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The Finest Restaurants in Phnom Penh

The Mekong capital's dining scene has grown up. Rosewood, Raffles, and a new generation of Khmer fine dining.
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The Phnom Penh Grid

Every restaurant on the Phnom Penh map, ranked by our editorial team. Filter above by occasion.

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Phnom Penh Cuts — Steakhouse
#1
Close a Deal
Phnom Penh — BKK1 / Vattanac Capital Tower
Cuts
Steakhouse $$$$
The Rosewood Phnom Penh's sky-level steakhouse. The city's undisputed power-dinner table.
Food 9 Ambience 10 Value 8
Phnom Penh Restaurant Le Royal — Classical French and Royal Khmer
#2
Proposal
Phnom Penh — Daun Penh
Restaurant Le Royal
Classical French and Royal Khmer $$$$
The capital's grande dame. Raffles Le Royal's principal dining room preserves 1929 colonial elegance at contemporary standards.
Food 8 Ambience 10 Value 8
Phnom Penh Brasserie Louis — Modern French Brasserie
#3
First Date
Phnom Penh — BKK1 / Vattanac Capital Tower
Brasserie Louis
Modern French Brasserie $$$
Rosewood's all-day French brasserie. The most versatile serious dining room in Phnom Penh.
Food 8 Ambience 9 Value 8
Phnom Penh Topaz — Modern French
#4
Close a Deal
Phnom Penh — BKK1
Topaz
Modern French $$$
Phnom Penh's longest-running serious French restaurant. The independent table the international community has defaulted to for two decades.
Food 9 Ambience 8 Value 8
Phnom Penh Malis — Royal Khmer
#5
Impress Clients
Phnom Penh — BKK1
Malis
Royal Khmer $$$
Cambodia's most celebrated contemporary Khmer kitchen. Chef Luu Meng's royal-palace cuisine, precisely rendered.
Food 9 Ambience 9 Value 8

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Best for First Date in Phnom Penh

Rosewood's all-day French brasserie. The most versatile serious dining room in Phnom Penh.

The first-date pick in Phnom Penh is Brasserie Louis — Modern French Brasserie, $$$, set in BKK1 / Vattanac Capital Tower. Brasserie Louis is the Phnom Penh first date for anyone who wants the Rosewood's altitude and service infrastructure without the deal-closing weight of Cuts next door. The brasserie format is inherently first-date friendly: the menu is long, the portions are shareable if wanted, the cocktail programme runs to 40 option

Best for Business Dinner in Phnom Penh

For closing a deal or hosting serious clients, Cuts is the default. Cuts is the Phnom Penh deal-closing dinner by default. The altitude, the view, the cabinet, the wine list, and the Rosewood service infrastructure combine to produce an evening whose implicit signals align with any serious negotiation. The private dining room, available on the same floor, provides the discretion that a

The Top 10 in Phnom Penh

Our editorial ranking. 5 restaurants, three scores (Food, Ambience, Value), one occasion assignment.

  1. Cuts

    The Rosewood Phnom Penh's sky-level steakhouse. The city's undisputed power-dinner table. — Steakhouse, $$$$. Best for Close a Deal.

  2. Restaurant Le Royal

    The capital's grande dame. Raffles Le Royal's principal dining room preserves 1929 colonial elegance at contemporary standards. — Classical French and Royal Khmer, $$$$. Best for Proposal.

  3. Brasserie Louis

    Rosewood's all-day French brasserie. The most versatile serious dining room in Phnom Penh. — Modern French Brasserie, $$$. Best for First Date.

  4. Topaz

    Phnom Penh's longest-running serious French restaurant. The independent table the international community has defaulted to for two decades. — Modern French, $$$. Best for Close a Deal.

  5. Malis

    Cambodia's most celebrated contemporary Khmer kitchen. Chef Luu Meng's royal-palace cuisine, precisely rendered. — Royal Khmer, $$$. Best for Impress Clients.

Dining in Phnom Penh: A Guide

Phnom Penh's serious dining map was, until roughly 2015, almost entirely hotel-based — Raffles, Sofitel, and the InterContinental were the default. The intervening decade has changed that completely. The arrival of Rosewood Phnom Penh in 2018, occupying the top 14 floors of the Vattanac Capital Tower, added a fine-dining stack (Cuts, Brasserie Louis, Sora) that raised the city's ceiling. A parallel movement of Khmer cuisine's formal presentation — led by Malis in the capital and Sombok in the emerging fine-Khmer cohort — has produced restaurants where French-trained Cambodian chefs are working contemporary versions of royal palace cuisine.

The best tables cluster in BKK1 — the central business district — and along the riverfront that fronts the Royal Palace. Rosewood's tower is the anchor for business dining; Raffles Le Royal is the anchor for heritage dining; and the independent restaurants along Street 240 and Street 51 are the cohort driving the new Khmer map. Dress is smart casual; tropical rain defines the June–October logistics; and reservations at the top tables should be made 48 hours ahead in high season.

Tipping is appreciated but not expected — 10% is generous. The USD is widely accepted alongside the riel, and prices at the top tables are typically quoted in USD. Alcohol is widely available; Cambodia has a developing wine market and a robust local beer culture. The humidity pushes most serious dining into air-conditioned indoor rooms; the riverfront terraces work best in the November–February cool season. The value of dining in Phnom Penh, relative to Singapore or Bangkok, is genuinely remarkable — a Rosewood steak dinner at Cuts will typically run USD 80 per person versus USD 200 at its Singapore equivalents.

For further reading, our First Date occasion guide, Proposal guide, and Close a Deal guide cover the global tables that sit alongside Phnom Penh's map. The Methodology page explains how we score.

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