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Golden Gate Hotel

Smart deluxe rooms, tour group favourite

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Street 278 is home to a slew of hotels with the word Golden in their name, and rumour has it they're all owned by various members of the same extended family. Of all the Goldens, Golden Gate is the nicest, though the others are quite similar and perfectly fine too. It has two properties facing each other: The building on the northern side has deluxe rooms and a handful of standards, while the one to the south has standards only. Deluxe rooms include a lacklustre breakfast and have TV, air-con, fridge and bathtubs and are very smart and quite well priced, while the standard rooms in both buildings are more dreary affairs. Both buildings are very popular with tour groups so a reservation is a good idea in high season. This is also a popular place for aid workers and Khmer Rouge tribunal interns to live before finding an apartment. Daily same-day free laundry service is offered. There's also a conference room with air-con that seats up to 20 people and can be rented for $40 per day. The Golden Gate is close to the Independence Monument and plenty of bars and restaurants. The motodops and tuk tuk drivers can be pesky.

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9CD St 278, Phnom Penh. T: (023) 721 161, (023) 721 005, (023) 427 618, (023) 213 129
Email them at: goldengatehotels@hotmail.com
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What we were quoted*

Type of room	Low season	High season	Notes
Standard - Single	20 USD	20 USD
Standard - Double	28 USD	28 USD
Deluxe- Double	35 USD	35 USD
Junior Suite	40 USD	40 USD

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Added to Travelfish on: 25th September, 2005
Last visited or updated on: 20th May, 2009

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good level of service and comfort - 20th January, 2009
after a few nights in a fairly comfortable but basic $5 fan and cold water room at Kampot Riverview GH, my wife was ready to spend our last few nights in Cambodia with a bit more comfort; Golden Gate certainly delivered and we opted for the $30 deluxe double: icy A/C, cold fridge, even a balcony with tin roof views, and not only free breakfast, but free same day laundry service as well. This was an great perk, as we arrived home with mostly clean clothes in our packs. Good area for bars, restaurants, shopping.

Golden Gate Hotel reviewed by CunningMcFar on 20th January, 2009, rated 4 out of 5.
Stayed here 10/2006
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Total reviews submitted: 43.
CunningMcFar also reviewed: A-One Inn, Anouxsa Guesthouse, Auberge Sala Done Khong, Baan Lotus, Bougainvillier Hotel, Cave Lodge, Champasak Palace Hotel, Fern Resort, Kampot River View Guesthouse, Lai Thai Guest House, Mutmee Guesthouse, New Siam II Guest House, Pakse Hotel, Royal Hotel, Salachampa Hotel, Sang Tong Huts, Sayo Guesthouse, Soppong River Inn, Sri Isan Hotel, Tamarind Village Hotel, Thong Bay Guest House, Thong Bay Guesthouse, Top North Hotel, Two Dragons Guesthouse.

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Golden Gate Hotel reviewed by CunningMcFar ( total comments: 43 )
Stayed here 10/2006

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