8 Best Restaurants In Kampot, Cambodia

Last Updated on 22nd September 2023

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Are you heading to the small city of Kampot in Cambodia and wondering where to eat? This list of the best restaurants in Kampot is for you!

I’ve mentioned before that Cambodia wasn’t my favourite place in the world, but we did in fact really enjoy our time in Kampot. There’s not really an awful lot to do there, but there are plenty of places to eat and drink in Kampot so we really took advantage of all the great restaurants and cafes while we were there.

If you’ve got a trip planned to Kampot any time soon, check out my ultimate guide on the best places to eat in Kampot!

1. Aroma House – best restaurants in Kampot

Aroma House was the first restaurant we visited in Kampot and it certainly set a precedent of the level of quality food we anticipated for the rest of our stay.

It’s a Middle Eastern/Mediterranean restaurant that serves a variety of kebabs, shawarmas and veggie dishes.

I opted for the loaded french fries chicken plate ($4 – £3.10). It was smothered in cheese and drizzled in garlic mayo and it was absolutely bloody scrumptious. If anything, there was a tad too much cheese for my liking, but apart from that, I wouldn’t hesitate to order it again or recommend it to you guys.

Matt ordered the chicken kebab shawarma ($4.50 – £3.47) which was wrapped up nicely so I couldn’t really get a great picture of it.

Matt’s a huge fan of kebabs, shawarmas and basically any meat wrapped in bread so he absolutely loved this!

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2. Mango Tree Restaurant

As you can tell from the picture above, I was just a tad hungry when we visited Mango Tree Restaurant and I ate my food before I got the chance to snap a picture of it!

Mango Tree Restaurant was the cheapest place we ate at in Kampot by far and while it wasn’t necessarily ground-breaking food, it was still a great place to eat breakfast and start the day.

I had the pancakes with lemon and sugar ($1.25 – 96p) which actually turned out to be lime. They weren’t quite as good as homemade pancakes but I was more than happy with them and the portion size was huge and for less than £1, I really can’t complain!

Matt had the rice pork dish ($1.50 – £1.16) which was relatively simple but it was so cheap and still tasty.

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3. Laundry Cafe Burger Bar – best places to eat in Kampot

On our second night in Kampot, we were really craving a hearty burger and we’d read great reviews about Laundry Cafe Burger Bar so we decided to give it a go ourselves.

We weren’t disappointed and even though I wouldn’t list it as the best burger I’d ever had, it was certainly delicious.

I had the BBQ chicken burger with fries ($4 – £3.08) and Matt had the bacon cheeseburger ($6.50 – £5). They were a little on the pricey side for what you get (particularly Matt’s), but we were happy to pay the price for a scrumptious and hearty burger to sate our appetites!

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4. Epic Arts Cafe

Epic Arts Cafe - places to eat in Kampot

As you’ll be able to tell from the pictures, we ate at Epic Arts Cafe multiple times as it turned out to be one of our very favourite (if not absolute favourite) places to eat in Kampot.

It’s also a cafe that prides itself on looking after people of all ages and abilities and most of the staff have a disability of some kind.

Many of the staff members are deaf so you’re given a piece of paper to check off the items you want to order which I thought was a great idea as it meant giving back to the local community who might not always be given the same opportunities as others.

We also spent a good few hours working in the cafe as it has a great digital nomad vibe as there’s free Wi-Fi and plenty of delicious treats to indulge in.

The first time we visited Epic Arts Cafe I ordered the BBQ chicken bacon panini ($4 – £3.08) served with a helping of grated carrot. The panini itself was yummy but I was most impressed by how tasty the grated carrot was. It was covered in some kind of dressing that made it taste so good!

Matt had the chicken mayo bagel ($4.75 – £3.66) which was also smothered in a substantial helping of grated carrot and various other salad. I’m not the biggest fan of copious amounts of salad so this was a little too much for my liking but Matt really enjoyed it.

