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 Traveller's Tales: Restaurants and eating places in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Look for the best places to eat in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. You may read about recommended restaurants and food. Find out about local food and local dining customs. Also, you might want to read our
Angkor / Siem Reap city guide,
and Phnom Penh city guide.
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| C Bachmann |
17 April 2005 |
Stayed at Raffles Hotel Le Royal - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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We had 2 weeks to spend which seems quite fitting to take in most of the highlights: 3nights PNP, car to Battambang, next morning boat trip to Angkor, 3 full days Angkor, flight to PNP and car via Kampot (overnight) and Bokor to Sihanoukville. It was a good experience to see smaller towns like Battambang and Kampot, which do not feature too many interesting things but give you some impression of "normal life" besides all the bars and internationalised restaurants in the more touristy places. The roads to both towns are sealed and in good condition. Be aware that during the dry season boats from Battambang take more than 7 hours (we even had to go by pickup for the first 1,5h - extremly dusty experience).
Take a taxi from the pier to SiemReap since the road is very bad. Angkor: If you know vaguely which temples you want to see, it is easy enough to hire a tuctuc (usually through your hotel) for the day (USD 12) and the driver will tell you which things to do first etc. Even during the hottest season I wouldnīt recommend taking a taxi since a) the difference in temperature can be quite dangerous and b) the tuktuks offers more direct contact to the environment. (Donīt be afraid: practically all roads around Angkor are sealed). Try "Khmer Kitchen" next to Old market for delicous and diversified Khmer food and donīt miss the Apsara Theatre. In Kampot the new "Long House" has a nice outward appearance (havenīt seen the rooms)- unfortunately the food is quite westernized. Bokor hill station is nice for the trip through the jungle and the spooky feeling at the remains of the hotel but donīt expect more than a fine half-day excursion.
We spent the last days at Sokha Beach which offers all you can expect from a new resort (=lacks a bit of atmosphere) and has a magnificent private beach and a good seafood restaurant. All other beaches we saw (though principally of the same quality) were rather dirty (plastic etc). Donīt miss Claudeīs crow-nest for dinner - excellent wines and wonderful seafood. In PNP, SiemReap and Sihanoukville free copies of restaurant/hotel guides are available: very useful and reliable!!
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| J Hopkins |
15 February 2005 |
Stayed at Cambodiana Hotel - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Phnom Penh is quite a zippy place. FCC for lunch and Khmer Surin for dinner were our favourite eating places. Killing Fields and, particularly, Tuol Sleng genocide museum are musts.
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| D Sun |
11 January 2005 |
Stayed at Pacific - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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T & Coffee across the road about 50 yards. Great Trung coffee and cakes and crossants. Most restaurants on Sisowath Blvd are good. Great Italian restaurants.
Be prepared to pay 5 USD for short return trips from your hotel from Monivong Blvd to Sisowath quay for example.
Bargain with taxis before getting in, fix dollar charges for trips, avoid motorbike pillion riding, unsafe. Be careful crossing roads, few traffic lights; if any, the Red lights not observed, Cambodians follow the chaotic french system of driving on the wrong side of road; hazardous unruly traffic.
Cambodians are gentle friendly people, do not let your cultural expectations color your views negatively. Poverty is rife, on the opposite spectrum, extreme wealth - both equally astonishing.
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| R Brouwer |
08 January 2005 |
Stayed at Phnom Penh Hotel - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Zen Japanese restaurant is great. FCC is good to hang around. Riverside area is okay. Good City Tour. Please don't take a boat going to Seam Reap!!! Better take a taxi.
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| B Beckord |
03 January 2005 |
Stayed at Phnom Penh Hotel - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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One of the more 'hip' cities in Asia. Try Herbie's Pizza for great food and make the effort to get to the Killing Fields.
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| J Masson (2nd call) |
26 October 2004 |
Stayed at Raffles Hotel Le Royal - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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PP is a very charming and quiet city (if you live in a busy town such as Bangkok) French restaurants are all over, I've tried le Taboo owned by a great and very friendly Cambodian guy, le Tricotin was very tasty too. Trendy places change very quick, just ask the locals.
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| A Matthews |
17 October 2004 |
Stayed at Raffles Hotel Le Royal - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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The newly reconstructed TaTa Restaurant by the Lake on the outskirts of town is well worth visiting.
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| J Avery |
24 September 2004 |
Stayed at Raffles Hotel Le Royal - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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GoldFish restaurant has excellent Khmer food on the river.
The Palace was well worth seeing though the national gallery was very average with little information on the exhibits and little information in English. This is unfortuante as many of the best pieces of Angkor are here.
Tuk Tuk and Moto is best for getting around and hiring a car/Moto for trips to the Killing Fields and S-21 is best and saves the hassle of continously haggling fees.
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| G Brown |
27 August 2004 |
Stayed at Raffles Hotel Le Royal - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Great little restaurant is Rega's, just near the Holiday International hotel, itself just near the French and British embassies. Enjoy a wonderful three course French meal for just US$5. The chocolate mousse is superb. And a great place for massage is Bliss on Street 240. The treatment rooms are in a stunningly renovated colonial building. Have a steam and plunge in their pool as well. And if you like organza, measure your windows and have curtains made here very cheaply at the Russian market. Organza is a buck fifty a metre and it costs about the same to ask a seamstress to sew curtains to your design.
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| S Dey |
08 August 2004 |
Stayed at Raffles Hotel Le Royal - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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We visiited Siem Reap and stayed at Angkor Village, a truly boutique hotel in the heart of Siem Reap. We used motorbike taxis to visit Angkor, this helped to avoid the hordes of tourists in their coach parties. Our motorbike taxis also acted as guides, although we did do a certain amount of reading before we visited the temples. I recommend the FCC in Siem Reap for drinks & dinner.
We took the fast boat (5hrs ) from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh. This boat leaves at 7am. It is a great way experience Cambodian river life and see beautiful scenery.
On arrival in Phnom Penh we found a driver who we used for 3 days, he spoke excellent English, and also acted as our guide, this was particulary useful when we visited the tragically harrowing Tuol Sleng museum and Cheung Ek (The Killing Fields). Recommended restaurants: Friends (restaurant run by street kids); FCC (Opposite the river); Bodhi Tree (opposite Tuol Sleng museum)- good veggie options.
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