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“Long line up but worth the wait”

Phnom Penh Restaurant
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Sun, 09-15
20:00
Ranked #84 of 3,363 Restaurants in Vancouver
Cuisines: Cambodian
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Dining options: Breakfast, Reservations
Neighbourhood: East Vancouver
Description: For the past 36 years Phnom Penh Restaurant has been serving the best in exotic Cambodian and Vietnamese cuisines.
Reviewed August 2, 2016 via mobile

Worth the wait for the chicken legs and the fried rice. One of a kind taste especially their chicken wings. Visitors I bring to the restaurant enjoy the food. While waiting for turn to go inside, can look around the area. I hope they can have a cleaner washroom though

Date of visit: July 2016
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Reviewed August 1, 2016

Went there on a Saturday afternoon and the Q is impossible with so many people waiting outside ( the Q was still there at 3pm ). How is the cooking? A little over rated since it is simple cooking and no big deal in the streets of Indo-China! Price is not cheap too so how come there are no competitors starting up in BC?

Date of visit: July 2016
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Reviewed July 27, 2016

We discovered this place walking through Chinatown and were impressed by the number of people waiting. We decided to try it and food was good, but there are no explanations of the food on the menu, only the original names. If you are not familiar with the names you are lost. Portions were really big and food was good, but in general not an impressive experience. We ate and left to continue our walk.

Date of visit: July 2016
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Reviewed July 25, 2016

Has been one of our favorite restaurants to go to for the last 25+ years. Their chicken wings and butter beef is our 'crack'.

Yes it is always crowded with lineups (I have waited up to an hour several times) and you can only make reservations for very large parties, and the wait staff is 'serviceable' as they are always working extremely hard to keep on top of things.

You don't come here the for the decor or service, you come here for the food.

Our 'go to' items are always: chicken wings, butter beef, oyster omelete, fried squid, beef la lac (with an egg) on rice and the lychee/or mango moo shake.

Date of visit: June 2016
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Reviewed July 22, 2016

We went to Phnom Penh on a local recommendation and it was spot on! We had to wait to get in but it was worth it. The dishes were all very tasty and the service was friendly. The value was excellent for well-prepared, high-quality food. We tried the butter marinate beef, chicken wings and and stir fried beef dish that had a fried egg on top.

Date of visit: July 2016
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Thank Ridermel
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