Monorom Cambodian Restaurant

My wife and I were in the mood for some Khmer food since we were in the area, and glad we stopped by. The atmosphere was welcoming, and the service was good. My wife had machu kroenug, which really hit the spot for her since her was feeling a bit itchy that day. I had the lok lak which was really good, but after seeing the table next to us order the beef sticks I really wanted that instead. I guess we’ll just have to go back and order it next time.

We usually go here once a week. We always check-​in so we can get the free Thai tea. The PhnomPenhNoodle soup is my favorite and the broth is so flavorful. The service is excellent, they are very friendly and fast. If you haven’t tried it you must go! Don’t forget to checkin.

I’m a regular customer here. I love this Cambodian restaurant. The authenticity of the food and the décor feels like home. My favorite dish so far is the beef sticks and the tirk prohak.

I’m nowhere near an expert in Cambodian food/​restos, but this is the tastiest one I’ve had thus far. Wish they had a location closer to WestLA, but oh well. I now have a great place to eat in whenever in Long Beach.
Everything was delicious, and the service was very helpful with us as «rookies».
Prices are reasonable, there’s shared lot in the strip mall, and you get a free Thai iced tea for checking in on Unilocal!What more can you ask for?
Instead of eating Thai food again, try something different and go here!
PS: expect a line sometimes. It’s not a huge place and it’s quite popular with those in the know.

Small little jewel! Very nice and kind service and very very good food! Also nice selection of homemade spicy dips

Our 1^st Cambodian food experience. Wow everything was just awesome! We started with the dumplings, and while we were waiting on those our waitress noticed our curiosity about some breadstick-​looking things another table was eating. She brought an order for us to try and brought both a broth to try it savory style and some sweet condensed milk to try it sweet (apparently the way Cambodians enjoy it in the morning with coffee). YUM. For entrees we tried the lemongrass chicken with steamed rice and the watercress soup with beef. Both excellent!!! This place gets 5 stars all the way!

Maybe I got too excited because it was my first time ever trying Cambodian food, but Monorom was excellent. Service was great and very friendly, and when I entered, I was the only diner in the entire place (granted, it was a random weekday lunch).
The restaurant is very pretty and on the smaller size but with a good number of tables. Free thai iced tea with Unilocal check-​in!
I ended up trying the Kuyteav Kroeung Knong. I was given the option of wet or dry, and the waitress recommended dry (I still got to try the delicious broth, which was served in a bowl on the side). The noodle dish was excellent, coming with several cuts of offal (lung, pig’s blood, liver, intestine, etc.). I definitely think the intestines were the best part, but I’ve always been an intestines fan. The flavors were great and Southeast Asian but obviously different from the other cuisines in this region (e.g. Thai, Burmese, Vietnamese).
Dishes ranged from $ 7-​$ 20, depending on what you ordered, so prices are moderate. Definitely possible to get a lunch around $ 10 with tax and tip though.
I loved my first foray into Cambodian food and can’t wait to try more off of their extensive menu!

Beautiful décor, nice ambiance, pleasant Cambodian (?) Music. Attentive service.
Thai Iced Tea– a bit too sweet. Seemed to have more creamer than tea.
Jamaica drink– a bit too sweet.
Beef (kabob like) sticks-​delicious. The combo came with a large serving of ricw, sweet marinated veggies (pickles were yummy) and soup broth. Next time I would get just the meat.
Item 1 on menu-​rice noodles with various meats. It’s like eating phở but less flavor and no veggies. I prefer phở over this.

My family’s first visit after reading others reviews on Unilocal.We came here on a Saturday for lunch. We were greeted by a friendly staff. we had a choice to seat right away in two separate tables or wait to sit together. We opted to wait for 20 minutes to have them seat us together for a party of 7. which was no problem were used to the wait in other establishments. My waiter were precise with our orders and attentive. My 12 yrs. old son ordered the beef stew with bread, he liked the flavor, although he commented the portion were small. I had the phenom penh rice noodles soup. not sure if its better or the same as other Khmer Restaurants I been too. My 3, 5 yrs. old had the mee kahtang with seafood. portion was perfect for them to share and leftover for me to try. They seem to like their food. I too liked the flavor, not too salty and just enough gravy. my 8 year old had the steak with anchovies sauce. she liked the steak. I was disappointed with the steak it looked nothing like what is pictured on the menu. I had to look at the menu to make comparison, thought it was the wrong dish. I liked the sour, sweet, salty & crunchy from the anchovies sauce. Mom had the dry noodles? she didn’t really care for it. Hubby ordered the rice porridge with pork blood. looked plain with 2 cubes of pork blood and a few shredded pork in the bottom of the bowl. He stated he doesn’t favor this location for porridge. Overall food is not bad.

