We stayed for four nights while exploring the Angkor Archaeological Park in mid-December 2012, for which this hotel proved the perfect base.

The staff are friendly and tuk tuk/car/van day tours of the ruins and guides can be arranged through the hotel for fairly reasonable prices. We arranged three days' worth of trips with the wonderful tuk tuk driver Mr Bun (a lovely, friendly man with good English - we recommend him).

The complimentary pick up from the bus station when we arrived from Phnom Penh was much appreciated, as was the breakfast (a sandwich each) packed for us when we visited Angkor Wat for sunrise (5am departure time from the hotel).

The hotel is only minutes from one of the main streets of Siem Reap (Sivatha Rd), which leads down to the markets, various restaurants (Haven and McBuddha are recommended - both on side streets) and to the riverside in under 10-15 minutes.

During our stay a talented bartender also made fantastic cocktails during the hotel's 4-8pm 'happy hour' (US$3, buy one get one free!).

Only minor hiccups were the at times patchy wireless internet and the fact their credit card machine wasn't working when we wanted to pay, forcing us to find adequate cash on short notice.

Overall Angkor Pearl Hotel deserves the praise it frequently gets from others on this site.

The hotel is great and manned by even friendlier staff.
I liked the use of wood in the room, it was sort of modern and traditional combined into one.
We arranged for a sunrise tour of Angkor Wat and the hotel provided us with a very friendly and efficient English speaking driver guide. We also had the chance to ask for his recommendation for a local/cheap restaurant outside Angkor Wat for a true local experience.
Note that the hotel packed our breakfast for us. We had to leave the next day for Vietnam so they were the once who arranged the bus tickets for us. Again, since we had to leave very early in the morning the next day they packed our breakfast for us. Indeed, the friendly staff makes this gem of a small hotel wonderful.
Other Advantages: The old market/restaurants and city centre etc are just a few minutes walk from the hotel. There is even a nice noodle shop beside the hotel which we had our snack after that long bus ride from Phonm Penh. They cook nice Cambodian/Chinese noodles plus the brother of the owner speaks very good English.

We couldn't believe our luck when we came across this little gem in SR. For $17 a night,we got a great room which looked new and was spotlessly clean, a huge buffet breakfast, toiletries and the best service we have ever come across. The reception staff are wonderful and will do whatever they can to guarantee you have a good stay. They will make any bookings for you that you need so ask them to help you out. There are also laundry services which we used while there. The bar man is also great and does excellent and very cheap cocktails in the evenings. He got the kitchen to make us great banana shakes in the morinings too. We were upgraded to the aspara suite on our last night which is well worth the extra $15 for a bit of luxury. We could not believe how nice it is, like a 5star hotel. Bring lots of one dollar notes for tips as you get so much here and the staff work so hard. We hope to be back to this place again for sure. The beds are more comfortable than the others than we have stayed in so far, some at much more expensive hotels.

We were really taken care of in every way. The rooms are great value, spacious and new and very clean and airy. They helped us with everything we needed (even a breakfast box we could take with us when going to see the sunrise at Angkor) and were just so nice.
Our tuk-tuk driver, Mr Theoun, was delightful and so nice and friendly and helpful. We wanted to go to quieter, less touristy places (or at least avoid the big tour groups) and Mr. Theoun helped us with this and was always great.
The hotel also found us a really good guide one day to see the temples, and he was just what we were looking for.
Altogether, amazing value, great service and the breakfast buffet was delicious!