Having stayed at a number of hotels in Bangkok previously, for this particular visit I couldn't find better value than a Club floor room at the Holiday Inn Silom. The hotel is well located for access to all needed to enjoy the sights of Bangkok. The Chao Praya river and Skytrain are both close by giving easy access to everywhere else in Bangkok.
The hotel itself has been undergoing gradual refurbishment over the past 12 months and the results in the lobby and in the rooms are very attractive.
The Club floor rooms give you access to the comfortable Club lounge on the 23rd floor with all day refreshments available. What sets the 23rd floor at the Holiday Inn apart from many of its Club competitors is the friendly and efficient staff. Nothing is too much trouble and you are genuinely made to feel very welcome. I was particularly impressed by the friendly check out and being made to feel like more than just another guest.

I checked into the new Holiday Inn in Bangkok primarily because of its location. Being at the Rachaprasong intersection, one cannot be closer to the heartbeat of shopping in Bangkok! The hotel is newly renovated and except for a few teething problems expected from new plumbing, electrical wiring, etc..., this hotel is highly recommended. The staff were all extremely nice and the decor of the hotel stunning in its simplicity. Although the rooms were a bit small, it was nicely decorated and everything obviously smells new. The bathroom is modern but it does not have a tub, only a good sized shower area with the now customary rain-shower overhead. Breakfast offered an excellent array of goodies as well. But the icing on the cake is probably the hotel's unmatched location and the excellent room rates. If one wants superb service without paying Peninsula or Oriental prices (which can be absurd for Bangkok really), then this hotel will be hard to beat. I will surely make this hotel my new base in Bangkok.

Price: Paid $73 per night for an Executive Room for 2 adults + 2 children, booked on the Holiday Inn website. [Actually, the web site would not allocate this room for more than 3 people, so I had to book for only 1 child, but they did not object to the presence of the 2nd child when I checked in!]

Executive Suite: You need to get this! For an extra $10 per night, you have access to the free Happy Hour (drinks and snacks) during 6-8 PM, free terminals for internet access, superior room, separate check-in, free pressing for clothes, etc.

Location: Convenient to highway (which matters a lot in Bangkok traffic). All taxi drivers immediately know where it is, which is handy when you don't know Thai and so cannot give him directions. Convenient to restaurants and shopping.

Facilities: Large clean room with superior service. Elegant lobby. Very good free breakfast with huge selection. Nice pool which was mostly unused.

Service: We were elegantly served by the people at the desk in the Executive section. They made every effort to make sure that we were comfortable.

I got this hotel for our 2 night stay in Bangkok on priceline for around $60 per night and was a little concerned after reading some reviews. Prior to the trip I had emailed the staff about upgrading to the business floor and had arranged to do so. On arrival, however, that wasn't possible. The regular rooms we were put in were quite adequate, however. We found the location to be great - we could walk to the sky train which we used a lot, and the night market. We ate in the coffee shop a couple of times and enjoyed it. The breakfast buffet was good, too. Yes, the hotel had a generic feel to it but it was clean and very functional. Bangkok was just a stop along the way to other destinations in Southeast Asia so staying in a "vanilla" hotel was just fine by us.