Guest User
November 9, 2023
When I first arrived in Siem Reap I stayed at another hotel, which I had booked via *********** at £28pn. It was a great hotel but as a solo traveler it was a little pricey, given that I would be traveling for a few months so the budget was tight. Once I was in Siem Reap I transferred to the Garden Village (upon a recommendation from a local tattooist, Benny, who I bumped into at the border crossing). There are two parts to the hotel - the dorms/ guesthouse and the boutique hotel. The dorms can be about $7 & private guesthouse about $12. I stayed in the boutique hotel rooms. Note, they are not quite boutique, but the rooms are better that the guesthouse. These cost me $15pn and well worth it as it was away from the bar and pool, which can be noisy until the early hours of the morning. I was initially in a room facing the bar and the water was not draining down the shower so I requested moving and the staff were very obliging and got another room ready for me. Very happy with the 2nd room. The shower worked well with hot water, it was a quieter, room size was excellent, AC worked well, no smells in the bathroom, good sized two single beds. There is free use of the pool, nicer little bar and the cost of food is reasonably priced so I had my breakfast at the hotel. The location is very central too, close to Pub Street, the river eating places so there is no need to take a tuk tuk. One negative is that they do not have a safe in the room but if you put the do but disturb sign up then no one will come into the room to make up beds etc but you're valuables will be safer.