves eggs

JasmineEmma

Points +891

Vegan
06 Jun 2019

So much choice

Huge menu with lots of clearly marked vegan options. Almost too much choice! Had the fried steak, Chinese nutrition soup and fried tofu, all were delicious. A little pricier than the veggie place next door ($2 - $4 a dish instead of $1-2) but worth it for the variety, flavour and portion size.

ah_bee

Points +547

Vegan
20 May 2019

Huge menu!

Lots of choice here for vegans. Takes a while to read through the whole menu! Burger was decent, the better of the two I've had in Asia. The mushroom curry was good too, but not amazing. Good prices.

darila

Points +544

Vegan
18 May 2019

Lots of vegan options, local food

This small place offers so much vegan options which is really hard to decide. I go for veggie hokkien noodle soup and loved it. They also have different types of rice, fried noodles, burgers, pizzas and smoothies. Very good and tasty food with inexpensive price. Must try.

Pros: Lots of vegan options

Cons: Not expensive

Jasminevegan

Points +151

Vegan
12 May 2019

Delicious food, good prices

The fake meat here is amazing. We tried a couple of the burgers, a ham sandwich and some noodles and rice and everything was delicious

Updated from previous review on 2019-05-12

carlym89

Points +39

Vegan
20 Apr 2019

Yum!

Nice looking cafe and clean.
Staff were super lovely, not a heap of vegan options but the man was really accommodating and spent 5 minutes or so discussing with kitchen staff to make my meal vegan.
I had the crispy noodles with salad and vege spring rolls. Was pretty tasty and decent serve, took a while for food to come out so don't go if your in a hurry but over all very pleased :)

Pros: Staff, Nice size meals, Comfortable atmosphere

Cons: Time it took for food to be served

AliceWells

Points +26

Vegetarian
25 Mar 2019

Cheap and yummy

I had a delish ‘steak’ burger with fries and a drink for only $3.25! I requested no egg but I think it was lost in translation so if you want to make a special requirement double check they understand. Other than that the service and food was great. Lots of the meal options can be made vegan.

Pros: Cheap , So many vegan and veggie options

Cons: Lack of air con

chivyas

Points +30

Vegetarian
24 Mar 2019

Nice pizza

Had a pizza over there and it turned out to be very soft and smooth to eat and gentle on stomach.

Jordini

Points +260

Vegan
16 Mar 2019

Mostly vegan, huge menu

I ordered the veggie steak burger with no egg or mayo, half expecting it to be dry af but it was actually flavoursome, moist and delicious. The patty was deep fried, and they had replaced the egg with a vegan tofu egg. Also contained a lettuce and carrot salad in sauce. Price was decent, $3.50 incl soft drink and fries. The fries were a bit of let down, they just seemed kinda... dirty. Like the oil hadn’t been changed in a while or something. Overall it was good, I’d go there again. The menu is huge and also has pictures and English translations

Pros: Fairly priced, Extensive menu, Tasty burger

Cons: Maybe hygiene could be better

VeganTraveler88

Points +71

Vegan
23 Feb 2019

Cheap, delicious vegan food!

Great vegetarian and vegan food! As a traveling vegan, I really appreciated vegan options being clearly labeled on the menu. We ate here daily (sometimes twice) for our 4 days in Phnom Penh. Each item is $1-2.25. we found that ordering 2 mains each left us satisfied and full. Our favorites we're the black pepper vegan burger, mushroom fried noodle, and veggie noodle soup. They even have vegan milk teas. To order, you were down each meal number you want and then pay in advance. Definitely recommend!

Pros: Clearly marked vegan options, Cheap, Awesome vegan burgers!

Cons: Staff give minimal attention to you

mennapj

Points +51

Vegan
09 Feb 2019

Good, cheap food!

Extensive options for vegan and vegetarian! Mock meat and sauces were delicious!

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Cheap

kool_kitchen

Points +848

Vegetarian
20 Jan 2019

Adequate standard cuisine, big portions

Again pretty good value for money, but after sampling quite a few veggie places here offering the same range of stuff, this is pretty standard fare and not the best.

On the plus side, the portions were rather large. After ordering 4 dishes between us, we had to leave some behind. The fried dumplings were a bit dry and like European pastry, but it was a huge plate of them.

There were some fake chicken drum sticks, normally I'm a big fan of these, but something was off in the texture and I couldn't eat them.

Also ordered a dish of noodles with fake meat and not very impressive. In fact we tried to offer our left overs to a beggar that came in, but she refused.

Pros: good value for money, large portions

Cons: very standard cuisine common to area

lotustummy

Points +1174

Vegan
29 Dec 2018

Good food good price

Little Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant - lots of good noodle dishes - we enjoyed the peppery noodles and veggies meats noodles. The fried dumplings were great too. Mark your orders and pay before eating.

Pros: Lots of vegan options - lots of noodle choices , Good price. , Clean.

Cons: Small dish sizes - I recommend one dishe each

PabloAlessio

Points +242

Vegan
09 Dec 2018

Very good one

Big menu with many vegan options and nice place to eat.

AudreyAllard

Points +36

Vegan
24 Jun 2018

Amazing diversity of choice

I got noodles with fried steak, and it was pretty amazing for the price (2US$)... Never said it was healthy, but damn super crispy and delicious.

emzie1983

Points +678

Vegan
30 May 2018

Braised gluten xx

Small place with a huge menu of Khmer/Chinese food. Lots of variation on noodles, rice, soups, hot pot, some western food, with veg and mock meat.
Vegan food, or those with vegan options, are clearly labelled.
The braised gluten (we tried in soup, with steamed rice, and with fried noodles) was one of the nicest things we've ever eaten - even my omnivore boyfriend insisted we go back so he could eat more! Vegan dumplings are also good, thick pastry, more like a pasty (in a good way!!)
Most meals are 2-3 dollars, so you can afford to get some side dishes too ;)

Pros: Braised gluten, Huge selection with vegan marked on menu, Cheap

WorldMar

Points +147

Vegan
21 May 2018

You get what you expect

Nice place. Very long menu with many vegan options.
Portions can be small for small dish but fair in general.
$1,50-3,50 I would say.
Asian food (khmer, chinese mostly) and some western dishes like burgers and pizzas.
They do hotpot !
Dumpling soup is great.
Lots of fake meat for the one who like it.

Pros: cheap, good taste

Sazzlero

Points +174

Vegan
30 Apr 2018

Great vegan burger

English menu with many options. I had the vegan burger (tofu and fake meat), a sprite, passion fruit juice, and 1.5l bottle of water for 3.75$.




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