Cambodia did not make the list of the world's best hotel sky bars. Rosewood should have been there.
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Cambodia NOT in the news, when it really ought to be
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Cambodia NOT in the news, when it really ought to be
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Rosewood's bar in Phnom Penh is aesthetically pleasing from a design standpoint, but there are several factors that should keep it off any global list.violet wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 10:40 amCambodia did not make the list of the world's best hotel sky bars. Rosewood should have been there.
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First of all, the service is atrocious. The first few months were particularly bad. They spent a lot of time training the staff before they opened, but just as they opened they lost a lot of those staff and had to start over. It would take 20+ minutes to get a beer or just get your bill. It is better now, but the bar and each of the restaurants continually fuck up even the most minor of things. Don't even get me started on Iza's $150 menu (per person), where they bring you out things to share (awkward).
The view also just isn't that great. Sitting in Brasserie Louis or Cuts over lunch and seeing the rivers and development is pleasing, but at the bar you're just looking Westward over not too much.
Seating is terrible. There are some high tables, and the sofa areas; but the sofa areas are a minimum spend of $200 -- even when they're not busy.
I do like it up there from time to time, and it does feel more Bangkok than PP, although last time I went it was all Chinese. But, it doesn't compare to many a rooftop bar in Bangkok, New York, etc.
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Every sky bar in Phnom Penh has terrible service. The higher the bar, the worse the service.
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Exactly.
Love of good service, an excellent reason why you mostly patronize girly bars
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I like the look of rosewood, the seating and the night time view. I like the cigar room.
I found staff very pleasant. I never waited 20min for a drink.
I found staff very pleasant. I never waited 20min for a drink.
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The ONLY places that ever opened and nailed customer service on day one are the three Metro restaurants. I purposefully avoid any new establishments for a good six months while they iron out these basics.
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
Rosewood will be Gonewood when Celeste the 360 rotating sky bar opens at The Penthouse across Aeon. It's a shame their condos have tiny rooms full of giant poles and the balconies suck.
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