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Kampuchea Restaurant

Critics' Pick

78 Rivington St., New York, NY 10002
at Allen St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-529-3901 Send to Phone

Price Range: $$$$
Reader Rating:
8.8 out of 10

5 Reviews | Write a Review
Cuisine: Asian: Southeast

Courtesy of Kampuchea Restaurant

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Hours

Mon, 5:30pm-10:30pm; Tue-Thu, 5:30pm-11pm; Fri-Sat, noon-4pm and 5:30pm-11:30pm; Sun, noon-4pm and 5:30pm-10:30pm

Nearby Subway Stops

F at Delancey St.; J, M, Z at Essex St.

Prices

$15-$18

Payment Methods

Diners Club, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Lunch
Take-Out

Alcohol

Full Bar

Reservations

Not Accepted

Profile

Whenever a newfangled Asian restaurant opens in this town, the dismissive foodie temptation is to compare it first with the inevitably cheaper and arguably more authentic competition in Chinatown, and then with the beloved and original Momofuku. Neither comparison is truly apt for this handsome communal-tabled noodle bar, where chef-owner Ratha Chau offers his fresh, flavorful, and well-spiced interpretations of Cambodian street food. He swaddles grilled corn in coconut-chile mayo, garnishes cold egg noodles with a chicken-and-egg omelette and an incendiary red-pepper sauce, and even has the audacity to concoct such vegetarian-friendly fare as a Cambodian-style crêpe with shiitakes, soybeans, and butternut squash. Does a plantain num pang (the Cambodian version of bánh mì) even exist on the streets of Phnom Penh? Well, it does here, and with its pickled red cabbage and pungent ground peppercorns, it makes a delicious case for inauthenticity.

Wine Celebration Night

Every Monday night, take half off the listed price for all bottles of wine.

Reader Ratings

8.8

Glad to see cambodian food moving ahead

zeroto255 from 10012 | Posted on 8/23/08

Overall Reader Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)


Food:	10
Service:	8

Décor:	9

Value:	10

The cooking here doesn't seem to be that similiar to siem reap or phnom peng. But thats the best part. The dishes that we had were definately not typical of cambodian restaurants in Cambodia nor here in the states. Our...Read More

LES Favorite

suzb from 10002 | Posted on 8/22/08

Overall Reader Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)


Food:	10
Service:	10

Décor:	10

Value:	10

Kampuchea has become one of my favorite neighborhood restaurants. And if you arenÃ‚Â’t lucky enough to live around the corner, itÃ‚Â’s worth a trip there. The food is consistently so delicious and the vibe is great. Whether IÃ‚Â’m...Read More