Going to First Starbucks in the centre of Phnom Penh, Cambodia on opening day

25 May, Starbucks opened its second shop at Aeon Mall Phnom Penh in Cambodia!

Hello, I’m Takumi offering information about internship and cultures in Cambodia. On the other day, I posted Krispy Kreme opened its first Cambodian shop in Phnom Penh. Today, Starbucks opened its second Cambodian shop at Aeon Mall Phnom Penh.

Then I visited the second shop today, opening day so I’ll report that in this article.

The second Cambodian Starbucks at Aeon Mall Phnom Penh is located here. In the Aeon Mall Phnom Penh, there are other coffee shops such as Costa Coffee, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, so Aeon Mall becomes a symbolic place that Phnom Penh is a hotspot for coffee shops.

Address: Lot E0014, G/F, Aeon Mall, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Opening hours: 07:00 – 22:00

The waiting time was about 45 minutes! Sometimes the staff distributed water for customers to care their health

At 18:33, I was lined up in the waiting queue extending to the outside of the store, and I got the coffee at 19:16. The wait time was about 45 minutes.
Cambodia is hot and humid. Worried about the physical condition of the customer, they were giving out water.

Also, things like manuals describing how to order were dealt out so that people who came to Starbucks for the first time on the day could order smoothly.

How much and taste of Cambodian Starbucks?

At this time, I ordered the tall size of Caramel Frappuccino. The price was 3.2USD including tax. Compared to the price of the tall size of Caramel Frappuccino in Japan, it is about 4.6USD* so Cambodian one is cheaper by about 30%.

*Beverage Menu/Caramel Frappuccino

Compared to the price of common drinks served at Starbucks in Japan, Tall size, Grande size, Venti size are served in Cambodia cheaper by 26%, 16%, 8% on average. Becoming bigger size, the price is getting closer to the one served in Japan.

There is the biggest gap in price for the Tall size of Vanilla Cream Frappuccino, the one is served in Cambodia cheaper by about 1.6USD, 36%.

On the other hand, there is the smallest gap in price for the Venti size of Cafe Americano. The gap is only 0.02USD, 0.4% so it is almost the same price as Japan.

And the Starbucks pricing is higher than the most famous local coffee shop chain, Brown Coffee by 5 ~ 10%.

The taste of Cambodian Starbucks was completely Starbucks.

There were original menus in food

I found some Cambodian original menus in food. I tried the one of the original menus “Fish Amok Panini”. The price was 4.1USD.

Amok is the Cambodian traditional food. It’s hard to explain but I think Amok is kind of steamed egg hotchpotch with fish. “Fish Amok Panini” was panini with Fish Amok put inside.

I guess you think that you don’t need to visit Starbucks in Cambodia but if there are local original menus, you might get wanting to go there.

Letting the sunshine inside and there were about 30 outlets

There were few tables good for laptop work but about many outlets were installed and I think there were totally 30 outlets. Of course, there was Free WiFi. (You can use WiFi only one hour)
The wall was covered with glass to incorporate outside light richly. Outside is a parking lot, so the view is not very good lol.

Summary

Tall, Grande, Venti drinks are served cheaper than Japan by 26%, 16%, 8% on average
There is the biggest gap in price for the Tall size of Vanilla Cream Frappuccino between Japan
There is the smallest gap in price for the Venti size of Cafe Americano between Japan
There are about 30 outlets and Free WiFi is installed but you can use WiFi only for one hour
The location is in front of the parking lot at the west side of Aeon Mall
There is a parking lot in front ot the shop, so the view is not good

Address: Lot E0014, G/F, Aeon Mall, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Opening hours: 07:00 – 22:00

Those who are staying in Phnom Penh right now or planning to visit Phnom Penh, Starbucks was just Starbucks but they offer Cambodian original menus so if you are interested, please visit there and give us your impression!
Visiting until 30 of this month, you might get a free upgrade coupon and you can order a Grande size drink as the price of Tall size.