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Surn Yi Vegetarian Restaurant
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Vegetarian
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.
136 Reviews
First Review by raphalla
PANGOlin
Points +106
Delicious, simple, great value - Edit
This unassuming little restaurant/cafe has an extensive English language menu of delicious plant-based Asian & Western dishes. Would highly recommend the 'fried steak noodles'. Just write down your order with a whiteboard marker on the little laminated sheets provided. They are accommodating of special requests eg. No egg. Dishes are made fresh to order & portions are generous. If you're out & about in Phnom Penh definitely give this one a go!
Read morePros: Delicious food, Great value, Many vegan choices
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AirValen
Points +867
nice food - Edit
Nice and lovely food, nothing posh but tasty! The place is very basic, but don’t let that put you off, the food is tasty and delicious! Would definitely go back. Also all the vegan plates are marked, so easy to order!
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maren
Points +185
For lovers of fake meat - Edit
Really good food, but I guess I‘m just not that into mock meat.
Read moreEven though I really liked the mini Hot Pot
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MarissaHolden
Points +30
spoilt for choice! - Edit
Very fairly priced and so much to choose from! They had a 56 page menu - most of which could be made vegan 😊 The food was also super yummy!!! Will be back
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WayneLogue
Points +114
Great value with loads of vegan options - Edit
Just been to this place for the third time. Love that they have plenty to choose from. The vegan burger is one of the best I've had in Cambodia!
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SergeiChirgin
Points +59
a lot of vegan options, chip and tasty - Edit
We(me and 4 my friends) had here good and reach lunch. We tasted a lot of dishes, veg chiken,veg ham, sauseges,hot pot soups, tom yam, dumplings, frid rice. All was nice, price per dish ~1.5-3.5$. Per one person enough 4-5$ - its for few dishes. Staff was friendly, speak en. Cafe was very simple, khmer stile chip places. Menu have more than 120 position, i try to choose for long time. I like this place.
Read morePros: chip and tasty, a lot of vegan option, good location
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OyenRodriguez
Points +25
I always go here - Edit
Really good! Fried mushrooms, soups and veggie burgers are my favorite in this place.
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TrinaRowell
Points +104
amazing! - Edit
Best vegetable noodle soup I've ever had hands down. Only 1.5usd. I try to order local food and this paid off! Going back tomorrow!
Read morePros: lots of vegan options, price and quality, friendly staff
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SaurabhSupertrampJa
Points +35
great taste and cheap - Edit
good food and has vegan options too...just talk about vegan food ,though they clearly mention vegan marked food in the menu
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Mike Munsie
Points +3466
cheap tasty vego food - Edit
Called into Surn Yi Mei Shi Guan for a snack while out walking ... I had a tasty mushroom steak sandwich (US$2) ... Surn Yi is a basic Cambodian style cafe/restaurant serving both Cambodian and western style food ... the menu is extensive and will have something for most people vegan or vegetarian... the presentation of the food is basic however there is so many choices, it is tasty and it is not expensive
Read morePros: extensive menu ... something for everyone
Cons: not vegan
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natalia_dk
Points +19
cheap, nice for one time - Edit
menu is huge and confusing. a lot of unhealthy options, burgers, pizzas. we took set menu nr 77 - it was ok. also mushroom curry was good. burgers were ok. they give black tea for free. unexpensive. 1,50 dollars for curry, 1,50 set menu, 2,50 for burgers and french fries.
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Zambezikid
Points +440
Big menu - Edit
Lots of choices on the menu. Many burger set meal combo options, Khmer dishes, some Thai. But it is all rather complex to understnnd for the first time visitor, even with a photo - one still doesn't really know what one is ordering.
Read moreStill, it was very cheap and decent enough.
Great range of fruit drinks too.
Pros: Cheap, Central location, Good range of drinks
Cons: Difficult to understand the dishes
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zed_the_mad
Points +44
Delicious and very cheap! - Edit
Huge menu. Many dishes served with egg, but you can ask without it. Burgers are delicious. Prices are very cheap, even dishes with meat substitute cost less than the simple fried rice with vegetable you can find everywhere. Only street food stalls are cheaper.
Read moreStaff speaks very poor English.
