2003 Bangkok Hotels

[Jaimito Cartero]

Osakagin,

Try Majestic Suites. I paid 1200 baht a night (including breakfast, taxes) for my stay in May. Get a Superior Room, and email Bob for a better price.

Nice room safe, okay breakfast, excellent service. Just around the corner from Nana too. I found it pleasing between Nana and the Soi Beergarten and independents on the street.

[Jaimito Cartero]

Donny - Hey, read some messages, read the FAQ or General info section.

A message in almost EVERY section does not motivate someone to help you out.

[Slick Rick]

Osaka

Try Nana Hotel or Dynasty. They are across the street from each other. For around $28. I always stay at Nana hotel. Rooms are OK, but can't beat the location. 1 inute walk to skytrain, across the street from the major night life area Nana plaza. Have a very famous disco inside, good for late night pick up and 24 hr room service.

[Osakagin]

Hi everyone.

I have been looking forward to my next visit to the LOS and Bangkok and recently I have been checking out internet sites for some Bangkok hotel prices.

The cheapest 3 star hotels in the Sukhumvit area that look reasonable are the:

Ambassador $26

Park Hotel $30

Manhattan Hotel $25

Jade Pavilion $27

City Lodge Hotel $33


I was just wondering if I could get some kind of a guide as to

1. what these hotels are like??

2. which is the best value for $??

3. most importantly which of these hotels are "girl friendly" for bringing back overnight guests??

4. if there any other similar hotels that would be better value and receptive to overnight guests??

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,

Osakagin

[Zork]

Haven't seen my long-standing favourite mentioned in a while.
Sukhumvit Crown, in a small alley off Soi 8 (or taxi entrance from Soi 6).
800 baht, with aircon, working hot showers, cable TV. Rooms are not the newest but they have an old-time charm that I like (especially the bathrooms tiled in 60's style).
Quiet but very convenient location between Skytrain stop, Nana, Thermae and beer garden... Girl friendly, they keep girls' ID but no surcharge or questions asked.

[Jake II]

Originally posted by 1ball
jake II.
i would suggest the Grand President over Windsor any day. they both are clean, have a seperate living room, and kitchen area, but Windsor is far from everything except cowboi. Windsor is on soi 21 or 22, president is on 11. President is right in the middle of things, and the food carts on soi 11 offer some great quick food. you can email the president directly at gpsales@presidentpark.com, and ask for a good deal, though i was there last week, and they are running at 90%, so deals might not be that good for a first timer.
good luck.

1ball

ps. GP is girl friendly, will take ID from the TG

Hey, thanks for the suggestion but I've alreay made reservations at the Majestic. Maybe I'll try the GP next time. Windsor wanted 1000B per joiner. Too much since I am looking for some thresomes and maybe a foursome or two. (I'm such a pig) Anybody with tips on staying at the Majestic and the area in general would be welcome.

[1Ball]

Originally posted by Jake II
Forgot to ask if they're "girl friendly? Windsor Suites that is.

jake II.
i would suggest the Grand President over Windsor any day. they both are clean, have a seperate living room, and kitchen area, but Windsor is far from everything except cowboi. Windsor is on soi 21 or 22, president is on 11. President is right in the middle of things, and the food carts on soi 11 offer some great quick food. you can email the president directly at gpsales@presidentpark.com, and ask for a good deal, though i was there last week, and they are running at 90%, so deals might not be that good for a first timer.
good luck.

1ball

ps. GP is girl friendly, will take ID from the TG

[Marauder]

I just spent 5 weeks in Thailand. I spent about 10 days in Bangkok, and every time I stayed in the Royal Asian Lodge. Not because it was especially good, but because every time I came to BKK it was late and I didn’t feel like finding another one.

This Hotel is about 600 meters from Sukhumvit, so getting anywhere is a little time consuming. They have a free Tuk Tuk to the main road, but sometimes you will wait 20 minutes for it to come. It is on soi 8, so once you get to Sukhumvit, you are close to Nana station making it easy to get around that end of the city. Also you are 15 minute walk from Nana Plaza.

The rooms are decent, but a little dirty sometimes (not always) I did see spiders once. I stayed in 401, 402, and 403. 401 did not produce much hot water, I stayed here when I had very bad sun burn (just back from Koh Chang) and the cold water was annoying.

They do have a 9th story pool and Jacuzzi. I saw them but I did not use them, just looked. It has a nice view of the city on the 9th floor.

