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The Factory 104 on Street 104 is the only hostess bar in Phnom Penh with a hot tub VIP room. The venue has five private VIP sections in total — one with a jacuzzi, one with a balcony — and VIP room access is priced at $40. It’s open every night from 7:30 PM until 4:00 AM, there’s no cover charge, and the bar runs a full cocktail menu alongside draft beer from $3. For groups looking for a private bar experience in Phnom Penh, this is currently the most distinct option the city has to offer.
Most bars in Phnom Penh operate on an open-floor model — you sit at the bar, pick a spot, and the night unfolds around you. That works fine. But VIP rooms are a different thing altogether, and they’re more common in the city’s hostess bars and lady bars than people expect.
A VIP room, at its most basic, is a private or semi-private section separated from the main floor. You get your own space, your own service, and a degree of separation from the general noise. Some are little more than a curtained-off booth. Others — and this is where the difference matters — are proper rooms with seating, dedicated staff, and their own atmosphere.
In Phnom Penh’s nightlife scene, VIP rooms are typically accessed for a flat fee on top of whatever you spend on drinks. At The Factory 104, that fee is $40. You pay once, you get the room for the evening, and everything else — drinks, lady drinks, bar fine if applicable — is settled separately. There’s no minimum spend attached. That’s fairly straightforward by Southeast Asian standards.
There’s something about having your own room that changes the whole dynamic of a night out. The pace slows down. Conversations happen. It stops feeling like a bar crawl and starts feeling like an event.
The Factory 104 has been operating since 2017, which makes it one of the longer-established venues on Street 104. Over that time the venue has built out five separate VIP sections — and the fact that they’ve maintained five, rather than consolidating or scaling back, says something about demand.
Most bars with VIP options have one or two rooms, usually identical in setup. What sets this place apart is the range. The standard VIP sections offer genuine privacy, comfortable seating, and direct service from the bar’s hostess staff. But then there are the two that stand out: the balcony room, which gives you an open-air feel above the street, and the hot tub room — which is, by any measure, in its own category.
Beyond the rooms themselves, the main floor at The Factory 104 is properly set up. There’s a pole dance stage, a pool table, DJ nights, and a full cocktail bar running drinks from $3 to $7. The venue feels like it was designed for a longer evening rather than a quick stop — and that matters when you’re deciding where to base yourself for the night.
The hostess staff here work the VIP sections with more attentiveness than you’ll find in smaller venues, where one or two people are trying to cover everything. It’s not a white-glove operation, but it’s consistently better-run than most comparable bars in the city.
The Factory 104‘s hot tub VIP room is genuinely singular. No other hostess bar in Phnom Penh has one. That’s not marketing — it’s just a fact about the city’s bar scene, and it’s worth stating plainly before getting into what the room is actually like.
The room is private. Not semi-private, not a booth with a curtain — a separate space with its own door, its own seating, and the jacuzzi as the centrepiece. The hot tub is large enough for a group, comfortably fitted for four to six people, and it’s kept warm throughout the evening. You’re not sharing it with another table or waiting your turn.
The lighting is low and warm — the kind that makes a room feel like it’s operating at a slightly different speed from the rest of the venue. Music filters in from the main floor but doesn’t overwhelm the room. You can hold a conversation at normal volume, which sounds like a low bar but isn’t, in most Phnom Penh bars at midnight.
Service runs directly to the room. Drinks orders are taken and delivered without you needing to flag anyone down or head to the bar. The hostess staff assigned to the VIP sections know the room well — they’re not pulling double duty across the main floor.
Getting into the hot tub is entirely optional and entirely up to you and whoever you’re with. The Factory 104 doesn’t structure the room around any particular expectation. Some groups use it, some don’t. The point is that the option is there, the setup is right, and the room works as a private bar experience whether the jacuzzi is running or not.
There’s a specific kind of evening that happens in a room like this — unhurried, genuinely private, with good drinks and the right company. It’s not replicable on the main floor of any bar, regardless of how well that bar is set up. And in Phnom Penh, this is the only room of its kind.
The VIP rooms at The Factory 104 work for a wider range of occasions than people assume. The jacuzzi room in particular tends to get associated with one type of night out, but the reality is more varied.
And honestly, you don’t need a reason. A Tuesday night with three people and a $40 room fee is a perfectly reasonable way to spend an evening in Phnom Penh.
The pricing at The Factory 104 is transparent, which is not always a given in Phnom Penh’s bar scene. Here’s what you’re looking at:
Item | Price |
VIP room access | $40 |
Draft beer | from $3 |
Cocktails / mixed drinks | $3 – $7 |
Lady drinks | $5 |
Bar fine | $20 |
Cover charge | None |
Payment | ABA · Cash USD · Credit Card |
The $40 room fee covers access to the VIP section for the evening. It doesn’t expire after an hour, it doesn’t come with a minimum spend, and it’s not tied to a drinks package. You pay $40, you get the room.
Drinks are priced and ordered separately — same menu as the main floor. Lady drinks, if you’re buying them, are $5. The bar fine is $20 if applicable. None of these are compulsory; they’re just part of how the bar operates, and it’s worth knowing the numbers before you arrive.
No cover charge at the door. That applies to the main floor and to VIP room holders. Cambodia bar prices in 2026 still represent genuine value by regional standards, and The Factory 104’s VIP pricing sits at the reasonable end of what a private room experience costs anywhere in Southeast Asia.
Booking ahead is the smart move, especially for the hot tub room. Here’s how to do it:
Is The Factory 104 really the only bar in Phnom Penh with a hot tub VIP room?
Yes. No other hostess bar or lady bar in Phnom Penh currently operates a hot tub VIP room. The Factory 104 has had the jacuzzi suite since it opened in 2017 and it remains unique to the venue. Other bars in the city have VIP sections, but none with a jacuzzi as part of the setup.
How many people can use the hot tub VIP room at once?
The hot tub comfortably fits four to six people. The room itself has additional seating for a slightly larger group, so it works well for parties of six to eight in total. If you’re planning a larger group, it’s worth messaging ahead so the venue can advise on the best setup for your numbers.
Do I need to use the jacuzzi to book the hot tub VIP room?
No. The room is a private bar experience first — the hot tub is part of the setup, not an obligation. Plenty of groups book the room for the privacy and the atmosphere without getting in the water. You’re paying for the space and the experience, not a jacuzzi session specifically.
What’s included in the $40 VIP room fee?
The $40 covers access to the private VIP room for the evening. Drinks are ordered and paid separately — draft beer from $3, cocktails up to $7. There’s no minimum spend and no drinks package attached. Lady drinks and bar fines are separate costs, and neither is compulsory.
Is it safe to visit The Factory 104 as a tourist?
Yes. The Factory 104 is a well-established venue that’s been operating since 2017 on Street 104, a known nightlife strip in central Phnom Penh. The staff are experienced with international visitors, pricing is upfront, and the venue is professionally run. Basic common sense applies — as it does anywhere — but there’s nothing to be concerned about specifically.
Phnom Penh has no shortage of bars, and Street 104 alone gives you a full evening’s worth of options. But a private room changes what the night is. And a hot tub in that room — in a city where no other venue has one — makes The Factory 104 genuinely hard to replicate.
The address is 21Eo Seng Thuon (Street 104), Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Five VIP rooms, one jacuzzi, a full bar, and the city’s best private night out waiting behind a door that opens at 7:30 PM every single evening of the week.
The room is there. The bar is open until 4. You know where to find it — and if you want to reserve ahead, thefactory104.com/contact/ and facebook.com/TheFactory104 both work.