The Unique Angkor Villa

What a brilliant surprise! Since the start of our travels I had been really missing my old job in construction, so I was elated to find out that we had inadvertently booked into a construction site themed hotel. No need to go through the boring ritual of setting your alarm for the next morning here, as the familiar sound of hammers and drills will get you up early doors and ready for a hard days slog - but remember you’re on holiday so you get all those extra morning hours to yourself. Brilliant! Also if you’re feeling lonely there’s lots of constructions workers hanging around outside the rooms so you’ll not be alone for long. They seemed to have a great apprenticeship scheme in place too with lots of children taking part in the construction works, which was nice to see them giving back to the community. The manager was genuinely really lovely at the Unique Angkor, although he did not wear a hard hat or provide daily health and safety briefings which kind of ruined the immersion for me a bit. But otherwise a brilliantly themed hotel and a wonderful idea!

No tools or personal protective equipment provided by the manager so I had to buy my own hi viz jacket and helmet for the stay.

Staff were friendly and helpful in organising Tuk Tuk tours of Angkor wat. Great location for the river and pub street as well as the night markets

The property is a construction site at the moment with literally half of it being built. This resulted in it being quite dusty in the communal areas but of most significance was the level of noise from the works during the day. Not ideal for catching some sleep following the 4am start for sunrise at Angkor Wat. Works did stop in the evening though

The staff is really friendly and nice. Location is good. The bed is comfortable. Free pick up airport.

They are re-building half the hotel (till june 2019)at 2 meter from your door without telling this on the website and without discount in the price.Builders start at 7 am till 6pm. We didn’t like the pillow, so hard and big(fat) that they give us a stiff neck.