They have internet in the lobby. But it is horribly expensive and the computers are so slow, it is just about useless. It was 50 bhat for 15 minutes. But it is ok, if you take the Tuk Tuk to Sukhumvit, turn right, and walk about 20 meters (just past the barber shop) there is a very good (512 K ADSL) internet café with flat monitors, optical mice and laptop hookups for 1 bhat/minute (10 minute minimum) and from 5-8 pm it is .75 bhat/minute.

The front desk staff, restaurant staff, and tuk tuk drivers are very very nice, seriously top notch. The owner is friendly too, but very very pushy about selling you suits and shirts. They have a tailor shop, I let them make me 5 shirts for 100 US. He nickled and dimed me so much it ruined the experience. (He said $100, and charged my credit card 4300 bhat (should be like 4127). I asked for monograms, he said sure, for $10/shirt. Come on! I went down there carrying post cards, and he offered to mail them for me for 20 bhat each. (it costs 12 bhat at the post office). So I just don’t trust the guy.

In addition, they charge out the wazoo for telephone. They charge 3 bhat a minute to receive calls from anywhere, and I don’t know how much, but lots to talk to people in Bangkok on cell phones. On average my phone bill was over 150 bhat/night.

Oh, also when I checked out on my last day at 4:30 am their credit card reader was not working so I had to run to the ATM at 4:30 and make my taxi wait. Again minor irritation.

This hotel is ok. It is cheap (890/night) and it does the job. No problem with guests, they just copy their IDs. Very nice people and acceptable location redeem some points lost due to pushy clothing sales people and hidden costs. I give it a 6, but 3 of those points come from the nice staff. Next time I will find a different hotel.

[DDW]

Hi all

I can strongly recommend the Amari boulevard. It's on Soi 5 near the heart of the action and is girl friendly. It's also a good 4* hotel. I paid in advance through a uk travel agent and paid £30GBP a night - expensive compared to some of the places you can get, but very comfortable and worth it in by book!

[Thai-1-on]

Reading about hotel experiences are interesting. Peoples opinions are different probably because what is important to each is different. I want a hotel that is clean, safe, decent food if I choose to eat there and guest friendly, for me and any guest I bring. Here are a few of my hotel experiences.

I've stayed at Majestic Suites, Grand President and the Ambassador and all have their qualities. Right now the Ambassador has a deal for 1100 baht with breakfast and the staff has always been great. Decent rooms, no hassle wanting extra towels or bringing anyone back to my room. No safe in room, but safety deposit boxes at front desk. One thing I like is no matter where you are in Bangkok, I have never had a taxi driver not know where the hotel was. Which has happened with the other 2.

Just my experience and I'm in BKK about 3 months a year.

[Duniawala]

Originally posted by Zero Charisma

Stay away from the Ruamchitt Hotel though (above the Thermae cafe) since I brought a girl there for one hour one day and they wanted me to pay an extra 250 Bht when I checked out. When I refused to pay they stopped me leaving the hotel! Would have gotten ugly if I hadnt coughed up.

That's a new one for me as I have stayed many times in that hotel and never had anyone ask me for extra whether it is one, two or three girls. They have a very laid back attitude. I even had the bell boy go get me a nice dish at 3 am one time when my flight came in late.

Anyone else heard about this? I will be there again in mid August.

[Chikan]

Hercules,
Stay away from the Stable Lodge. I stayed there last year in Sept.2002 and it wasb't good at all. First when I checked in, the guy behind the counter was very very CHEEKY and RUDE. Didn't seem to give a *hit about anything. I wasn't impressed with the room either, noisy and worn out.
I checked out the next day (ThankGod), and just wandered aimlessly down Suk. and found "The Parkway Inn" (I think it's very close to the Majestic Suites Hotel) which was cheaper, cleaner and quite comfortable! Good value there!
Just my 2 cents...have fun!

[Jake II]

Forgot to ask if they're "girl friendly? Windsor Suites that is.

[Jake II]

hello everybody,

i am a newbie at this. i just made air reservations for bangkok for sept. 19. first trip out of country. i haven't made hotel reservations yet. have been looking at websites and ran accross windsor suites. can annbody tell me or any expierences there? it says they have high speed internet hookups in room. any help would be much appreciated.

[SeattleGman]

Traveler

What about restaurants? And other services like tour guides, cabs, etc. I was unclear on the Thai customs.

Originally posted by The_Traveler
taodan,

I usually give them 20 baht. If I have a lot of luggage and he has to carry it the whole way I give a bit more.