Galleria, soi 10; Grand Swiss, On8 by Nana
Of my recent stay in Bangkok this is the favourite of the three hotels I stayed in.
It's girl-friendly, of course. One of the girls left her ID, the other just walked right in with me, past reception. Variable enforcement of security controls.
The room- nice walk-in shower with rainfall shower head and wall mounted hose.
It has good sound proofing. The bed and pillows are good.
Bed not too hard, just firm enough.
Facilities Nice little rooftop pool with numerous lounge chair options. Small gym, consistent with size of hotel, I'd say.
Massage rooms. Which offers extras. Wasn't in the mood to partake, but the massage was good. But the friendliness of the staff is the noticeable standout. Smiles and helpfulness all the way.
Good buffet breakfast for 199 Baht. Decent egg station and bread and pastry options, fruit, several Asian options. (compared to the breakfast at Grand Swiss most of whose options I wouldn't ever partake of for breakfast many Asian dishes of curry, spicy noodles, congee et al, - the price differential isn't worth it for me, Grand Swiss breakfast being 350 baht. The price point here is just about OK for what I usually eat, comes to around 6).
The top floor bar and restaurant also good for the hotel class.
I stayed 21-25 August and paid 8700 Baht for 4 nights inc 3 breakfasts at 199.
I probably prefer this over my previous favourite, Citadines on Soi 11. The apartment rooms at Citadines are great, and spacious but the breakfast 'room' I didn't like- in the adjacent pub area. Also Citadines room didn't have a walk-in shower.
I like the fact that it's just off the beaten track, down Soi 10.
WIR? Definitely.
Grand Swiss Soi 11.
Super good location for shops and restaurants.
The reception was efficient but a bit snooty at check in.
Excellent buffet breakfast with many many options, from hot and spicy Asian dishes to typical western staples such as pastries, sliced bread and toast and jam. Good egg station. Many juices and fruit slices etc. Really something for all tastes. Only thing to improve for me would have been a dedicated coffee bar, maybe a barista offering fresh espresso, cappucino etc. And Nutella for the breads. LOL.
The pool on floor 7 was quite nice too. Gym I didn't use but seems OK for size of hotel. Just one guy in every time I went past.
The room. This was OK. One of the ceiling lights was out; the bed was comfy but there were only 2 very deep pillows. A call to housekeeping remedied this. There were no small (hand) towels so these too had to be requested. The ceiling was rather low (room 508). Maybe other floors are different. Another fail for me was having the air con located directly over the bed. Again, may be this particular class of room. It was rather too noisy also. Walk in Shower was OK, with a window separating the shower from the bedroom and Venetian blinds to open or close to view one's partner. The TV had no BBC World News nor France 24, maybe CNN.
Being on a lower floor, one can enter up the ramp to the left of the main entrance and avoid reception entirely. So I walked in with women without registering.
Despite the (350 B /€10.50) excellent breakfast I'd take Galleria 10 over this place. WIR? Not sure.
On8, nana.
During the day one can enter via the entrance on Suhkumvit which is shared with Raja tailors shop. Bit strange. There's also an entrance at the back, which is the only one during night and early morning.
I used this just for the daytime before my late flight. Strange smell in reception and corridors. Room was OK. Nice big mirror on wall and in bathroom. Again, no hand towels here. Had to request. And they brought something resembling a face flannel, about 8 inches square. Bed was comfy and pillows OK. Again, room rather dark due to 2 ceiling lights above the desk and tv being out (room 210). Good illumination around bed. Nice spacious walk-in shower. WIR? No.
You Choose The Wrong Place
[QUOTE=Syzygies;2374136]Now I am in Laos. Hotel has no hand towels, two body towels very artistically folded like swans (big deal) and a shower mat. No elevator (lift) (Only floors 1 and 2), no refrigerator (could be common to not provide in Laos), coffee packets provided and electric jug, but coffee is fucking "3 in 1 Instant" Nescafe. Can't stand sugar in my coffee. Ha ha. Fortunately the bed mattress is quite soft, softer than many Bangkok Hotels. However these days I tolerate quite firm. Sort of got semi used to it.
Will be interesting to see if breakfast has anything worth eating for a low Carbs person. Hotel just does the basics. Outside of the building looks grubby like needs a good scrub clean or paint job. They probably can't afford it.
Room and bathroom is large. Its not a top class Hotel clearly but very close to airport. Fortunately my stay is short. here is the funny part. The bathroom is so long, that the wardrobe with safe inside it, is in the bathroom. Ha ha. Yes it is a separate room with door. I suppose it is a dressing room/bathroom.
There are some high class very beautiful Hotels in Bangkok and fab apartments by the river too. I prefer to save money and spend it on girls. So always compromising about something for rooms. Main function is a nice bed to sleep in, a bathroom, aircon, reasonable desk with power points, and very important is quiet and lack of stinks. Unfortunately it gets hard to avoid odoriferous guests in the elevator. Therefore avoid Hotels in some areas.[/QUOTE]I just spent three days in Luang Prabang at The Maison Dalabua, for under $150 for 3 nights. The breakfast and staff service was excellent. All organic and delicious, bicycles for use and NO rain or flooding.
Next time you go to Laos do some research, I'm really surprised that you of all people would not set your itinerary at high standards, like you profess you do for the ladies you take.
RL. Yes I know wrong forum but I just had to get a dig at Syzy. LOL.
