Hanumanalaya Villa

The room, the decoration and the atmosphere

Nothing to say about the hotel itself, it’s perfect, simply love it as it is and as I expected: precious, fine, historical and unique. The bathtub on the balcony is marvellous, as all the furniture and the objects of arts in the rooms. The bathroom is very nice too, a three rooms bathroom actually.

The staff seems to need much more training, they make a lot of mess every time they are asked to do something. The situation is funny but you definitely want much more efficiency by the five stars. Too much staff at breakfast, they chat all the time and don’t know what to do. This impression is in the low season, I don’t want to seem peaky.

We were moved to Montra Nivesha because HanumanAlaya Villa was closed. We learnt about it only when we arrived to the Villa, but Montra Nivesha was right around the corner, so not a big deal. We LOVED everything about Montra Nivesha. In fact, I'm surprised it was available and almost deserted, we had the place almost to ourselves most of the time. It's spotlessly clean and very tastefully decorated in Colonial style, with beautiful pieces of Khmer art, photographs and fresh flowers. The room was spacious, beautiful, clean, and very comfortable. I loved the attention to details like a separate griff with clean drinking water, anti-mosquito oil with candles, free mini bar, a beautiful stone bath where you can soak for hours. In the evening they would light candels around the pool, so romantic! The staff was amazing, always helpful, smiling, welcoming. The cleaning ladies did a wonderful job. The pool was clean and well maintained. The breakfast was delicious, with tons of options. The place felt like heaven, especially after a long day at the temples. We loved every minute we spent in the hotel, and would be very happy to be able to stay there again in the future. (P. S. A tuk tuk from the hotel to the city costs 2 usd, to the giant ibis station 1 usd. If you turn left and then right from the hotel and walk about 7 minutes, there is a small local not touristy market to buy fruits and grilled meat and fish, and they don't rip you off like in the center).