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Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries across Cambodia in the En Primeur Club guide.
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Cambodia
Selected entries from the current guide for Cambodia.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Le Royal at The Raffles sits at the intersection of French colonial heritage and Cambodian culinary identity, earning consistent La Liste recognition with 75 points in both 2025 and 2026. Set within one of Phnom Penh's most historically layered properties, it represents the city's most formal expression of French-Cambodian cuisine, drawing on regional provenance while operating within a tradition that predates Cambodia's modern restaurant scene.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Cuisine Wat Damnak has held a sustained position on the Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Asia list since 2023, placing it among the few fine-dining addresses in Siem Reap with consistent peer-reviewed recognition. Chef Joannès Rivière works within a Cambodian culinary framework, drawing on European training to shape tasting menus built around local ingredients and regional technique. For anyone eating seriously in Siem Reap, it is the clearest reference point the city has.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Malis brings Cambodian cooking to Siem Reap's dining circuit with the seriousness it deserves, ranked #150 in Asia by Opinionated About Dining in 2023 and holding a position in the top 409 as of 2025. Chef Luu Meng frames the menu around the country's agricultural and foraging traditions, placing produce and technique in a formal-restaurant context that has made this address a reference point for the cuisine regionally.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Pi Sa brings Sothea Seng’s ingredient-led Cambodian cooking to Phnom Penh’s French Quarter, close to the Old Market that supplies its produce. The appeal is not novelty for its own sake, but a capital-city expression of seasonal sourcing, Mekong fish, Khmer sour soups, and a room that places Cambodian materials inside a restored colonial shell.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
TOPAZ occupies a prominent position on Norodom Boulevard, one of Phnom Penh's most recognisable thoroughfares. The restaurant sits within the city's established fine-dining tier, where French technique and Cambodian context have shaped a durable dining culture distinct from the rest of Southeast Asia. Visitors planning ahead will find TOPAZ a useful reference point for understanding where the capital's premium restaurant scene has settled.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Aaraama Restaurant belongs to the quieter Wat Bo side of Siem Reap, where dining is shaped less by spectacle than by market proximity, temple-town rhythms, and the city’s long conversation between Khmer cooking and hotel-era polish. Treat it as a useful counterpoint to tasting-menu addresses and resort dining: a local-feeling stop for travelers who want Siem Reap’s ingredient culture without turning dinner into a production.
Sihanoukville, Cambodia
AHA places Sihanoukville dining in an island context rather than the city’s usual beach-road frame. The draw is not a documented awards trail or public price tier, but the way a Koh Krabey setting pushes the meal toward seafood, coastal produce, and a slower resort rhythm.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
AHA Umber sits in Siem Reap's evolving dining scene, where a new generation of restaurants is redefining what Cambodian hospitality looks like beyond the temple circuit. Located in Krong Siem Reap, the restaurant occupies a city that has shifted from a single-purpose heritage destination to a more layered food and travel destination in its own right.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Dining at Amansara in Siem Reap positions guests inside one of Southeast Asia's most architecturally significant properties, where the kitchen operates as an extension of the resort's broader commitment to Cambodian cultural rootedness. The format is intimate and resident-facing, placing it in a different tier from Siem Reap's standalone restaurants. A reference point for how luxury hotel dining in Cambodia has evolved.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Baitong sits in Siem Reap’s restaurant scene where market produce, rice, freshwater fish, herbs, and hotel-driven dining all compete for attention around Angkor tourism. With few public signals on awards, chef lineage, or pricing, it reads less as a trophy booking than as a local address to weigh against the city’s broader Cambodian and resort-restaurant options.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Bay Phsar belongs to the Siem Reap dining conversation that starts with markets, growers, freshwater fish and the daily movement of produce into town. With no public awards or chef billing attached, its interest is less about ceremony and more about how a Krong Siem Reap restaurant can sit close to Cambodia’s ingredient culture without turning the meal into theatre.