You are in Siem Reap. You have visited Angkor Wat and got a full immersion in its magic. You've found your spot to sleep. You've rest, you took a shower to wash all the dust away. You had a nice dinner, following the advice in our restaurants guide. And now?
Now it's the time to have some fun. A few years ago, Siem Reap has almost nothing to offer as nightlife, but now the situation is changed, and the city become more and more alive ever evening. Between all the possibilities, drinking is a really popular activity among tourists of every part of the world. One street in particular has so many bars to gain the nickname "Bar St.". Most of the bars have an happy hour, normally at late afternoon or early evening. If your day has been tough, it can be the right moment to start to relax and chill out. Some of them offer a dance show or some other traditional Khmer show. As told before, all the bars listed below are located in Bar St. or in its surrounding (don't expect that every street in Siem Reap has a proper name).
Laundry Bar - Located between the Psar Chaa (the old market) and Bar St. this is a funny, trendy bar. It has a pool table, where you can play against an unknown, just write your name on the blackboard, and when its your turn, you can join the challenge. A nice way to meet new people. Some evening they have a DJ set, and it becomes really crowded, and it's an alternative, at late night, to the Zone Club described below.
Figo - Also located close to the Psar Chaa (old markey) this is a gay bar, with a lot of promises: amazing food, generous drinks, handsome stuff, unforgettable athmosphere, free wi-fi internet, great music, pathetic drag queens, air-con, and a free service of transportation from your hotel or guesthouse to the Figo Bar. It's of course opened to the non gay clients too, it's absolutely to try.
Ivy Bar - They have probably the wider assortment of liquors in town. They have a pool table, and sitting in its patio tables is a nice way to observe the center of Siem Reap's life.
Molly Malone's - A guest house, a restaurant and a bar. What do you wanna have more? This is an authentic Irish pub, so the Guinness in cans is the queen.
Temple Bar - It looks like a temple, being decorated with laterite stone. It's really big and full of people.
Angkor What? - This is one of the oldest, and it remains one of the most popular. They support the Angkor children hospital, so if it's not properly good for your health (and liver), drinking there can help someone else.
Linga Bar - It's a gay bar, really trendy and stylish, and open of course also for straight people. The cocktails are excellent.
If you still not tired, and you don't feel to go to bed, there is a place where you can spend your night and is The Zone. This is a club, located a little bit out of the center, direction airport. International dance music, drinks at a fair price. Most of the people are cambodian, so come here to see how they have fun. The cambodian are really hot people, and they are really curious about foreigners, so it's impossible to exit from this place without having one or more new cambodian friends.
Source: http://www.angkorwhat.net
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