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[QUOTE=Wendella]I was there in Feb and it was open then, the fishbowl full of girls. If it's closed now, it's because there's a crackdown on these places at the moment. These things tend to pass, just give it time. (tho maybe you don't have time)[/QUOTE]
Hopefully it'll re-open soon. I know it used to be near a school/university before it moved to luxury......perhaps it'll move again.
Probably will divert from PP to some other city for some action instead. Thanks Wendella.
[QUOTE=Kamking1]I recently stayed in Flamingos Hotel for 2 nights. There is construction work going on next door. So, sleeping in the morning is difficult. Be careful about the hotel bills, they tried to charge me $6 for food and $2 for a bottle of water which I did have. I firmly said no and they ultimately backed off.[/quote]Just back in Bangkok after 3 weeks at the Flamingo and the construction is a bit of a pain. After a noisy morning I went down and told Bama that I needed a quieter room and I got moved into a corner room without any problem.
When checking out he asked me if I had used anything out of the refrigerator and I said no and my bill was processed accordingly.
I have stayed there for a few years and most of the staff remember and are glad to see me when I come back and maybe that helps, but I have always been very happy with the people and the service.
It is not the fanciest place in town but for $25 per night and a funky breakfast thrown in as well and they pick you up at the airport free of charge, it does what I need.
RR
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It is not the fanciest place in town but for $25 per night and a funky breakfast thrown in as well and they pick you up at the airport free of charge, it does what I need.
RR[/QUOTE]
What do you mean by "funky"? I tried Flamingo a few times in recent years, and if I remember right, my feeling about the breakfast was more like "Uh, THAT is breakfast ?" Unless they improved it drastically since then, it's a pretty subpar breakfast.
On my last visit I switched back to a hotel I used to use in early 00s, Dara Reang Sey on street 118 (corner of 13) -- $15 a nite for simple room, just 2 short blocks from the riverfront -- and I can't recommend [i]their[/i] breakfast either (esp now they charge way more for it), but if you walk straight to the river on 118, on the rightside corner as you face the river was a place that had a very nice $2.75 breakfast with eggs, potatoes, bacon and choice of croissant (which was top notch) or bread with butter and jam... and coffee or tea. Found that on my 2nd day, and also tried around in the vicinity at other places including the Kiwi bakery nearby (so-so) and also the all you can eat breakfast buffet on the opposite (left side) corner -- that was NASTY. Everything was bad. Seems like a great deal at first, $3 all you can eat, but then when you see what you get to eat it all makes sense. No bacon or sausage or any meat, would need to pay extra for those. Eggs only done the way it's most convenient for them (yolks broken and the eggs cooked way too long in grease), some undelicious-looking day-old-looking pastries, "juice" that was obviously powder mix and water (orange or lemon). The weird thing was that this place was always busy at breakfast, when the place next to it had food that was so much better, and CHEAPER, seemed less busy.
I bought into the idea of staying at Flamingo and being in that area, but truth is that the heart of the action it's supposedly in isn't worth being near these days: Walkabout (horrific ratio, hotties rare), Heart of Darkness (too crowded and difficult), Shanghai (blueballing ladydrink divas). I find those places to be pretty lame in comparison to other spots (Sts 104 and 136, Martini). Funny, why isn't anyone talking about staying near the 104/136 action?
So as someone who's stayed there, I have to say I don't get the rationale for choosing to stay at Flamingo. My dream hotel would be one in walking distance to the riverfront (for choices of food, the 104/136 bars) that was GF and had a pool I could hang out in daytime. Just in case anyone over there is looking for a good business idea. ;)
[QUOTE=Wendella]What do you mean by "funky"? I tried Flamingo a few times in recent years, and if I remember right, my feeling about the breakfast was more like "Uh, THAT is breakfast ?" Unless they improved it drastically since then, it's a pretty subpar breakfast.[/quote]I have the fruit plate with a couple of cups of coffee and then go down to St 118 on the river. the place on the right if you face the river has a fantastic Super Crepe for I believe $3.50 that is all you can eat. Ham, cheese and mushrooms wrapped up in a delicious crepe. Add an iced white coffee and it is a delightful way to start the day.
There are cheaper but not better.
RR
I flew into PP last night and will be here for about a week. If anyone's around and wants to grab a beer or two, please let me know.
