Best Italian Restaurants in Cambodia

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The narrow townhouse opens into a pocket-sized dining room where candlelight flickers off wine bottles and conversations hum in English, Khmer and Italian - grab one of the eight terrace tables if you can. Pasta tends to arrive al dente, sauces taste like someone’s nonna is watching, and the tiramisu usually runs out by nine, so order early. Show up around seven when the kitchen hits its stride and the street’s charcoal smoke drifts in with every swing of the door.

17C St 460, Phnom Penh 120109, Cambodia

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That 4.8-star rating? You'll taste why the second garlic hits the fan—Fellini Siem Reap’s bamboo patio hums with clinking glasses and sticky Cambodia humidity that makes everyone slow down and share. Locals swear by whatever pasta is running that day. Tiramisu? Gone by 8pm sharp. Slide in around 6:30pm, dodge the post-temple bump, and grab a candle-lit table near the back wall where voices drop and the night stretches long.

Bamboo St, Krong Siem Reap 17254, Cambodia

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Garlic butter slaps the pan before you even see Funky Lane’s Edison bulbs. Travelers hunch over Cambodian craft beer, trading temple stories while the kitchen knocks out hand-rolled pasta in peppery kampot crab and thin-crust pies that blister in the backyard wood-fired dome. Grab a turquoise stool after 8 pm—once the first post-Angkor wave drifts off—ignore the forgettable burgers, and let the Italian owner surprise you with whatever herb he grabbed at Siem Reap’s dawn market.

Funky Ln, Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia

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Wood-fired pizzas hit the table leopard-spotted, properly chewy. The carbonara tastes like someone's nonna is cracking eggs in back. The open kitchen pumps yeasty dough and blistering crust smells through the room—total bliss. Expats and Khmer families crowd mismatched chairs at plastic tables dressed in red-checked cloths. Arrive before 7pm. When the dinner rush hits you'll wait 45 minutes and watch strangers inhale their margheritas.

Central Market St, 639, Krong Siem Reap 17252, Cambodia

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Charcoal smoke and garlic hit you the moment you reach Polo Food. Locals crowd the grills—elbows in your ribs—racing you for a plastic table. The spits empty before noon. Grab a stool early. Feel chili-lime burn. Watch the cook flip skewers with the calm that earns that 4.9-star love. Ignore the spring rolls everyone else orders; jab a finger at whatever just left the fire. The kitchen's swagger shows—they can't be bothered to list half the menu.

Crocodile Road, ក្រុងសៀមរាប 12000, Cambodia

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Trattoria da Rasy occupies a converted colonial shophouse on Kampot’s quiet river road; inside, the ceiling fans chop through air thick with garlic smoke and the sound of ice clinking in happy-hour cocktails. The kitchen tends to nail handmade pasta and whatever seafood came off the boats that morning, so order the catch-of-the-day tagliatelle and ask for chili oil on the side. Show up around six when the candle-lit tables still outnumber the diners, and you’ll likely skip the queue that forms once the backpacker buses unload.

J54J+GRQ, Kampot, Cambodia

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Pasta Fresca hums—noodles slap marble, garlic and basil fill the cool room. Expats and locals already know this is where real Italian lives in Cambodia. The tagliatelle lands glossy, sauce delicate yet deep. Ignore the bottles. Order whatever the kitchen pushes that day. Twenty seats total. Arrive at 11:30am sharp or you'll roast outside waiting.

14 St 23, Phnom Penh 120208, Cambodia

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