Maison Rivera Guest House — Hotel in Kampot

Surprisingly good for a cheap guesthouse. We arrived and were shown to a room with no outside windows, but on pointing this out we were immediately shown a room overlooking the street in front. The girl said she thought it might be too noisy for us, but it wasn't. Although being central to the bars and restaurants we like to visit every year when we visit Kampot, it was actually very quiet outside at all times.||The room was quite well appointed, although there was limited hanging space, and no shelves or drawers. There were 2 showers in the bathroom; the original cold water one, and a later addition of a heated shower. The mattress was quite hard, and the pillows (only 1 each) too soft, but we made do and slept pretty well, even on our...

Though we booked a standard double room (which has windows to outside both on photos and in written description), when we arrived the only one available left was the one with NO window. You feel like in a box, waking up not knowing whether it's light or still dark outside. Tried to talk with the receptionis, barely speaks any English at all. But they called the owner and he came a bit later - with a raised nose telling us that he can make an exception and cancel the reservation without fees if we want to move somewhere else(!!!). Moved our early next day and will never step my foot again in this...

I booked thru Agoda and requested 2 twin-size beds, but I got 1 queen-size instead. For the 2 beds, I had to pay extra. The new room was on the ground floor and had a small window over-looking the hallway. Although smoking isn't allowed, some guests disregarded the rule and smoked anyway. The smell of cigarette was so strong that I had to sleep with a mask on to avoid sneezing all night.

On the bright side, the place is almost brand new: new hard bed, new sheets, new towels, new toilette, etc. It is also located in the nice...