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A pastry and baking school on Taphul Road in Siem Reap, Bayon Pastry School sits at the intersection of culinary education and Cambodian community development. Operating in a city where social enterprise dining has carved genuine institutional weight, it offers hands-on instruction grounded in local context rather than imported convention. For visitors, it represents a direct encounter with how Siem Reap is rebuilding its hospitality and food culture from the ground up.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Brasserie Louis belongs to Phnom Penh’s high-rise dining tier, where the city’s business core meets a brasserie format built for long service windows and mixed occasions. Its value is less about awards than positioning: a polished room in Vattanac Capital Tower, useful for travelers comparing central dining options across French-leaning, hotel, Japanese, patisserie, and steakhouse formats.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Cafe d'Angkor sits in Siem Reap’s hotel-dining orbit, where Cambodian produce, temple-route schedules, and international travel habits shape the meal as much as the kitchen. Treat it as part of the city’s broader conversation about accessible Khmer-influenced dining rather than as a chef-driven destination with public awards or a tasting-menu identity.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Café Monivong sits in Phnom Penh’s hotel-dining corridor, where all-day restaurants often act as a city’s soft landing: breakfast meetings, family meals, and low-friction international menus. Its appeal is less about chef theatre than about reliable pacing in a capital where Cambodian produce, French influence, and regional travel habits meet at the table.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
On Pokambor Avenue in Siem Reap's Svay Dangkum district, Chanrey Tree represents the quieter, more considered end of the city's dining scene, a Khmer-focused table where the cuisine's layered spice logic and fermented complexity are treated as the point, not the backdrop. For visitors moving beyond Pub Street's orbit, it sits alongside a small group of restaurants rethinking what Cambodian cooking looks like on a formal plate.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Chinese Restaurant sits inside Sokhalay Angkor Executive and Spa in Siem Reap, a city where hotel dining often runs parallel to temple tourism and Khmer-led destination restaurants. Its appeal is less about public accolades than format: a Chinese dining room placed within the resort corridor, useful for travelers comparing Angkor-era itineraries with a quieter, hotel-based meal.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Circle sits on River Road in Siem Reab, a useful address for understanding the city’s dining rhythm: close to the visitor circuit, but tied to the slower river corridor rather than the louder Pub Street axis. The sharper way to read it is through Siem Reap’s ingredient question, where Cambodian kitchens balance market produce, river fish traditions, tourism demand, and a growing appetite for more considered local dining.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
CUTS, a modern steakhouse and grill at Rosewood Phnom Penh, pairs dry-aged steaks and Chocolate Wagyu with skyline and waterfront views, an extensive wine list, and local sourcing.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Damnak Meas sits within Siem Reap's evolving dining scene, where Khmer culinary traditions are being revisited and reframed for a more considered audience. The restaurant draws visitors seeking a grounded alternative to the tourist-facing strip, placing local ingredients and pacing at the centre of the meal rather than spectacle.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Embassy sits at the corner of Street 05 in Svay Dankum Sangkat, Siem Reap, placing it within walking distance of the town's most active dining corridor. The address positions it inside a neighbourhood where Cambodian-ingredient-led cooking has become a genuine editorial conversation, with peers ranging from fine-dining tasting menus to produce-focused bistros. Practical details on hours and booking are best confirmed directly with the venue.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
HAVEN sits on Chocolate Road in Sala Kamreuk Sangkat, operating within Siem Reap's emerging tier of socially conscious dining spaces where the format of the meal carries as much weight as what arrives on the plate. The restaurant channels the city's broader shift toward training-led hospitality, where the service encounter is itself part of the offer. Visitors planning a meal here should account for both the food and the context surrounding it.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Il Forno sits on Street 09 in Siem Reap, bringing a European oven-fired cooking tradition into a city better known for Khmer kitchens and temple-district tourist fare. The name signals intent clearly: this is a restaurant built around heat, crust, and the particular discipline that wood or deck-oven cooking demands. For travelers moving between Cambodia's heritage dining scene and something categorically different, it occupies a distinct position on the local map.
