Pavillon Indochine

Tuktuk driver very good Can pay all services and meal at check out Bed very very confortable

Need to take tuktuk to go around-- 2usd trip to city Renting bike can be good deal

Beautiful hotel, classic SE-Asian colonial chic. The room has nice dark wooden furniture and a lovely view in the window -- ours was on the ground floor overlooking a lush green tropical garden. It was nice to lie on the bed and look out over the rain on the greenery. The sitting area just outside the door, in front of pool, was also really nice -- it felt separate and private but at the same time with a lovely view over a very picturesque pool. The draught beer at the bar was very good and the staff are lovely and very friendly -- and they speak excellent English. You can also rent bikes and organise private tours through them. The location is great -- easy cycling distance to Angkor Wat, perfect for a cycle there to see sunrise and then come back for a nap before a tuk-tuk tour of more temples. Tuk-tuk into town is $2 and a very pleasant ride. There's a monastery next door (and a commemoration ground for victims of Khmer Rouge atrocities -- would highly recommend a visit) and the occasional bells and chants which come from it are very soothing. It's an extremely peaceful place to stay.

The worst part -- and the reason I would not stay there again -- was the mould in the room. We didn't even switch on the AC unit (which was old and very likely also mouldy), but the room stank of mould. I think it was in the wood -- we tried to air it out and slept with the window open and with the overhead fan on, but it helped very little. I only fully realised the extent of the problem when we left and I noticed that all the clothes I had brought with me and which stayed in the shut room during the day stank of mould. It was just extremely unhealthy. Mosquito net over the bed was very pretty (princess-bed style) but it was full of holes. We sawed a few up and tried to pin it closed. The mosquito screen on the window (fantastic idea!) also had holes -- also useless unless you tape it up. Basically the hotel needs a lot of maintenance. The bathroom had been recently painted but in a horrid grey -- over tiles, ceiling, everything. It felt like a public bathroom. Breakfast was disappointing -- terrible coffee, some not-very-juicy fruit, basic bread-and-jam combo. In short, the hotel has bags of potential to be absolutely wonderful, but only if the work is put into it. As it is, it's pretty to look at but very unhealthy to stay in. I don't know whether there are rooms which don't have the mould problem, but the impression was that it's in the building.