26 June 2026

Best Italian Restaurants in Siem Reap: 8 Spots for Pizza and Pasta

Eight Italian restaurants in Siem Reap worth your time, from wood-fired pizza and homemade pasta to garden dinners. A curated pick from The Map Cambodia.

Siem Reap does Italian food better than most travelers expect. Between temple mornings and slow afternoons, the city has built a small but serious cluster of wood-fired pizzerias and pasta kitchens — some run by Italians, most baking from a proper oven. Here are eight we keep coming back to, from a garden dinner with homemade desserts to a no-frills slice after a long day.

Wood-fired Margherita pizza with basil pulled from a flaming oven in Siem Reap

1. Casa Meta

Casa Meta is the one to book when you want the meal to be the evening, not just dinner. The setting is a garden with a pool, hanging chairs and tables laid out under the trees — easy and unhurried. The food covers the classics well: a clean Margherita from the wood oven and a generous antipasti board of cured meats, cheese and fruit. What sets it apart is the dessert work — a French pastry chef handles the sweet course, including a neat lemon tart finished with meringue. A good choice for a relaxed, slightly special dinner.

Antipasti board, Margherita pizza and a lemon tart in the garden at Casa Meta, Siem Reap

2. Mamma Shop

Mamma Shop sits inside a striking room with a woven, vaulted ceiling and long communal tables. The kitchen makes its own pasta — you'll often see fresh orecchiette and tagliatelle — alongside a puffed, golden calzone and a thin Margherita. It feels homemade rather than polished, which is the point.

Vaulted woven ceiling dining room, calzone and fresh pasta at Mamma Shop, Siem Reap

3. Fellini

Fellini is the most design-led of the group: pale tones, a calm minimalist room, white tablecloths and glass tables. The menu is one of the strongest here — pizzas lean a little more creative, including one topped with grilled zucchini, peppers and a white base, and the antipasti platter is built to share, with cured meats, olives, mozzarella and pickles. A smart pick for a calmer, sit-down dinner.

Grilled vegetable pizza and shared antipasti platter at Fellini, a minimalist Italian restaurant in Siem Reap

4. Il Forno

Il Forno is busy for a reason. The room is small, green-and-white and usually full, with paper-mat tables and an open feel. Order the pizza topped with prosciutto, rocket and shaved parmesan, or the lasagna, plated simply and properly baked. It's casual, popular and reliably good — worth arriving a little early.

Prosciutto and rocket pizza beside a baked lasagna at Il Forno, Siem Reap

5. Cucina Pizza & Pasta

Cucina Pizza & Pasta leans into the trattoria look — red and green walls, white tablecloths, a wine barrel in the corner. As the name promises, it's strong on both halves of the menu: filled ravioli and gnocchi in a creamy mushroom sauce on the pasta side, plus pizza and prosciutto-topped focaccia. A solid all-rounder when your table can't agree between pizza and pasta.

Ravioli, mushroom gnocchi and a red-and-green trattoria interior at Cucina Pizza & Pasta, Siem Reap

6. Lost City Pizza

Lost City Pizza is the relaxed, characterful option — a lantern-lit storefront with a chalkboard menu and a real wood-fired oven throwing flames at the back. Pizzas come finished with a drizzle of olive oil, and a cold beer is an easy match. Good for a laid-back evening when you want atmosphere with your slice.

Lost City Pizza storefront, a wood-fired oven and an olive-oil-drizzled pizza in Siem Reap

7. Mr Ciao

Mr Ciao pairs a dim, bar-led room — globe lights, a green bar, candlelit tables — with straightforward Italian cooking. There's a hand-stretched pizza fresh from the oven and a fresh burrata laid over rocket and tomatoes. It works well for a dinner-plus-drinks evening rather than a quick bite.

Burrata salad and a fresh pizza in the candlelit, bar-led room at Mr Ciao, Siem Reap

8. Italian House by gio'

Italian House by gio' is the easygoing neighbourhood pizzeria, with a plant-framed terrace and another proper wood-fired oven. Expect honest plates: a greens-and-parmesan pizza, a simple caprese of tomato, mozzarella and basil, and a short, unfussy menu. A good casual stop without much ceremony.

Caprese salad, a greens-topped pizza and a wood-fired oven at Italian House by gio', Siem Reap

How to choose

If you want the full evening, go to Casa Meta or Mr Ciao. For the best casual pizza, Il Forno and Lost City Pizza are hard to beat. Craving proper pasta, head to Mamma Shop or Cucina. Fellini is the one for a quieter, more designed dinner, and Italian House by gio' is the reliable local default.

Opening hours and menus change, so check the latest details before you go. For a different kind of evening out, see our guide to romantic evenings in Siem Reap, or wind down the next day with our pick of the best spas in Siem Reap.

Explore more places we like on The Map Cambodia.