BigDee wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:42 pm All in all, I am considering a quick trip (first time) to visit Angkor in the next couple of days to take advantage on the minimal tourist.
Not fussed on the bar street but would appreciate any recommendations a nice Hotel close to or with its own restaurant, small bar and pool. happy to pay a premium for something in a nice relaxing setting.
Thanks in advance

I like Babel guesthouse when I'm up there. Nice part of town away from most of the shite.

But I think they are closed and begging for money through gofundme to keep from disappearing altogether at the moment.

Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 3:13 pm

BigDee wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 12:42 pm All in all, I am considering a quick trip (first time) to visit Angkor in the next couple of days to take advantage on the minimal tourist.
Not fussed on the bar street but would appreciate any recommendations a nice Hotel close to or with its own restaurant, small bar and pool. happy to pay a premium for something in a nice relaxing setting.
Thanks in advance

I like Babel guesthouse when I'm up there. Nice part of town away from most of the shite.

But I think they are closed and begging for money through gofundme to keep from disappearing altogether at the moment.

Unless landlords are being flexible I think a load will disappear. So many have already had to walk away especially those aimed specifically at western tourists, e.g. hostels as there is no end in sight for when they might get customers again. some other smaller boutiques might still get expats and some Khmer in country travelling through and staying might scrape by. but when will tourists be allowed? If you look at restrictions easing in Europe then the USA is on a banned list due to Donny's dreadful leadership, would Asia risk opening up to them when cases are still rising? UK similarly has high cases and is on a red list for many countries. Australia seems to have very strict lockdown borders so for those going on holiday can they return? if so it is a 2 week quarantine how many can take that time off work. Thats 3 major countries of people who would travel to Asia off the list for now. concerning times for all.

I see the Funky Flashpacker place has switched to residential now. And many other hotels offering monthly or long term accommodation as well.

It'll be really interesting to keep an eye on SR and see where it's at in two years. That's my timeline to move back as long as things have returned to halfway normal in the world.

Tourism was Definitely suffering before covid hit. I worked for a school that taught English to hotel staff. We were struggling for business because none of the hotels could afford the extra expense for English classes after the 2018 tourist season died down. 2019-2020 never really ramped up in December like it should have.

Silver lining to it all, at least Temple Bar on Pub Street is closed and no one has to listen to their music rudely Blasting into the night, ruining the atmosphere for every business in a two block radius. They basically single handedly ruined Pub Street. I thought it was a pretty good time other than those obnoxious d-bags. Because of them, I rarely went any closer than Laundry. I think everyone I knew felt the same.

Electric Earth wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:54 pm
Silver lining to it all, at least Temple Bar on Pub Street is closed and no one has to listen to their music rudely Blasting into the night, ruining the atmosphere for every business in a two block radius. They basically single handedly ruined Pub Street.

indeed they did, unfortunately due to them owning most of pub street they could get away with it. Between them and the Brit who owned Angkor What, Beatnik and what used to be The Warehouse, they drove the rents up, got a lot of nice places to have to give up their leases (Molly Mallone's, The Warehouse etc) and filled them with identikit places (although Charlies going was no loss!) all with no idea of how to serve people or control their music volume. I see that Miss Wongs Cocktail bar has moved as well to across the river.

Yeah, Temple (of Doom) absolutely destroyed the pub area. Drove me out of the Red Piano, Miss Wong's, an Irish pub (Molly Malone's?) and the pub area over different nights. Good riddance.

But as noted above by Anchor Moy, the pub area became a gutter. It could have been a winner. One year I hit SR three or four times. Came across Soul Train, a chill bar that was next to Yolo. Came back a few months later and the Yolo crowd spread out into the street (easy to do, really) and proceeded to bomb the neighbourhood with thoom-thoom-thoom. Ruined Soul Train. And went well along to helping ruin SR.

Anyone know where the Chinese development will be located? If it stays well away from Wat Bo area, east of the river, I might give SR another go.

ExPenhMan wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:49 pm Yeah, Temple (of Doom) absolutely destroyed the pub area. Drove me out of the Red Piano, Miss Wong's, an Irish pub (Molly Malone's?) and the pub area over different nights. Good riddance.

But as noted above by Anchor Moy, the pub area became a gutter. It could have been a winner. One year I hit SR three or four times. Came across Soul Train, a chill bar that was next to Yolo. Came back a few months later and the Yolo crowd spread out into the street (easy to do, really) and proceeded to bomb the neighbourhood with thoom-thoom-thoom. Ruined Soul Train. And went well along to helping ruin SR.

Anyone know where the Chinese development will be located? If it stays well away from Wat Bo area, east of the river, I might give SR another go.

If you mean the new chinese airport and city development, its well out of city center. 40-50 km to southeast from Siem Reap.

Electric Earth wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:54 pm
Silver lining to it all, at least Temple Bar on Pub Street is closed and no one has to listen to their music rudely Blasting into the night, ruining the atmosphere for every business in a two block radius. They basically single handedly ruined Pub Street. I thought it was a pretty good time other than those obnoxious d-bags. Because of them, I rarely went any closer than Laundry. I think everyone I knew felt the same.

And the last time i was there they passed off a curry scrambled eggs as an Amok
That really pissed me off considering it's within the cultural heartland
A lot of tourists won't be having that again.