What's On
Happy hour from midday, killer pool on Mondays, live music on Fridays and the Premier League at the weekend. Then a sponsored football team anyone can join, charity nights, and a full English Christmas dinner once a year. The bar downstairs is open to the street, so none of this is guests only.
The regular week
The bar is open from 7am to midnight every day, with no break in the afternoon, and it runs later when the night calls for it. Happy hour starts at midday, and four nights of the week have something fixed on.
| Bar open | 7am – midnight, every day, no break |
|---|---|
| Happy hour, 12pm – 8pm | Draft beer $1.25 |
| Happy hour, 4pm – 8pm | House spirits or house wine $2 |
| Happy hour, 8pm – 10pm | All cocktails 2 for 1 |
| Monday | Killer pool, 8pm — $1 entry, cash prizes |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | Regular night — pool, board games, music, sport if there is something on |
| Wednesday | Regular night — pool, board games, music, sport if there is something on |
| Thursday | Regular night — pool, board games, music, sport if there is something on |
| Friday | Live music from 8pm |
| Saturday | Live Premier League football, depending on the UK fixture list |
| Sunday | Local chess meetup, 4pm — all welcome. Live Premier League football, depending on the UK fixture list |
Where to watch the World Cup and the Euros in Phnom Penh
The big tournaments are shown at the bar on Street 172. World Cup and Euros matches both fall awkwardly for Cambodia, because kick-off times are set for Europe and South America, which in Phnom Penh usually means the middle of the night or very early morning.
So the bar opens outside its normal hours for them. If a group stage match kicks off at two in the morning, the bar is open at two in the morning. This is the single most common thing people ask us about during a tournament, and the honest answer is that we plan the opening times around the fixture list once it is published.
Ordinary league football is on too, at ordinary hours. If there is a specific fixture you want to watch, message us and we will tell you straight whether it will be on.
Shown regularly at normal hours. Ask us about a specific fixture.
A masters football team, and new players are welcome
The Big Easy sponsors Riel Phnom Penh FC, a local expat football team. Our name is on the shirts. They train during the week and play a match every weekend, and afterwards the whole squad comes back to the bar to eat, drink and pick the game apart.
It is a masters side, meaning older players, and it is social before it is serious. Nobody is going to be left on the bench because they are unfit or out of practice. New players are always welcome, including travellers passing through who fancy a game, and there is no trial and no commitment beyond turning up.
If you play, or used to play, tell the bar staff or message us before the weekend and we will put you in touch with the squad.
Masters level. Older, social, all abilities. Residents and travellers both.
Training midweek, match at the weekend, debrief in the bar after.
Christmas dinner
A proper English Christmas dinner is put on every year, and it is well known in the city. It fills up, so it is worth asking early.
This is the one night of the year the bar stops being a backpacker bar for a few hours. Long tables, one sitting, people who live here and people who are a long way from home in roughly equal number.
Fundraisers and charity nights
The bar hosts charity events and fundraisers regularly. In most cases what we provide is the space, free of charge, for an organisation to run its own event, and we put in a contribution of our own on top.
If you run a charity in Phnom Penh and want a venue for an evening, ask. The room holds a crowd, it is central, and the people upstairs are the sort who turn up.
Stay upstairs
The bar is directly below the rooms, which is worth knowing both ways round: you are in the middle of it, and you can hear it. Light sleepers should read the rooms page before booking.