Cambodia
Selected entries from the current guide for Cambodia.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Occupying a leading floors of the 39-story Vattanac Capital Tower, Rosewood Phnom Penh trades the colonial-era playbook for a vertical urban resort with 360-degree Mekong views, 175 rooms starting at 538 square feet, and a dining programme spanning French brasserie, Chinese cooking, and one of the city's most-discussed rooftop bars. Rates from $364 per night. Scored 91.5 points on the La Liste Top Hotels 2026 list.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A former royal guesthouse built in 1963 for King Norodom Sihanouk's visiting dignitaries, Amansara sits ten minutes from Angkor Wat with 24 suites spanning New Khmer architecture and a private Khmer Village House inside the archaeological complex. Recognised in La Liste Top Hotels 2026 (92.5pts) and Tatler Asia-Pacific Best Hotels 2025, it operates at the upper tier of Siem Reap's boutique luxury category, with rates from approximately USD 1,650 per night.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Open since 1932, Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor is the original luxury address in Siem Reap, sitting 8 kilometres from the Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. French Art Deco architecture, 131 rooms and suites across 15 acres of gardens, royal patronage from former King Norodom Sihanouk, and a 2026 La Liste Top Hotels score of 96.5 points place it at the summit of the city's colonial-heritage hotel tier.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Forty-five thatched-roof villas on stilts amid paddy fields and landscaped gardens, Zannier Phum Baitang translates to "green village" and earns the name. Rated 93 points on La Liste's Top Hotels 2026 and awarded Forbes 4-Star status in 2025, this French-designed property sits just outside central Siem Reap, placing it closer to the temple circuit than the espresso bars and fusion restaurants that now crowd the town centre.
Sihanoukville, Cambodia
A 40-villa private island resort off the south coast of Cambodia, Six Senses Krabey Island earned 90 points from La Liste Top Hotels (2026) and recognition from Star Wine List (2026). Starting from $910 per night, the property pairs Khmer-influenced dining across two distinct restaurants with a spa programme rooted in Cambodian healing traditions, reached by a 15-minute speedboat from the mainland.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Open since 1929, Raffles Hotel Le Royal is Phnom Penh's most historically significant address, scoring 93 points in the 2026 La Liste Top Hotels ranking. Its 208 rooms blend Khmer, Art Deco, and French colonial architecture around a courtyard pool, while Restaurant Le Royal holds exclusive rights to ancient Royal Khmer recipes gifted directly from the Royal Palace. The Elephant Bar runs one of the city's longest happy hours.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
In Siem Reap's tree-shaded Royal District, Shinta Mani Angkor and Bensley Collection Pool Villas occupies a distinct position in the city's luxury hotel tier: design-led, philanthropically grounded, and scored 91 points on the La Liste Top Hotels 2026 list. Bill Bensley's signature aesthetic runs throughout, from monochromatic courtyards to rooftop sky lounges, while the Shinta Mani School of Hospitality trains many of the staff from underprivileged backgrounds.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Built on the bones of the former Hotel de la Paix, the Park Hyatt Siem Reap occupies a central position on Sivutha Boulevard with 104 rooms and suites drawing on Khmer design and colonial-era detail. French and Cambodian dining, two pools, and a courtyard performance programme make it a self-contained property within easy walking distance of the Old Market and Pub Street, with Angkor Wat a short drive beyond.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Housed in the former French Governor's residence and recognised as both Country Winner for Luxury Heritage Hotel and Continent Winner for Luxury Cultural Hotel, FCC Angkor by Avani sits at a precise intersection: a historically significant address reimagined as a contemporary boutique property. Its 80 rooms, black-bottomed saltwater pool, modern-Cambodian restaurant, and position adjacent to the Royal Residence make it one of Siem Reap's more architecturally coherent choices for heritage-minded travellers.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Sala Lodges assembles eleven authentic Khmer houses, some more than fifty years old, transported from across the Cambodian countryside and rebuilt on a lush Siem Reap property within reach of the Angkor temple complex. A Regional Winner for Luxury Heritage Hotel and Country Winner for Luxury Boutique Hotel, the property sits at around $250 per night, pairing preserved vernacular architecture with quietly renovated interiors, an infinity pool, and an upscale Khmer restaurant.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Rates from $233 per night place it at the upper end of the capital's hotel market, with dining spanning Khmer-inflected local dishes, refined Chinese cuisine at Shang Palace, and rooftop cocktails at Altitude.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
On Wat Bo Road in Siem Reap's quieter residential quarter, Angkor Village Hotel occupies traditional Khmer-style wooden pavilions set within tropical gardens. The property positions itself at the intersection of cultural authenticity and modern comfort, drawing guests who want proximity to Angkor's temples without the noise of Pub Street. A tuk-tuk ride connects it to the city's main sites in minutes.
