Mafiya Resort Reviews

So I’m giving this a solid 3 Cambodge stars. Anywhere else in the world it would be a 2. As a western expat living in Cambodia, I try not to sugar coat things. Location. This is both the best and worst feature. For a 2-3 day getaway from the mainland, the remote location is great. Not a lot of tourists, very scenic, and a very well kept beach area. However, it hard to get to and it’s only accessible by boat as there are no roads connecting it to the other beaches and villages. Beautiful water, gorgeous sunsets, and incredible views of the jungles. Facility. We stayed in the family room. Air con was excellent, bed and bed linens were more comfortable than most places in Cambodia, and the villa was spacious. The bathrooms had really poor water pressure and the sewage system can’t handle 4 people taking showers and using the toilets at the same time. The villa was in decent condition, but certainly rough around the edges and could use some updating and floor patching and sanding. Think more rustic cabin in the woods and less all inclusive Caribbean beach resort. Food. One restaurant of mediocre quality. For being a heavily Asian visited resort, the Asian food was really lacking in flavor. Khmer food is delicious and most of this was just bland. I mean, no pepper sauce with the Lok Lak? Super fresh seafood, but it all needed more seasoning. The western style food was ok. Fresh and made to order pizzas and burgers. Breakfast was passable with Asian staples and some other items. If you are a teacher mid westerner with no taste for Asian food, this is not the place for you. Noise. Well that is always an issue in SEA. The tranquility of any location can be quickly ruined with screaming parents and aunties, screaming children, the need for jet skis to be run to close to shore, obnoxious drunk folks, etc. I’ve really never stayed anywhere in SEA where I could truly say people respected a sense of volume control. Activites. You can swim, snorkel, and walk around for free. Everything else seems to be controlled by a Chinese operated restaurant down the path that each time I went in had no one who spoke English or French. We went to another location on the island to do some scuba diving, but it was 100$ boat ride each way. The hotel did help set up the boat for us which was great. Service. I’ve read a lot of peoples comments about the poor customer service and that is just not true. What foreigners must realize is that English is not widely spoken in Cambodia and those who do speak it to a certain degree will tend to say whatever they think is the least confrontational which mean saying yes even when they mean no. Khmer is an extremely complicated and nuanced language as is English. Speaking clearly and slowly in English to those bilingual staff members is not considered rude and is appreciated. While there, a British couple was trying to discuss how they wanted their meal prepared in the most complicated of terms. The waiter just nodded and