Grand hotel
Raffles Hotel Le Royal
Wat Phnom · Phnom Penh · Cambodia
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Image courtesy of © Fumihiko Ueno, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsThe city’s grand hotel since 1929, in gardens by Wat Phnom, with the Elephant Bar and royal Khmer cooking.
Raffles Hotel Le Royal is at 92 Rukhak Vithei Daun Penh, by Wat Phnom. In its own words it was built in 1929 and reopened as Raffles Hotel Le Royal in 1997, its architecture drawing on French colonial, Khmer and Art Deco styles. Restaurant Le Royal serves royal and modern Khmer cuisine, some of its recipes from the Royal Palace; Le Phnom 1929 is a French brasserie; the Elephant Bar serves cocktails and afternoon tea.
- Restaurant Le Royal
- The Elephant Bar
- Raffles Spa
Inside the hotel
- Restaurant Le Royal
- Le Phnom 1929
- The Elephant Bar
- Afternoon tea at the Elephant Bar
- The Poolside Terrace at Raffles
- Raffles Spa
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