La Villa Boutique Hotel — Hotel in Sa Kaeo Province

Comfortable room, nice pool, unlimited but basic breakfast (buffet of toast, cereal, fried eggs, rice porridge and processed meats). Has a gym but was charged 70thb to use it.||The location is by the road to the border, but separated by the railway line. Walking in the dark from the station was a bit scary. In daytime it would be ok. If you do it check the map carefully because the road is on the other side of the railway and you cross just beside the hotel.||The border is about 5km away. I paid 100thb for a tuk tuk. When you get to the border the exit is on the left down a caged walkway clearly marked by official signs, not the agencies that people guide you to!|Cambodian entry formalities is after a small weird town of casinos and duty free shops. I did think i'd entered without completing passport control, but it's after that.|||I would recommend NOT staying overnight in this border area if you can avoid it. But if you do the Thai side seems nicer than the Cambodian side and this is a nice hotel, though a bit more expensive than i would normally pay.||Contrary to some other reviews the receptionist at least spoke...

We booked the 3 beds room. It was very small to squeeze in 3 twin beds. There was hardly any space for our 2 carry-on size luggage. The bathroom is also small. There's a tiny closet that serves no purpose other than to hang a wet towel because there's not even a single coat hanger. Not sure what's the theme of this boutique. It looks more like a collage of everything. Breakfast was limited, but delicious, if you like Asian food. Last, the receptionist was not very hospitable. She seems annoyed that we asked her questions about the local eateries. The location is good; not too far from the Cambodia/Thai crossing border. Would we stay again? Probably not. Receptionist needs to be trained on how to properly greet guests, and cramming 3 twin beds into a small room is simply not doable. Oh, the room is not soundproof. Conversation and footsteps in the hallway is easily heard...

We needed a hotel in Aranyaprathet for an early morning border crossing into Cambodia and the Villa Boutique met our needs for a good price. Pros: The room is clean and they have great internet. I was even able to make a wifi telephone call over their internet. Cons: The bed was hard (but you can say that about almost all hotel beds in Thailand), no choices for breakfast (got stuck with a fried egg when I wanted scrambled). ||Helpful hint: The tuk tuk at the bus station had a hard time finding the hotel when we used the correct pronunciation of Villa. They finally understood the pronunciation V-La. The hotel staff called us a tuk tuk in the morning to take us...