The location of this budget hotel is perfect for exploring and in particular, is close to Koh San Road. The taxi, pleasingly, cost me much less than I had been quoted at the airport. The reception staff were very pleasant and friendly on arrival. A key deposit is paid on arrival, so make sure you have some money to hand.

My room, B25, was a good size with a reasonably comfortable, decent sized bed and en suite bathroom. The decor is functional - possibly like a bedroom in an asylum - but the very large windows let in plenty of natural light, which stops you from feeling like you've been institutionalized. My bedroom door felt like it was made out of cardboard, and the lock, which was a bit complicated to use, felt a bit flimsy. However, the place itself felt reasonably secure, and I had no problems with security.

My bedroom overlooked a hut and garden, and I did keep getting woken up at silly o'clock by a particularly noisy cock. That was slightly annoying.

I had a small issue with my room during my stay, but as soon as this was reported to staff, they checked it, and then called the relevant handyman-type person who came the next morning to fix it. The staff were still polite and excellent, even when I was a bit grumpy.

It is lacking in personality as an establishment, but it is cheap and well located, so it is forgiven for it's functional decor/atmosphere.

I got here very early in the morning from the airport and the staff was available and even friendly. Throughout my stay they seemed genuinely kind though limited English(but sure better than my Thai). There was a mix up with my room and they booked it out from under me after a few days stay...(see limited language comment) I had a single/shared bathroom on the 4th floor, good fan, window opened to garden, not too noisy at all by big city standards. (some neighbor room noise but mostly whited out by fan) When I arrived the whole place was very clean, but it did not stay that way...maybe they clean once a week? The rooftop area is OK, nothing special, but probably a good spot to rest and wait out your room availability and/ or your jet lag. Breakfast was good and the coffe thick and tasty.
The hot water worked well, just need to get the buttons pushed right and it was good. They were out of towels??? And the floor mat in the bathroom was a bit funky after a few days.
It seems that most of the guests were European and a bit older than the usual hostel crowd. Lots of smoking and TV in the group areas. Probably a good place to connect with others, which is what I usually do, but there was not a lot of friendliness here...perhaps language differences, but that is usually not a big deal as I speak a smattering of a few.
When you go out, make sure to take a card with a map. Taxi and tuktuk drivers had a hard time finding it and the map was essential. On the mainroad you can take the 65 or 33 bus to the Grand Palace area, walk to Kho San, and nearby is the river landing to catch a water taxi.
I would probably stay here again but it would not be my first choice.

C

very clean room and bathroom. staff is nice, but i had to ask towels, because there were no towels in the room.

we have room #B42 (twin, fan), ascetic, not cozy, the window was faced to the wall of neighbour building under construction. so, we had no sun light and no something like fresh air. blankets were synthetic, not pleasant to the touch.

rooms which were faced to inner garden looked better.. we were tolerant to our room, because stayed only 2 nights. days were spent in the city.

high building with 5 floors, but lift didn't work always. you have to climb with your luggage.

near reception is a travel office, where you can buy a ticket everywhere.