Grog a-go-go
Samai Distillery is easy to miss, with big sliding wooden gates obscuring what looks like just another villa on just another Phnom Penh side street. Rum distilleries, however, are rare in Asia and Samai is anything but ordinary. The place feels much less like a bar and far more like a big workshop where rum is distilled, beer is brewed (Cerevisia Craft) and furniture and leather goods are handcrafted. Eclectic, no doubt, but it more than works. And the end result – the room, the booze, the music, the art, the crowds – comes together with rare grace and sophistication. Open from 7pm Thursdays only. Samai Distillery, #9 Street 830.
