Nice modern hotel in Silom

Hotel is in quite a good location on Silom Road although, from our experience, there’s not many good restaurants within walking distance. Nearest Skytrain station is Chong Nonsi about a 15 minute walk away. We booked a double room for 3 nights and for the price paid thought the room was exceptional. It was very large and modern, with a king size bed, a separate cloakroom, a settee, and desk; and a double door led through to a very spacious bathroom with a separate bath and walk in shower.

Only disappointment was how early this hotel (and its sister hotel the Narai next door) closes their restaurants in the evening. We arrived from the airport on a Saturday evening and after unpacking were ready to eat at around 10:15pm. We were shocked to find that both hotels’ restaurants has stopped serving food at 10pm. It was pouring rain so we did not want to walk far and were told that the nearest place where we might still get food was the Silom Village which is about 5 minutes walk away. We went there, but frankly the food and service there was awful. For two major hotels in a big city like Bangkok I think it’s ridiculous that their restaurants don’t stay open later, especially when many of their guest must arrive late at night from international flights.

The included breakfast buffet was OK, but not as good as we’ve had in other hotels in Thailand. The coffee was particularly strange. They did not let you serve yourself, and when you ordered a coffee it was brought in a tall mug which was only half-full, if that! Very odd! The fresh mango however, was amazing. The bar/restaurant adjacent to the street and the hotel lobby was OK but a bit lacking in atmosphere an a bit overpriced for drinks compared with other bars in Bangkok.