I Heart Cambodia Restaurant

2207 S 7th St, Philadelphia - 19148
52 reviews
Cambodian
(215) 468-2022

I been dining here for years ever since they open. Their foods is delicious and fresh. I love the lady that work there. She alway remembered our order, great customer service and very nice. It is also BYOB.

I’ve been coming to this place since they first open. I always get the same thing when i come they know exactly what I want. The bone marrow seafood soup is a must try. It is full of flavors. It’s quite hard to get the marrow out of the bone so I decided to stick a straw inside the marrow to drink it. That drink definitely works. You must also get a side of fried dough to soak it in the soup it’s so good. If you are around the area and want to try something different you must head over to this place and give it a try. I also like the fried tilapia which I would get for dinner as the portion is pretty big. I normally come here during lunch because it’s quite hard to find parking around this area that is the only down side but don’t let that deter you from trying out this place.The service is always great. She is so friendly and bubbly and always know exactly what I want.

The food was authentic, but okay to me. Needed more oomph. Not very memorable. They make you add the tip before charging your credit card. Weird.

I used to love this place when it 1st opened, but now smh the food is not worth it at all. I don't like giving negative reviews, but I'm going to speak my truth. I ordered four dishes and none of the dishes delivered the right flavors ? it's like they just learning how tomake it for the 1st time with no love. Oh I know everything is getting expensive,but don't cheat your customers with a small tray that has a divided in the middle like wth!?

This place, their papaya salad used to be good & large portion but now for 3 bites for $9.50, no thanks! I have given them 3 chances still the same.. NEVER AGAIN ?

I had never had Cambodian cuisine before going to I❤️ Cambodia. It's a great introduction. For those who are used to Chinese or Japanese food, with its widespread use of soy sauce, the fried rice is a delicious change from the same dish from those restaurants. Cambodian food (like Thai or Vietnamese food, uses fish sauce for saltiness. The food may have been made milder for my Anglo tastes, but there are three kinds of hot sauce on each table of you want to bring more heat. Portions are large enough, and the food is delicious.One small warning: if you are not familiar with the area, parking can be seriously hard to find. On the other hand, you might find taking a short walk helpful after eating all that delicious food.

I'm from nyc but everything I go to south philly, I always have to eat there.Love the cambodian food.

Of course the demographic that is attracted to this place have no comparison to good Cambodian food so they just accept the bland flavors and post pictures of themselves enjoying substandard foods.Thursday night we order beef stew, fried rice, spring rolls, summer rolls, and babaw (rice porridge). When the order arrived, there was no bread for the beef stew so they gave me rice noodles (pho fixings) with bean sprouts from last month. The beef stew was only beef and broth. There were no veggies in the stew, no carrots no onions no potatoes, NOTHING. the fried rice was mushy like mashed potatoes when you ate it. The rice porridge was heavily salted.For a Thursday night one should expect a restaurant to have everything and have everything tasting perfect. Instead I was met with a load of disappointmentSpare yourself the effort and give a hard pass on this place. The bean sprouts were brown, that's disgusting

I have been wanting to try this place for a while and I am so glad that I did! It was a rainy day so it was a perfect day for soup! We were immediately greeted upon entering the establishment. Although it was empty when we got there but it was soon filled up with customers assuming they were waiting for the rainfall to stop. The waitress was very accommodating and offerred us tea or water.Now the food.. We ordered the Phnom Penh Rice Noodle Soup and it was super delicious!! This broth was light but tasty and the fried garlic complimented the broth. The dish reminded me of home. The fishballs were so smooth, bouncy and tender. I've been on the hunt for such fishball texture since immigrating from Malaysia and I found them here! Highly recommend this dish if you're new to the Cambodian cuisine like me.The second dish we got was the Somlor Machou Kroeung. On the menu, it says you can choose, beef, chicken or pork. The soup comes with Thai eggplants, tamarind mixed with herbs paste. The sole reason that I chose this soup was because of the Thai eggplants. But to my disappointment, the soup did not come with Thai eggplants. The soup was very hearty and it has a strong sour note. I love sour soups but the sourness was a bit overpowering. However, the meat was very tender. The dish was better when mixed with jasmine rice.The reason for the 4 star. I asked the waitress why was the second dish was missing Thai eggplants. At first, she was confused then she attempted to look through the remainder of the soup to "try" to find what I was talking about. When she realized that there were no Thai eggplants, she just came up with an excuse that when the restaurant doesn't get certain ingredients that day, then they will omit those ingredients. I don't think this is a good business practice considering that I was not told ahead of time about the lack of ingredient. I am all about supporting small businesses and did enjoy the dishes but wished she took my inquiry a bit more seriously as she didn't bother asking the chefs in the back.My suggestion is before you order, make sure you ask the waitress to check with the chefs that all ingredients stated on the menu are available.Despite this little hiccup, overall, this was a good experience and would definitely come back.

Loved the seafood noodle soup, beef stew noodle. Service is nice. No fancy decor but love the authenticity of the food (I lived in Cambodia for 2 years).