May's Kitchen

Top choice in The Southern Islands


A great local restaurant in the Mean Chey Guesthouse complex. May shops at the market each morning and bases her Khmer and Thai dishes on what's available, often including pepper-and-garlic pork and crab. To guarantee a meal, stop by in the morning to let May know what you fancy for dinner. Ask about cooking classes too.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

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1. Botum Sakor National Park

16.15 MILES

Occupying the 35km-wide peninsula northwest across the Gulf of Kompong Som from Sihanoukville, this is one of Cambodia's largest and most biodiverse…

2. Sok San Beach

21.07 MILES

On the west side of the island is Koh Rong's finest beach, a 7km, almost empty stretch of drop-dead-gorgeous white sand. Sok San village at the northern…

3. Long Set Beach

22.69 MILES

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4. Coconut Beach

22.83 MILES

At the easternmost point of the island, this jungle-clad, white-sand cove is roughly two hours from Koh Tuch on foot along the coast or 30 minutes by moto…

5. Koh Tuch Beach

23.04 MILES

The wide sweep of Koh Tuch Beach extends for about 1km northeast from Koh Tuch village pier and gets lovelier the further out you go. We do not recommend…

6. Police Beach

23.33 MILES

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7. Koh Kong Island

28.33 MILES

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8. Sunset Beach

29.1 MILES

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