Phnom Penh's backpacker scene is smaller than you expect and louder than it should be. BKK1 is the epicentre: Street 51 has Club Love running EDM and hip-hop until 4 am with free entry before midnight. One block over on Street 278, Duplex starts with $2 Angkor beers downstairs and salsa sets upstairs from 9 pm. Mad Monkey on Street 302 is the pre-game, never the destination: beer pong and $1 shots until the group decides it is time to move. The pub crawls here are deliberately small, capped at twelve to twenty people.
BKK1 is the operational centre of Phnom Penh's backpacker nightlife: Street 51, Street 278, and Street 308 within a ten-minute walk of each other. The riverside strip on Sisowath Quay runs quieter and closes earlier. Club Love on Street 278 runs EDM and hip-hop until 4 am and has no meaningful competition for the late-night market.
Angkor draught beer at BKK1 bars costs $1.50 to $2.50. Cocktails at venues on Street 51 run $4 to $7. Club Love charges $5 entry after midnight; before midnight entry is free most nights. A full evening including four drinks and club entry runs $15 to $25. Prices verified April 2026.
Friday draws the strongest mix of travellers and expats to BKK1. Saturday skews louder with fewer locals. Thursday is the pick for solo travellers: smaller groups, the Duplex salsa nights on Street 278 draw a genuinely mixed crowd, and Club Love is accessible without the weekend queue. Sunday closes early across the board.
This crawl visits four bars and a club, starting at **The Alley Cat** and ending at **Club Love**. The price includes a free shot at each stop, plus a welcome drink. The group meets at **Le Royal Hotel** at 8 PM, and the crawl runs every Friday and Saturday. Expect 15–20 people, mostly backpackers.
Check availabilityA smaller, more intimate crawl with a focus on local bars. The tour includes stops at **Heart of Darkness** and **Pontoon**, plus a free shot at each venue. The group meets at **Mad Monkey Hostel** at 9 PM, and the crawl runs every Thursday. Limited to 12 people.
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The Phnom Penh Pub Crawl meets outside Le Royal Hotel on Street 92 every Friday and Saturday at 8 pm. Tickets are $12 and cover four bars plus Club Love, with a free shot at each stop and a welcome drink at the start. The Thursday crawl meets at Mad Monkey on Street 302 at 9 pm, runs to a maximum of twelve people, hits Heart of Darkness and Pontoon on the riverfront, and costs $10. Hostel beds from €4.21 at The Big Easy to €8.10 at Mad Monkey, rated 9.6, which has a pool that doubles as a dance floor.
Friday and Saturday for the main crawl. For the smaller group and the riverside finish at Pontoon, Thursday is the better call. Avoid Sunday: BKK1 bars close early and even Club Love runs quiet.
Upcoming events worth timing your trip around.
Street 51, BKK1, Phnom Penh. Club Love at midnight: free entry, $2 drinks, and a sound system turned up past any reasonable limit.
Mad Monkey Phnom Penh on Street 302 rates 9.6, from €8.10: the party hostel with beer pong and a poolside bar. Onederz rates 9.3 from €9.31 for a quieter night inside BKK1. See our pick of the best party hostels in Phnom Penh.