Kampong Seila, Cambodia
Shinta Mani Wild occupies a stretch of protected Cambodian jungle in Kampong Seila, where the design responds directly to the forest rather than imposing on it. Recognised by La Liste Top Hotels 2026 with 94.5 points and named to the Tatler Best Hotels Asia-Pacific 2025 list, it operates as a low-capacity wilderness property in a category that prizes remoteness and ecological integration over resort scale.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Positioned a short drive from the Angkor Archaeological Park, Anantara Angkor Resort occupies the upper tier of Siem Reap's luxury accommodation market, with suites ranging from 495 to over 2,500 square feet dressed in silk textiles, teak floors, and Khmer ceramic detail. Part of the Minor Hotels group, the property centres its offering on experiential programming, cooking classes, private temple dining, and dedicated Experience Butlers, alongside a saltwater pool modelled on an ancient royal bathing reservoir.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Anjali By Syphon holds a Michelin Selected distinction in Siem Reap's 2025 hotel guide, placing it among a small cohort of properties that Michelin's editors singled out for quality and character. Set along Korea-Cambodia Friendship Road in Svay Dangkum, it occupies the quieter residential fringe of the city, offering a retreat-oriented alternative to the more central luxury hotels clustered around Pub Street and the Old Market.
Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Arjuna Solitaire Hotel sits within the Kampong Dewa Resort compound on Otres Marina Road, a quieter stretch of Sihanoukville's coastline that has become a reference point for the city's calmer, design-conscious accommodation tier. The property holds Michelin Selected status in the 2025 Michelin Hotels guide, placing it among a curated set of Cambodian coastal properties recognised for character and standard rather than scale.
Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia
Selected by the Michelin Guide's 2025 hotel edit, Farmhouse Resort & Spa sits in Kampong Chhnang province, one of Cambodia's least-toured riverside corridors. The property occupies a design register that reads as rural and grounded rather than resort-polished, placing it in a distinct tier from the branded luxury hotels that dominate Siem Reap and Phnom Penh.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Heritage Suites Hotel occupies a restored colonial property on Wat Polanka Road in Siem Reap, placing guests within reach of Angkor's temple circuit while the architecture itself makes a quieter argument for how heritage buildings can absorb contemporary hospitality. The hotel sits in a tier of Siem Reap properties where design conviction and spatial restraint matter more than room count or brand affiliation.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A Country Winner for Luxury Art Boutique Hotel, Hotel Vellita sits on Sala Kamreuk Road in the heart of Siem Reap, positioning itself within the city's smaller, design-led accommodation tier.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Jaya House River Park Hotel holds a 92.5-point score from La Liste's 2026 Top Hotels ranking, placing it among a small tier of design-led properties in Siem Reap that operate outside the international chain model. Positioned on River Road, the property represents a local-materials, low-key approach to luxury that distinguishes it from the city's larger resort footprints.
