Vegan-friendly
Ovo
Chinese
Taiwanese
Basic Taiwanese Chinese vegetarian restaurant. Has vegan options. Has mock meats, dumplings, soups, rice dishes. Little English spoken, but menu labels about half the items in English. Relocated from 40A St 143. Open Mon-Sun 7:00am-9:00pm.
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37, 143 St (at 248), Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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41 Reviews
First Review by kezia
StrabbyCrabby
Points +381
Chinese restaurant - Edit
They serve one of the best noodle soups I've ever tried in my life, and in huuuge bowls!
Read morePros: Big bowls, Yummy soup, Only 3-4 bucks!
Cons: Cold white light inside, not very cozy
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anothersun
Points +2259
Got egg at first, problems communicating - Edit
Yea. This was pretty much a struggle. Which was astonishing, considering we used Google Translate a lot. Staff often just looked at us confused, then completely ignored our orders or special needs. At first I got a Tom Yam soup with egg inside (I ordered no egg with GT). I sent it back and got a new one without egg - which was tasty. (But still....).
Read moreWe ordered deep-fried dumplings which I clarified to be vegan (I think they didn't understand but we were lucky). They were next level greasy.
Lastly we tried ordering a portion of plain rice for my friend - multiple times - with clear language - in GT. They just completely ignored the request, not denying or confirming properly. We spoke to 3 waitresses in total. In the end we got our rice (it was cold).
Very local place with some tasty options but not exactly vegan-friendly.
Updated from previous review on 2024-04-25
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MartinRätsep
Points +154
Weird mix of stuff - Edit
We ate here with friends and had fried Chinese noodles, fried rice, stir fried veggies and dumplings.
Read moreService was fast and rice was good. Thats about it. Inside was really hot. All portions seemed very similar. Our different foods all had the same mix of like 6 different kinds of mock meat and even the vegetable portion was mostly bok choy and mock meat. We only finished 2 out of 5 portions we ordered which were the chinese noodles. Mock meat was worst I have tasted this far.
Staff didn't greet us or really talk to us at all, even in their own language. Our server just stood there staring at us as we wondered about the menu which had little english. We ordered the food without egg but still got rice with egg. It was difficult to get the order right as the staff didn't seem to understand and didn't get anyone to help either. Took us talking to three people to get it solved.
Dumplings were full of mock meat.
Pros: Fast service , Vegetarian, Coffee
Cons: Communication , Food, Service
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Larissajosefiina
Points +607
Lot of mock meat - Edit
Only half of the menu was written in english so it was kind a hard to know what to order. I decided to order chinese fried noodles with mock meat. It was good in my opinion. There was a lot of mock meat in every portions but I already knew it.
Read moreMy friend ordered fried rice and make sure that there wasn’t egg. When her food came, it had egg in it. We tried to say about it to the staff but they didn’t seemed to understand. Their english wasn’t very good. Afterall we get a new portion without egg.
The place and it’s terracy is quite nice and the waitresses were smiling.
Pros: Fast service
Cons: Not easy to understand what the food includes, Serves egg, Lot of mock meat and lack of vegetables
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Angéline8888
Points +983
Great cheap food - Edit
The food is quite cheap there, delicious and I liked the fact they use different kind of vegan meat in their dishes. The service is also very fast
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LouiseWilton
Points +83
Yum - Edit
Had 2 lunches here during our stay in PP. Veggie fried rice was yum - nice and charred flavour. Also had the noodles, wonton noodle soup and spring rolls. Very heavy on the mock meat (not my favourite, but made the meals hearty). Average serving size. Will go back again
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DaneLittlefield
Points +30
Great Taiwanese Restaurant with lots of Vegan Options - Edit
Lots of Vegan Options and cheap
Read morePros: Lots of Vegan Options , Inexpensive
Cons: Serves Egg
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SanpopPoonsuwan
Points +75
Variety menu with mock meat - Edit
Fast service with variety of menu. Most of menu come with kock meat same like many vegtarian restaurants in south east asia like Thailand or Malaysia. If you are not a big fan of mock meat you might not like this shop. But they do have other choices of protien like tofu and mushroom too.
Read moreThe food taste is no bad but not so wow too. The place is clean and decent.
The price is about the average price of the food here in Phnompenh
Pros: Variety of Menu, Fast service, Clean
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stam
Points +2141
Giant bowls, come hungry! - Edit
I ordered the noodle soup with dumplings and requested no egg just to be sure. The bowl was gigantic. Dumplings were large, fried and stuffed with mock meat (unexpectedly pink!). There was a wide range of mock meat inside the soup (mushroom “brisket”, veggie ham, veggie fish balls and Chinese gluten). They used udon noodles and there was free iced jasmine tea. Service was friendly and very quick. Love the patio seating!
Read morePros: Lots of vegan options, Generous portions, Delicious food
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mhector513
Points +118
Vegan Friendly - Edit
It's a nice restaurant with a variety of options. I ordered the soup which came with tons of mock meats. It through me off for a second. The flavor was nice but it felt like a bowl of just meat substitutes.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-02-28
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MarcinTomaszUrbanow
Points +138
Solid food in fully vegetarian restaurant - Edit
Located near many guesthouses, it offers big selection of dishes. Mock meat options . Nice dumplings. Huge plus for sauces (lime&pepper). Indeed a bit pricey, but it is capitol, for sure cheaper street food options available, but mostly meat. Contrary to other reviews we both liked the mushrooms😄
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PatrikBird
Points +1559
don’t get the mushrooms - Edit
or don’t go at all. It’s not cheap (4-5$ pP) and some dishes don’t deserve even three stars (mushrooms).
