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High-End Restaurants in Cambodia: Fine Dining Destinations for Food Lovers
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items After 17 years in Cambodia I’ve found the best places for an unforgettable meal. Tourists and food lovers alike should check out these fine dining restaurants.
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French & European Fine Dining
Asian & Khmer Inspirations
Contemporary Dining & Sky Experiences
French & European Fine Dining
If you’ve ever craved that Paris café vibe, from fancy date-night energy, to late morning brunches, here is a list that I enjoy going whenever I feel fancy.
This French-run wine bar has the easy charm of a Phnom Penh with brick walls, wooden beams, and a crowd that mixes locals and expats. The Bordeaux here isn’t just a drink, it's has a character that is part of the french vibes in Phnom Penh. Great pla...
Bouchon wine bar | Phnom Penh
This is classic French brasserie style, but with the polish of a five-star hotel of the Rosewood Hotel. The duck à l’orange here balances crispy skin with a sauce that’s equal parts sweet, citrusy, and rich. Dining at Brasserie Louis feels like slipp...
Brasserie Louis
Do Forni is Sofitel’s Italian outpost. The pizza Margherita is my favorite with its fresh basil, gooey mozzarella, blistered dough. It feels like an Italian grandmother decided to spoil you. It’s fancy enough for a hotel but casual enough that you’ll...
DO FORNI
Another french place to add to the list, this is the Sofitel hotel’s grand brasserie lives up to its French name with its high ceilings, polished floors, and a menu that swings from French to Khmer. Their foie gras terrine, rich and buttery, feels in...
LA COUPOLE
At Le Deli, simplicity wins. Their croissants are flaky enough to shower your shirt in crumbs, best paired with a dark, strong coffee. It’s not a full-blown dining experience, but the vibe is pure Raffles elegance in bite-sized form. Sidenote: The lo...
Le Deli Bistro Gourmet
This bistro nods to Phnom Penh’s French colonial past. The steak tartare, hand-chopped, perfectly seasoned, is the ultimate throwback. Eating here feels like stepping into a sepia photograph, only with better cocktails. I often come here for business...
Le Phnom 1929
Ox Club is modern European dining done with flair, and their beef tartare, topped with a delicate quail egg. All their food is beautiful, delicious, and presented with polish. The service is very high end, with the head of staff trained as a butler i...
Ox Club Restaurant
Asian & Khmer Inspirations
This group feels like comfort food dressed up for a night out. Over the years, these places have become a comfort and highlight for group gathering and dinner treats.
Khéma has become Phnom Penh’s favorite brunch place. This French café is beloved for its unlimited breakfast concept. Their eggs Benedict is perfectly poached eggs draped in hollandaise and smoked salmon. The coffee is strong, and the pastries are fr...
Khéma Restaurant Pasteur
Set in a colonial-style villa, this restaurant blends Khmer hospitality with French culinary techniques. The duck confit is crispy outside, meltingly tender inside, making it my favorite. There is many Khmer classics with a contemporary twist, and pr...
Villa 5 Contemporary Cuisine
This is where I usually take my mom every time she visits me. This elegant Khmer restaurant is best known for prahok ktis, a dip made with minced pork, coconut milk, and Cambodia’s iconic fermented fish paste. It’s hearty, slightly funky, and paired ...
Kravanh Restaurant
Mealea leans into heritage cooking, serving elaborate tasting menus once reserved for Cambodian royalty. Expect ornate presentation and flavors like lemongrass, galangal, and fresh river fish. Dining here is like being let in on palace secrets. It's ...
Mealea Restaurant
If you’re in the mood for something refined indoors, Canton8 at TheCommune in Toul Kork is the kind of place where dim sum turns into a full evening affair. The menu leans into Cantonese classics with a luxurious edge. The Peking Duck is the star her...
Canton8Cambodia
Contemporary Dining & Sky Experiences
These are the spots you take friends when you want Phnom Penh to impress with the city's skyline. As long as you are good with heights!
Located on the 37th floor of Vattanac Capital, Sora offers a two‑part experience: a refined indoor whisky library and an open-air sky deck. I love the panoramic city views while sipping Japanese‑inspired cocktails. The outside bar is a great place to...
Sora
This is one of the newer spots, a Peruvian‑inspired rooftop bar of Notovel in Phnom Penh. A go-to for sunset cocktails, particularly the zesty Pisco Sour, Above Eleven has delicious Peruvian and Japanese food. Trust me, it works.
Above Eleven Phnom Penh
On top of newly opened Soma Hotel Riverside, Bati Bar & Grill feels like one of those places you stumble into for sunset and end up staying all night. The view stretches over the Mekong, the grills send out that irresistible smoky aroma, and the ...
Bati Bar & Grill