This is probably the nicest Holiday Inn Express we've ever stayed at. Hotel is brand new, staff is very attentive and speaks good English and breakfast (included in the rate) is fabulous. They have Western as well as Asian dishes. Our favorites are Guava juice and fresh pineapple. They even had vegemite for Australians and Nutella spread for Europeans. Hotel is located at the last sky train stop called Stadium. There are several shopping centers within walking distance from hotel. They house restaurants, bakery, currency exchange, etc. The nearby 7-eleven sold stamps for postcards. To see the most famous temples, we took buses number 47 and 48. The bus stop is across the street from the hotel, you turn left and walk 50 meters. The old buses cost 7 BHT and new buses (with A/C) 14 BHT each way. It's much cheaper and more interesting to take bus than taxi. Definitely avoid tuk-tuk. These are overpriced and you end up inhaling gas exhausts while sitting in traffic. The adjacent restaurant called Asia was little overpriced, so we ended up dining at the nearby dive bar (walk outside of hotel, turn left and walk about 100 meters). If you ask for English menu, they'll hand you one and they also have somebody on duty who speaks English. The dinner there is as delicious as at Asia but half the price or even less. We also ended up buying fruit for 10...This is probably the nicest Holiday Inn Express we've ever stayed at. Hotel is brand new, staff is very attentive and speaks good English and breakfast (included in the rate) is fabulous. They have Western as well as Asian dishes. Our favorites are Guava juice and fresh pineapple. They even had vegemite for Australians and Nutella spread for Europeans.

Hotel is located at the last sky train stop called Stadium. There are several shopping centers within walking distance from hotel. They house restaurants, bakery, currency exchange, etc. The nearby 7-eleven sold stamps for postcards. To see the most famous temples, we took buses number 47 and 48. The bus stop is across the street from the hotel, you turn left and walk 50 meters. The old buses cost 7 BHT and new buses (with A/C) 14 BHT each way. It's much cheaper and more interesting to take bus than taxi. Definitely avoid tuk-tuk. These are overpriced and you end up inhaling gas exhausts while sitting in traffic.

The adjacent restaurant called Asia was little overpriced, so we ended up dining at the nearby dive bar (walk outside of hotel, turn left and walk about 100 meters). If you ask for English menu, they'll hand you one and they also have somebody on duty who speaks English. The dinner there is as delicious as at Asia but half the price or even less. We also ended up buying fruit for 10 BHT from the stands outside. It tasted very fresh and we didn't get sick.

The only thing we didn't like about this hotel is that you have to step down to bathroom. It's very unusual to have a step in the hotel room. If you are sleepy, going to bathroom during night, you'll most likely trip over this step like i did.More