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Beware gentlemen. Nana hotel will charge you upon check in and then charge you again during check out. I argued for about 5 minutes. Front desk at one point said,"you lying" saying I never paid. I guess its come down to you must take video of all transactions nowadays. In the end I paid twice for the room. Live and learn. A good massage should cheer me up.
[QUOTE=Bad Brains;1501509]Beware gentlemen. Nana hotel will charge you upon check in and then charge you again during check out. I argued for about 5 minutes. Front desk at one point said,"you lying" saying I never paid. I guess its come down to you must take video of all transactions nowadays. In the end I paid twice for the room. Live and learn. A good massage should cheer me up.[/QUOTE]Its simple. You pay, you must get a receipt. If you have no receipt and paid cash, then you did not pay. Someone could easily just pocket the money. Mostly its normal to pay on check out. Nana Hotel is not a great place to stay anyway. I would not trust anyone there.
Amora NeoLuxe is a good value new small Hotel. 100 metres into the Soi 31 only. Room is smallish but bathroom large with separate shower and bath. THB 2K approx. Have cheaper rooms for 1800 (with shower over bath). Compares very favourable with more expensive Admiral Premier except for having no kitchenette, no microwave and no freezer. Has big flatscreen TV an DVD player. Bathroom better than AP.
Weak points (not many) :
Internet is slowish (3G on my smartphone has very good AIS signal and faster so use personal hotspot).
Breakfast (included) pretty good except too many cooked dishes with significant sugar (e. G. Sweet and sour). No pastries. Could order your eggs how you want.
Slightly overly fancy central lighting control. Turned out desk light was good but labelled Minibar on the master control.
Expect to pay 1K more to get a Hotel any better than this, so perhaps better to keep the 1K to spend on the girls.
For this price, have to rate this Hotel as very good. I don't know about the staff service. I don't need any special service.
Ate in Hotel restaurant yesterday. Chef was very heavy handed with black pepper in the soup. Fortunately I like black pepper. I would suggest eat here only for breakfast though. Plenty of places to eat not far away. Eating at Hotels is normally over priced.
I assume Girl Friendly but did not bring back WGs.
[QUOTE=Bad Brains;1501509]Beware gentlemen. Nana hotel will charge you upon check in and then charge you again during check out. I argued for about 5 minutes. Front desk at one point said,"you lying" saying I never paid. I guess its come down to you must take video of all transactions nowadays. In the end I paid twice for the room. Live and learn. A good massage should cheer me up.[/QUOTE]Was it cash or credit card? It is customary that at check in credit card is registered and the amount of the whole stay is authorised and blocked but not withdrawn. Only the check out bill will result in your statement of account.
If the advance payment was in cash then you should have asked for a receipt. Nevertheless they need a guarantee for any extra and incidentals such as minibar etc.
[QUOTE=Scorchin;1500711]PS if you do book don't beta room on the street side. Whole families live under the windows and they wake early.[/QUOTE]Thanks for the update on what Livingstone turned into.
Any news about the sports bar?
Street side rooms? These were long gone and turned into bars accessible from the street.
Did they get them back as part of the new place?. I refer to the rooms accessible separately from reception.
[QUOTE=BionicMan; 1502237]Thanks for the update on what Livingstone turned into.
Any news about the sports bar?
Street side rooms? These were long gone and turned into bars accessible from the street.
Did they get them back as part of the new place. I refer to the rooms accessible separately from reception.[/QUOTE]No but No Sports Bar and the layout suggests that there will never be a 'discrete bar' to develop a 'working' relationship with in-house girls, Albeit the bar fine was excessive.
Re front side rooms. Not so. Don't know when you were last there but as far as I know there were never any street bars accessible from the street to the right of the entrance.
It's as sterile as an operating theatre until the white paint inevitably succumbs to the mildew, I think it is a non-starter in which has become the most fast declining Soi off / of Skvt. I remember when theArtists' Bars were full of elegant ladies (same as any bar in Nana and Soi Cowboy but dressed elegantly, did not 'demand' lady drinks and generally knew more English than 'where you cum from? '
Maybe next week I will check out "The Office."
[QUOTE=Scorchin; 1502271]No but No Sports Bar and the layout suggests that there will never be a 'discrete bar' to develop a 'working' relationship with in-house girls, Albeit the bar fine was excessive.
Re front side rooms. Not so. Don't know when you were last there but as far as I know there were never any street bars accessible from the street to the right of the entrance.
