Daughters of Cambodia Café
A Social-Enterprise Café Helping Women Exit the Sex Industry
Daughters of Cambodia Café — Quick Facts
- What is it?
- experience — A Social-Enterprise Café Helping Women Exit the Sex Industry
- Where?
- Phnom Penh , Cambodia
- Entry Fee
- No entry fee; mains roughly $4–8 USD
- Opening Hours
- Daily, typically 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes – 1.5 hours
- Best Time
- Late morning, for brunch
- Don't Miss
- Knowing your bill funds vocational training, daycare, counselling and medical care for women exiting the sex trade
What to See at Daughters of Cambodia
The Café
Sugar & Spice Garden Café serves espresso coffee, all-day brunch, soups, salads and sandwiches — all prepared and served by trainees and graduates of the Daughters of Cambodia programme. The chocolate fudge brownies are something of a minor local legend.
The Visitor Centre
The café sits above and alongside the Daughters of Cambodia Visitor Centre on Street 178, which also houses a boutique selling clothing and jewellery made by the women in the programme, and a spa offering massage and beauty treatments — both staffed the same way.
The Mission
Founded in 2007 by psychologist Ruth Elliott, Daughters of Cambodia now employs around 200 people across its businesses, with a reported 98% success rate helping participants permanently exit the sex industry. Spending here funds vocational training, daycare, counselling and medical care directly.
How to Get to Daughters of Cambodia
The visitor centre and café are on Street 178, in central Phnom Penh near the National Museum and riverside.
- On foot: Easily walkable from the riverside, Royal Palace, and National Museum
- Tuk-tuk: A short ride from anywhere in the city centre
Practical Tips
- Pair a coffee stop here with the boutique and spa upstairs for the fullest picture of the programme
- No pressure to buy — browsing the boutique is welcomed
- Cash and card both generally accepted
Nearby Attractions
- National Museum of Cambodia and Royal Palace & Silver Pagoda — both an easy walk away
- Friends the Restaurant — a similar social-enterprise dining option nearby on Street 13
Nearby Attractions in Phnom Penh
museum Royal Palace
Cambodia's Golden Royal Residence
museum Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
S-21 — Cambodia's Khmer Rouge History, Confronted Directly
memorial Choeung Ek Killing Fields
A Memorial to Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Victims
museum National Museum of Cambodia
The World's Finest Collection of Khmer Art
Useful Links
Practical Info
- Entry Fee
- No entry fee; mains roughly $4–8 USD
- Opening Hours
- Daily, typically 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes – 1.5 hours
- Best Time
- Late morning, for brunch