My quest for great coffee continued in Siem Reap, Cambodia, though my hotels really came through and diminished my need to seek coffee outside.
Best Coffee In Siem Reap, Cambodia
One of my favorite parts of travel is finding the best coffee shop in each city. I look forward to doing it, and it has become one of my favorite traditions when on the road. Sometimes, though, I find the hotel coffee so satisfying that going out for coffee becomes a convenience tradeoff.
I spent my first night at the Raffles in Siem Reap and the coffee there was excellent:
I spent the next three nights at the Park Hyatt, and the coffee there was good too:
The Park Hyatt also has its own coffee shop, called The Glasshouse Deli Patisserie (reminiscent of a French sunroom), which offers (pricey!) but excellent coffee:
But I did find one place in town that was quite nice, called Sister Srey Cafe.
Sister Srey Cafe
9 Street of Religious Sangkat Old Market Bridge
Mongkol Borey (Siem Reap), 17253, Cambodia
+855 98 723 801
7:00 am – 6:00 pm (daily)
I showed up at Sister Srey Cafe, which has a large sign reminding us all that “life’s too short for bad coffee” very close to 6:00 pm and the coffee machine was already being cleaned…but I came back…and am glad I did.
Truth be told, all I want is good coffee, but Sister Srey is a “social enterprise” supporting students and landmine clearance (a chunk of profits are donated to APOPO, an association that runs a mine clearance program in Cambodian villages that remain mined from the Pol Pot era).
Coffee here
In addition to coffee, juices, milkshakes, tea, and food are available. Prices are half of what the Park Hyatt up the street charges and the coffee is better.
I also purchased a bag of coffee to take home.
The only downside? It’s hot inside…you may want to opt for ice coffee.
That said, the coffee scene in Siem Reap is impressive…there are all kinds of coffee shops in town and I cannot wait to explore more of them. For a former French colony, the coffee is excellent.
One of the benefits of traveling in the tropics is a good cup of coffee at dawn , before the muggy heat .
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Tang Muay on the riverside is my favourite.
I love the coffee culture in Vietnam (I think it bucks your “French coffee is bad” theory). Was Cambodia reminiscent of Vietnam? I didn’t drink coffee the last time I was in Cambodia, so I have no recollection. Admittedly, this looks to be more of a western-style third wave shop, but I’m sure you were able to get a feel for it walking around.
Browns coffee for the win!
5 dollars American for a coffee in Cambodia? It would want to be world class as that’s more than what I pay for a large coffee in Australia.
And it wasn’t. It was just fine. Thankfully you can get $1-3 coffee in town.