Battambang Nightlife

This is the only place to come and chill in the city. It's in an old wooden house over looking the river. Wicker tables and chairs,bed seats and fairy lights. Looks out onto the river. Drinks are a reasonable price and food is pretty good. They have a pool table, but it was being used for bread storage when we were there.

Just remember to take you shoes off before you go up the stairs. We didn't realise as we were the first there. Opens 4-11pm. Moto ride costs 1000 riel or you can walk. All the moto and Tuk Tuk drivers know it.

Dress Code: No dress code. Just take your shoes off before you go up the stairs.

Visiting a night club in Cambodia is a really weird, but nevertheless fun, experience. Once you enter you're immediately 'attacked' by 20 or so beer girls trying to sell you their product. On stage there was a Khmer girl band consisting of four barely dressed teenage girls singing local pop songs with occasional Karaoke attempts by one of the guests.
The strangest experience, however, was the bathroom visit. There is one guy whose only job is to open the door for you. So i entered the room and went to the pissoir. I opened the zipper and was about to start when i suddenly felt two hands on my shoulders. First i was rather shocked, but then i realised that the beer price includes a 'toilet massage'. When you're finished this night club employee will also wash and dry your hands. That's what i call service.
This was the place where i spent my 24th birthday.

Dress Code: none

Fruit shakes are a real treat in Cambodia. A lot of travelers shy away from them as they are made with ice but I never seemed to get sick from them. In fact, it’s said that ice in Cambodia is filtered. They are tasty no matter and the trick is they use sweetened condensed milk and a raw egg to make them extra creamy and sweet. The most atmospheric place to have one is along the river and these little stalls only open at night. Just go up and point at the fruit you want and wait for the tasty nectar to be prepared under the neon lights.