New Apsara Palace Restaurant — Restaurant in Washington

Wanted to support local businesses and try Cambodian food. We got pin noodle soup, num banhchock Khmer, fried chicken, coconut coffee, and red Thai tea.

The pin noodle soup was pretty tasty. Served with mystery meat but pork blood doesn’t deter me so do be cautious if it does. The num banhchock Khmer is nothing like the photo on the menu where it seemed like it was a dipping noodle and you can add all the herbs and spices as you eat but rather just served in a bowl with the noodles and curry and banana blossoms and cucumber on the bottom of the bowl but no herbs at all. It wasn’t very warm when they brought it out. The fried chicken was delicious. Drink were fine. The main issue is THERE ARE NO MENU PRICES POSTED ANYWHERE. I was not expecting lunch to come out to $77 before tip. WOOF. Drink are $7 each, the fried chicken is $25, one soup was $25 and the other $18 I believe. Dang, okay my fault for not asking for the price of everything we ordered but it seems a bit off putting to do that for every item you’re interested in. I was assuming $18 at most for noodles and it just being more comparable to the food around white center. Again, my fault for just assuming. They were nice. I asked for a menu with prices on it as I was leaving and they said they don’t have one and to call and ask. I’m not gonna do that. I hope this business gets dialed in because I want to try everything on their menu but I can’t justify dropping $77 on...

Service was horrible!!!! If I could give this place zero stars that's what I would rate it. We didn't have plates, spoons, forks, and napkins. I had to go to the counter and ask for it. We ordered our food and it took an hour before it came. The Nom Bachok lacked salt which they did not have so I had to go to the counter and ask for it. The Phnom Penh noodle which we thought would be served first was the last dish that we got. We kept waiting for it and when we did get it, it was sweet and had intestines and heart and other unknown meats which normally is not included in a Phnom Penh noodle. We also ordered the beef sour soup which they have as a pre-order only in the menu and it cost us $50!!!!! Not only was it over priced, it did not taste good!!! The poor quality of beef used and the saltiness of the soup was not appetizing. We sat and ate the other foods with no one coming to ask how the food was or if we needed anything else. Our glasses of tea that they served when you come in were empty and I had to ask again for refills. The server did not come to take away empty plates so I was taking them to another table to free up some space on our table. Nothing great about this place at all and I would not recommend it to anyone!!!! Don't waste your money like we did....our bill was $207 for crappy service and...

We have been trying to go to this spot for 3 years lol. Been unlucky every time we try coming. We ordered the Papaya Salad, Beef Skewers, Kuyteav, and Lort Cha. The Papaya Salad from spicy levels 1-5 3 is crazzzy hot but the salads good. Kuyteav was super good, brother nice and not super savory. But to have an idea of whats in it would be helpful for future customers. Beef skewers were perfect as Cambodians know how to grill that beef. The best dish of the day that I had was the Lort Cha where the noodles are finely made into needles like shapes and from the squid to the nice sweet fish sauces tasting fried egg, you were on the road for success lol. To finish off the day we had some smoothies mango and avocado. Got some pictures, wish I took more. For the 4 dishes plus the smoothies were about $116. (DO NOTE, Khmer food is a delicacy type of food which some cases takes a while to prepare unlike other Asian foods.) So some of the pricing may look crazy expensive for some but in a way, understanding. Loved it.

Tips to improve would be to add utensils, napkins, small things as this is still...