Where and what to Eat during Cambodia Luxury Tour

Most visitors travel to Cambodia for the iconic emblem of the country, Angkor Wat, and this has not changed much in the last 30 years of tourism in the country. However, this unique nation in Southeast Asia’s Indochina is changing fast, with Phnom Penh’s new skyline rising in the ranks, luxury resorts generating a buzz about the beaches of Sihanoukville, restoration projects in Battambang and Kampot bring in tourists by the droves for the last vestiges of Cambodia’s colonial-era past, and remote scenic wildlife areas such as Mondulkiri and Ko Kong drawing people to the latest off-the-beaten-track locations in this rising tourist boom in Cambodia. And nothing is growing faster in terms of tourist interest than the unique foods of the former Khmer Empire. If you are looking for a luxurious tour in a beautiful country with the most delicious cuisine, then you cannot go far wrong with Cambodia today.

Luxury restaurants in Siem Reap

Damnak Lounge Fine Dining

Address: Street 06, Krous Village, Sangkat Svay Dang Thom, 17252, Cambodia

Phone: +855 63 965 557

Hours: Monday to Sunday, 6:00pm to 10:00pm

Damnak Lounge Fine Dining

Considered to be the best fine dining restaurant in Cambodia, the Damnak Lounge offers a menu based on Khmer cuisine and spices using the best French cooking techniques. The menu at the Damnak Lounge is the chef’s own modern take on traditional Khmer cuisine, using local ingredients and all dishes are made fresh to order to preserve the unique flavors of the Khmer spices. Dishes centered around Khmer cuisine include the pork purse, a tender cut of pork wrapped in wonton and fried with a light curry sauce; the restaurant’s own Makok salad, made with fresh makok fruit and served with herbs and greens, with a chili-lime fish sauce; and the famous Duck in Sour Soup, a traditional Khmer dish that uses a duck confit to add to the richness of the sour soup. Set Meals are priced at US$25.00 per head, and wine pairing is optional.

Embassy Restaurant

Address: King’s Road village, Street 27, Wat Bo Rd, 17253, Cambodia

Phone: +855 89 282 911

Hours: Monday to Sunday, 6:00pm to 10:00pm

Embassy Restaurant

A vegetarian-friendly restaurant, the Embassy is one of the most unique restaurants in the city. The restaurant specializes in traditional Khmer cuisine, and the menu is a seasonal gastronomic delight that changes on a monthly basis. Meals come in up to seven courses and can be served with an excellent selection of quality imported wines from all around the world. The Set Meals menu includes such delicious local dishes as smoky local scallops with crunchy vegetables and kaffir lime sauce; seared Sihanoukville seabass with chargrilled eggplant; Takeo pork ribs in a sour soup with shallots, lemongrass, jackfruit and banana heart; and their famous wok-fried Kep prawns with local zucchini, vermicelli, garlic, and oyster sauce. Set menu prices start at around US$28 per person.

Mango Cuisine

Address: Sok San Rd/Next to Golden Temple Villa, Krong Siem Reap

Phone: +855 70 506 699

Hours: Sunday to Saturday, 6:00pm to 11:00pm

Mango Cuisine

The Mango Cuisine Restaurant is one of the more popular restaurants in the city, using only locally sourced fresh ingredients. Their menu consists of mostly French and European cuisine, with some vegetarian variations, and comes as a set 5-course meal. One of the most luxurious food experiences you can get in Siem Reap, the Mango Cuisine does not have the highest prices in town, but the entire dining experience, from the food and the setting to the friendly and caring staff, is above what you would expect for its prices, which range from ten dollars to 30 dollars per person for the set meals.

Cuisine Wat Damnak

Address: Wat Damnak Market Street, Siem Reap, (between Psa Dey Hoy market and Angkor High School), Wat Damnak village, Sala Kamreuk Commune

Phone: +855 77 347 762

Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm (for last orders)

Cuisine Wat Damnak

The Cuisine Wat Damnak is one of the latest high-end restaurants that have opened in the city. Owned by the local celebrity chef, Joannes Riviere, the restaurant offers a high-end dining experience of Khmer cuisine at its finest. All of the food uses fresh, locally-sourced ingredients, and many of their own signature recipes have a distinct French twist to them. The menus which change every other week, and have options for up to 5-6 courses in one meal. Cuisine Wat Damnak is noted for its sublime dishes, such as the Crispy Pork Tongue, the boneless Frog-leg curry, and their seasoned and marinated beef salad with seasonal herbs. Prices for a set meal range from around 24-28 dollars per person.

