Bangkok Hotels

[QUOTE=JoshInyu;1795040]For newer hotels in the heart of the action I would recommend:

1) Grande Centre Point Hotel Terminal 21 [URL]http://www.grandecentrepointterminal21.com/[/URL].

2) Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit [URL]http://www.sofitel.com/gb/hotel-5213-sofitel-bangkok-sukhumvit/index.shtml[/URL].[/QUOTE]The Sofitel looks quite nice, actually.

Anybody knows if they are working girls at the bar? (yeah, I might ask for a lot, but I guess I want to have lazy vacations and still spend them with style.

[QUOTE=Abb8912;1794806]Just back from this hotel, highly recommended. Previously was Grand Millennium hotel, and now changed to Pullman Grande Sukhumvit.

1) great location. Near bts and mrt, soi cowboy and many massage shops if you are using the hotel back door to soi 23.

2) great service from staff.

3) strong wifi.

4) 100% girl friendly.

Ard 3200 b / night for deluxe premium room.[/QUOTE]Are you sure about the 3,200 baht per night. That's about $90 per night but for that room next weekend the cheapest I find is $165 per night. I don't mind paying a late booking premium but nearly double seems excessive.

[QUOTE=MattNavanMan;1795278]the cheapest I find is $165 per night.[/QUOTE]Try Agoda, [URL]Hotels.com[/URL] or [URL]Booking.com[/URL]: They have that room for $135 including the fee and taxes. Still not $90, but it splits the difference.

Sofitel is very nice and where I stay when I am down into BKK from Issan Land. I can not answer your question about working girls at the bar from personal experience but the eye candy is there. Or you could walk out the front door, hang a left, walk 10 m and you will find a bunch of working girls congregating at night.

[QUOTE=Nabuchodonosor;1795191]The Sofitel looks quite nice, actually.

Anybody knows if they are working girls at the bar? (yeah, I might ask for a lot, but I guess I want to have lazy vacations and still spend them with style.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Jgm005;1795332]Sofitel is very nice and where I stay when I am down into BKK from Issan Land. I can not answer your question about working girls at the bar from personal experience but the eye candy is there. Or you could walk out the front door, hang a left, walk 10 m and you will find a bunch of working girls congregating at night.[/QUOTE]Thanks for the info!

The pictures the hotel provides on its webpage look enticing. As for finding working girls outside, I'm sure it's quite simple. Experience compounds that a bit though. Girls on the street are usually several grades below average or they would be working directly inside known places. Their mastery of the english langage is also rudimentary and and I would also prefer to be able to entertain even a shadow of a conversation.

Usually, bar girls are hotter and if one does speak to several, it's easier to find a working girl to have a basic conversation with.

Another suggestion made to me was to go to Airbnb to find beautiful apartments. Which seems to be a damn find idea as there is, theoretically, no reception. Nonetheless, nearly every apartments or houses I could find specifically forbad any further guest.

Did some of you put airbnb to the test when going mongering in BKK?

Would someone know of beautiful places where bringing a guest wouldn't be forbidden?

[QUOTE=MattNavanMan;1795278]Are you sure about the 3,200 baht per night. That's about $90 per night but for that room next weekend the cheapest I find is $165 per night. I don't mind paying a late booking premium but nearly double seems excessive.[/QUOTE]Yes. I joined the Accor membership from the hotel web for free, then log in and booked the room direct from the hotel's website, but I booked it 3 weeks before arrival.

[QUOTE=Nabuchodonosor;1795664]Another suggestion made to me was to go to Airbnb to find beautiful apartments. Which seems to be a damn find idea as there is, theoretically, no reception. Nonetheless, nearly every apartments or houses I could find specifically forbad any further guest.

Did some of you put airbnb to the test when going mongering in BKK?

Would someone know of beautiful places where bringing a guest wouldn't be forbidden?[/QUOTE]Not sure what area you are looking in. I have stayed in airbnb apartments for the last few trips, all in Lower Sukh and I had no issues in any place. Just send them an email and check before you book that its ok to bring guests. Foreigners renting apartments in Lower Sukh are usually doing it for one and one reason only :)

[QUOTE=Nabuchodonosor;1795185]I will check on it right away.

As for working girls at the bar, it's perfect, would you have, by any chance, an opinion as to their hotness?[/QUOTE]Sorry, I can't really help you on that (maybe others here can). Although I once had one of the managers (who I knew from his time working at another Bangkok hotel) show me around the hotel, including the lounge, some rooms, and so forth, I have not stayed at the Grand Hyatt owing to the number of good cheaper alternatives in Bangkok, for example some of the better Starwood properties. I also have not spent any time in the bar (at least I don't remember doing so although it is possible I did years ago) and my information about the bar therefore is based on word of mouth.

Hopefully, someone else here will be able to tell you more about the bar and the girls there.

I just saw this on youtube. Video of Spasso at the Grand Hyatt albeit three years ago (things sometimes change and I have no new information about the bar). A lot of farangs with Thai girls, and at least one comment under the video to the effect there were girls for hire. However, as is often the case at the high-end bars, the girls want high-end prices, but often the prices are not justified.

[URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzJLjRHGLfY[/URL]

Hope this helps at least a little.

I am also looking for Air BNB near Soi Nana.

Anyone has any recommendations?

Prefer high end with no problems with guests.

Hi everyone,

I'm considering going to Bangkok in January to get out of the cold, and heard from a friend of a friend that the Thong Lo area is a nice area to stay. I heard it had a lot of Japanese expats and restaurants, so I don't know if that's good or bad.

If anyone can recommend a decent hotel that's girl friendly, and not too expensive, I would be grateful. My budget is around $80 per night.

Thanks.

[QUOTE=LAGuy5;1795922]I just saw this on youtube. Video of Spasso at the Grand Hyatt albeit three years ago (things sometimes change and I have no new information about the bar). A lot of farangs with Thai girls, and at least one comment under the video to the effect there were girls for hire. However, as is often the case at the high-end bars, the girls want high-end prices, but often the prices are not justified. Hope this helps at least a little.[/QUOTE]Some things never change. For example, white guys can't dance sober. And Thailand + bars + girls = pick-up possibilities. Spasso and its predecessors in Grand Hyatt have always offered possibilities. Long ago, I used to stay there.

Can anyone recommend a GF hotel with a a decent lap size swimming pool and a decent gym?

Thanks in advanced.

Regards.

[QUOTE=Calvito;1796489]Can anyone recommend a GF hotel with a a decent lap size swimming pool and a decent gym?

Thanks in advanced.

Regards.[/QUOTE]Try the Sukhumvit Hilton or the sister property, The Doubletree. Guests can use either facility. Stayed at the Hilton this summer and found both pools and gyms to be very good.