Amanjaya

Rooms

The 21 suites offer an airy traditional style, with loads of space to hide the usual accoutrements of travel. Excellent bathrooms with separate showers are a real treat, too.

The rooms are split over 3 floors, so if you want to avoid the noise of the street, try to book one higher up the ladder. They are all pretty much identical in design, the only difference being size. There are 3 huge suites, and 3 panoramic suites on the curve of the building with long wraparound balconies, but we stayed in one of the 15 junior suites and thought it something of a palace, so don’t feel you need to splash out to get what you want. All rooms have balconies with super views of the Tonle Sap at its conflux with the Mekong, and bustling Sisowath Quay runs beneath.

You get pressed rosewood floors, creamy yellow walls, desks and modem points, TVs and minibars hidden away in pretty cabinets. There are chunky wooden sofas and armchairs, silky curtains, old prints and contemporary oils. Beds are wrapped in crisp white linen and turned down for you at night. Bathrooms are also big. They come with rather fancy Terrazzo baths and separate power showers. Robes and slippers, air con and bowls of fruit are the finishing touches. Excellent.