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Little Garden Bar & Guesthouse
Great value and good views
River Rd, Kampot
Kampot Province
Tel: (012) 25 6901
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Description
The Little Garden Guesthouse is set behind the same-named bar and restaurant on Kampot's riverside road and for backpackers and flashpackers, this represents good value. Most of their rooms are well maintained and clean and all have private bathroom facilities, but their cheapest offerings, opening onto the rooftop terrace are pretty dire and smelt awful when we were shown one -- you're well advised to go for one of the rooms on a lower floor. Their fanciest air-con rooms come with TV, hot water bathrooms and DVD players, making them excellent value, and they're plenty big enough to stick an extra bed in should you be in a travelling threesome. The rooftop terrace has terrific views over the river towards Bokor and the ground floor restaurant is a great spot to escape the heat for an afternoon or evening drink. The friendly western management can arrange tours in the surrounding area and can also assist in volunteering opportunities.
Dbl fan private b'room
12 USD (low season)
12 USD (high season)
$10 for top floor
Dbl A/C private b'room
16 USD (low season)
16 USD (high season)
Upto $18
Added to Travelfish on: 11th August, 2005
Last visited or updated on: 2nd November, 2007
Guest feedback
Best place to stay in Kampot! - 
By sea_level ( total comments: 2 
) Stayed here 2/2008
I stayed at the little garden bar twice - both times it was a beautiful, clean and calm place. The staff and management are very friendly and helpful. The restaurant is a brilliant place to stay on hot afternoons and the rooftops offers a great view over the river and mountains. Anybody interested in volunteer opportunities in Kampot is in good hands at the little garden bar. Oh and the food served at the restaurant is very good, also for vegetarians!
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Great restaurant, nice staff - 
By syzafar ( total comments: 4 ) Stayed here 8/2007
The rooms were fine -- pretty standard and functional, but nothing to write home about. Well worth the price -- the air-con worked great. The shower was great with very hot water, but the bathroom smelled a bit musty. The best part of this guesthouse is the restaurant, by far. I had a great dinner there. Based on our experience, the staff were very friendly -- someone met us as we arrived, the owner chatted with us for a while as we ate breakfast and one of the staff went to Kampot bus station to buy bus tickets for us. We experienced none of the staff problems that other comments have noted. I would recommend this place.
Rude - 
By aliciaontheroad ( total comments: 4 ) Stayed here 12/2006
I was about to check in to the hotel, when the owner came up to me, tried a really rude, hard sell for me to make a quick decision about if I would stay there and snapped at me. The rudest encounter I have had in Cambodia. The rooms looked nice and clean, but I couldn't stay there with that atmosphere. Very hostile.
Excellent! accueil irréprochable! cuisine au top! Un charme fou! -
By jagoland ( total comments: 10 ) Stayed here 8/2006
Sans doute une des meilleurs guesthouses du Cambodge! Idéalement située.Tout le monde sera au petit soin et pret à tout faire pour rendre votre séjour des plus agréable. On se sent vraiment chez soi. Le restaurant reste la meilleure adresse de Kampot ( les spécialités khmères sont excellentes)... et on ne vous demanderas ni votre passeport ,ni de paiement d' avance. Une adresse icontournable sur Kampot.
Not fun - 
By stef_thomp ( total comments: 6 ) Stayed here 8/2006
I stayed one night as I had no hot water nor a functioning toilet in my room. Staff were friendly but often nowhere to be seen.
Friendly and informal -
By BC ( total comments: 16 ) Stayed here 1/2006
We found this to be a charming place in a beautiful location. Staff were often busy but always friendly and helpful. The tour of Bokor they arranged for us was top value. A couple of quibbles: the pillows/sheets we were given probably need to be retired, and our hot water system (which looked quite new) had a bit of an attitude problem. But if you satisfy yourself on these points, it's a lovely place to stay.
Customer Service? - 
By mattyvlem ( total comments: 10 ) Stayed here 12/2005
Disappointed with this place as the customer service was non-existent. We arrived in the early evening to find the bar/restaurant closed and had trouble trying to track staff down just to pay for the room the next day. On the plus side, fan rooms are very spacious.
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