Everything is so good here! Nice and friendly and the food comes fast.
Check in to get a free Thai iced tea

The food and décor here have improved tremendously. I used to come here way back when I was a college student. It was «ok» back then, but it’s pretty good now! I recommend their phnom penh noodles or me ka tang. Have the «cha kwie» & dip it into your noodles or hot coffee!

Good food .!! First time eating combodian and i am bery satisfied. If you like vietnamese food, this is a must. However, egg rolls are a bit different though.

I told my family to go here instead of the other Khmer restaurants in LB because their food look authentic and they also have mee kola (or kala/​gala) which was a win-​win in my eyes. Although I was initially craving nom ban chok, I ended up ordering their mee kola just because not many Khmer restaurants serve it and I want to try as many different mee kola as I can. Monorom did not disappoint! Everything down to the shrimp was flavored. The only issue that I had was that the noodles were difficult to pull apart, but flavor wise — it was on point. If you ever want to try a Khmer dish you’ve probably never had before, get their mee kola!
We also were able to score free Thai iced tea thanks to their special going on, so that was another plus. I also tasted their somlar machu that tasted very good. It’s a bit sweeter than I am generally used to when it comes to that soup, but it was still delicious. Honestly, I’m not sure what else to say besides the fact that the Khmer food here is authentic, really delicious and worth our money!

This cute little restaurant is in a shopping center diagnol from Hak Heang. Although the lot is small parking was easy to find.
Unlike other cambodian resturants in the area this place have a modern flair to it. The décor is a combination of modern, cozy and traditional at the aame time. When you walk in you know it’s a Cambodian resturant by the décor alone. I absolutely love it. Can you come decorate my dining area like this please? LoL.
The resturant is small with multiple booths and a table in the center that was able to accommodate large parties when put together. This place is pretty packed but haven’t seen a line out the door which is good for me but probably not the owners. There was no empty tables in the place and smiles at every table. Like most small resturant their isn’t a whole lot of space between tables but we didn’t mind as we ended up conversing with the table next to us lol. It was like a little community enjoying Cambodian food. Not only was the service friendly the people eating here were too. It’s like the yumminess of their food put the whole place in a good mood. If that’s not success I don’t know what is. (^_​^)
I would say this is one of the best looking Cambodian resturant I’ve been to. So if you plan on introducing a friend or taking a date out to Cambodian food this would definitely be the place. Not to mention their food is yummy and the presentation is great for a Cambodian resturant. The only down side I would say is that their portion is a bit smaller than other Cambodian resturants but I was still able to get full off of it. (^_​^)
So far the dishes I’ve tried are deeee-​licious! Although this place have a more modern touch their food remains authentic. AND their me ka tang have lots of gravy! Yay meeee! I would definitely recommend this place and will be back for more yummies (^_​^)

I came here a few months ago for a lunch and it was really good. I had the Kuyteav Kroeung Knong (Kroeung Knong Noodle), which, because I will eat it, contains offal. Blood cake, intestines, tripe, etc. Yum. Warm sour broth, and a great variety of textures, from the chewy noodles, crunchy fried intestines and chit’lins, and fresh vegetables. There are a lot of dishes I want to try on the menu.
Took advantage of the free drink and ordered an egg soda, sweet and custardy.
Service was great. Friendly and super nice.
I can’t wait to come back again soon.

