La Rose Suites is the small, expensive, extremely well-regarded boutique hotel on Street 21 in Tonle Bassac, a couple of minutes from Independence Monument and on the edge of BKK1. Twenty-five rooms, French-colonial furniture, a garden with a pool in it, a spa, two restaurants and a cooked-to-order breakfast. It has sat near the top of the Phnom Penh rankings on the review sites for years — as of August 2026 it was thirteenth of more than four hundred and sixty properties, on a five-star average across several hundred reviews — and the thing guests write about most is the staff.
It is a different proposition from the Street 136 hotels and it is aimed at a different trip. This is where you stay if you have come to Phnom Penh for a month in BKK1, or if you are travelling with someone, or if you have reached the stage of life where you would rather have a quiet garden and a proper breakfast than a bar under your window. The Bassac Lane and Street 308 bars are a five-to-ten-minute walk; the hostess bars of Street 136 are about ten minutes and $2 in a tuk-tuk, or a thirty-five-minute walk you will not want to make in April.
Rooms are suites in the real sense — sitting areas, good linen, quiet air conditioning, heavy curtains — and the property is small enough that the front desk learns your name on day one. Rates start around $99 and run to $130 and beyond in high season, which makes it the most expensive room in our Phnom Penh selection and still cheaper than a mid-tier chain hotel in Bangkok.
On the visitor question we have nothing solid, and we will not invent it. La Rose does not appear on the specialist guest-friendly listings with a stated policy, and a 25-room boutique with a concierge desk is exactly the kind of place that may take a firmer line than a bar-street hotel. Cambodian hotels must log the ID of anyone staying in a room, which is not the issue; the issue is whether the desk welcomes a visitor at all. Ask before you book. If the answer matters more to you than the garden, book the SUN & MOON instead and spend the difference elsewhere. Everything else is on the Phnom Penh hotels page.
| Tier | Upscale boutique, 25 rooms |
|---|---|
| From | About $99 a night, Aug 2026 |
| Walk to Bassac Lane / Street 308 | 5–10 min |
| To Street 136 | ~10 min and about $2 by tuk-tuk |
| Pool | Outdoor pool in the garden |
| Guest-friendly | Unconfirmed — ask before booking |
Pros
- + One of the best-rated hotels in Cambodia, year after year
- + Quiet garden pool and a genuine spa
- + Five to ten minutes from the Bassac Lane and Street 308 bars
- + Small enough that the staff know you by day two
- + Excellent cooked-to-order breakfast
Cons
- − Visitor policy unconfirmed — ask before you book
- − The most expensive room in our Phnom Penh selection
- − Thirty-five minutes on foot from Street 136
- − Only 25 rooms, so it books out in high season