GE
[QUOTE=Wendella]Unless they improved it drastically since then, it's a pretty subpar breakfast.[/QUOTE]It's dreadful. Open Wine is still my favorite breakfast. Several fancy hotels like Le Royal do nice ones, though of course expensive. FCCC is OK -- good coffee and nice atmosphere. If coffee and cakes are all you need, then Fresco.
[QUOTE] I bought into the idea of staying at Flamingo and being in that area, but truth is that the heart of the action it's supposedly in isn't worth being near these days[/QUOTE]No, it really isn't, though to be fair it's a good central location, within ten or 15 minutes of most anywhere of interest. I alternate between staying right near the Central Market or else up on 104, which is still my favorite street in PP.
[QUOTE=Randy Rooster]I have the fruit plate with a couple of cups of coffee and then go down to St 118 on the river. the place on the right if you face the river has a fantastic Super Crepe for I believe $3.50 that is all you can eat. Ham, cheese and mushrooms wrapped up in a delicious crepe. Add an iced white coffee and it is a delightful way to start the day.
There are cheaper but not better.
RR[/QUOTE]
Yeah I think that's the same place I was talking about. Didn't try the crepe -- good call -- next time for sure. Thanks. I love good crepes.
[QUOTE=Betong]It's dreadful. Open Wine is still my favorite breakfast. [/QUOTE]
Hope that's name of a restaurant, and not that you like to wake up and take a swig of the open wine bottle from the night before. Mmmm, warm red wine in the morning. ;)
Yeh I thought Flamingo was central but there was always the problem of having to go far away any time I was hungry, kind of a pain. I like to stay in walking distance of where there's a bunch of decent restaurants. Wallk out of the hotel, walk around to find a place, eat something, then head off to where I'm going for the evening. But this is me cuz I'm not familiar with which restaurants are good in PP, so my way to find one is to walk around looking at one menu, another, etc. Or evenv if I look it up in one of the little books they hand out, you just have a blurb to go by. Show up and it might not look as interesting as it did in the book, and if its' not near other places, you're stuck there. So this stops me going to places that are off on their own somewhere. Makes Plan B much harder.
I'm in PP now staying at the Bougainvillier on Sisowath Quai. The breakfast, which is plentiful and very good is included in the room, but I usually wake up too late to take advantage of it. There's a restaurant called Riverside just up the street that does a great breakfast but it's all a la carte.
[QUOTE=D Cups]Has anyone tried Herb's Pizza in PP? :)[/QUOTE]
Yes! The Happy Pizzas are great. You can ask for extra happy also.
Bule2004
[QUOTE=D Cups]Thanks, Bule! :) I want to find a nice hotel near there, too. Can you please recommend? Also, are there bars nearby? I might want to share my pizza with some busty Khmer and take her back to the hotel for dessert!. Thanks![/QUOTE]
Don't remember exactly where Herb's pizza is, know it's on the riverfront, but St 136 is fairly close by and has lots of the kinds of bars you're after. Candyland was the one with by far the most girls when I was there in Feb. Also in the vicinity is DV8, forget which street. Just one bar there, and in general the offerings over at St 136 are better mainly cuz there's so many more girls in all those bars. St 104 is more of walk up the riverfront, a bit further, but also worth a visit. Again, many bars, just like on 136.
Forget flamingo, the walkabou is a shadow of its former self.
Hotels near riverside much better value.
Happy herb is and other happy pizzas down near 178, just north of FCC.
Busy area but full of tuks and vendors.
St 148 has dv8 but not much else, riverside bistro on one corner and metro on the other.
The hotel there is a bit pricey but not bad, can't remember the name-has a pool.
Street 136 has candy bar which has good pizza but not happy.
Enough girls to make one happy though and many other bars on the street.
104 the other bar street, just north is Cali 2.
Good accomodation and a very sociable bar with lots of locals men and women.
Rather a gap in the international mongering scene. Even if one were to include such drug-friendly places as The Netherlands. Oh for a perfect world where responsible, consenting adults can, without doing any harm to anyone else, enjoy some drugs of choice (weed, coke and even E or alcohol all have their place) and fuck to their heart's content. :)
...any news on svay pack?
[QUOTE=Samu Ray]...any news on svay pack?[/QUOTE]
Yes go there and you will end up in jail or in a police cell after being set up and being asked for lots of money to get out.