Les Street Monkeys specializes in authentic Cambodian street food featuring bold flavor profiles and traditional cooking techniques. The menu centers on meticulously prepared dishes such as savory meat skewers, aromatic noodle soups, and crisp vegetable salads seasoned with distinct Southeast Asian herbs. Each plate highlights the balance of sweet, sour, salty, and spicy elements central to regional culinary practices. The environment favors a relaxed, communal atmosphere that mirrors the vibrant energy of bustling urban food markets. Diners encounter a curated selection of proteins finished with zesty lime, crushed peanuts, and house-made dipping sauces. This establishment remains focused on delivering high-quality, recognizable ingredients through direct, flavor-forward preparations that honor the roots of the cuisine. The focus stays firmly on the intensity of the seasonings and the precision of the ingredient preparation.
Les Street Monkeys is widely recognized as a top destination in Verdun for authentic and creative Cambodian-inspired cuisine, frequently praised for its fresh, flavorful dishes like the stuffed chicken wings, wasabi ceviche, and coconut curry cod. While many diners enjoy the vibrant, relaxed atmosphere and highly attentive service, opinions on the experience vary. Frequent patrons appreciate the unique flavor profiles and the fun, open-kitchen environment, yet some visitors note that the music can become quite loud and the industrial-style seating may feel uncomfortable during longer meals. Although the quality is consistently highlighted, common points of contention among reviewers include the relatively small portion sizes relative to the price and occasional inconsistency in dish execution, leading to a polarizing mix of glowing recommendations and more reserved assessments.
My first experience with Cambodian cuisine did not disappoint. Les Street Monkeys is a small-ish restaurant in Verdun & is sublimely appointed in terms of decor, creating a cool atmosphere that contrasts to the heat coming from the Chef's bar in the back. The is nothing on the menu that doesn't appeal to the palate & the pork belly with sliced cabbage leaf wraps was the best thing I ate there. The cocktails are good & the service from the staff very attentive. Be warned if you sit at the Chef's counter the heat from the burners will make you feel like you're sitting outside during a very hot & humid day.
Aug 6, 2026
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This is a terrific Cambodian restaurant with a modern, sophisticated vibe. My friend & I are here, & the food & service were both wonderful. The flavors were incredible, & all the food was perfectly prepared. I highly recommend Les Street Monkeys
As my 1st experience of Cambodia food, I must say this was the perfect restaurant. The food was sooo good, every single dish was delicious. We chose 5 different dish for 3 people & it was a good amount of food. I forgot to take photo's of some dishes like the curry cod, & the beef skewers but it was very tasty.
We had amazing service from our waiter.
I must add, it was quite busy so the food did take a long time to come & also in between dishes too, there was some wait but that is normal on a busy day. I would suggest you to reserve if you can.
I would definitely go back & would recommend this restaurants to anyone searching for Asian cuisine.
It pains me to say this because I was looking forward to coming here from out of town, but a lot of the food was incredibly bland. The mushroom salad & the pork belly were the only two dishes we ordered that were very flavourful, & the sticky rice was amazing. The wasabi ceviche was very spicy/wasbi forward but yet still bland?? The stuffed chicken wings were such a let down, again there just wasn't any flavour to them. We were stumped at how chicken & pork literally tasted like plain meat. The bone marrow was a let down too. The dish has this delicious sauce/seasoning that goes on top, but there do not give you enough. The ratio of flavour/sauce to just gelatinous marrow was not terrible. This dish would have been soooo much better if there was just a little glaze on the side of the plate to use, especially for the thicker part of the marrow where that ratio is even worse. Also, they do not serve enough bread at all with the marrow. For the price they charge, give two extra pieces! Finally, we got the cod, & my lord. I swear they didn't add a flake of salt or pepper to that cod before breading/frying it. Again, the sauce was good, but the cod was so plain even the sauce couldn't carry it through.
Service was okay, they set things down & move so quickly away that you don't have a chance to even ask for a fork so that was frustrating sometimes.
Overall, I don't think I would come back again to risk it.
Great atmosphere, great service, poor food. It feels like they're trying to be creative for the sake of it but quite lacking in development of all of the dishes
Ceviche: extremely wasabi spicy, i think vast majority wouldnt enjoy this dish. Should've added something to counter balance it. To be fair they did warn us about it i suppose.
Twa ko: the flavor of the sausages were very good, however the casing of the sausages were not chewable. Had to spit out all of the cases..
Fried cod red curry: nothing really bad about it like the other dishes, but nothing great about it. Cod was not at all seasoned & the dish, it was bland, i couldnt taste the fish at all but just the soft texture. I'm really not sure why it needed to be cod but any other protein because i think it would've been better
