The Eighty8 PP

The hostel was rather quiet this late November evening. No towel was provided. I was assigned a lower capsule and thankfully there were no bedbugs. I noticed that they did upgrade the shower/bathrooms. Wish they had a couple of urinals though. A sewer smell unfortunately hangs in the air. Still, I love the capsule concept the most. Having met someone suffering from COVID-19 in another hostel dorm just the week before has reinforced this 100-fold. As such, this capsule dorm is the best there is in Phnom Penh.

the party was live when i got there. people were screaming and singing and dancing. i've stayed at bliss & beats a few times- it's basically a tame regular bar that turns up the music at night. i also stayed at mad monkey on a friday night and there was no music or partying, just 2 people dry humping in the hallway and 1 person walking around in his underwear, so not really a crazy party, just an awkward hostel. 88 wasn't like that. 88 was more lit than a club, it was concert level. but it was also concert noise-level and that's painful for my autistic tinnitus ridden ears.  even with the party on the 1st floor, the pod room on the 2nd floor wasn't loud. i could still hear the music but the noise from the fans was more bothering. i was only in there for about an hour and i killed 2 roaches. the restrooms looked dirty. 1/2 of the air conditioners was broke in the 18 bed pod room. the owner thought i was rude about this but i don't understand why. we both used the f word and raised our voice to about the same volume. i was mad because they waited a long time to tell me the air conditioner was broke and i was miserably hot. it's no excuse and i'm ashamed of losing my temper. i don't understand why he was mad at me, but he still refunded me the full amount i paid on trip.com even though trip.com went through agoda so he didn't get paid the full amount (btw- agoda also books through trip.com sometimes and this makes both platforms horrible about giving refunds because they have to get a refund from the other platform 1st). i tried to give him back the difference that he was losing but he stuffed it into my backpack while i was waiting for grab. overall it was good customer service so i recommend this place to stay if you don't care about cleanliness and you want to be where the party's at. you can also experience it without staying there because the bar is open to the public.

Everything is good

Quite pricy in comparison to good hotels in the area. The restaurant is not cheap as well. They probably take advantage of the fact that they are first among the lonely planet recommendations