Pros: Many options, Very tasty
Cons: Staff speaks very poor English
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ozstevo
Points +17
my new regular resturant - Edit
Mushroom steak buyers are really good and only $1.75 they do have egg in them though. Very extensive menu. Some of my favourite dishes are thick mushroom noodle soup, sizzling rice with corn and mushroom steak,Chinese nutrition soup and the classic meal.
Read morePros: good value
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animaxy
Points +49
I became a regular - Edit
Extensive menu of small veg/vegan items. tasty and friendly. didn't see the caged rabbit mentioned above. nice egg and fake meat burger. very cheap indeed. WiFi works. don't try and tip...they don't really get it (it's a local joint and locals don't top).
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MMills
Points +128
Average flavours - Edit
I had the mushroom curry and was a little disappointed by the amount of mushrooms (4) and veggies in what was really a soup. My partner had the noodles with curry which was about the same. Head to the other restaurant next door.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on Wednesday June 10, 2015
Pros: Friendly staff
Cons: Average meals, Uncomfortable chairs
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jre8995
Points +425
Great burger, not sure about the rest - Edit
As previous reviews have suggested the veggie burger is amazing (but does have egg)
Read moreThe deep fried drumstick was also good
The rest - mmmm, maybe best avoided
Pros: Amazing veggie burger
Cons: Other food so-so
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medus
Points +1040
Something is missing - Edit
The restauran is simple but nice in its own way. The menu is extensive, with a mixture of western and local dishes. Prices are moderate to cheap, and you get good portions. I wasn't very impressed with the taste, but it was OK for what I paid.
Read moreThe restaurant also has free wifi.
Pros: large menu, free wifi, inexpensive juices
Cons: some dishes too spicy, vegan dishes not marked on the menu
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stef*
Points +17
Yes it is vegetarian, but.. - Edit
In Cambodia it is nice to find some vegetarian food, that's why I would rate it OK.
Read moreYes it is vegetarian, but most of the dishes come with some "meat-replacement" stuff. In both of our two meals there was either some "vegetarian ham" or "vegetarian beef stripes" even the menu didn't mention it. I personally can't get my head around why one should be vegetarian, but still ask for the same taste as meat. If you like this, then it's your place, but on my point of view there are much better places around. (i.e. The Corn)
Cons: "meat-replacement" stuff
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Albania
Points +21
Caged Rabbit and Dog - Edit
I can confirm that there is a caged rabbit and dog in the restaurant. These are kept in the dining area in the back and didn't notice until my third visit.
Read moreThe food is average - I tried the curry fried rice and it was much too oily The mushroom veg steak hamburger was very good. The menu is fairly extensive with a range of khmer dishes - the focus seems to be on various noodle dishes.
Prices are very low between 1.50 to 3.00.
Staff have limited English.
Pros: Extensive menu, Very Cheap
Cons: Caged animals , Average food
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Nikki1801
Points +963
Interesting place - Edit
Visited July or August 2012 and ate here 2 or 3 times as we had real difficulty finding any of the other places mentioned in this part of the city (I think many are tucked down side alleys or shut parts of the week!?)
Read moreAnyway- this place we stumbled across by accident actually looking for somewhere else- there are two places here, so take your pick (the pins are correct). This one had pretty friendly staff, with a small restaurant that through the back door (which I assumed was the kitchen) leads onto a big indoor area with chill-out chairs, a movie screen and a strange gym area. All a bit odd but we liked it there, plus one guy who worked there was so friendly, we chatted for ages!
The food was alright, like a lot of veggie places in Asia you kind of take a gamble with whatever you order, just point at something and hope for the best! The chicken drumstick things (photo added) were good so we got those and fries one time. Another visit we got noodle asian dishes and were left a bit disappointed, so i ordered the drumsticks again to fill me up haha!
The friendly staff guy also had a hawker out front that had a little muffin making machine in it, where he made all these different flavoured muffins and they were really opular with the locals. We were veggie (not vegan) at the time so we bought 4, I think around 20p each, they had chocolate and various fillings, certainly worth a go if you're veggie.
The only thing that left me sad is they've got a pet rabbit there in a sh*t cage and he said they never let it out. I don't really understand why, but I guess Asians have a different mindset to animals, even in a veggie place. Hmm.
