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Phila Lorn calls it a noodle house, which undersells the ambition considerably. The menu moves through Cambodian cooking, bright sour salads, curries, and cold noodles without much concern for borders, which is the whole point. It's a BYO, so walk in with a bottle under your arm and the cozy dining room feels less like a restaurant than someone's very talented friend's house. Lorn won the 2025 James Beard Emerging Chef award, and the room fills up accordingly.
The awards strongest first
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Emerging Chef · Phila Lorn
- Food & Wine Phila Lorn · Best New Chefs
- The New York Times 2026 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
- The Infatuation #5 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Magazine #5 · 50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia Right Now
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia
- The Philadelphia Inquirer The 76
- The New York Times 2025 · Banh Chow Salad · The 23 Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S. in 2025
One number, weighted & current 92
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Banh chow crepe salad
“The pinnacles of the menu at this modestly self-described “noodle house,” like the wild boar prahak and banh chow crepe salad, tend to lean into the Cambodian cooking the chef Phila Lorn grew up eating at home.”
The New York Times, 2025 -
Wild boar prahak
“The pinnacles of the menu at this modestly self-described “noodle house,” like the wild boar prahak and banh chow crepe salad, tend to lean into the Cambodian cooking the chef Phila Lorn grew up eating at home.”
The New York Times, 2025 -
Wagyu beef noodle soup
“Wagyu beef noodle soup spiked with chili jam”
Philadelphia Magazine, 2025
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