Banlle is our number one. A 100% vegetarian kitchen in a wooden house, surrounded by the organic garden its vegetables come from, with most dishes between $2 and $4. Nothing else in Siem Reap combines that sourcing, that price and a 4.7 rating over 900+ reviews.
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Typical plate
Siem Reap is an easier city for vegetarians than its reputation suggests. Khmer cooking leans on vegetables, herbs and freshwater fish rather than on heavy meat dishes, and a decade of visitors asking for meat-free options has produced a genuine plant-based scene: kitchens that are entirely vegetarian, cafés where the vegan plate is the one worth ordering, and neighbourhood restaurants that will adapt half their menu without blinking. The gap is knowing which is which, because a restaurant listing itself as vegetarian in Cambodia may simply mean it can remove the chicken.
This ranking separates the three cases. We scored every candidate on rating weighted by review volume, then corrected the list against local knowledge, because the directory alone misses the institutions: Banlle carries a general restaurant label, Peace Cafe sits under cafés, and several genuinely excellent vegetarian kitchens have too few reviews to surface on volume alone. Fourteen places made the final list, split into fully vegetarian kitchens, vegetarian-friendly tables where the meat-free menu is a real menu, and the budget and neighbourhood options.
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See the best restaurants in Siem ReapNo meat on the premises. These six cook nothing else, which is why the vegetables get the attention they deserve.
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Not exclusively meat-free, but the vegetarian section is a real menu rather than a courtesy line. Order from it without hesitation.
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Smaller rooms, lower bills, fewer reviews. Where residents eat when they are not entertaining.
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Map of all 14 restaurants
Fully vegetarian kitchens
No meat on the premises. These six cook nothing else, which is why the vegetables get the attention they deserve.
| # | Restaurant | Type | Price | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Banlle Vegetarian Restaurant | 100% Vegetarian | $ | (900+) |
| 🥈 | Peace Cafe Vegetarian Restaurant | 100% Vegetarian | $$ | (1,000+) |
| 🥉 | The Source Cafe | Vegan & Gluten-free | $$ | (1,000+) |
| 4 | Kebab & Falafel Time Halal & Vegan Food & Cafe | Vegetarian | $ | (1,000+) |
| 5 | Angkor tacos | Mexican / Vegetarian | $ | (400+) |
| 6 | Ojas Vegan & Vegetarian Eatery | Vegan | $ | (200+) |
1Banlle Vegetarian RestaurantEditor's pick
blog.bestVegetarian.col_bestFor: Farm-to-table, own garden, $2-4 plates
2Peace Cafe Vegetarian RestaurantBest atmosphere
blog.bestVegetarian.col_bestFor: Garden, daily yoga, meditation hut
3The Source Cafe
blog.bestVegetarian.col_bestFor: Shakshuka, smoothie bowls, three diets one menu
4Kebab & Falafel Time Halal & Vegan Food & Cafe
blog.bestVegetarian.col_bestFor: Vegetarian dishes
5Angkor tacos
blog.bestVegetarian.col_bestFor: Vegetarian tacos, highest-rated of its kind
6Ojas Vegan & Vegetarian Eatery
blog.bestVegetarian.col_bestFor: Pure vegan kitchen, perfect rating
Vegetarian-friendly tables
Not exclusively meat-free, but the vegetarian section is a real menu rather than a courtesy line. Order from it without hesitation.
| # | Restaurant | Type | Price | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | New Leaf Eatery | Vegetarian-friendly | $$ | (1,000+) |
| 8 | Marum Restaurant | Vegetarian tapas | $$ | (1,500+) |
| 9 | Brother Bong Cafe | Vegetarian-friendly | $ | (1,000+) |
| 10 | Sister Srey Cafe | Vegan-friendly | $$ | (1,500+) |
| 11 | The Little Red Fox Espresso Cafe | Vegetarian-friendly | $$ | (1,000+) |
7New Leaf Eatery
blog.bestVegetarian.col_bestFor: Extensive veg menu, 20% of profits to education
8Marum Restaurant
blog.bestVegetarian.col_bestFor: Creative Khmer tapas with a full vegetarian range
9Brother Bong Cafe
blog.bestVegetarian.col_bestFor: Smoothie bowls, avocado toast, own roast
10Sister Srey Cafe
blog.bestVegetarian.col_bestFor: Riverside brunch, vegan salads and smoothies
11The Little Red Fox Espresso Cafe
blog.bestVegetarian.col_bestFor: Sourdough with avocado and chickpeas
Budget and neighbourhood options
Smaller rooms, lower bills, fewer reviews. Where residents eat when they are not entertaining.
| # | Restaurant | Type | Price | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | New Start Vegetarian Food | 100% Vegetarian | $ | (50+) |
| 13 | Cheerful House Vegetarian Restaurant | 100% Vegetarian | $ | (50+) |
| 14 | Best Mom Restaurant | Vegetarian-friendly | $ | (500+) |
12New Start Vegetarian Food
blog.bestVegetarian.col_bestFor: Neighbourhood vegetarian kitchen, perfect rating
13Cheerful House Vegetarian Restaurant
blog.bestVegetarian.col_bestFor: Simple, cheap, entirely meat-free
14Best Mom Restaurant
blog.bestVegetarian.col_bestFor: Khmer home cooking with a real veg section
Farm-to-table, taken literally
Two restaurants on this list grow the vegetables they serve. Banlle sits in the middle of an organic urban garden on Street 26, and guests can walk through the plot before eating from it. The distance between the soil and the plate is about twenty steps, which is a claim most farm-to-table restaurants anywhere would struggle to make.
