19 Best Shopping in Cambodia

Providing new opportunities to victims of sex trafficking, this boutique sells men's and women's clothing and accessories, children's toys, and home decor items. There is also a lovely café and a spa.

For a unique souvenir, browse the interesting found-item crafts that the creative Australian owners of this shop put together. They take pieces of Cambodian design, such as old toys, signage, and patterned tiles, and turn them into one-of-a-kind pieces of art. They also make their own fabric prints, spinning them into shirts, shorts, and pillows. 

Espadrilles are the ultimate casual and comfortable summer footwear and the concept has been adopted at Amboh, where they create shoes with fun designs that combine trendy patterns with the country's signature krama (a multiuse checkered scarf). New collections are regularly released, meaning this is a place you can come back time and time again for a cool new pair.

After studying at the Paris School of Fine Arts and the Esmod School of Fashion Design, Romyda Keth made a name for herself abroad. Since returning to her native Cambodia, she opened her own fashion boutique in an old colonial villa and showcases her stylish women's fashion in the elegant venue.

Psar Thmei, popularly known as Central Market, is a 1930s art-deco-style structure in the center of the city that sells foodstuffs, household goods, fake antiques, and some silver and gold jewelry. You're expected to bargain—start off by offering half the named price and you'll probably end up paying about 70%. Take your time to find what you want, as the vendors can sometimes be a little pushy. It's busiest in the morning.

Run by a friendly Khmer-American couple, this thrift shop is a bit hard to find, down a tiny alleyway, but rewards the adventurous with a treasure trove of vintage threads. After you've discovered a new outfit, check out the secondhand shoes, bags, and books.

As well as presenting regular exhibitions of contemporary and classic-style Khmer art, Couleurs d'Asie sells beautifully crafted accessories and home style items made by local artists in sumptuous silks and other locally sourced materials. The store closes at 3 pm on Sunday.

Located down Street 240, a leafy thoroughfare close to the Royal Palace, this unassuming secondhand bookstore is one of the city's foremost purveyors of English-language tomes. There are books in a broad range of categories, from novels to cooking to home design, plus an excellent selection of Cambodian literature.

Trendy, playful, and eco-friendly accessories can be found here, next to the ultrapopular Friends restaurant. Check out the cool, locally crafted laptop cases made from recycled bicycle tires, handbags made from food packets, hardback books about Cambodia, Khmer cookbooks, and lots of other fun stuff—all for the worthy cause of helping street children achieve a better quality of life.

A boutique gallery selling creations inspired by Cambodian culture and made by local artisans, Le Lezard Bleu stocks items such as Khmer posters, sculptures, prints, and silks. 

This lively riverfront market attracts locals and tourists alike for basic clothing, traditional handmade souvenirs, accessories, and gift shopping until midnight. Several stands sell freshly made local dishes as well as drinks like sugarcane and bean juices, and there is a large sitting area covered in rattan mats.

Interesting, locally handcrafted jewelry, silks, home style items, stationery, and clothing are sold at this shop next to the Russian Market, and the proceeds go toward the Rajana Association, which trains local artisans.

Check out the old war-scrap necklaces and recycled spark-plug figurines.

The association also has one shop in Street 240 and other locations in Sihanoukville and Siem Reap.

A popular location for discovering some of the best bargains in town, the Psar Tuol Tom Pong, or Russian Market (it was named after the Russian diplomats who used to shop here in the 1980s), sells a huge variety of Cambodian handicrafts, local krama scarves, Khmer wood carvings, baskets, and much more. Located in a trendy district, there's plenty of options for dinner and drinks once you finish your shopping.

Choose from made-to-order clothing, jewelry, gifts, and home accessories from this interesting fair-trade establishment in the heart of Phnom Penh. They are serious about their silks, and source only the best materials, crafted with the age-old ikat Cambodian weaving technique.

This cute shop sells fine wines, cheeses, and meats from around the world. It also supplies imported dry goods and fresh veggies, as the name indicates.

It doesn't get more groovy than this record store, usually just called Space Four Zero. As well as vintage vinyl (including an impressive and rare collection of Cambodian prints from the '60s "Golden Era of Cambodian Pop"), they also sell limited edition artworks and concert posters.

Enter a world of humorous fantasy, quirky chic, and illustrative color at the jewelry workshop-store of French designer Christine Gauthier. Buttons, beads, wires, and feathers shine in her eccentric designs, some of which are hidden like treasures in a chest with hundreds of little drawers for you to peek through.

This is an organization worth supporting, producing attractive women's accessories, decorative objects, and knickknacks in silk, cotton, wood, and clay—all made on-site by people with physical disabilities. Watthan Artisans products can also be found at the great Colours of Life store behind the FCC.

It's more of a showroom than a shop, where Em Riem showcases his own works as well as inviting other fresh Cambodian artists to exhibit here—a must for design and art lovers and collectors.