Set directly on the riverside in Daun Penh, this spacious 2-bedroom colonial apartment offers a rare blend of heritage charm and everyday comfort, with a sweeping terrace overlooking the Tonle Sap river. From the moment you step inside, the home’s generous proportions and light-filled open-plan layout create a sense of privacy and ease rarely found in Phnom Penh’s rental market.
The living, dining, and kitchen areas flow together as one bright, open space, framed by original patterned floor tiling, terrazzo finishes, and a curated mix of Art Deco-inspired furniture and decor that give the interior real character. Full-height sliding glass doors open onto the standout feature of the apartment: an expansive private terrace with unobstructed river views, ideal for morning coffee, evening drinks, or simply taking in the skyline across the water.
The Western-style kitchen is well equipped with a full-size refrigerator, gas cooktop, extractor hood, and ample storage, with a breakfast bar for casual dining. Both bedrooms are comfortably furnished, one with a walk-in style layout and colourful African-inspired wall art, the other softly finished in white with garden-toned linens, each benefiting from split-unit air-conditioning and abundant natural light.
This fully furnished apartment includes air-conditioning and hot water throughout, elevator access, and off-street covered parking for a moto. Recently reduced rent is $1,480 per month plus a $150 management fee, which covers water, cable TV, and internet (Ezecom), 24-hour security with intercom and CCTV, in-house maintenance staff including bi-monthly A/C servicing, and cleaning of common areas.
Apartment features:
- Colonial-era apartment with original floor tiling and terrazzo finishes
- Large private terrace with riverside views
- Open-plan living, dining, and kitchen layout
- Air-conditioning and hot water throughout
- Western kitchen with large refrigerator and ample storage
- Off-street covered parking (moto) and elevator access
- Fully furnished
- Riverside location in Daun Penh
Original Property ID: DP2.B39
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Riverside: the real colonial downtown
Riverside, the real downtown is the old city with Wat Phnom, Old Market and Chaktomuk. Many generations’ footprints are here from Angkor kings, French colonists to UN troops.
It is where the Mekong, Tonle Sap and Bassac rivers meet and where the Water Festival occurs each year. Riverside is pretty especially at sunrise and sunset. Day or night it is busy and a popular tourist spot.
Sisowath Quay (in honor of King Sisowath) is the riverfront road. It starts at the Buddhist Institute and goes north to Japanese Bridge. Here it becomes Road 6, then out of the city.
Riverside has a wide selection of eateries, hotels and bars. Among the restaurants, you will find Italian, French, Japanese, Vietnamese and Malaysian.
Daun Penh: a personal reflection
Street 172 is punctuated with $3 massage joints and bars occupied by grey faces framed with light grey hair.
Yet, just around the corner, Street 178 is now arguably the rising art gallery district of Phnom Penh with the University of Fine Arts a stone’s throw away.
Friends Café has made a bold statement and the Mansion House seems to be waiting for reincarnation.
Now the Hyatt has opened its doors to the Jet set, it may well be a different designer-schmick precinct to what is currently now.
In fact, when you look up along 172, the standard of shophouses is somewhat ‘better’ than in other parts of the city: it could be the rising star of Daun Penh and Riverside.
In the streets around Riverside, there is a sense that there are too many hostess bars, each vying for a shifting slice of the tourist and expat pie.
Rents will rise with the inevitable escalation of land values and the ROI of each vendor’s patch will become more and more critical as the clock ticks.
