Name: The Bright Lotus Guesthouse
Address: No 22 St 178 Sothearos Blv Sangkat Cheychoumnas Kh, Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, 12301, Cambodia
Rating: 7

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I stayed 2 nights. On the last night, I was woken up at 1am to water dripping on my head. I got up to tur. on the light to find my room was a swimming pool.
The storm outside flooded the balcony because the drains are blocked. All the water rushed into my room. The roof was leaking, soaking my bed.
I contacted the manager but she got back to me in the morning. I was checking put that day. I got no sleep.
It could have been dangerous because electrical appliances were plugged in and on the floor.
She didn't offer me a refund. She did apologise, that wasn't good enough.
I wrote a honest rec
view on the accommodation, and her reply was that my long hair blocked the drain in my bathroom. And that caused flooding.
I have video footage of the bathroom minus any hair, the flooded balcony and flooded room.
Avoid this place

Avoid at all cost

The Bright Lotus Guesthouse , Riverside, Phnom Penh. 

I was very comfortable in my top floor room. It's a large en suite twin bedroom . Satellite TV, kettle, fridge and desk. Free 2x  bottle water too. Hot water shower, AC and/or fan.

I highly recommend. 

Sam and his wife are very friendly, helpful and informative too. 



I was most comfortable and felt welcomed

I took the 2nd story end room with a balcony, only downside is that they do not make it clear that the balcony is for the end room and not to be shared so you will get uninvited guests. Great wifi, a/c, private bath. It is noisy in this area no matter where you stay. Great staff. Can arrange tours, transport etc. Great bargain. 

Great place near waterfront, bars, massage, 50cent beer places.

Let me be honest, this hotel is in a great location, right in the heart of Phnom Penh and a very short walk to the riverside. Unfortunately loud noise is now a major problem if you decide to stay here. The noise comes from 3 different locations nearby.
1. The hotel is right next to a major road junction where taxi's / tuk tuk drivers stop close by,
2. At night a new 4 storey bar/disco just across the road blares out loud music all evening.
3. An old building next door that is sometimes used to hold rock concerts all day long.
This will be the last time I stay here.

Sleepless Nights

There was just something…off about this place.  I mean, the location is fantastic and it’s super cheap, and the rooms are big, but we just couldn’t wait to leave.  The cleanliness left a little to be desired - we had a small ant infestation in our room - but when we mentioned it to staff they moved us to a different, cleaner room.  So far so acceptable.

At night time, everything is different.  Firstly, it is located on a busy crossroads, where tuk tuk drivers regularly ply for trade and, when night falls, go to sleep.  If you return to the guesthouse after 9pm (they don’t stay up late!) you will therefore find yourself stepping over numerous (perhaps 10) bodies in sleeping bags on the pavement outside the front door.  You will then have to climb over the cot bed in the tiny foyer where the night receptionist sleeps.  Then, depending on your floor you’ll have to climb over the makeshift beds of other members of staff before reaching your own room.

Inevitably it will be stinking hot as they flip the fuse to your room when you leave, meaning the air con won’t have been on, nor will your electrical items have charged.

But all of this would still be just about bearable were it not for the, well, strange, clientele.  It’s the kind of place that attracts a certain kind of older, white, single male with strange nocturnal habits... some of which may well keep you up at night (since the walls are so thin).  We saw no concrete evidence of illegal activity but we did observe some questionable interactions between very young-looking Cambodian girls and at least one of the guests.  This guesthouse does not promote ‘Child Safe’ policies that most other reputable establishments in Cambodia do.  Don’t stay here.  There are much nicer places nearby that are just as cheap.  We moved after 2 nights to Scodo.  It was great - go there instead!

Don't stay here

Pros: Good location, clean rooms.

Cons: 

1. Staff speak little English and appear to understand even less (the difference between a twin and double room, for example).
2. Staff keen to extract as much money from you as possible. We had to pay extra to be accommodated in rooms next to each other (+ $5 for the balcony room), and the receptionist openly admitted the cut of the money that he would receive for organising a tuk-tuk (i.e. not much incentive for him to get us a good price).
3. Despite the implied business association, the Bright Lotus restaurant does not allow guests of the Bright Lotus accommodation to sit on its chairs outside the hotel unless they are spending money there.
3. Multiple lone, white, middle-aged men appear to frequent the accommodation and associated restaurant downstairs. Many were observed on different occasions in the company of Cambodian girls.
4. One of these men woke my friends up at 4am by turning his TV on very loud in the room next to theirs. They knocked on his door to ask him to turn it down, happening to arrive at the same time as the receptionist who had also been woken by the noise. The next day he  confronted us to ask why they had done this, and appeared to be very agitated that they were going to call the police. As we hadn’t mentioned the police we were bemused by his concern.
5. Very noisy at night.

All of the accommodation we since booked in Cambodia we ensured complied with ‘Child Safe’ assurances.

Bad Vibe

This review is for the restaurant downstairs [unfortunately they don't have their own trip advisor site]. 
We ate at this restaurant many times during our stay in PP. We absolutely loved it [hence the reason we kept going back]. The owner is the loveliest lady, and the rest of the staff were also very friendly.Food is excellent and they also make the best iced lemon tea.

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