Been here a couple of times before and have always had a great dining experience. We were welcomed and seated right away. Great little restaurant with tasteful modern décor accented with Khmer arts. Female servers were friendly and very polite. I took advantage of the free Thai ice tea upon check-​in and my husband ordered a iced coffee. Husband’s ice coffee was so refreshing, I enjoyed it more than the Thai ice coffee. We ordered 3 dishes, fried chitterlings rice combo, which came with Khmer pickled veggies and a very flavorful broth soup on the side. My husband ordered the Khmer beef stick rice combo, which also came with Khmer pickled veggies and the very flavorful broth soup on the side. We shared a delicious order of seafood Meekatang. All of the dishes came out in a very timely order… Which I really appreciate! The dishes were beautifully plated… I’m a fan of little details and all pretty things, so this highlighted my dining experience. The servers were very attentive and made sure to check on us from time to time to see if we needed anything.
Pros:
delicious dishes
Reasonable priced
Great service
They take credit cards/​debits
Dishes are beautifully plated
Con:
Portion on the delicious beef skewers could be larger

I was in the area with my bf cuz we were shopping at Costco. We wanted to get dinner before it started raining and found this little gem on Unilocal and we both have never had Cambodian food before (took us a while to read everything, figure it out, and order).
We ordered the Koh Khong (aka Pad Thai) and Lok Lak (aka Shaken Beef at Vietnamese restaurants).
***Note that Cambodian food is very similar to Thai and Vietnamese food as they are Southeast Asian countries and are very close to each other geographically. Therefore the influences are very similar culturally, foodwise, as well as even the language (I was listening to Cambodian music at the restaurant and for a minute, I thought they were singing in Vietnamese!)
–Koh Khong (aka Pad Thai at Thai restaurants): It was exactly like Pad Thai noodles with peanuts and everything. I usually like mine with lime so I asked our waitress for extra limes. It was pretty good and satisfied my craving for pad thai at the time.
–Lok Lak (aka Shaken Beef of at Vietnamese restaurants): We didn’t order the rice plate so it was all beef: D Again, exactly like the shaken beef except something about it really stood out to me compared to all the other shaken beefs I’ve had. The flavoring of each beef bit was bursting with deliciousness and was not too buttery. It was super tasty and is my favorite dish here.
Thai Tea: I also ordered the thai tea for myself and my boyfriend could not keep his hands off it –_​– Super delicious and sweeter than your average thai tea. BE WARNED especially if you don’t like sweetness.
Service was amazing. Our waitress would check in with us throughout our meal asking how everything was. I thought it was very attentive (also probably because we were the only other pair in there besides the two guys there). Overall very good! I would come back for the Lok Lak though forsure: D

This an awesome place to eat and catch up with good friends. Phal and I had an awesome time. Sina is very helpful and quick. The food was excellent. The entrée number 22 was delicious! I would recommend this restaurant to anybody! Great job Sina!

Great to be able to come back here!
I rate highly for authenticity at this restaurant. In the middle of Little Cambodia in Long Beach, the demands of locals obviously drive this restaurant to make their menu items tasty and authentic.
This morning I dropped in for breakfast just after 9 am. Restaurant was two thirds full, and I felt like a tourist in there!
Super fast service. I had the Cambodian iced coffee and the breakfast rice porridge (borbor chiem jrouk).
Iced coffee was true to form, not as strong as Vietnamese coffee, milky sweet and icy cold.
The rice porridge is definitely for the adventurous — but if you are willing to take the plunge it is awesome as a comfort food. Finely chopped pork — all parts including belly, intestines etc — plus long chunks of pigs’ blood jelly. Super soft boiled rice as a base, the dish needed no seasoning, but a good squeeze of fresh lime helps it all go down. Pickled chili is provided if you want to spice it up. I had the ‘regular’ size, which was way more than enough to keep me going through lunchtime into dinner!
A little quieter and more relaxed than the Phnom Penh Noodle Restaurant on Cherry Avenue — better choice if you want to talk or prefer not to feel rushed.

Fresh décor and friendly service! I had the Cambodian version of boat noodles. It is prepared with meat balls, beef stew and watercress and garnished with bean sprouts, fried garlic, cilantro and scallions. Everything was fresh and tasty. The broth was hot and robust. I like.
Next time? Monorom Kohr Goh — that French bread just looks too tempting.