Old Town café hop: Walking the numbered streets
An Old Town café hop connects Kampot's numbered streets and riverside on foot. Choose a few coffee stops, with optional sights rather than eight compulsory visits.
Best for: Morning and early afternoon, on foot
The core coffee stops
Brown Coffee is listed at No. 07, Street 735 corner Street 726. Use the corner as a starting landmark, not a surveyed doorway pin. Counter hours are not confirmed in the listing.
Epic Arts Café is on Street 730. The social enterprise employs people with disabilities and serves breakfast, coffee and cakes. Check the listing for published hours before making it your first stop.
Kampot Pie and Ice Cream Palace is on Street 720 by the river, separate from the night-market stalls. It is a pie and ice cream stop; current opening hours are not confirmed in the listing.
Dusk Cafe Kampot has a listed daily schedule of 6am to 8:30pm. Treat that as published information, not a guarantee: holiday hours can differ.
Café Malay / The Garden Café is one place on Street 726, not two separate stops. A weekly schedule is not confirmed in the listing.
An optional riverside meal
Artisans by Atelier Kampot is on Street 735. The directory describes a riverside grill and fusion restaurant, not a craft café. Keep it as an optional sit-down meal rather than a promised coffee stop.
Sights within the walking area
Kampot Museum is south of the main market streets. Published opening hours and ticket prices are not available in the listing, so check the door rather than counting on an interior visit.
Sras Chhuk, the lotus pond, is inside the old town. Flowers depend on the season; you may see leaves rather than blooms. Visit in daylight and do not expect a café at the pond.
Keep the walking day local
Cafe Espresso, listed at 17 National Road 33, sits east of the old-town grid. Leave it off this compact walking route rather than treating it as the next café around the corner.
Eight listed stops are a shortlist, not eight cafés or a requirement to visit every door. Keep the place pages open on your phone, check hours before crossing town, and have a nearby alternative if a shutter is down.
Optional meal breaks in the old town
Simple Things, at 54 Street 724, is a vegetarian and vegan meal option if you want more than coffee between the trail's stops.
Aroma House, at 33 Street 722, offers hummus, shawarma and house-made bread for a sit-down lunch or dinner after the walk.
These are optional meal alternatives within the grid, not extra numbered stops. Check the actual walking route and current service hours before setting off. This editorial shortlist is not a paid-placement ranking.
Questions
- Can you walk the Kampot old-town cafe hop?
- Yes. The hop stays on the numbered streets. Cafe Espresso at 17 National Road 33 is a short ride east, not a stop between two old-town cups.
- What hours does Epic Arts Café publish?
- The listing publishes about 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM and describes breakfast, coffee, and cakes. Confirm the clock the morning you go.
- Are the eight cafe-hop stops a required circuit?
- No. Eight stops is a menu, not a promise to sit at every one. Leave a nearby alternative if a shutter is down.
- Is the lotus pond a cafe stop?
- Sras Chhuk is inside the grid. October can be pads rather than flowers, and no ticket was published. There is no café on the water.
Stops on this trail
Stop 1 · Riverside
Brown Coffee
Brown’s Kampot branch at the corner of Street 735 and 726, for coffee, pastry and chocolate.
Hours, map and contactStop 2 · Old Town
Epic Arts Café
Garden cafe run as a social enterprise that employs people with disabilities. Breakfast through late afternoon.
Hours, map and contactStop 3 · Riverside
Artisans by Atelier Kampot
Riverside grill and fusion kitchen on Street 735, still marked open in October 2026.
Hours, map and contactStop 4 · Riverside
Kampot Pie & Ice Cream Palace
Pie and ice cream room on Street 720, with a river terrace. On the 2026 editorial map of town.
Hours, map and contactStop 5 · Old Town
Dusk Cafe Kampot
Cafe in Kampot, open daily from 6:00 AM to 8:30 PM.
Hours, map and contactStop 6 · Old Town
Café Malay
Garden café on Street 726, also listed as Café Malay. October 2026 Tripadvisor had it open at 4.5 from 151 reviews.
Hours, map and contactStop 7 · Old Town
Kampot museum
The museum building mapped in the old town. Opening hours were not published in the October 2026 sources, so check the door.
Hours, map and contactStop 8 · Old Town
Sras Chhuk lotus pond
The lotus pond mapped inside the old town. Flowers depend on the season. It is a local spot, not a restaurant.
Hours, map and contact

