Siem Reap · Cambodia

Best Coffee in Siem Reap

Every coffee shop below was visited in person and scored out of 100 on the same americano. Sorted by score, not by who paid.

Cafés tested: 3
Last visit: September 2026
Price range: $1.75 – $2.00

Looking for the best coffee in Siem Reap? Every café on this page has been visited anonymously, and scored out of 100 on the same five criteria.

The same americano is ordered everywhere, which is what makes these numbers comparable from one address to the next.

Specialty roasters, riverside cafés and quiet places to work are all scored on the same scale — the score decides the order, nothing else.

Prices and opening hours are checked once a year, and each entry carries the date it was last visited.

Where they are

Every café tested, on the map. The number in the marker is its score

80 and above
60 to 79
Below 60

Most of the cafés on this page sit in four areas: Old Market and Riverside for the busiest, Wat Bo across the river for the quieter ones, Kandal Village for the small independents, and Wat Damnak further south.

The map above carries every café tested, with its score in the marker. Green is 80 and above, amber 60 to 79, red below 60.

The ranking

Every café tested in Siem Reap, best first. Entries marked not yet visited have not been tasted yet

#	Café	Area	Americano	Visited	Score
01	The Source Café	Taphul Street	$1.75	September 2026	81
02	Amun Bar & Restaurant	Central Market	$2.00	August 2026	68
03	¡Viva! Fine Mexican and Khmer Cuisine	Old Market	$1.75	September 2026	63
—	Brolaom Coffee	Wat Bo	—	Not yet visited	—
—	Brother Bong Cafe	Wat Bo	—	Not yet visited	—
—	Feel Good Coffee Roaster	Wat Bo	—	Not yet visited	—
—	New Leaf Eatery	Old Market	—	Not yet visited	—
—	Sister Srey Cafe	Old Market / Riverside	—	Not yet visited	—
—	The Bean Embassy Roastery	Wat Damnak	—	Not yet visited	—
—	The Glasshouse	Sivutha Boulevard	—	Not yet visited	—
—	The Little Red Fox Espresso	Kandal Village	—	Not yet visited	—

What the coffee scene in Siem Reap actually looks like

Siem Reap has more cafés per visitor than almost any town its size, and the reason is simple: the temples empty out by mid-morning, and everybody needs somewhere to sit afterwards. That has produced two very different kinds of place, often on the same street.

On one side, small roasters working with Cambodian beans, usually run by one or two people, often serving twenty covers at a time. On the other, air-conditioned rooms built for tourists, where the coffee is an afterthought behind the smoothie menu and the mango sticky rice.

Neither gets a discount for intention.

Affordable coffee, and what price actually buys

Price is worth fifteen of the hundred points, and it is scored against what is in the cup rather than against the cheapest cup in town. An americano at $1.25 that tastes burnt loses more than one at $3.50 that does not.

Some of the best coffee in the city is also among the cheapest.

Specialty coffee, and what the word actually promises

Several cafés in Siem Reap describe themselves as specialty roasters. The term has a technical meaning — beans scored above 80 by a certified taster, with a traceable origin — and this guide reports the claim where a café makes it, without certifying it.

What gets measured here is narrower and more useful to a visitor: what ends up in the cup. A roaster with an excellent single origin and a badly calibrated grinder will score below a small place that measures its ratio.

The reputation of a café is not part of the score

Siem Reap has cafés with real standing in the trade. The Bean Embassy is described by Barista Magazine as home to Cambodia's barista champion, and several others are long-established names in the city. Most of them are still on the list above, waiting to be visited.

That standing will not add a point when their turn comes. A barista champion still has to pull a good americano on the day of the visit, at the hour of the visit, without knowing anyone is watching. That is the only thing measured here, and it is measured the same way everywhere.

Cafés for working, and cafés for sitting

Two of the five criteria — seating comfort and atmosphere — cover thirty of the hundred points, and they separate these cafés faster than the coffee does.

A room can serve a good americano and still be exhausting after twenty minutes: hard chairs, a speaker directly overhead, staff clearing the table while you are still drinking. Those things are in the score, and they are argued in writing on every scorecard.

Three cafés that have closed

Three addresses still recommended by older guides no longer exist. Upstairs Cafe on Wat Bo Road and The Hive on Central Market Street are both permanently closed. La Boulangerie Cafe, listed on Street 7 in a 2013 guide, has left no trace on current maps.

They are mentioned here because most of the coffee lists covering Siem Reap were written between 2014 and 2017 and have not been checked since. This one is.

FAQ

What are the best coffee shops in Siem Reap?

The ranking above answers that, and it is sorted by score rather than by preference. Every café was visited in person and scored out of 100 on the same americano, so the order reflects one measurement applied identically everywhere.

What makes each café worth visiting?

Each entry links to a full scorecard explaining where its points came from and where they were lost. A café can score well on the coffee and badly on the room, and the written verdict says so.

Where are these coffee shops located?

Old Market, Riverside, Wat Bo, Kandal Village and Wat Damnak, for the most part. The map shows each one with its score.

Are there specialty drinks or signature offerings?

Very likely, and none of them are scored here. Every visit orders the same americano, because comparing a flat white in one café with a pour-over in another produces a ranking that means nothing.

Which cafés are recommended by locals?

This guide does not aggregate other people's opinions. The scores come from visits paid for like any other customer, which is a different thing — and the whole reason the numbers can be compared.