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No. 498, Salakomreuk, Siem Reap, Cambodia
☎ (+855) 63-766-699
Room rates:
Suite Lodge - 1 bedroom, international breakfast included HK$1,226.14 per night (or US$158) (May 2014, via Agoda)
Features:
11 Stand-alone villas from restored wooden Khmer houses (for 2-3, or 4-5 guests per villa)
Bodia Spa service
Free wifi throughout hotel
Complimentary refreshments upon arrival (and each day returning to hotel)
Complimentary bottled water in the rooms
Tuk-tuk driver standby that can be charged to hotel bill
TV in room upon request
Insect repellant available in rooms (a Bodia Spa product)
Small infinity pool
Recommend:
House 1 "House Mouy"
House 10 "House Dop"
(My friends and I stayed at the above 2 houses which were nicely situated across from each other in the centre of the lodge area; these 2 had the better viewing area from the porch).
Comments:
Although I gave this place 4 smiley faces, there are both Pros and Cons about it that you should consider before deciding to stay here as it might not be everyone's cup of tea.
⊕ Unique lodge design featuring individual Cambodian houses taken from different provinces and reassembled at Sala Lodges
⊕ Away from the central area but not too far out (around few minutes by car)
⊕ Service was great, hotel staff were very friendly
⊖ Noisy cicadas & frogs at night, along with the air-conditioners that you need kept on throughout the night, if you can't sleep unless its dead quiet, then this is not the place for you. We also noticed clubbing music with heavy basses being played every night which was the most disturbing of all but we couldn't figure out where it was coming from. We suspected it was coming from Pub Street as the beats were very similar to the ones played when we were actually hanging around there, although we also thought there was no way we could hear that sound from such a distance...mystery. Oh, and you will hear rooster calls as well but at least that's in the morning.
⊖ Bathroom amenities - we had emailed them in advance to check on what bathroom amenities they had available and were advised that they had toothbrushes & toothpaste. However we didn't see these in our room so had to call them up and request. Strange thing was that they responded with "oh, so you prefer a toothbrush? Ok." Then it took them a while before they brought it to my room and what they gave me was a packaged Colgate toothbrush and boxed Colgate toothpaste as if they had just bought it from a store. I found out from my friends in the other cabin that they were only given one toothbrush as they had none left...another strange thing.
⊖ Spa - now again, we had inquired about this and reserved in advance and was advised that their spa service was offered by a local Cambodian spa place called Bodia Spa. We were under the impression that we were able to have the treatment in our rooms but it wasn't until we were there and asked our reception to confirm our booking again that we found out the treatments were booked for the spa's Old Market branch downtown. Bodia Spa advised the lodge staff that the treatments would be difficult to do in the room and they could not conveniently bring all the necessary equipment over to the lodge. I would have expected the lodge to have advised us exactly which treatments we could do in the room however when I asked the reception it seemed that Bodia Spa informed that none of the treatments could really be done at the lodge...
⊕⊖ Besides the cicadas & frogs, lizards and geckos are also a common sight here, so some may find it interesting, and some may not.
Bodia Spa service
Free wifi throughout hotel
Complimentary refreshments upon arrival (and each day returning to hotel)
Complimentary bottled water in the rooms
Tuk-tuk driver standby that can be charged to hotel bill
TV in room upon request
Insect repellant available in rooms (a Bodia Spa product)
Small infinity pool
Recommend:
House 1 "House Mouy"
House 10 "House Dop"
(My friends and I stayed at the above 2 houses which were nicely situated across from each other in the centre of the lodge area; these 2 had the better viewing area from the porch).
Comments:
Although I gave this place 4 smiley faces, there are both Pros and Cons about it that you should consider before deciding to stay here as it might not be everyone's cup of tea.
⊕ Unique lodge design featuring individual Cambodian houses taken from different provinces and reassembled at Sala Lodges
⊕ Away from the central area but not too far out (around few minutes by car)
⊕ Service was great, hotel staff were very friendly
⊖ Noisy cicadas & frogs at night, along with the air-conditioners that you need kept on throughout the night, if you can't sleep unless its dead quiet, then this is not the place for you. We also noticed clubbing music with heavy basses being played every night which was the most disturbing of all but we couldn't figure out where it was coming from. We suspected it was coming from Pub Street as the beats were very similar to the ones played when we were actually hanging around there, although we also thought there was no way we could hear that sound from such a distance...mystery. Oh, and you will hear rooster calls as well but at least that's in the morning.
⊖ Bathroom amenities - we had emailed them in advance to check on what bathroom amenities they had available and were advised that they had toothbrushes & toothpaste. However we didn't see these in our room so had to call them up and request. Strange thing was that they responded with "oh, so you prefer a toothbrush? Ok." Then it took them a while before they brought it to my room and what they gave me was a packaged Colgate toothbrush and boxed Colgate toothpaste as if they had just bought it from a store. I found out from my friends in the other cabin that they were only given one toothbrush as they had none left...another strange thing.
⊖ Spa - now again, we had inquired about this and reserved in advance and was advised that their spa service was offered by a local Cambodian spa place called Bodia Spa. We were under the impression that we were able to have the treatment in our rooms but it wasn't until we were there and asked our reception to confirm our booking again that we found out the treatments were booked for the spa's Old Market branch downtown. Bodia Spa advised the lodge staff that the treatments would be difficult to do in the room and they could not conveniently bring all the necessary equipment over to the lodge. I would have expected the lodge to have advised us exactly which treatments we could do in the room however when I asked the reception it seemed that Bodia Spa informed that none of the treatments could really be done at the lodge...
⊕⊖ Besides the cicadas & frogs, lizards and geckos are also a common sight here, so some may find it interesting, and some may not.
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