Peace Cafe works the same instinct differently, using its garden as a setting rather than a supply chain, with a meditation hut and a yoga programme alongside the kitchen. Both charge Cambodian prices for the result: at Banlle most dishes land between $2 and $4, and a fresh juice is around $2, which undercuts almost every western-facing café in town. For anyone who associates plant-based eating with a premium, Siem Reap inverts the equation.
Where vegans eat, not just vegetarians
Vegetarian and vegan are not the same problem in Cambodia. Fish sauce and prahok, the fermented fish paste at the base of much Khmer cooking, turn up in dishes that look entirely plant-based, so a vegan needs a kitchen that understands the question. Ojas is the clearest answer, a pure vegan eatery holding a perfect rating across its reviews.
The Source Cafe handles vegan and gluten-free across the whole menu rather than in a corner of it, which makes it the easiest table for a group with three different diets. Kebab & Falafel Time runs halal and vegan side by side, and its falafel is the cheapest reliable vegan meal in the centre. Sister Srey and Brother Bong both flag vegan options clearly on the menu, which sounds minor until you have spent a week asking waiters about fish sauce.
Khmer vegetarian dishes worth knowing
Ordering well matters more than choosing the right restaurant. Amok, the country's signature dish, is usually made with fish but nearly every kitchen on this list prepares a tofu or vegetable version, and the coconut and kroeung curry paste carry it perfectly well. Kroeung itself, the lemongrass, galangal and turmeric base of Khmer cooking, is naturally plant-based.
Look for chha kdav, the Khmer stir-fry, and for num banh chok, the rice noodle dish eaten at breakfast, which comes with a green curry sauce that is often fish-free. Green mango salad, morning glory with garlic, and stuffed pumpkin round out a meal that never needed meat in the first place. Marum serves the most adventurous versions of these, in a tapas format designed for sharing across a table.
Eating vegetarian on a small budget
The cheapest vegetarian meals in Siem Reap are not in the tourist centre. New Start Vegetarian Food and Cheerful House both run entirely meat-free kitchens at neighbourhood prices, with perfect or near-perfect ratings from the residents who use them. Banlle stays under $4 a plate despite its reputation, and Kebab & Falafel Time delivers a full falafel plate for a similar figure.
Compare that with the $8 to $12 a western-facing café charges for a salad and the arithmetic makes itself. The trade is that these rooms are simple and their menus are short, which is generally a sign the kitchen cooks what it knows rather than what a tourist might order.
Vegetarian restaurants by area
Wat Bo and Street 26 hold the concentration: Banlle and Peace Cafe are a few minutes apart, both set back in gardens, both worth the short ride from the centre. Around the Old Market and Pub Street you have Sister Srey on the river, The Source Cafe and Kebab & Falafel Time in the streets behind, and Angkor Tacos for a vegetarian version of something other than Khmer food. Kandal Village adds The Little Red Fox, whose sourdough with avocado and chickpeas has been on the menu for a decade.
Taphul Village, west of the centre, is where Marum sits in its wooden house. If you are staying near Pub Street, everything on this list is within a five-minute tuk-tuk ride.
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How we ranked these 14 restaurants
Directory data
Ratings, addresses, opening hours and coordinates come from our own directory of more than 600 restaurants and bars in Siem Reap, refreshed from Google Places.
Weighted scoring
Each candidate was scored on its Google rating weighted by the logarithm of its review count, so a 5.0 across 30 reviews does not outrank a 4.7 across 900.
Local correction
The list was then corrected by hand. Several institutions are filed under general categories in the data and would never have surfaced on score alone.
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Open the directoryFrequently asked questions
Is it easy to eat vegetarian in Siem Reap?
Yes, easier than most visitors expect. Khmer cooking is built on vegetables, herbs and a lemongrass curry base that is naturally plant-based, and the city has at least six entirely vegetarian kitchens plus dozens of restaurants with real meat-free menus.
What is the best vegetarian restaurant in Siem Reap?
Banlle, on Street 26. It is 100% vegetarian, grows its own produce in the garden around the dining room, and keeps most dishes between $2 and $4 while holding a 4.7 rating over 900+ reviews.
Can vegans eat Khmer food?
With care. Fish sauce and prahok, a fermented fish paste, appear in many dishes that look plant-based. Ojas is fully vegan, and The Source Cafe, Kebab & Falafel Time, Sister Srey and Brother Bong all label vegan options clearly.
How much does a vegetarian meal cost in Siem Reap?
Between $2 and $4 at the neighbourhood kitchens like Banlle, New Start or Cheerful House. Western-facing cafés charge $8 to $12 for a salad, so the plant-based option is usually the cheapest good meal on the table.
Is amok available in a vegetarian version?
Almost everywhere. Amok is traditionally made with fish, but nearly every restaurant on this list prepares a tofu or vegetable version, and the coconut and kroeung base carries it perfectly well.
Which vegetarian restaurant has the best setting?
Peace Cafe, for the tropical garden, the meditation hut and the daily yoga. Banlle runs it close, with a dining room set inside its own vegetable garden.
Are there gluten-free options too?
The Source Cafe handles gluten-free alongside vegan and vegetarian across its whole menu, which makes it the simplest choice for a table with several dietary requirements.
Where do expats go for vegetarian food?
Banlle and Peace Cafe for a full meal, New Leaf and Sister Srey for lunch, and The Little Red Fox or Brother Bong for breakfast. All of them sit on residents' regular rotation rather than the tourist circuit.
Do I need to book?
Rarely. Banlle and Peace Cafe fill up between November and February, so arriving before 7 PM helps, but most of the kitchens on this list take walk-ins all year.
Is vegetarian food safe for a sensitive stomach here?
The restaurants on this list all hold high ratings across hundreds of reviews, which is the most reliable proxy available. Stick to busy kitchens, and prefer cooked dishes to raw salads during the hot season.