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#10 Lakeside Guest House
Very popular and laid back
#10 Street 93, Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh Province
Tel: (012) 725 032
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Description
This large guesthouse has loads of rooms -- all with paper-thin walls, but at least the staff are friendly. It's under new ownership as of 2006, and the new guy, Phanna, speaks excellent English and aims to please. We have received some negative feedback from users about this place in the past, but we're looking to see improvements under the new leadership. Rates are rock-bottom, starting at US$1.00 a night though bear in mind you get what you pay for -- much of the accommodation is very basic. It's a popular place with a very relaxed atmosphere. A large restaurant on the ground floor spreads over the hammok-draped veranda and they've extended their seating area by adding a permanently-docked boat to the end of their pier. Hot water is available in some rooms, so ask if that's your preference. Some of the double rooms may accommodate up to four depending on how cosy you want to get with your travel companions.
Total rooms: 40+
Dorm Fan
1 USD (low season)
1 USD (high season)
Sgl fan share b'room
3 USD (low season)
3 USD (high season)
Dbl fan share b'room
4 USD (low season)
4 USD (high season)
Sgl fan private b'room
5 USD (low season)
5 USD (high season)
With TV
Dbl fan private b'room
6 USD (low season)
6 USD (high season)
With TV, US$7 for a larger room
Added to Travelfish on: 15th March, 2004
Last visited or updated on: 12th May, 2007
Guest feedback
Relaxing - 
By niallseton ( total comments: 3 
) Stayed here 7/2007
Stayed here for 3 days and 3 nights. The rooms were very basic but clean enough. The best point was the decking out onto the lake and the food! The sunsets over the lake were fantastic (if a bit smelly!) and the food was prepared quickly and was nice. Beware the 2 pool sharks though as played doubles for drinks and got wiped out! Saw alot of nicer places to stay around the lake but for $5 for 4 of us per night, couldn't complain at all.
You get what you pay for... -
By noushymoo ( total comments: 6 ) Stayed here 7/2006
We had a double room, bathroom, fan $3 and as the comments below say its not fantastic, but its a place to sleep really, theres too much else to do. The deck downstairs is nice, the staff are nice, no complaints given the price. Would be very upset to get a room like that for $10!!
never again - 
By love2travel ( total comments: 2 ) Stayed here 12/2005
I have to say, i'm not too picky a traveller, at all, but I was disappointed by this guesthouse. The room was incredibly humid, no screens on the windows, no ac (which is usually fine if you can open the window with out a rush of mossies), the bathroom was not nice (in order to brush my teeth my toothbrush could barely fit between the faucet and the grimy sink to rinse the brush) nor could i wash my hands in the faucet that was right againts the sink basin. There was no trash can in the room, pillows with scratchy lace around the edges, and no mat to wipe your feet after using the tiolet/shower. The people who work there were nice, but pushy...and seemed to linger around the table, trying to get you to commit to use them if you needed anything...ie a moto/tuk tuk, tickets to snookie etc. The room was indeed cheap, and the deck nice...but i wouldn't stay there again.
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