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Cambodia's south-coast beach destination — Sandan's NGO-supported fine-Khmer training restaurant, Khin's Shack at Serendipity Beach for fresh seafood, Nyam's traditional Khmer dishes — Sihanoukville's small but distinctive coastal Khmer-cuisine scene.

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Sandan Restaurant restaurant
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Team Dinner
Sandan Restaurant
Modern Khmer / NGO Training$$
The NGO-run training restaurant — local Cambodian cuisines with a multi-dish 'taster menu', the city's reference single dining destination supporting disad
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Khin's Shack restaurant
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Team Dinner
Khin's Shack
Khmer Seafood / Beach BBQ$$
The Serendipity Beach seafront seafood-and-BBQ shack — Khmer seafood, fresh scallops cooked on BBQ grills, the beach's most-recommended sunset dining ancho
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Nyam restaurant
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Team Dinner
Nyam
Traditional Khmer / Seafood$$
The 23 Tola Street Khmer specialist — traditional Khmer dishes including amok trei steamed-fish in banana leaves and Kampot pepper squid, the city's refere
8Food
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Phsar Leu Seafood Market restaurant
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Team Dinner
Phsar Leu Seafood Market
Pick-Your-Own Seafood$$
The Phsar Leu seafood market — pick fresh Gulf-of-Thailand catch from the morning fishermen, the kitchen prepares it in Khmer or Western style, the city's
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Starfish Cafe restaurant
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Team Dinner
Starfish Cafe
Western-Khmer / Bakery$
The central Sihanoukville cafe — Western-Khmer breakfast and lunch, fresh-baked bread, the city's reference daytime traveller cafe.
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Sandan Restaurant

Modern Khmer / NGO Training · $$
First Date
The NGO-run training restaurant — local Cambodian cuisines with a multi-dish 'taster menu', the city's reference single dining destination supporting disadvantaged-youth hospitality training.
Food 9.0 Ambience 9.0 Value 9.2
Khin's Shack restaurant Sihanoukville
#2 in Sihanoukville

Khin's Shack

Khmer Seafood / Beach BBQ · $$
First Date
The Serendipity Beach seafront seafood-and-BBQ shack — Khmer seafood, fresh scallops cooked on BBQ grills, the beach's most-recommended sunset dining anchor.
Food 8.8 Ambience 9.4 Value 9.0
Nyam restaurant Sihanoukville
#3 in Sihanoukville

Nyam

Traditional Khmer / Seafood · $$
Solo Dining
The 23 Tola Street Khmer specialist — traditional Khmer dishes including amok trei steamed-fish in banana leaves and Kampot pepper squid, the city's reference traditional-Khmer destination.
Food 9.0 Ambience 8.7 Value 9.2
Phsar Leu Seafood Market restaurant Sihanoukville
#4 in Sihanoukville

Phsar Leu Seafood Market

Pick-Your-Own Seafood · $$
Team Dinner
The Phsar Leu seafood market — pick fresh Gulf-of-Thailand catch from the morning fishermen, the kitchen prepares it in Khmer or Western style, the city's most theatrical seafood format.
Food 9.0 Ambience 8.6 Value 9.4
Starfish Cafe restaurant Sihanoukville
#5 in Sihanoukville

Starfish Cafe

Western-Khmer / Bakery · $
Solo Dining
The central Sihanoukville cafe — Western-Khmer breakfast and lunch, fresh-baked bread, the city's reference daytime traveller cafe.
Food 8.5 Ambience 8.6 Value 9.4

Best for First Date in Sihanoukville

  • Sandan Restaurant — The NGO-run training restaurant — local Cambodian cuisines with a multi-dish 'taster menu', the city's reference single dining destination supporting disadvantaged-youth hospitality training.
  • Khin's Shack — The Serendipity Beach seafront seafood-and-BBQ shack — Khmer seafood, fresh scallops cooked on BBQ grills, the beach's most-recommended sunset dining anchor.
  • Nyam — The 23 Tola Street Khmer specialist — traditional Khmer dishes including amok trei steamed-fish in banana leaves and Kampot pepper squid, the city's reference traditional-Khmer destination.

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Best for Business Dinner in Sihanoukville

  • Sandan Restaurant — The NGO-run training restaurant — local Cambodian cuisines with a multi-dish 'taster menu', the city's reference single dining destination supporting disadvantaged-youth hospitality training.
  • Khin's Shack — The Serendipity Beach seafront seafood-and-BBQ shack — Khmer seafood, fresh scallops cooked on BBQ grills, the beach's most-recommended sunset dining anchor.
  • Nyam — The 23 Tola Street Khmer specialist — traditional Khmer dishes including amok trei steamed-fish in banana leaves and Kampot pepper squid, the city's reference traditional-Khmer destination.

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Dining in Sihanoukville

Sihanoukville dines on the Gulf of Thailand. The Sihanoukville Province city — population 90,000, Cambodia's primary deep-water port and beach destination — has been the country's reference coastal-tourism city since the 1990s, with the surrounding islands (Koh Rong, Koh Rong Sanloem, Koh Ta Kiev) providing the country's most-visited beach destinations. The cuisine is southern Cambodian Khmer with strong seafood emphasis: Fish Amok (the Cambodian national coconut-fish curry), Lok Lak (the wok-fried pepper-and-lime beef), Kampot Pepper Crab (using the famous Geographical-Indication-protected Kampot pepper from the prefecture two hours east), and a deeper tradition of fresh Gulf-of-Thailand seafood.

The dining map clusters along the central beach districts. Serendipity Beach holds Khin's Shack and the seafront BBQ destinations. The Otres Beach area hold the more upscale resort-style restaurants. The 23 Tola Street area near Ochheuteal Beach holds Nyam (the traditional Khmer specialist). Sandan operates as one of the city's most-cited single dining destinations and is a training-restaurant supported by a major Cambodian NGO. The hillside Independence Beach district holds the older colonial-era hotel restaurants.

Reservations matter at Sandan during weekend evenings; walk-ins for two work elsewhere. English menus are universal at the central tourist-tier restaurants. The Sihanoukville restaurant rhythm is built around the beach-tourist day — most kitchens open from 11am for lunch, peak at sunset (5-7pm), and run dinner until 10-11pm.

Pair the food with one of the local Cambodian Angkor Beer (the country's primary brand) or with the regional palm wine. The proper post-dinner anchor is a walk along Serendipity Beach or Otres Beach at sunset — the beaches are lit until midnight and the seafront cafes-and-bars run until 1am during the high-tourist season (November-March).

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