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-01-07
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meejisu
Points +2290
Okay - Edit
Nothing special really…
Read moreJust appreciated that it’s vegetarian food…
There were plant proteins in fried vegetables.
Some missing translation on menu
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VegAroundtheWorld
Points +131
Lots of options - Edit
There’s a ton of vegetarian options including a big variety of mock meats. I enjoyed my noddle dish. The staff spoke limited English. The environment is so-so, nothing bad but not particularly nice. It’s close to the S21 Museum.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2022-12-16
Pros: Lots of options
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PabloGomezGracia
Points +40
Very nice food for a good price - Edit
We asked for some noodles with mushrooms and they were amazing. Veggie meat was really good.
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VeganSoapDude
Points +8476
Okay - Edit
Pretty basic veg food. Most things come with egg so ask to have it without. Food is okay if you're hungry and nearby
Read moreCons: Meh
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SandraDu
Points +93
Good, but not amazing - Edit
Me and my boyfriend had dinner at this place yesterday. He had noodle dumpling soup and I had fried chinese noodles, 3$ for each dish. It was alright, there was plenty of different mock meats in each dish, the flavour was ok, but the noodles were overcooked. The portions were quite big though. The place seems to be quite popular with locals😄
Read morePros: Big portions, Nice variety of mock meats, Reasonable prices for Phnom Penh
Cons: Overcooked rice noodles
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KatrienDanhieux
Points +252
Tasteless - Edit
Rather slow service and not so tasty dishes. We ordered dumplings, a tofu dish and spring rolls. The last ones where full of dough and little filling.
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AlixUnderwood
Points +29
Best mock meats! - Edit
I had a delicious soup packed with a variety of mock meats, some of which I'd never seen before. Might be the best mock meat I've had, second only to "impossible" beef. Also, great prices! My soup was $2.50. locals go here.
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Linda-scoutet
Points +108
Not good unfortunately - Edit
I did not like the food at all and cannot give one star although I would like to. All dishes are basically piles of fried mock meats, except for the soup hardly any vegetables can be found. The „tofu“ was pure gluten and added to the ball of saiten in my stomache. The fruit juices were from some kind of concentrate / Sirup... if you do go have the rice noodle soup! That was the only dish we liked - the rest is pretty bland.
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theendofallthatis
Points +26
Pretty disappointing experience. - Edit
The menu looked pretty cool. But the food was bland and disappointing.
Read moreCan‘t believe the 'restaurant' got so many good reviews 🤷♂️
Pros: Many options
Cons: Not very tasty, Gluten overkill
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Michael_Seraph
Points +254
Filling portions - Edit
The food tasted great, the mock meats were very interesting and the size of the meals were quite big.
Read moreHowever, the menu has no indication as to what is vegan or vegetarian. I talked to two waiters, but they didn't speak English. Furthermore, it could be cheaper, but it's still a fair price.
The Dumpling Noodle Soup I had was 3$ and vegan. I can recommend that.
Pros: English menu, Pleasant atmosphere, Free tea
Cons: No indication as to what is vegan, Not as cheap as other places in the city, No English spoken
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Felipestan
Points +167
Chinese vegetarian restaurant - Edit
Good and satisfying mock meats! Amd really big portion. Chinese food style
Read moreCons: No english staff
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MustardyMustard
Points +155
Nothing to get excited about - Edit
I tried the seaweed noodle soup with the mock meats and the mushroom fried rice.
Read moreForgot to ask for no egg so that was on me, but also the dish was super oily.
As for the soup, it was oddly sweet. But the whole dish just wasn't well put together.
Prices of many dishes have gone up since their renovation so most things are now 3 to 4 dollars.
Pros: Large portions
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BenBaumtomate
Points +519
Good - Edit
Traditional and local, friendly, mostly vegan. Inexpensive.
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LynnL
Points +90
Eh fake meats, but amazing mushrooms - Edit
We had the dumpling noodle soup and the fried Chinese noodles. Both were just ok. The broth was good. Both dishes came with a variety of fake meats. I usually enjoy fake meats, but I did not like any of them here. The exception is the mushrooms - they were SO delicious! If I were to come back, I would get the side dish that only has mushrooms, and some rice.
Read morePros: Amazing mushrooms, Cheap
Cons: Most dishes come with bad fake meat varieties
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vegatleticas
Points +392
Cheap and fast, Not too tasty - Edit
The staff were very helpful, the only menu printed in English was on the wall but they didn't make us feel out of place whilst we awkwardly attempted to order. The food was very simple, not too fresh, good for a quick bite before bed but, personally, we wouldn't return. We are, however, aware that this is mostly because we prefer to eat healthier foods. If this is not your priority and you are searching for a spot to eat as the locals do then don't overlook it.
Read morePros: Cheap, Authentic Spot
Cons: Lots of oil
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