How did I know about this hotel? Well, I had found it after a couple hours of internet search for a good but reasonably priced place in Bangkok and finally chose it because of its good reviews on tripadvisor. I booked it one night before my arrival and was actually not really sure if this last minute booking would work out, as I already had problems with that in other hotels. No problems. When I came there the staff immediately carried my suitcase upstairs and led me to my room, which was gorgeous. I stayed in hotels like the Marriott, Hyatt and so on all over the world, but none of those was so beautifully and lovely decorated as the rooms in the Salil Hotel. Of course this is a matter of taste, for some this colourful vintage style might be actually too overloaded, I definitely loved it. Plus the room had a very nice wooden floor, which I consider as kind of rare as most hotels have either tiles or rugs. The bed was amazing to sleep in and the bathroom was even equipped with a bathtub which I found quite luxurious. I have to say that the room was a little small, which did not bother me at all as I was alone anyways. It came with a cute little balcony btw. Also the room was equipped with a flatscreen TV (that I never used, so I can't...How did I know about this hotel? Well, I had found it after a couple hours of internet search for a good but reasonably priced place in Bangkok and finally chose it because of its good reviews on tripadvisor.

I booked it one night before my arrival and was actually not really sure if this last minute booking would work out, as I already had problems with that in other hotels.
No problems. When I came there the staff immediately carried my suitcase upstairs and led me to my room, which was gorgeous. I stayed in hotels like the Marriott, Hyatt and so on all over the world, but none of those was so beautifully and lovely decorated as the rooms in the Salil Hotel.
Of course this is a matter of taste, for some this colourful vintage style might be actually too overloaded, I definitely loved it. Plus the room had a very nice wooden floor, which I consider as kind of rare as most hotels have either tiles or rugs.

The bed was amazing to sleep in and the bathroom was even equipped with a bathtub which I found quite luxurious.
I have to say that the room was a little small, which did not bother me at all as I was alone anyways. It came with a cute little balcony btw.

Also the room was equipped with a flatscreen TV (that I never used, so I can't tell about its quality) and free wireless internet. This actually was the only thing I have to criticize: The free wifi is promoted as high-speed and I really depended on it - in the end it did not work once, which I found quite frustrating because this was a major reason because I had decided to pick the hotel.

The staff was very friendly though when I complained - unfortunately nothing changed.

Breakfast was a rather big buffet of different dishes, mostly Asian cuisine though. I sticked with omelets (which are made right in front of you as you like to have them), toast and jam, cornflakes and fresh fruits.

The hotel had an awesome pool and facilities like a gym and sauna (I only read about the last two ones), unfortunately I was sick, so I could not try those out. Anyways the pool was always very clean, very blue and very tempting when I walked by it.

Speaking of walking: Everything is in walking distance of this hotel. There is a gorgeous Italian restaurant right across the street, the BTS Skytrain station 3 minutes away, laundry, coffeeshops, boutiques and so on very very close. And if something is further away, the hotel provides a free tuk-tuk service or will call you a taxi immediately.

All in all I would definitely recommend this place, except for the lacking internet I enjoyed my stay very much.More