Angkor Wat Restaurants

Mandalay Inn is a good place to stay and they have a restaurant attached to the hotel, which serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. The menu is cambodian and Burmese.
I relished the thought of being able to eat Burmese food in Siem Reap. Very friendly staff. They went out of the way to make sure that I had asian breakfast since I was not too keen on toast and eggs for breakfast in that hot climate. They prepared the typical noodle soup breakfast of the far east, very tasty.

Favorite Dish: Curried chicken or other meat with sprin onion.
There is a good selection of Burmese dishes as well as Cambodian dishes.

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I stopped at Forest Hut for lunch my second day in Siem Reap. It is a small restaurant just south east of the Route 6 bridge over the river. Most of the seating here is outdoors, except for the bar. I enjoyed stir fried vegetables and rice (US$2) along with dragonfruit and a can of Angkor Beer (US$1.20). There were a few other Westerners here as well, having fruit smoothies...

It is a nice place to eat and somewhat off the beaten path.

The temples at Angkor are spread over a huge area of some 400 square kilometres. There are only a few restaurants dotted around and these tend to be located in the main visiting areas. These include a row located near the entrance to the Bayon in Angkor Thom, a few near the entrance to Ta Prohm and a couple on the northern side of Srah Srang. They vary from small shacks to fairly up market tour party type places.

I came for lunch at one of the restaurants located overlooking the Srah Srang called the Khmer Culture Club Restaurant where I half expected to be served by Boy George! I had to wait ages to get served and to wait for the food to arrive as it was packed. Expect this if you visit during the main lunchtime period. It may be an idea, if your time is limited, to take food and drink with you and eat on the go.

I experienced a great Indian food once again outside of India. The owner of the restaurant Mahendran and his wife Geetha were so friendly and they are first to start the Indian Restaurant at Siem Reap 5 years ago. Eventhough I experienced other Indian places, I felt this Little Indian Restaurant tastes good.

Atleast have a try and I am sure you will eat everyday as long as your stay in Siem Reap

Favorite Dish: All most everything is good. But after a long day of walking the Angkor Wat temples at Siem Reap, I preferred to eat Thali. Its comparatviely cheaper to other Indain Restaurants in Siem Reap.

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The Khmer Village Restaurant is a cozy stop-over during your trip to the Angkor monuments for breakfast, lunch and some drinks. This restaurant serves nice local food, as well as rice and noodle dishes, plus soft drinks and beer.

It is popular, and many tourists were there for lunch when I was there in November 2009. The price is reasonable, and I find the food to be good and the atmosphere is relaxing. The location of this restaurant is across the road to Sras Srang (the royal bath, which is a big man-made lake), with the following contact details:

Khmer Village Restaurant
House N045 Group 3
Sras Srong Village
Tel: 012-390-583, 011-337-559

Fusion food consist of western & local khmers food & also bar/pub

Favorite Dish: SUprisingly good local dish of Amok fish & also Japanese prawn Tempura. We heard lotsa complains on western food thus we choose local food instead

The amok fish is the best so far, 2nd will be the AMok fish at Mandalay Inn

Around some of the major temples of Angkor you will find lots of food stalls or street restaurants, usually named "Restaurant No. 14" or so. These basically consist of a little concrete platform, some plastic chairs and numerous family members. The menues are all more or less alike, offering everything from beef to chicken. The prices are the same, too, so that it doesn't make a difference where you go. Next to the Bayon and the Terrace of Elephants, a row of more than 20 such restaurants awaits you. Members of the restaurant will address you as soon as you're nearer than 100m, and if you say no it doesn't stop them from trying again. If you give up eventually, you'll get some good food and can relax a little before climbing the temples again.
Btw, the restaurants aren't cheaper than those in Siem Reap. For a two person meal and two drinks you'll have to pay around 10$.

Favorite Dish: choose whatever you like - Cambodian food is tasty!

This restaurant is right opposite the Western causway of Angkor Wat so for a start its got a great view. Its an open air place so its well priced, with authentic Khmer food. Great for a quick lunch before you head to the temple.

Favorite Dish: Sour Fish soup. At the time of my visit I was suffering from influenza and a soup was just the ticket. The sour fish soup, which was the size of a large spa bath, was tasty and healthy. The fish pieces were huge and it had various herbs and citrus flavour. It was way to big to eat the whole thing so I suggest you get the small size. A blowl of rice is a nice complement to the soup.