We wanted to go to the best restaurant in Battambang, and several locals had recommended the Bambu. The restaurant is very attractive. Love the old tiles! Air conditioning would have been appreciated, but that seems to be just about impossible to find in this town. But the big windows were wide open and fans were running, so it was pretty tolerable despite the 100 degree temperature outside. The food was good. We both had western dishes - pork provencal, spring rolls, salt and pepper squid (think "fried squid"), the hamburger steak and a chocolate mouse (chocolaty!). The pork was tough - probably free-range local pork, not much you can do about that) but the flavor was very good, and everything else we ordered was fine. In a larger city, this would be a good restaurant but perhaps not the best restaurant, but for Battambang, it's the best we had in the four days that we were here. Service was fine. They were quite busy but still managed to keep everyone happy. We were there during happy hour, and all drinks were half price, so we had a couple of drinks, too. Our entire bill came out to about $36, which isn't cheap but not bad considering all the food we had, and we were stuffed when we left. Staff called a tuk-tuk to pick us up afterwards, which was nice as it would have been a long walk back to our hotel. Would return here next time we're in the area.