It was one of those hotels which I guess was ok, but for what you pay for a room you would expect a lot more and there were lots of little problems that could have made things really bad under the wrong circumstances. To start with the floor above where I was staying was being renovated which made it a bit noisy at times. NO prior warning was given about this when I booked and no discount offered.
The safe in my room was broken! Was a real pain! I got there very late from a long flight, locked some stuff in it, then remembered I needed to get something out and the safe wouldn't open again- just kept getting an error message. All credit to the staff who sent someone along as soon as they could very late at night to reopen the safe. They said it should work, but since I was a bit wiser now, I did a few test openings and lockings only to find that after a few tries it jammed again. I called them again and they said they would send someone over the next afternoon. They never got the safe working properly in the time I was there, and I couldn't use it. Nothing was stolen so it was ok, but I still thought it was annoying and slack that the safe played up so much.
Do NOT rely on these guys for a wake up call. I asked for one and never got it! Luckily I had my mobile phone with me and set the alarm on this just in case or I would have missed my flight!
The room itself was clean and comfortable although the bathtub could have been a bit cleaner- made out of little tiles which is probably not a good choise for keeping it really clean in a hotel, but yep over all clean and comfortable. They provided 2 bottles of drinking water a day which was nice. They had a resturant on site which made very nice chicken rice. The staff were nice in that they actually did pack me something for breakfast when I had a very early transfer.
The pool is lovely. Its built into the side of the building so you can swim overlooking the city and has interesting fountain statues. Shame it closes so early in the evening though. There are a few computers for internet use which was useful when you were able to get hold of a free one. Its walking distance to some shopping centers and skytrain. The road it's on is pretty dark though, so I felt like I couldn't walk outside the building after dark safely. Also the area outside the hotel was very polluted, smelly and dirty (not sure if this is just typical of much of Bangkok though, didn't stay there long, but this particular area was really awful).
So overall the hotel was ok, but there were little things wrong that could have been disasters if things had have turned out a little differently (ie: if I had have missed the flight or had stuff stolen). I also thought it was a bit expensive for what it was. Would probably try somewhere different if I was ever in Bangkok again.
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Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
probably not
I recommend this hotel for:
Great pool scene
I do not recommend this hotel for:
An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Older travelers, Pet owners, Families with teenagers
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