"[/QUOTE]The Rooms in the building on the street side, accessible from opposite the reception through a large star, had been sold / moved / leased time ago for some other operation (bars or so) Not that these bars are accessible from the old stairs.
At least 3 years ago. After that only the rooms facing the pool, both wings, were left as part of the Lodge.
[QUOTE=BionicMan; 1502286]The Rooms in the building on the street side, accessible from opposite the reception through a large star, had been sold / moved / leased time ago for some other operation (bars or so) Not that these bars are accessible from the old stairs.
At least 3 years ago. After that only the rooms facing the pool, both wings, were left as part of the Lodge.[/QUOTE] Can't help; as of last week the rooms facing the road looked as they always did with no indication that they were bars. I did not go upstairs on my visit earlier this week If I have time I will have another look next week if the prospect of a trip to one of the Soi 33 MPs stirs my loins
Checked in this hotel last Friday nite, I booked deluxe corner room at discount rate, ard 2800b / nite without breakfast. Room is smaller than expected, but other than that everything good.
Hotel is GF, I've a lady stay with me every nite, they dint ask for her ID too.
My former digs in BKK are getting just a bit too long in the tooth. I'm looking for suggestions for something in the 1000-1200 range (less is okay, as is a bit more) , near Sukhumvit Road. The main thing is that I have a bad back. The cheap hard beds in most of the budget hotels kill me. A relatively inexpensive place with a good bed is what I'm looking for. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
[QUOTE=Some American;1504027]My former digs in BKK are getting just a bit too long in the tooth. I'm looking for suggestions for something in the 1000-1200 range (less is okay, as is a bit more) , near Sukhumvit Road. The main thing is that I have a bad back. The cheap hard beds in most of the budget hotels kill me. A relatively inexpensive place with a good bed is what I'm looking for. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE]Dynasty Inn on soi 4 is my favorite, but I always stay in the standard new rooms, which is above your budget range. The beds there are fine for me. However, they have cheaper rooms, but I never stayed in one of them.
Maxim Inn is at the end of soi 7/1 off of Sukhumvit and has rooms to fit your budget. I stayed there a few nights before and the bed was fine. I think the room was a deluxe without a window, but don't remember for sure. I also have had back issues and no problems there. You could book one or two nights to try it. Depending on how long you stay, you may get a better rate than the one listed. They told me they don't discount some rooms during high season.
Also I believe there is a hotel called Star Inn or something like that about half way down soi 7/1 on the right. I never stayed there, so I don't know about the beds, but seems like I read something about it and may be in your budget range. Hopefully someone else will have more suggestions for you.
Good luck.
[QUOTE=Some American;1504027]My former digs in BKK are getting just a bit too long in the tooth. I'm looking for suggestions for something in the 1000-1200 range (less is okay, as is a bit more) , near Sukhumvit Road. The main thing is that I have a bad back. The cheap hard beds in most of the budget hotels kill me. A relatively inexpensive place with a good bed is what I'm looking for. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE]Nana Hotel across the street from NEP has been reported to have softer beds.
1490 baht per night for a standard room as listed on their website.
You may be able to do better with another site like Trip Advisor as far as the cost goes, or by contacting the hotel directly, since the protests may have left it half empty. Also if you stay long enough they have offered a 10 percent discount. 20 percent for over 30 nights.
[QUOTE=Some American;1504027]My former digs in BKK are getting just a bit too long in the tooth. I'm looking for suggestions for something in the 1000-1200 range (less is okay, as is a bit more) , near Sukhumvit Road. The main thing is that I have a bad back. The cheap hard beds in most of the budget hotels kill me. A relatively inexpensive place with a good bed is what I'm looking for. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE]You can try Ruamchitt Plaza which is on top of Thermae. They have the older rooms at 1200 B, the newer ones at 1500. The beds are quite good.
[QUOTE=BionicMan;1502237]Thanks for the update on what Livingstone turned into.[/QUOTE]Not sure of the status of the living quarters, but the rest of the place has been turned into a cool, hip club. Very white. Very hi-so style. Think W hotels. We'll see how well it works out, but at the moment it looks pretty amazing and if marketed right it could become one of the hipper spots in town. One can imagine what used to be in the space, but it is totally different from before. There is also a little spa that looks nice and a basement disco area. Who knew there was a downstairs? Anyway, the place looks very cool, though I imagine that most of those that stayed there in the past will feel a bit out of place and perhaps even old for the new digs. That said, the living quarters may be the same. I don't know.
What is the cost per night in good hotels.