Restaurants in Siem Reap

Ranked in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Asia three years running, Cuisine Wat Damnak is the clearest case for serious Cambodian cooking in Siem Reap. Chef Joannès Rivière applies French-trained precision to Cambodian ingredients and tradition — quieter and more technically focused than its local peers. Book it if the cooking itself is the point of your trip.

Malis is Siem Reap's most credible address for traditional Cambodian cooking, with three consecutive years on the Opinionated About Dining Top Restaurants in Asia list and a 4.3 Google rating across 1,336 reviews. Chef Luu Meng runs a composed, well-executed room that outperforms the city's tourist-facing competition. Book it for a sit-down meal — this is not a delivery situation.