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Done Right got its name because it is a hostel whose main priority is to be eco-friendly and to intervene with nature’s ways as little as possible. Although the hostel itself is really trendy and comfortable, with the new mini dorm huts being built, there is less and less attention paid to the old ones and at the time of the review, it just seemed like they had not been cleaned for weeks!
The Location
Done Right is located in Otres Village, which is where most of the European ventures have fled to from the Chinese investments in Otres Beach Section One. This is a village built up in a hurry without much planning and it looks exactly like that. Luckily, the beach is only a twelve-minute walk from here and it is really nice with white sand and turquoise waters. The main street of the village is pretty much all just Western-style accommodation providers and eateries so you won’t have any problem finding somewhere to eat! But just in case, the hostel offers dishes all through the day and there is a bar on the premises as well.
Rooms and Bathrooms
The first dorms that the hostel came up with were all inside the main building and use bamboo as their main building material. They have bunks and are cooled by individual fans that come with every bed. There is a locker in the room for every bed, but most of these are filled with old rubbish. There is a blind cat that walks into this rooms and makes itself comfortable in your bed. If you try to get rid of it, it gets aggressive -- people with an allergy, beware! However, at the moment, new mini dorms are being created in cool tiny huts in the garden, which are more expensive but offer higher standards and a lot more privacy. The bathrooms are in a separate building on the other side of the yard. They are so eco-friendly that you even have plants inside the shower! These are really comfortable and are equipped with everything you might need.
Common Spaces
There is a huge bar and eating area just as you enter the premises. Its prices are a bit high and there is a strict no-outside-food policy, but at least you can help yourself to filtered drinking water and the staff at the bar will add ice to it. There is also a semi-open-air gym, even if it seems that it is always occupied by staff members. There are also some hammocks here and there as well as some comfy mattresses for relaxing.
Summary
Done Right is a trendy and upbeat place with a mission. However, they definitely need to pay more attention to cleanliness and hygiene, especially in the dorms.
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JudyM
Hostelz.com Staff Reviewer
Published on Jun 20, 2019
Location and Contact
Location
As you arrive to Sihanoukville, take a moto or a tuktuk, and ask them to drive you to Otres, and then ask for DoneRight, the drivers will know it as the beach it pretty small.