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Region: Western Cambodia> Province: Battambang> Location: Battambang
Royal Hotel
Backpacker bargain
Just west of Psar Nath, Battambang
Battambang Province
Tel: (053) 952 522, (016)912 034
Fax: (053) 952 522
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Description
If you're in the market for a cheap, clean hotel, which is popular with other travellers, then the Royal Hotel, but a hop skip and a jump from Phsar Nath in the centre of Battambang is difficult to beat. Like the other cheapies in town, the Royal has stacks of rooms in a rambling, Chinese-hotel style building, but unlike the others, this place is clean, and we mean clean. Spotless bathrooms, good sized rooms, cable-TV and warm-water showers make this a bargain. Set on a stub of a backroad, the Royal also gets far less noise than it's competitors that line Road 3. Plus you're just a couple of doors from the Sunrise Coffee shop (good the breakie, even if it will more than likely cost more than your room) and walking distance from pretty much everything else there is to do in central Battambang. Staff are friendly, English speaking and pretty helpful -- both for organising activities within and around Battambang as well as onward travel. Overall a very good budget option.
Dbl fan private b'room
5 USD (low season)
5 USD (high season)
Upto $7
Dbl A/C private b'room
10 USD (low season)
10 USD (high season)
Upto $20
Added to Travelfish on: 15th November, 2004
Last visited or updated on: 13th November, 2007
Guest feedback
Ok - 
By Fishman ( total comments: 36 
) Stayed here 12/2007
Came here after a long full day of travelling from Isaan, after the usual commission tour of share taxi preferences, we stopped here and the only room left was the 20 dollar suite-like room. It was a very nice room and I enjoyed the night here before moving to a more comfortable setting. This place is much geared up for the tour group. The food was alright. No complaints over my night here but it was nice to check out.
recommended - 
By harpastum ( total comments: 5 ) Stayed here 8/2007
stayed here only 2 nights,
nice and clean spacious room with fan.
and off course: TAKE THE COUNTRYSIDE TOUR BY MOTORBIKE !! good guides, great trip
great moto drivers - No rating given
By rakhee2108 ( total comments: 6 ) Stayed here 6/2007
Battambang is a great town and was made even better by the good moto drivers that hang around outside Royal. They speak excellent English and are safe drivers. We had great fun on the countryside tour. (We didn't actually stay at the Royal Hotel)
Good place to stay - 
By AMD ( total comments: 4 ) Stayed here 1/2007
Very central location just beside the old market and Sunrise Coffee house, close to everything. Friendly staff. Good with the restaurant on the roof. Easy to get in touch with other travellers there. But there are better and cheaper restaurants in town. We asked the owner to arrange moto driver for us, and we got good englisg speaking guide.
friendly and cheap - 
By babar63 ( total comments: 2 ) Stayed here 12/2005
popular with groups:
large rooms, with or without AC, there's a switch to put it on if you pay for it(if you don't pay the switch is locked)!!!
nice terrace for breakfast or dinner, friendly staff
Attractive-ish but not secure - 
By waxybrushes ( total comments: 10 ) Stayed here 10/2005
Checked in late at night, and was put into a nice air-con room (sans air-con remote) for the fan room rate, complete with small private balcony.
Somewhere around 6:30am, someone opened my door with a key and slammed it against the solid ''chain'' I'd bolted across the door. Though the door only opened an inch or so, it was quite disturbing, particularly after the gangsters I'd encountered on the train from Phnom Penh to Battambang.
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