Boyfriend and I decided to check this place out on a Friday night. Spending most of our time in Ohio City and being from around the neighborhood we've always wanted to give this place a go and I'll say this right now - not impressed.
I'm not going to talk about the decor or the ambiance - that has nothing to do with my review. It was strictly a lack of good service and terrible food that weighed in on this review and as much as I wanted to like it, I just couldn't.
We tried the Natin (coconut ground pork w. crispy rice) - not too bad but not something I think I would order again. For my meal I had the khmer bunn and again, not impressed. To be frank, the flavors of this dish were not pleasing to my palette and in all honesty, I can't really even remember specific details about what it was I didn't like - it left that little impression on me. The bf ordered something with beef and asked for hot, and hot he got. So hot, in fact, that he was having a hard time eating it and this is not a guy who can't handle spicy foods. The flavor of this dish far surpassed mine but you couldn't enjoy it because the heat was just way too overpowering. So beware - you want hot, your mouth will get it.
I really want to give this place another shot - I feel like it has a lot of potential and maybe I just need to find that one dish that blows my socks off. But until I do, I'm stuck at 2 stars.
P.S. on the plus side, this place is BYOB so you can at least wash down your food with some of your favorite adult bevies.