The Big Easy
Guests at the bar counter while staff in Big Easy shirts serve, The Big Easy Phnom Penh.
#6 of 66 Bars & Pubs in Phnom Penh, Tripadvisor

Phnom Penh Bar & Kitchen

A bar, a kitchen, and the room the hostel happens to sit above. Open to anyone — you don't need to be a guest.

No. 4, Street 172, Daun Penh, Phnom Penh
The room

Built so you choose your own night

  • Screens mounted high for people who want the match
  • Tables deliberately away from the screens for people who don't
  • Booths for groups
  • Street-facing high tables looking onto Street 172
  • Music plays most of the evening
  • Commentary only for matches that earn it — Premier League usually on but silent, other games by request
  • A pool table in the middle of the room, winner stays on, your name on the board
Guests watching football at the bar downstairs, The Big Easy Phnom Penh.The Big Easy Phnom Penh bar exterior at night.A group of guests raising drinks in one of the booths downstairs, The Big Easy Phnom Penh.The bar room seen from the mezzanine, long tables full, The Big Easy Phnom Penh.
Bar, European, British, Pub — Tripadvisor

The food

Western comfort food and Khmer classics, cooked properly, priced for backpackers, in a room locals and expats eat in too.

A burger served at Bar & Kitchen, The Big Easy Phnom Penh.Loaded fries served at Bar & Kitchen, The Big Easy Phnom Penh.Chicken parmigiana and a beer at Bar & Kitchen, The Big Easy Phnom Penh.Bangers and mash with green beans, carrots and gravy at The Big Easy Phnom Penh.

Prices in US dollars, checked September 2026. Kitchen open 7am to 10.30pm, every day.

Open 7am to late

The bar

12pm – 8pm
Draft beer $1.25
4pm – 8pm
$2 house vodka, gin, rum or whiskey and mixer, or $2 house red or white wine glass
8pm – 10pm
2-4-1 cocktails
Happy hours, every day

Hours

Kitchen 7am – 10.30pm, every day
Bar 7am until late, around midnight
Happy hours 12pm – 10pm, every day
Breakfast Served all day

Walk-ins welcome. You do not need to be staying at the hostel to eat or drink here.

Pool

The table sits centre of the room, well kept. Winner stays on. Put your name on the board — Monday is Killer Pool, a house tournament open to anyone in the room.

A game of pool at the street-side table, The Big Easy Phnom Penh, with the Big Easy mural behind.

Sport

Premier League is usually on, screens up, sound off unless the match earns it. Other sport shown by request — ask the bar. Commentary stays off by default so it doesn't drown out the room.

Live music at the bar, The Big Easy Phnom Penh.

What's on this week

Monday Killer pool, 8pm — $1 entry, cash prizes
Tuesday Regular night — pool, board games, music, sport if there is something on
Wednesday Regular night — pool, board games, music, sport if there is something on
Thursday Regular night — pool, board games, music, sport if there is something on
Friday Live music from 8pm
Saturday Live Premier League football, depending on the UK fixture list
Sunday Local chess meetup, 4pm — all welcome. Live Premier League football, depending on the UK fixture list

Finding us

National Museum of Cambodia 2 min walk (250m)
Sisowath Quay riverside 4 min walk (300m)
Walk Street 4 min walk (300m)
Royal Palace / Silver Pagoda 8 min walk (500m)
Night Market 10 min walk (850m)
Central Market 14 min walk (1km)
Wat Phnom 16 min walk (1.2km)
Independence Monument 19 min walk (1.4km)
Tuol Sleng (S-21) Tuk-tuk 10 min (3km)
Russian Market Tuk-tuk 20 min (5.5km)
Choeung Ek Killing Fields Tuk-tuk 30 min+ (12km)
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No. 4, Street 172, Daun Penh, Phnom Penh

Come for dinner, stay for the night

There's a hostel upstairs, if the evening runs long.

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