Kep, Cambodia
A Michelin Selected property on Cambodia's Gulf coast, Knai Bang Chatt occupies a cluster of restored mid-century modernist villas at the edge of Kep's crab-fishing shoreline. The architecture, spare, horizontal, and in deliberate conversation with the water, places it in a different register from the resort-compound model that dominates coastal Southeast Asia. It remains one of the few internationally recognised addresses in a town that most travellers still treat as a day trip from Kampot.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
La Résidence d'Angkor, Siem Reap introduces refined boutique hospitality with private spa treatments, curated temple tours, and rooftop terrace dining. Accommodations include intimate suites and villa-style rooms with traditional Khmer accents, cool teak furnishings, and private courtyards. Guests enjoy signature experiences such as guided Angkor excursions with a private guide and evening Khmer cultural performances. The property emphasizes personalized service by the hospitality team, quiet garden settings, and seasonal Cambodian cuisine served with local produce and fragrant herbs. Expect calm evenings, attentive service, and easy access to Angkor Wat and Siem Reap's Old Market district for boutique shopping and lively evenings.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
A MICHELIN Selected boutique hotel occupying a restored colonial villa on Street 19 in Phnom Penh's riverside quarter. Pavilion sits in the city's design-led independent tier, where low key counts and architectural character define the offering rather than brand scale. The address places it within walking distance of the Royal Palace precinct and the dining and bar strip along the Tonle Sap riverfront.
Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Pearl Beach Resort & Spa holds the Country Winner award for Luxury Beach Resort in Cambodia, placing it at the upper tier of Sihanoukville's coastal hospitality options. Set on Pearl Beach in Preah Sihanouk province, the resort addresses a segment of the Gulf of Thailand coastline that has long been overshadowed by Thailand's better-known islands. For travellers tracking Cambodia's beach accommodation circuit, it represents a notable reference point.
Cambodia
Selected entries from the current guide for Cambodia.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Perched on the 37th floor of Vattanac Capital Tower, Sora is Phnom Penh's most decorated bar, ranked #65 in Asia's Best Bars 2025 and #141 in the Top 500 Bars globally. Open daily from 7am to 9pm, it occupies a tier above the city's standard rooftop offering, with award-level cocktail programming.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Elephant Bar is a Phnom Penh cocktail address with a rare piece of drink history: the Femme Fatale, mixed for Jacqueline Kennedy in 1967, remains the reference point. The modern programme stretches beyond nostalgia with house gin, an exclusive Sipsmith bottling, bottled Negroni, Cambodian-produce infusions, monthly themed menus, master classes, and daily happy hours.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Altitude is a rooftop bar in Phnom Penh, useful for readers comparing the city’s open-air drinking rooms rather than chasing a documented awards trail or chef-led narrative. Its appeal sits in the capital’s skyline format: a high-level setting, cocktail-first expectations, and a position among Phnom Penh’s growing hotel and terrace bar circuit.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Pool Bar fits Siem Reap’s hotel-bar rhythm: open-air, poolside, and built for the hours around temple touring rather than late-night cocktail theatre. Treat it as a relaxed drink stop in the city, with the strongest appeal for travellers comparing resort-style bars against more formal rooms such as Elephant Bar or Martini Lounge.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Set inside an old wooden house on Street 07 in Siem Reap, ASANA sits at the quieter, more atmospheric end of the city's bar scene. The setting does much of the editorial work: aged timber, open-air structure, and proximity to the temple district position it as the kind of bar that rewards slowing down. For visitors with a serious interest in where Cambodia's cocktail culture is heading, it belongs on the itinerary.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Bamboo Bar belongs to Siem Reab’s quieter drinking map, away from the loudest Pub Street shorthand and closer to the hotel-lined, temple-town rhythm around Wat Polanka Road.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Bayon Pool Bar sits in central Siem Reap at the junction of Oum Khun Street and Street 14, a poolside bar format suited to the city’s heat, temple-day rhythms, and hotel-led drinking culture.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Positioned along Pokambor Avenue beside the Royal Residence, FCC Angkor by Avani occupies one of Siem Reap's most historically freighted addresses. The bar program draws on a back bar assembled with the seriousness of a specialist spirits house, placing it in a different tier from the town's tourist-facing options. For visitors arriving after the temples, this is where the evening properly begins.
Cambodia
Selected entries from the current guide for Cambodia.
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