Siem Reap
Pub Street / Old Market
Bars, Backpacker Bars, Live MusicPub Street is the spine of Siem Reap's tourist nightlife — a 150-metre pedestrianised strip in the Old Market area that concentrates more bars per square metre than anywhere else in Cambodia outside Phnom Penh's Street 136. The format is universally accessible: open-fronted bars, plastic furniture on the pavement, Angkor beer at $1, and a crowd that peaks at 9pm with visitors fresh from the temples.
The surrounding blocks extend the zone significantly — Temple Club on the main street, Angkor What? for the late crowd, Miss Wong's cocktail bar for something quieter, and dozens of variations between them. The energy is sociable rather than explicitly adult: this is tourists mixing with each other and with local bar staff in a format that anyone can navigate.
The adult element exists at the edges — some bars on the connecting streets have a lady bar format, and the mixing that happens on Pub Street itself is organic in the way it is at any busy tourist nightlife district. Not structured P4P; just the inevitable social dynamics of a lot of people drinking in a small area.
Pub Street peaks 8pm–1am. It winds down earlier than Phnom Penh. The Old Market stalls during the day are worth a morning walk.
Venues in Pub Street / Old Market
Angkor What?
BarsSiem Reap, Cambodia
Siem Reap's most famous bar — the "promoting irresponsible drinking since 1998" tagline says everything you need to know. The last bar standing on Pub Street when everywhere else has closed, open until 4am or later. Cheap drinks, late hours, and the full backpacker chaos of a tourist town bar at 2am. Required at least once.
📍 Pub Street, Siem Reap
Miss Wong
BarsSiem Reap, Cambodia
1930s Shanghai-style cocktail bar on The Lane off Pub Street — intimate, dim lighting, serious cocktails, no shouting over music. The antidote to Pub Street's chaos and the best cocktail bar in Siem Reap. Worth knowing about when you want a proper drink. Open from 5pm.
📍 The Lane, off Pub Street, Siem Reap
Picasso Bar
BarsSiem Reap, Cambodia
Popular Pub Street bar with a consistent expat and long-stay visitor crowd — cocktails, good music, and a social atmosphere that's a step above the pure backpacker churn. One of the more reliable options on the strip for an evening that doesn't devolve into chaos.
📍 Pub Street, Siem Reap
Seeing Hands Massage Siem Reap
MassageSiem Reap, Cambodia
Siem Reap branch of the Phnom Penh institution — legitimate massage employing blind therapists, consistently recommended across the city. From $6/hour. Multiple locations near the Old Market. The most reliable legitimate massage option in the city.
📍 Old Market area, Siem Reap
Temple Club
BarsSiem Reap, Cambodia
Multi-floor venue on Pub Street — restaurant on the ground floor, bar and club upstairs, traditional Apsara dance performance at 7:30pm nightly. The most polished operation on Pub Street and the right choice if you want dinner, a cultural performance, and dancing in one venue. Busiest venue on the strip from 9pm.
📍 Pub Street, Siem Reap