Tips for travelers to Siem Reap

[paulo15]

"its on the same alleyway as the Rambutan, and owned by the same people... but its a complete dive."

Lets's clear this up.
The Golden Banana B&B started life 17 years ago, built and run by a Dutch guy and his Khmer partner. As it became popular, Dirk built a Boutique hotel next door (Golden Banana Boutique Hotel). Several years later on the other side of the original B&B Dirk built The Golden Banana Resort. All three places were in the same lane.
Some years later Dirk and his partner split up and they decided to split the properties with Dirk keeping the Boutique and Resort and his partner keeping the B&B and some land they had acquired opposite the B&B.
Dirk rebranded his properties to Rambutan and the ex partner built 2 more GBs, the GB superior and there's a third overspill property.
The GB hotels are cheaper and Khmer owned and run, the Rambutan properties and not cheap and European owned and managed. There is a world of difference.