Heritage Restaurant

Address: Heritage Suites Hotel, Wat Polanka, Heritage Rd, Siem Reap

Phone: +855 11 969 100

Hours: Sunday to Saturday, 5:00pm to 10:00pm (last orders)

Heritage Restaurant

Located in the Heritage Suites Hotel, the Heritage Restaurant blends classic European and local dishes in a sophisticated fusion of flavors. The menu has individual dishes as well las set meals, though the set meals are the more popular option. Set meals come in Western and Asian styles and includes such delicious dishes as the Sautéed Salmon with Asian Pear, the Kep Crab & Sweet Pomelo Salad, and the Grilled Beef Tenderloin with Cambodian Sauce to name a few.

Luxury restaurants in Phnom Penh

Khema Pasteur

Address: 163 Pasteur St., Corner of Street 228 & Street 51, Phnom Penh

Phone: +855 15 823 888

Hours: Monday to Sunday, 6:00am - 10:00pm

Khema Pasteur

A unique concept of take-out deli and dine-in Bistro Café, the Khema Pasteur has a wide range of imported charcuterie and cheeses, pastries, breads, designer soups, salads, and classic French cuisine dishes. Open from breakfast to dinner, you have a wide selection of dishes from Cassoulet of Seafood with Saffron and Burgundy Beef Stew with potatoes, to Ravioli with Cured Ham and wild Mushroom Filling and Squid stewed with Lobster sauce served with Pilaf Rice. Prices range from around 6 dollars for breakfast meals to around 62 dollars per person for the evening menu.

Do Forni

Address: Sofitel Hotel, 26 Old August Site, Samdach Sothearos Blvd, Phnom Penh

Phone: +855 23 999 200

Hours: Monday to Sunday, 6:00am - 10:00pm

Do Forni

Rated as the best Italian restaurant in Phnom Penh, the Do Forni offers good traditional Italian food in an Asian setting, by the guest chef, Fabrizio Aceti, from Piedmont, Italy. Menu options consist of classic favorites such as blue river prawns, Parma ham, and Canadian lobster, as well as local oven-baked pizzas, cold platters with Serrano Ham, and Wagyu and Black Angus Beef steaks. Prices range from around 16-17 dollars for starters and as much as 45 dollars for the Wagyu Beef Steaks.

Hachi

Address: Sofitel Hotel, 26 Old August Site, Samdach Sothearos Blvd, Phnom Penh

Phone: +855 23 999 200

Hours: Sunday to Saturday, 11:30am to 10:00pm

hachi

Also located in the Sofitel in Phnom Penh, the Hachi is the best Japanese restaurant in Cambodia, with an authentic Japanese chef for the best in sushi. Delicious dishes include rare Kobe beef, black pork steaks, grilled yellow tail, robatayaki, and the ever-present Japanese ramen. Prices average at around US$25 per person, and the restaurant has 6 private tatami rooms.

Malis Cambodian Restaurant

Address: # 136 Norodom Blvd. (Street 41), Phnom Penh 12301, Cambodia

Phone: +855 15 814 888

Hours: Monday to Sunday, 7am–11pm

Malis Cambodian Restaurant

Renowned for its traditional Khmer Cuisine, adapted for modern tastes, The Malis in Phnom Penh is one of several Malis restaurants in Cambodia. Offering the classic Khmer dishes, such as Royal Mak Mee, Fish Amok, Kampot Crab Fried Rice, Fish Prahok, M’chou Prey, and a host of other typically Cambodian dishes, prices range from as little as nine dollars to as much as 27 dollars for a dish.

