Phnom Penh · Cambodia
SKY HOTEL Phnom Penh
Suspicious-review evidence
≈55 possibly bought · 169 top-rated reviews scanned
Explain how it works
We compare every 5★ review's word count against the global distribution. Hostels where unusually many top-rated reviews are suspiciously short — way under the typical length — start to look like the staff (or a boost-my-listing service) is padding the score with throwaway praise.
The detector flags reviews that are both top-rated and below a length threshold, then estimates how many of them statistically shouldn't exist. For this hostel we scanned 169 top-rated reviews and 1% were suspiciously short.
Length z-score: 8.70. A z-score measures how far this hostel's distribution of 5★ review lengths sits from the global average, in standard deviations. 0 = perfectly typical. 1–2 = slightly unusual but within normal noise. 3–5 = strongly anomalous. Anything 10+ means the pattern is so far from the global norm that it's effectively impossible to get there organically.
This is a heuristic, not a verdict — it surfaces hostels worth a second look, not proof of fraud. Read the actual reviews below and judge for yourself.
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refund when asked. Review
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Review-authenticity complaint
Reviews are fake
Good location Avoid as much as possible. Rooms are not like described - dark and mouldy. Weird smell from bathroom. Genital hairs on bed (and also bedbugs). They did not offer a refund when asked. Reviews are fake (they take a picture of your booking code and pin to leave a fake review).
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review. I stupidly booked the wrong days on a no refund
I’m bit conflicted with this review. I stupidly booked the wrong days on a no refund basis. The manager kindly waived the charges. Location is fantastic, communication and directions were excellent and staff friendly and helpful. But the room was quite grubby and dirty. Room needed a proper clean
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refund me one night. definitely not going to get a good review
The accommodation was not what was portrayed on Booking.com the photographs do not even match the room no TV no fridge. It was supposed to be a double upgraded room air-conditioning was bad and the smell from the shower room was appalling. I spoke to the man on the desk, he said he would put me in another room the next day, but | was so disgusted with it. I checked out in the morning having paid for two nights. Booking com needs to check into this. I've since done some research and see other this. I've since done some research and see other people were exact same. I hope that they refund me one night. definitely not going to get a good review on my YouTube channel. I advise anyone to stay away from there.
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refund or a part refund..I said I will have to leave a bad review
Nothing Filthy. I don't think the room had been cleaned., shower looked like someone had just had one, including dirty feet prints on the floor. Bed looked like it had been slept in, including small back hairs. Room smelt like someone had just got out of bed. I sat for 20 minutes in little dirty reception, full local young lads drinking beer and eating pizza (although they were polite) waiting for the lad from reception to get back, to be literally told his 'boss doesn't care'. I couldn't have a refund or a part refund..I said I will have to leave a bad review. Again, to be told his boss doesn't care. Now I am not one to complain. I like to see the good in people, but that was uncalled for. Very bad business. It was advertised as deluxe room, and I paid like $30 for one night. There seemed to be a couple of other people looking for the reception guy, saying to the young lads, the room wasn't what was pictured. So it wasn't just me. That said, there did seem to be a lot of single blokes coming in and out, so some one liked it.
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Nice
Cambodia -
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Charmant
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Quite
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Location
Pakistan -
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Nice
Portugal -
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Agréable
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Ok
France -
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Ok
Israel -
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位置非常好，就在金边市中心，距离王宫、博物馆很近。店员态度很好。有电梯。高层房间视野开阔。房间面积大。
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很棒的住宿体验，我们在这家酒店度过了一段愉快的时光。那里的人非常干净而且维护得很好。
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Beautiful view
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Very comfortable
Cambodia -
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Lovely Decor
Russia -
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Clean place
India -
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Very comfortable
United States -
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Well located
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Friendly staff
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Modern Design
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Lovely Decor
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Lovely view
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Peaceful place
Ireland
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