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Eightfold Urban Resort vs The Urban

Two Siem Reap hotels from the same ingest sample — 5-star Eightfold Urban Resort against 4-star The Urban — compared on dated guest scores, not inventing rates or walks.

  • 5 points compared
  • Guest sentiment from our hotel data provider
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By Kaiser Khan · last reviewed

Check either one

Rates for both move constantly, so nothing here quotes a price. Each full review carries the rate comparison for that property.

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Why these two, and not any two

Both appear in the same Siem Reap shortlist with enough review volume to compare headlines, cleanliness and location categories honestly.

We publish a handful of comparisons per city, chosen by an editor. We do not generate a page for every possible pairing: at thirty hotels that would be 435 near-identical pages per city, and at five hundred it would be 124,750 for one city alone — which is a doorway-page pattern, not a service to anybody trying to pick a hotel.

Should you book this hotel?

Which one to book

Take Eightfold Urban Resort if the higher headline (10 from 4,291) is the decision; take The Urban only if its pin, star band or amenity list fits a different itinerary — both still need the named cons read aloud.

Eightfold Urban Resort posts 10 from 4,291 as of 7 January 2026; The Urban posts 9.5 from 5,640 as of 7 December 2025. Larger samples are more trustworthy when headlines are close.

Cleanliness: Eightfold Urban Resort 10; The Urban 9.5. Location: Eightfold Urban Resort 10; The Urban 10.

POI coverage: Eightfold Urban Resort has 0 rows; The Urban has 0 rows. We do not invent distances where rows are missing.

Neither page quotes a nightly rate — check partner links for your dates, then the hotel’s own site.

Best for

  • Choosing between Eightfold Urban Resort and The Urban on guest data
  • Travellers who will read cleanliness scores before star badges

Not for

  • Readers looking for a cheaper third option — this page is a pair only
  • Anyone who has already decided on one pin for non-negotiable reasons

Verdict last reviewed . Rates, refurbishments and management change — re-check anything time-sensitive before booking.

The two properties

Eightfold Urban Resort — supplier photograph 1

Eightfold Urban Resort

5-star hotelCentral Siem ReapIndependent

A 5-star Eightfold Urban Resort at Salakamreuk Rd — no POI rows with a 10 headline from 4,291 reviews and pool temperature slightly cold named in the cons.

Third-party guest reviews: 10.0/10 from 4,291 reviews — as of

Praised consistently
Exceptional service · Spacious and clean rooms
Complained about consistently
Pool temperature slightly cold · Breakfast could be more varied

Read the full Eightfold Urban Resort review

The Urban — supplier photograph 1

The Urban

4-star hotelCentral Siem ReapIndependent

A 4-star The Urban at No.120, Angkor Night Market Street, Stueng Thmei — no POI rows with a 9.5 headline from 5,640 reviews and rooms may lack space named in the cons.

Third-party guest reviews: 9.5/10 from 5,640 reviews — as of

Praised consistently
Great location · Amazing staff · Good value for money · Quiet and clean environment
Complained about consistently
Rooms may lack space · Pool temperature not ideal

Read the full The Urban review

Point by point

Every row is checkable against the supplier data on the two property pages. “Level” is a real answer and is used — a comparison where one side wins every row is usually a comparison somebody wrote backwards from the conclusion.

Eightfold Urban Resort compared with The Urban, point by point
What is being comparedEightfold Urban ResortThe UrbanEdge
Official classification5-star4-starEightfold Urban Resort
Supplier guest headline10 /10 from 4,2919.5 /10 from 5,640Eightfold Urban Resort
Cleanliness category10/109.5/10Eightfold Urban Resort
Location category10/1010/10Level
POI rows in this seednonenoneLevel

Rows taken: Eightfold Urban Resort 3, The Urban 0, level 2. Counting rows is not how you pick a hotel — one row usually decides it, and the verdict above says which.

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Common questions

Which has the stronger guest headline?
Eightfold Urban Resort at 10 from 4,291 versus The Urban at 9.5 from 5,640. We have not stayed — this is a desk assessment from our hotel data provider’s dated guest analysis on the page.
Should I decide on star class alone?
No — Eightfold Urban Resort is 5-star and The Urban is 4-star, but cleanliness and named cons matter more than the badge. Read both hotel pages.