Phnom Penh House - Cambodian restaurant in Alameda - 1514 Webster St, USA

First time here, but I will be back! All the food was tender, flavorful and well presented. I highly recommend the salmon and pork dishes.

This is probably the second time I tried Cambodian food. I actually like this place more than the one I had last time. I have never been to Cambodia, but what they offered here feels quite like the homemade traditional foods. Over all I find the experience quite refreshing. I ordered the basil mussels, the crepe, coconut juice steam fish and the lemongrass ribs. My favorite dish is the mussels. It’s very flavorful. The fish is interesting too. I guess I was expecting a whole steam fish, but turns out its filets in a bowl. I love the coconut juice in the fish because it adds flavor and complexity but not overpowering. The collard greens at the bottom absorbs all the flavor and I like it. By the way, the waitress is quite friendly and she showed us how to eat the crepe. I think I will go back again.

Hidden gem in Alameda! Or maybe it’s not a hidden gem, and everyone knows this place. Regardless, all the dishes that we ordered were really good. - Basil fried rice (super fragrant) - BBQ lemongrass pork ribs (fall off the bone tender) - Stuffed chicken wing (huge and filled with curry flavored vermicelli) - Ha Mok (had a ton of fish, although the bowl was small)

Everything we had was delicious. Shrimp and chicken Singapore noodles. Thai tea. Lemonade. Fried banana with ice cream. Really yummy. The staff were very nice and gave us 2 fried banana desserts instead of just the one we ordered. Very impressed even my very honest 11 year old enjoyed everything.

My husband chose this restaurant to celebrate his birthday because of the excellent reviews. I'll give the food 4 stars but 2 stars for service. Our server who took our order was friendly but we never saw him again after he left with our order. Nobody checked on us to check if we needed anything else or if the food was good. You know, the usual courtesy one is given once the food is on the table. Beef skewers had pretty good flavor. We ordered 3 (12 skewers total) and devoured them. We also enjoyed the Spicy soup with assorted seafood. Fried banana dessert was so yummy. We would most likely go back to give the place another try. They didn't clear our table of the dirty dishes after we were done and already have placed our dessert order. Literally, for a good 20 minutes. We were just sitting around talking to each other staring at the dishes. The staff was too busy clearing the other tables to make room for new customers arriving that they forgot their existing customers also need attention.

Simply a cut above, this family run business, in what to me, is an obscure location, (Webster St. in Alameda, I need to check out Alameda more often), Offers Real regional Cambodian food, made by chefs who REALLY know what they are doing. For those uninitiated, Cambodian Food, is similar in some aspects to to other southeast Asian cuisines, but tends to be a little less sweet, and more fragrant and piquant, than a lot of Thai restaurants, (Some of which I simply adore) and have some Salads, and soups unique to their region. Among the dishes we ordered with a bottle of Sake' (Which was a surprise to me for how well it went with this food) were the following: 106: Noum Om Beng, a Cambodian Prawn crepe stuffed w/pork, shrimp, coconut, & bean sprout served w/ peanut sauce, served with large lettuce leaf, which you use as a wrap. Incredibly savory and crunchy and just a hint of sweetness too. 108, Norm Moarn Chicken Salad, a Tangy and fresh, Chicken breast mixed w/ shredded cabbage, carrot, onion, mint leaves tossed w/ house made dressing. Refreshing. 643, Prawns in Vegetable Delux , Prawns sautéed w/ broccoli flowers, mushroom, snow peas, baby corn, bamboo shoot, & Napa Cabbage (Choice of mild red or spicy green curry sauce). Succulent, and herb-y green curry really makes this dish! Perfectly spicy too. 213: Samlaw Machhou Phnom-Penh, zesty and deeply flavored Soup cooked w/ prawn, fish, pineapple, tomato, lemongrass, & tamarind paste. Amazing. similar in some ways to the Thai soup called "Tom Kha Kai", but with deeper smokier flavors balanced by the brightness of the pineapple. 641: Cha Bangkea, Tender prawns simmered in mild chili peanut sauce served w/ cooked cabbage. This is taking comfort food to a whole other level. I have always had a thing for peanut sauce, but when you mix it with with savory prawns, you absolutely have my attention. One thing about this restaurant is that all the dished tasted really fresh, like they had just gone to market an hour earlier for all their ingredients. The outdoor seating, now available since the lifting of the Ban in Alameda, make for the perfect outdoor dining experience, and a much needed place to get out to and spend some time outside as well. The finishing dessert, the classical Fried Banana and ice cream was great, and here they really shined, because the banana was REALLY fresh, the crispy batter REALLY hot and crunchy and the ice cream tasted like Häagen-Dazs, or some other top shelf ice cream and not something cheap. All in all I cannot recommend this restaurant, and if you haven't begun your adventure into Cambodian and regional Southeast Asian cuisine this is a great place to start. Humbly, P.I.

Service was good. Food was excellent. Preparation and portions were more than enough for us. Wife had a tofu curry and vegetables. I had a shrimp and calamari medley with mushrooms. The flavors of the two plates were great. This is a great inexpensive place to get quality food.

I spotted Phnom Penh Restaurant while driving down Webster St. during one of my weekly visits to Alameda so I decided to give it a try. At around 9 pm which is close to their closing time there were about 2 tables full. After going through the menu, I settled on Sachkor Cha Ktis ($8.99) which as per their menu is tender beef simmered in curry flavor peanut butter sauce served w/ cooked spinach and steamed rice ($2) to-go. I could pay using my card so no issues there. During the short 10-minute wait for the food I was served some hot tea. I got two containers one with the curry which and the other with the rice. As expected the curry had a strong ground peanut taste but in a good kind of way. The spinach was cooked well and overall to my surprise the dish came together very well. As I liked what I got I stopped by a second time and this time got the Sachor Cha Somdech ($8.99) which as per their menu is beef sautéed w/ sweet pea, mushroom, bamboo shoot, carrot & onion and steam rice ($2) to-go. I was really impressed with this dish. The beef was not chewy and the flavors were not your generic Thai food variety and seemed to be unique to the region purported by their name. Overall a pretty good experience. Price-wise they are in line or maybe a tad below what you will pay for similar dishes in Thai restaurants in Alameda but the taste of their dishes is unique. The portion size is not very big but enough for one person with a moderate appetite. My only complaint is that they give the entrée in a paper box (like the one that you get the rice in) which makes it completely soggy by the time you reach home. For most people it would not be a problem but for someone who must eat out of the box it becomes a bit of a hassle to have the container disintegrate on you in the middle of your meal. I think they should just charge some more for a to-go container and give the entrée in a proper plastic box. Apart from this I could not find any other issue so this is going to be a generous 4.5 stars rounded up to 5 rating.