The second time we went to Epic Arts Cafe, I went for yet another panini, only this time I had the tuna melt offering ($4 – £3.08). Despite my usual adoration of chicken and bacon concoctions, I think I actually preferred the tuna version of the panini.

I also had the lime and mint cooler ($1.75 – £1.35) which was so unbelievably refreshing and I could have quite happily drank litres of the stuff!

As we were working there for a good few hours, it seemed only right that we tucked into one of the fresh, homemade chocolate chip cookies at Epic Arts ($1.75 – £1.35). The staff even heated it up so it was all warm and gooey in the middle and if it was served with ice cream, this would have been absolutely divine.

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5. L’Osteria – best restaurants in Kampot

L’Osteria is one of the most expensive places to eat in Kampot (but still super cheap compared to Western prices!) but it was also one of the most highly recommended restaurants as well.

Despite my awful food photography skills making the lasagne ($5.50 – £4.20) look dreadful, it was actually one of the best lasagnes I’ve ever had. It was insanely cheesy and creamy so it might not be your cup of tea if you’re not a huge fan of cheese (usually I’m not either but this was simply scrumptious!). The only thing it was missing was my beloved garlic bread!

Matt ordered the margherita pizza ($6.50 – £4.98 for a large) which is unlike him as he usually goes for a meaty offering but most of the pizzas at L’Osteria were pretty expensive so the margherita was the best option!

It was so tasty and it really didn’t even need any toppings on; just a shit load of black pepper and it was divine!

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6. Cafe Malay – best places to eat in Kampot

Cafe Malay was another place to eat in Kampot that came very highly recommended to us.

Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of my dish of fried potatoes with onion and bacon ($2.75 – £2.11) because I was so hungry and also because it was absolutely heavenly. It’s just a simple dish so you could easily recreate it at home (which I very much intend to do when we’re eventually back in the UK), but one that’s so tasty regardless.

Matt had the Strammer Max dish ($3.25 – £2.49) which was sourdough toast, fried egg and a slice of ham. As you can see from the picture above, it looks less than appetising and unfortunately it was actually a little disappointing.

If you do pay a visit to Cafe Malay, definitely go for the fried potato dish!

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7. Simon’s Tandoori Indian Restaurant

Over the last 10+ months of travelling the world, I’ve fallen absolutely head over heels in love with all things Indian food.

I spent the first 21 years of my life absolutely detesting curries (or so I thought) but after eating some of the most delicious butter chicken, vindaloos, masalas and more in Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia and more, I’ve discovered a new-found culinary obsession.

Simon’s Tandoori Indian Restaurant was one of my favourite places to eat in Kampot and the butter chicken ($5.75 – £4.41), the chicken vindaloo ($5.75 – £4.41), fries ($2.50 – £1.92), garlic naan ($1.75 – £1.34) and rice ($1 – 77p) were so bloody good.

It’s obviously not the cheapest meal but curries very rarely are if you’re not actually in India! I still think this is worth the money and I’m currently drooling just remembering how good it was.

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8. Khmer Food Cafe

Khmer Food Cafe was the last place we ate in Kampot before heading back to Phnom Penh and while it was pretty tasty, I wouldn’t go out of my way to say it’s amazing, however, it is insanely cheap.

I had the fried noodle with chicken ($2 – £1.53) which I really wanted to be thin noodles but unfortunately, they were the chunky ones. I still enjoyed it but I probably wouldn’t order it again.

Matt’s dish of beef noodle soup ($2 – £1.53) on the other hand, went down an absolute treat with both of us. It’s such a heart-warming dish and we actually had noodle soup a fair few times in Cambodia.

This particular offering was a huge portion and definitely sated Matt’s appetite!

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Kampot was undoubtedly the best place in Cambodia for food in our opinion. There’s so much choice and variety and even though I didn’t enjoy Cambodia all that much, I’d probably go back to Kampot just for the food!

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