Topaz

Address: House 162, Norodom Street Phnom Penh, 12302, Cambodia

Hours: Monday to Sunday, 11:00am to 2:00pm and 6:00pm to 10:30pm

Phone: +855 23 221 622

Topaz

A landmark restaurant in Phnom Penh for more than 20 years, the Topaz is the gastronomic icon in the Cambodian capital. Ingredients are sourced both locally and from Paris, and the Topaz offers set menu options as well as a la Carte. Prices range from 19-25 dollars per person for the lunch menu set meals, and around 26-32 dollars per person for the a la Carte menu.

Luxury restaurants in Sihanoukville

Sandan

Address: Street 10311, one block south of 7 Makara Street (look for a brightly lit mango tree), Krong Preah Sihanouk

Hours: Monday to Sunday, 11:30am to 11:00pm

Phone: +855 34 452 4000

Sandan

With its unique garden setting and open pavilion dining room, the Sandan Restaurant is a unique luxury dining experience that is run by an Ngo that works with the local families and community, training youths in catering. The menu consists of wholly Cambodian cuisine, and offers traditional Khmer dishes including Seared Salmo with Long Beans, Kompong Som Prawn Curry, and Amok with Mekong River Fish. Prices range from around 4 dollars per dish to as much as 13 dollars per dish.

The Secret Garden Restaurant

Address: Otres 2 Beach, The Secret Garden at Otres Beach, Sihanoukville

Hours: Monday to Sunday, 7:30pm to 11:00pm

Phone: +855 97 649 5131

The Secret Garden Restaurant

Located right on Otres Beach 2, across from the Secret Garden Hotel, this open-air restaurant is one of the best spots for fresh seafood, but also has a wider ranging menu. As well as local fish dishes such as Amok, and the amazing Cambodian Kompong Som Prawn Curry, the signature dish is a whole steamed snapper in a lemongrass and ginger broth. Menu prices range from five dollars an upwards, with a delicious seafood platter for around 25 dollars.

Khin’s Shack

Address: Sakath 4 Kanemithapeap, Sihanoukville

Hours: Monday to Sunday, 11:00am to 2:00pm and 6:00pm to 10:30pm

Phone: +855 12 738 086

Khin’s Shack

Located on Ochheuteal Beach in Sihanoukville, Khin’s Shack is rated as the perfect place to watch the sun go down. A specialist in seafood, which all comes fresh from the sea and is kept alive in tanks until cooking, this is not an expensive restaurant, but has ideal ambience. Scallops and fried noodles start at 2 dollars, and fresh tuna or barracuda with vegetables and potatoes is just three dollars per person.

Heart of Venice

Address: Sunny Side up Avenue, Sunny side road, Otres Village, Otres Beach 2, Sihanoukville

Hours: Monday to Sunday, 6:30am to 2:00pm and 6:00pm to 10:30pm

Phone: +855-70-518547

Heart of Venice

Located in Otres Village, around 500 meters from the beach, the Heart of Venice is an Italian and Venetian restaurant with a Cambodian twist. Delicious Italian carbonara, marinara, and vegetarian tagliatelle vie with delicious fresh seafood dishes based on Mediterranean and European recipes that have traditional Khmer spices added to make the flavors more local. Other popular dishes include the cannoccie e frittura mista (fried fish), pesce in saor (fish in onions), seppie grigliate (grilled squid), and seppie con piselli (squid with green peas). Prices range from around US$5.50 per dish.

DUO Restaurant

Address: White Boutique Hotel, Marina Road, 18000 Sihanoukville,

Hours: Monday to Sunday, 7:30am to 10:30pm

Phone: +855 70 903 250

DUO Restaurant

Located inside the White Boutique Hotel, this great little bar and restaurant is one of the best off-beach restaurants in Otres 2, and includes a live music night from a Filipino musician and singer on Saturday nights. Specializing in seafood and traditional Khmer cuisine, the restaurant offers several types of Amok, pan-seared scallops, delicious prawn curry, and a host of locally-sourced fresh fish, crabs, and lobsters. Prices range from 5-6 dollars and up for each dish.

Summary

Cambodia is far from the undeveloped nation it is often believed to be when it comes to food. Restaurants in Cambodia’s major hotspots have been open for as long as twenty years, and with a major influx of high-end tourists and fewer backpackers hitting the major cities in the country, the restaurants have also upgraded, with more and more luxurious and top-end dining experiences to choose from.