The Urban

Every now and then a four-star earns its place on a shortlist by simply doing the basics very well, The Urban, in The real heart of Siem Reap, is one of those. The setting is part of the appeal, within an easy walk of the city centre, and the location score sits in strong territory because of it. Inside, the rooms are…

Every now and then a four-star earns its place on a shortlist by simply doing the basics very well, The Urban, in The real heart of Siem Reap, is one of those. The setting is part of the appeal, within an easy walk of the city centre, and the location score sits in strong territory because of it. Inside, the rooms are well-appointed, and guests pick out a small spa, an in-house restaurant and reliable wi-fi as the small things that add up over a stay. There's a particular atmosphere to the place, neither overdesigned nor neglected. Pull the review pages apart and you find well over 4,700 reviews, with a genuinely glowing consensus that's hard to engineer. Reputation has held up across enough stays to mean something. Pricing has been sitting near €18 a night and the value score puts it in a fair-value bracket compared with similar properties. Stack The Urban against the better-known names in Siem Reap and the trade-offs become genuinely interesting.