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iamere
Points +155
snacks galor - Edit
During our stay in Phnom Penh, we used this little restaurant as a back up, for when we were in the vicinity and needed a good fix.
Read moreThe first thing that struck me about this place was that it had some food I had never tried before. Some very nice vegan treats. There is a wide variety of mock this and mock that in all sorts of shapes and sizes and I really enjoyed trying different things on the menu.
One thing I tried on my first day was chicken drumsticks, which were delicious. It was mushroom on a herb stick, coated in tasty breadcrumbs and was totally scrumptious.
The restaurant itself is pretty nice too, with a couple of swings that you can sit on whilst you eat your meal.
The service... well, there was a time we ordered food and waited for 40mins only to find they had forgot, but we had other bits to keep us going. The staff speak hardly any English, so you need to be careful with what you order.
But the cost is very reasonable. We can eat plenty and fill our boots for around 10,000 Riel (us$2.5) but you can eat a little less and still be ok. It's a great lunch stop.
Pros: Good burgers, smily staff, lots of choice
Cons: a through way for students, non english speaking
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geckobranko
Points +166
Good veggie burgers! - Edit
Not the most stylisch place in town but they have good and cheap food. Also a huge menu and i realy loved the veggie burgers. My favorite in thown! Non smoking and no alcohol.
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simpsonyellow
Points +235
Hit and Miss - Edit
Easy enough to find on the Northern side of St 184 between Norodom Blvd and the Royal Palace, this place has a small indoor dining area and a larger outdoor covered one. Not a great deal of ambience, but OK for a basic feed.
Read moreThere's a massive menu here, but a surprising lack of variety - many of the soup and noodle dishes, for example, taste virtually identical. Ordering can be a little hit and miss as the English descriptions in the menu are occasionally misleading. A picture menu would help, but probably isn't practical considering the couple of hundred dishes available.
A lot of the dishes seem pretty random, the flavours generally aren't particularly well balanced, and there seems to be an overdependence on dried mushroom stalks. That said, there are some half decent dishes to be had. My favourites are the Golden Noodle Soup and Super Burger (not vegan). They also do a decent fried rice (though you'll have to tell them if you don't eat egg) and their sizzling dishes tend to be pretty good.
There's also a wide variety of shaved iced desserts and bubble teas (most of them very sweet) on offer.
With an average dish costing between 4000r and 6000r (US$1 - US$1.50), this place is cheap and cheerful, though there are better places to eat if you're only in PP for a brief trip.
Pros: Cheap, Huge menu
Cons: A lot of fairly poor dishes, No picture menu
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vegan_simon
Points +2775
cheap and cheerful - Edit
The waiter spoke basic English. I had fried potatoes and fried tofu for entree (the fried taro was unavailable unfortunately). Both were overcooked but OK. I had the sizzling noodles (includes vegetables and a bit of mock meat) hotplate, which was fine; plus an iced plum green tea (average quality). All up less than 3 US dollars.
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Merciless666
Points +195
me ones again... - Edit
Really nice place, though they almost got me with their noodle soup...i thought it must be meat, but had been a strange mushroom.
Read moreThe vegetarian steak is highly recommendable. tune in early as i got 'refused' at 8.20 pm allready. Not for late eaters like me :-)
Have fun!
Merciless526
ps: couldn't ad 5 cows last time, but they deserve it!!!
Pros: friendly staff, very much in the centre
Cons: closes early
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rach
Points +144
Interesting mushys but don't go out of your way... - Edit
This place was just ok. Most of the food was fried and the portions were on the small side. We had the vegie steak, stir-fried mushrooms and fried dumplings (selected these from the pictures out the front, although they also have an english menu). The mushrooms were interesting, so try them if you go to this place. The rest of the food was pretty average. The fried dumplings were small and didnt taste very fresh. The bubble tea was nice and for anyone who hasnt tried it I'd recommend trying it, here or elsewhere, at some point. The meal was ok priced, the 3 dishes and 2 bubble teas coming to 12,500r. This place wasn't great but but it wasnt bad either. [edited by staff - see tos]
Read morePros: Unique dishes, Interesting swing chairs, 100% veg
Cons: Too much fried food, small portions, lacks ambiance
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