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FCC (Foreign Correspondent Club) Phnom Penh
8 Reviews The FCC is extremely popular with tourists and ex-pats alike, and although it has a great location with a fantastic rooftop bar offering great views, it wasn’t the place for us. The drinks were...
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Hearts of Darkness Phnom Penh
7 Reviews Last Saturday night, it was just packed. Good music, good crowd and reasonably priced drinks. Went with a group of friends, and spent a bit of time in the quieter upstairs bar overlooking the...
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Riverside Phnom Penh
5 Reviews We only ventured out one night while in Phnom Penh, to meet a fellow traveler we had met on the Mekong Delta trip that brought us to the Cambodian capital. The Pink Elephant was an okay travelers’ pub...
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Martini Phnom Penh
3 Reviews Not my kind of place but I decided to check it out anyways. It has the following features: - Western disco - Outside bar - 120" movie screen - Free bands - Free pool tables Martini's is well known as...
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'Heart of Darkness', 'Martini'. These are the only two places I went, in fact.Heart of Darkness is nicely decorated small bar, nice music. Martini is quite a sight - very big, has a dancing area, an open air area, cinema, eating area, bar... and the place is full of extremely lovely Cambodian and Vietnamese girls. None at all. Go in short if you like.
I didnt really hit the bars too much here, but in Siem Reap you can see traditional style Khmer dancing at several of the larger hotels at night for a few dollars and enjoy a cold beer while your at it. Siem Reap isnt dangerous at night, but P.Penh does demand a certain amount of caution, if your coming from the airport and just have to go out someplace late at night, ask your airport taxi to pick ya up where your staying, most are glad to pick up dollars and be able to charge foriegner price for rides.
You have two choices to drink Angkor beer or Bayon beer, hawkers by the roadside are excellent. Try the duck egg, you won't regret. At night in Siem Reap, we walked to the riverside hawkers selling roasted crabs, prawns and etc but none of us try it because htere are three or four kids chasing us and pulling your hand begging for money. Later we walk again to another road selling local products and fruits, still a few kid pulling your shirt begging for money.
This place is frequented my Westerners and it serves all kinds of beer and mixed drinks. The music is loud and it's almost like a sports bar. There is an outside balcony and the bar and pool tables are located on the second floor. It is open very late into the night. There are Cambodian women who mill around from table to table and don'tbe suprised if several take a seat at your table. They don't disguise the fact that they are 'working women'...it's obvious by their name tags and numbers. i don't know if the bar itself sanctions this but it is very obvious. It is still possible to have a good time at this place without patronizing the prostitutes. very casual.
Not much of a nightlife here.. We were told not to go outside after dark, especially not aloneUsually you would just sit in the guesthuse and drink No visible valuebles like rings and watches, the soldiers rarly get payed. Don't know if it is that bad now, but it certainly was in -96. In Bangkok ,we were told not to bring anything to Cambodia you don't want to loose,. Naturally everything I brought was stolen, including the malariatablets..
Phnom Penh has gained a certain reputation for nightlife that is wilder and cheaper than anything you can find in Bangkok or Manila. In the immediate post-UNTAC days, old Cliffie wasn't sure whether he should be more wary of tough Dutch paratroopers or sweet young ladies of the night. Wisely or wimpishly, he avoided both - and thus lived to tell the tale. When old Cliffie was in Phnom Penh, the better places to hang out included the Gecko Bistrot (popular with French paras), the Café No Problem (located in a French colonial villa and ideal for a quiet sundowner before dinner) and the Cathouse (not so wild as the name implies).
The nightlife is vibrant in PP. People don't hide indoors as some people posting on the Net would have you believe, but I can't say what goes on outside PP. Restaurants and clubs are packed until midnight and later. Cars and other vehicles on the roads in PP until quite late at night.I went to a local nightclub where foreigners virtually never go. Went with a local contact. Great atmosphere and very cheap. Prices here, as in restaurants and shops, all in American dollars. Unique music and dances. I was encouraged to join a local circle dance with Khmer moves and music. Fantastic experience and the Cambodians didn't look at me like I was a crazy foreigner. Not at all threatening; many clubs like this around PP--have a male Cambodian take you.Nothing like it anywhere else, even Thailand. There are also areas that cater to single males; I didn't visit but my local contact suggested those...
Foreign Correspondent's Club in Phnom PenhWhen you get weary of bar girls, berr girls, prostitutes and discos (average Phnom Penh nightlife), the FCC is a quiet grown up place to go. They show Western movies once a week and used to have a truck to drive patrons back to their hotels after 9pm if you don't care to hire a moto. The clientele is largely Western but the staff is Cambodian and very friendly. There is a bar and pool hall downstairs on the street level and a restaurant owned by a Cambodian American. Typically folks dress a little nicer than their regular PP street wear. Lots of journalists and expats -- men usually wear button up or polo shirts, women are fine in skirts or pants.
Giddy Gecko now has AC in lounge and big screen TV for sports and movies. This should provide a much more comfortable atmosphere for customers to enjoy. casual
Just an update on casinos in Phnom Pehn. The Floating Casino spot says it is the only casino here. There are probably 20 in the city
Raffles Hotel Le Royal Phnom Penh
9 Reviews and 371 Opinions Raffles Hotel Le Royal is the premier hotel in Phnom Penh. The hotel was first established in 1929...
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La Residence d'Angkor Siem Reap
1 Review and 372 Opinions The hotel is simply splendid. The spa is the ideal manner for relaxing after a long sightseeing of...
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