Loved the Hotel De La Paix. It's fun, cool, modern, and new. From the moment of check-in on a couch in the very slick bar, the hotel impresses. The rooms are comfortable & stylish, complete with ipod & docking station (although the rooms are small). The bathroom is great, with a big-headed rain shower. A word of warning - the bathroom opens to the bedroom via a big sliding window...you need to be very close friends with your traveling companion! The air conditioning works a treat for those hot Cambodia summers.

The pool is large and has plenty of shaded seating (and the staff will provide you insect repellent at dusk).

But the highlight is the restaurant. Fantastic mod-Cambodian food (set menu with matching wines, or a la carte). This was far & away our best food experience in Cambodia. The breakfasts are tasty and can be taken sitting on a swinging seat/table (think double bed hanging on ropes from the ceiling). Fun!

The hotel is nice and in a great location, for sure. The rooms were perfectly fine, mosquitoes not as bad as for some others, and the restaurant is fabulous. Some problems though - for starters, 2 of the days we were there the water that came out of the faucet and shower was BROWN. Not like a little, but like sewage brown. They fixed it, but we had to use the spa shower one day. Second, do not, I repeat, do not under any circumstances let the hotel book your tour for you. Go directly to the tour guides and drivers and you will save a lot of money. I recommend overall if you are going for a few days, but bear in mind that this hotel preys on tourists with no Cambodia experience, and we certainly fell victim a few times.

It was really great, but our least favorite hotel of the 3 we stayed in (but the others were fabulous so hard to compete - Peninsula BKK and Anantara Golden Triangle). The service was great but not quite up to par of the other two; I think that maybe just Siem Reap in general. Nice breakfast buffet but hot items needed to be ordered off the menu (though incl.). Just takes a bit more time then getting everything off the buffet so need to plan time accordingly in the morning.

The rooms were very nice but we did find the beds very hard (even I noticed it as soon as I layed down, and I usually don't notice those types of things, though my hubby does). Some of the nicest hallways I've seen. A computer on every floor which we often found available. We were travelling with our kids (ages 12 and 15). We had two rooms that were next to each other with a small foyer and another door so we were able to keep our room doors open to each other, but there was another door to close off to the hallway.

It is in an excellent location right in the heart of town just a few blocks walk to Pub St. and Old Market. For the record, despite the traffic noise in the town, we never noticed it anywhere in the hotel.

We did encounter some mosquitoes in the room.

The architecture is very cool and hip, done quite nicely although I didn't really get the large art gallery in the middle of the lobby. The pool is nice with some of the most relaxing pool chairs as they are nicely padded and quite wide. They also have some bed type things but they are covered and kind of dark. My one complaint was just that this was definitely more of a city hotel when it came to the pool area, not a lot of room and no view to look out on. Not a fault of the hotel, I just think I would have rather stayed in a place with a bit more space when it came to relaxation/down time. The rest of the fam disagreed and said they would still pick HDLP.

Hotel is boutique hotel. Stayed in this hotel on our honeymoon. It was only fab ! stayed in Poolside suite. Large room,big bed, with bath in the middle of the floor which was different and was used. Could watch TV from the bath which gave us a laugh if nothing else. Hotel situated in the middle of the town. Off the beaten track as regards where other big brand American hotels are ( mostly on one stretch of road). Leaving your hotel you come out into dusty, bustling street. For us we enjoyed it as got us into the heart of things as the locals live but having the comfort of the hotel close by.
Must try ... dinner in hotel restaurant. Had dinner of a bed hung by ropes to the ceiling ...very different dining experience. We ate the Vietnamese tasting menu 8 courses I think, food was delicious !
Watched local dancing by kids from an orphanage which was really nice.
Only small downside is the sun partially gets into the outdoor area/sunbeds with the way the courtyard of the hotel is built. Staff very friendly. Has DVD facility, has The Killing Fields DVD if that would be of interest to you given the history of the place. Overall lovely place, would definitely staff again.