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Kampot Guesthouse
Okay, but tours get a hard sell
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Just up the road from Blissful, Kampot Guesthouse has spotless, well-sized rooms priced across a range of budgets, all set in a mammoth building that's clean enough and has a large terrace but lacks any decorative appeal. A restaurant on site serves Khmer and limited Western food that we hear is of pretty poor quality. While the rooms are quite a good price, Kampot gets more than its fair share of complaints regarding hard selling of in-house tours. Without the character of Blissful and with this hassle, this remains an overflow choice.
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Off the river, Kampot. T: (012) 512 931
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Added to Travelfish on: 3rd July, 2004
Last visited or updated on: 27th August, 2009
Kampot Guesthouse reviews
Good place - 15th March, 2008
Enjoyed my stay here, the staff are all nice and accommodating, plenty of tour information but not pushy about it. Slept well in the big room with high ceilings and no windows.
Kampot Guesthouse reviewed by Fishman on 15th March, 2008, rated
Stayed here 11/2007
This is a Travelfish recommended reviewer
Total reviews submitted: 39.
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Peaceful and relaxing - 22nd May, 2006
Nice staff, nice rooms, pillows a bit hard, but beds otherwise comfortable. Good reception on telly and have HBO! Blissful Guesthouse Bar a 30 second walk away. Good value and comfy, shame about the hard sell on the tours though!
Kampot Guesthouse reviewed by mrandmrsburke on 22nd May, 2006, rated
Stayed here 5/2006
This is a Travelfish recommended reviewer
Total reviews submitted: 25.
mrandmrsburke also reviewed: Baan Lotus, Baan Sabai, Bella Bella House, Bounmy Guesthouse, Charlie's Huts, Chat House, CM Blue House, Friendship Guesthouse, Garden House, Heritage Guest House, Ko Tao Tropicana Resort, Les Jardins de Vang Vieng, LiThai Guesthouse, Mali Namphu, Monkey Republic, Nett Hotel, Prince II Hotel, Suncliff Resort, The Riverside Guest House, V.N.Guesthouse.
Quiet, fine. - 25th January, 2010
4Just stayed here a couple of nights, $10 for a fan room. Nobody mentioned any tours to me at all. The room was large and quiet. There's wifi and a nice garden with tables to eat at. I thought the staff were friendly and helpful. I preferred staying here to blissful which was too much of a scene for me.
Kampot Guesthouse reviewed by dingbatt on 25th January, 2010, rated
Stayed here 1/2010
Total reviews submitted: 2.
dingbatt also reviewed: Vanna Bungalows.
Fine for the money - 24th November, 2009
Not bad location with lots of other guesthouses and tour companies on the same street. Nice garden restuarant and some space upstairs to sit and enjoy the breeze. Room was nothing special but fine for the price that we paid. Didn't find them pushy about tours at all.
Kampot Guesthouse reviewed by Sheenastar on 24th November, 2009, rated
Stayed here 11/2009
Total reviews submitted: 9.
Sheenastar also reviewed: Bodhi Villa, Botanica, Canh Tien, Rikka Inn, Rosy Guest House, Sokdee Guest House, Thang Loi Resort, Top Banana Guesthouse.
not too bad - 16th February, 2008
we turned up at chinese new year and got the last room.
double fan for 10 dollars a night. the room was ok and nobody there even mentioned their tours to us even though we were there for a week.they always helped us with bus tickets and tuk tuks.
the service in the restaurant is slow ( but thats normal) and the food isnt that good at all. PLUS they lock the gates at midnight so you have to try waking someone up which often takes a while.
Kampot Guesthouse reviewed by brumlee on 16th February, 2008, rated
Stayed here 2/2008
Total reviews submitted: 4.
brumlee also reviewed: Mealy Chenda Guesthouse, Sakal Bungalows, Seng Sokhom Guest House.
ok - 8th November, 2007
We had a clean room with cable tv and the restaurant was nice and shady. Maybe it doesn't look great from outsidebut it is not a bad option at all.
Kampot Guesthouse reviewed by supervale on 8th November, 2007, rated
Stayed here 10/2007
Total reviews submitted: 10.
supervale also reviewed: Adima Guesthouse, Ayutthaya Guest House, Blissful Guesthouse, Halo, Hotel 31, Markara Guesthouse and Restaurant, Pan's Guest House, Sedone River Guesthouse.
Dodgy wiring, dodgy tours - 9th October, 2006
Interested to read next comment. We were hassled into staying here and then onto their tour. The tour didn't deliver what it was supposed to and was more expensive than others. As for the guesthouse, it had dodgy wiring meaning that to have the fan on you had to have the light on, everything was wired into the light switch. Nothing terrible but no charm.
Kampot Guesthouse reviewed by Georgie on 9th October, 2006, rated
Stayed here 9/2006
Total reviews submitted: 3.
Georgie also reviewed: Blissful Guesthouse, Thien Thanh.
Hard sell city - 30th September, 2006
Room we had was ok - but shower was a mere trickle and the TV didn't work. We asked if they could be fixed for us which the manager said he would immediately attend to, but needless to say nothing was done nor did the manager explain why nothing was done. Food was average but plentiful -- service was slow considering we were the only people there. The real problem we had with the place (and which ultimately made us leave Kampot early was the hard sell on the tours. As soon as we had checked in the guesthouse resident tour operator asked us to look through his tour brochure and wanted us to make a decision about booking a tour. We said that we would like to look around the town first and get an idea of prices etc, but then he just started on about how the other tours were no good, the guide would not speak English, they would not provide what they said they would etc. We did book a tour in town (which was excellent -- recommended in 2006 Lonely Planet -- Boker Hill tour) and some staff at the guesthouse were very disparaging trying to put us off going. The guesthouse also appears to let random people who purport to be guides into the hotel who harrass you. One guy kept following us around trying to get us onto a tour with him and when we said no he then wanted us to go to some dodgy restaurant to place some safe bets -- only safe bet would be us losing our money! Didn't take him up on the tour or the gambling. We were annoyed at how the guesthouse let their guests be harrassed within the grounds of the hotel. Would not recommend it for that reason -- Little Garden Bar and Guesthouse looked very nice and staff were very corteous when we visited.
Kampot Guesthouse reviewed by Sam741 on 30th September, 2006, rated
Stayed here 9/2006
Total reviews submitted: 2.
Sam741 also reviewed: Two Dragons Guesthouse.
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