Phnom Penh Noodle Shack
Cambodian restaurant · Long Beach
1644 Cherry Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813
Highlights
Hearty Cambodian noodle soup & rice porridge since 1985
Hearty Cambodian noodle soup & rice porridge since 1985
"Phnom Penh Noodle Shack is a Long Beach institution and a tentpole of the city’s Cambodian population. Come Saturday and Sunday mornings, the place will be full of people eating velvety rice porridge and house noodle soup. If you want to skip the crowds, head over on a weekday when the dining room empties a bit and snagging a table upon arrival is almost guaranteed. That just means more time alone with some of the best dishes in LA." - nikko duren, brant cox, sylvio martins
"After five weeks of 8am meetings filled with reheated oatmeal, it’s time to raise your game and order from Phnom Penh. The Cambodian breakfast cafe in Long Beach makes incredible rice porridge, big bowls of noodles, and traditional sweet knom hing bread that’ll last you for the week. Open Tuesday-Sunday 7am-3pm. Available for both takeout and delivery." - brant cox
"Phnom Penh Noodle Shack started as a five-seat restaurant in 1985 and grew into a neighborhood favorite that’s filled with loyal regulars most days of the week. On the menu are some of the city’s best Khmer-style rice porridge, stir-fried noodles, and pork noodle soup. Newcomers can’t go wrong with the namesake soup, which comes packed with pork, shrimp, herbs, and the noodles (flat, skinny, rice, or egg) of their choice. Inside is homey and simple, underlining that the focuses here are the bright flavors found in its soups and stews." - Mona Holmes
"Open since 1985, the family-owned Phnom Penh Noodle Shack boasts plenty of options that include springy noodles and hot, gently steaming soup broth. The spot stays busy thanks, in large part, to its cult-favorite house special soup with sliced and ground pork, stomach, liver, shrimp, and noodles in a massive bowl (two can share this portion easily). The casual diner-style interior only enhances the experience." - Rebecca Roland
"Phnom Penh is not only one of the best Cambodian restaurants in Long Beach, it's one of our favorite spots in the whole city. Open Tuesday through Sunday from 7am-3pm, this tiny place specializes mostly in breakfast dishes like rice porridge and meat pies, but it’s their house special noodle soup with pork bone broth that we’ll brave even the foggiest of mornings to eat. You can choose between rice or egg noodles, but we prefer doing a mix of both. It’s not really a place that can accommodate groups, so most people just stop in with a friend for a midday meal." - garrett snyder
