Siem Reap Pub Hostel

The facilities are old and dirty. There are many good places for the same price.

Good location, close to downtown Siem Reap. There are about 3 massage parlors on the way to the downtown area that try to push customers aggressively, but do your best to shake them off. The hotel is just down the street from a paved road, so if you're not careful you'll get sand in your sandals. It can be a little noisy at night, but it doesn't really bother me. However, a nearby hotel was playing loud music, so I could hear it. People now take off their shoes in front of the reception desk, but that doesn't mean it's as clean as in Japan. Some people are wearing sandals inside. There is a locker in the dormitory, and you can rent the key and bath towel for a $5 deposit. The bed had no partitions, and there was only one man in the room I stayed in. There are two toilets, sinks, and showers in one room, and one of them doesn't have a handle. Also, although there is no shower curtain, the floor dries surprisingly quickly. It wasn't terribly dirty, but personally I think it was the bare minimum level of cleanliness, for better or for worse. There are many insects (especially mosquitoes) in the hotel. Before I went to bed, I spread the insect repellent spray I brought from Japan around like a magic circle, so I never got bitten. Even so, the sound of wings when I sleep can be annoying. Although the negative side stands out, there are quite a few Japanese people here, so you can exchange information. You can also make tour and bus reservations at the reception desk cheaper than online, and the staff are friendly. I don't like insects, so if I had known that beforehand, I probably wouldn't have stayed there, but I'm used to it now, so overall I think it was a good idea.

The owner is a scammer. He refused to check us into the hotel according to the reservation we had paid for on trip.com. At the suggestion of a trip.com employee, I paid for the stay at my own expense, while this scammer assured that he had canceled the paid reservation with a refund of my funds and would issue a receipt for payment upon check-out to be presented to trip.com. As a result, when checking out, he refused to provide a receipt, only after a call from an employee did trip.com seem to cancel the previously paid reservation, otherwise they would have received double payment from me. There are also many questions regarding accommodation. You can find a more decent option in the city among normal people.