We arrived in Siem Reap on Christmas Eve Day, me, my husband and our 15 year old son, from Bangkok, on a two week visit to Thailand and Cambodia. We stayed at a delightful hotel in Bangkok and were prepared to be underwhelmed in the more remote and less cosmopolitan city of Siem Reap. We were wrong. The Angkor Village complex was much more than we anticipated. Our room was relatively large, stylish, with a great bathroom (double sinks, lots of tile, large oveal tub), a patio looking onto the pool, and the buildings gave a great sense of place. You are NOT in yet another large international chain hotel that could be in any city in the world. The wonderful swimming pool - if you can call a 600 meter long body of water that snakes through the "village" of Cambodian style buildings a pool, was the highlight. The service was exceptional, the food was pretty good, the ambience was tops. I would totally recommend this hotel to anyone visiting the majestic ruins of Angkor. It was a great place to retreat to after a day of clambering through the fantastic remains of a byegone civilization. What a great trip, and this hotel added a lot of value! This review is for the Angkor Village Resort; there's another Angkor Village Hotel that is a separate property and we did not see that. You want the Resort!

From the moment we stepped into the Angkor Village Botanical Resort lobby we felt we were in a world of luxury. The Cambodian staff was gracious and helpful and we were treated to a lovely cool drink while our rooms were being readied. We were a party of 7, with 4 rooms, and each room was clean, beautifully decorated, and had either a balcony or a terrace overlooking lush gardens and the wrap-around pool.

The food was superb; a delightful mix of Asian flavors with a crowd-pleasing dish at each meal. The set lunch and dinner was moderately priced ($12 and $14) and very, very tasty. We were there for 3 nights and ate all but one of our meals at the hotel and each meal was delightfully different! Even our picky 15-year old son enjoyed the pork soup with pumpkin!

We were not prepared, however, for the price of transportation. The resort is about 10 minutes from the main part of town and so we either had to grab motorcycle rickshaws or hire a car/van. Since we were not with a canned tour with transport included, it took some work to get things arranged as the hotel really doesn't offer much in the way of help, ideas and support for local sights. We found a local agency in the downtown area and were very happy with their tours and prices.

Bring US dollars. Everything from cab fair to a beer at a local pub is paid for in dollars.

Well worth the stay. After a long day of climbing over and through temples, the resort is a welcome retreat!

This hotel is managed by a French team who is keen to provide a personalized service. They organize weekly drinks with the guests from the hotel in a beautifully laid out garden.

There is an amazing swimming pool of 250m long which is very pleasant. The food is good and I highly recommend doing a room service for a lunch at the pool in front of your room. You should also try the coconut crepes for Breakfast !

If you want to organize a romantic lunch in the ruins of Angkor Wat, they prepare very nice picnic baskets.

They are building a new restaurant where they will serve French food adapted with local products. Based on our conversation with the chef, it is bound to be very nice.

Overall, we enjoyed our time very much. It was relaxing and provided a romantic settings to end our holidays. Only drawback were the prices for the extras, water at $3 a bottle, internet access charged by the minute; which when you know what it cost in reality is a bit abusive for the country.

The Angkor Village resort is outstanding. The room was extremely comfortable, and the long swimming pool that runs along the rooms was outstanding. We loved the geckos that we found on our walls each night when we returned to our room, and the plants and butterflies on the grounds were amazing. We had a blast sitting at the bar where the service was attentive without being over-attentive and the outstanding appetizers could have been an entire meal. This is a perfect hotel for those who enjoy something slightly out of the ordinary and for those who can tolerate a few oddities like the lack of a shower curtain. Not right in town, but only a short tuk-tuk drive away.