All you need to know about the land of silk and smiles
This was the first J.W. Marriott in 
J.W. Marriott
Like other top hotels, you pick up the phone and someone knows your name and wants to help. The operators of this service know in advance which language you speak. The hotel is close to the
It is difficult to think of anything that the 441 rooms and suites lack. In addition to the immaculate furnishings, you have the best in linens and towels. Quality throughout and even little details like those power adaptors are not forgotten. The least expensive rooms – 355 square-feet in size – are sound proofed and have an in-room safe, large writing desk with data port and power outlet, iron and ironing board, minibar, cable TV, coffee and tea making facilities and three telephones. The marble bathrooms have a tub and separate shower. A complimentary newspaper – in English – is delivered on weekday mornings. Internet access is available but you pay additional for that.
There is an excellent swimming pool, spa and health club with what was the largest fitness gymnasium of any 
d hotels have opened in the city it is impossible to keep up. The Bangkok Baking Company, on the ground floor, produces wonderful sandwiches and is a great place to have an inexpensive coffee and Danish if you can’t handle the bountiful breakfast buffet nearby. There are ten excellent bars and restaurants. The buffet at the Marriott Café on the ground floor is truly international and deservedly has won
The location is a little out of the way for some of
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The Sukhothai Hotel
Is this the best hotel in
The least expensive rooms cover 38 square meters, have a queen-sized bed, and are furnished with teakwood and the finest Thai silks. The bathrooms have an oversized bathtub, separate shower and toilet enclosures, bathrobes, hair dryer, telephone and luxurious toiletries. The larger rooms, including 24 studios and different sized suites are all furnished to the same high standard. 
Internet access is available and room service is whenever you want it. The hotel's Celadon restaurant is one of
InterContinental Bangkok
This is an Intercontinental with lots of space, style, super service and a great location in the city’s best shopping district. It is expensive with rates ranging from $300 a night up to $2,000 plus for the royal suite. Check the
website for special deals.
The award-winning buffet breakfast - no bargain at $30 – offers the regular eggs and bacon plus exotic dishes from around the world. An economic and good alternate is the hotel’s deli located on the ground floor where two can have an excellent Danish pastry with coffee and have change from $10. The hotel is within walking distance to
All 381 rooms and suites are spacious, lack nothing, and are tastefully and expensively furnished. Top marks too for bathrooms, towels and toiletries. Every room has a full size ironing board and iron, which avoids a call to housekeeping each time there is a collar or a sleeve needing a quick press.
All rooms have a daily newspaper delivered and have tea and coffee making facilities, a mini-bar, refrigerator and toaster. Additional items for those on the executive floor include butler service, complimentary breakfast, pre-dinner drinks and snacks.
Dining here is a delight no matter which of the four restaurants you select. 
The 24-hour room service is swift and stylish and considering this is a five star pr
If you are looking for something a little more casual, the Holiday Inn next door is highly recommended. Moreover, if you stay at that Holiday Inn you can use many of the services of the InterContinental.
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This is a Royal Méridien Hotel on Wireless Road one of
The four special Thai suites are designed to reflect different periods in
1: Ruen Thai, featuring rich wood paneling and beautiful silks, is an interpretation of a traditional Thai house. 2: Royal Pimai offers dark woods and sandstone carvings with northeastern Khmer design aesthetics. 3: Vimarn
The hotel has a full-service spa and a delightful outdoor swimming pool which is surrounded by wonderfully landscaped Thai-style gardens. Well-equipped fitness center and squash courts are available for more active guests. There is a wide variety of international and Thai cuisine from the hotel’s five award-winning restaurants: Utage, meaning a meeting place in Japanese, is popular for business lunches. There is a big selection o
f Japanese favorites with desserts such as green tea and red bean ice cream to finish. The Reflexions offers vibrant French cuisine and is only open for dinner and is closed on Sundays. Cantonese cuisine is served at
The Davis Bangkok claims to be the first boutique hotel in 
The Davis Bangkok
The property is close to
Wireless Internet access is available throughout the property. All the rooms and the 10 villas have separate bathtubs and showers, flat-screen televisions, VCD/CD players, a work desk and a décor of Thai silk and teak. Seven of the villas have two bedrooms and three have three bedrooms. All of them have a fully equipped kitchen and spacious bathrooms. If you do not feel like cooking there is an extensive in-villa dining menu.
The evening buffets here are superb and the prices here are cheaper than what you would pay outside the hotel for a similar meal. And that is unusual. Among the starters, you will find tiger prawns and large oysters, which sets the standard of the food that
is available. There are limited views from some of the rooms but that is more than offset by the views you get from the rooftop pool.
The hotel’s Club 88 offers great cocktails and a buffet while the Corner Café concentrates on international dining. The Dulaya Spa is set amid the Thai villas and offers a complete range of Thai massages and therapies as well and regular beauty and health treatments. The business center is well equipped and decorated in true Thai style. The front desk offers a full range of travel services and foreign exchange. For business meetings the hotel has 14 different meeting rooms, the largest, the ballroom, is big enough to host a cocktail party for 200 people. Contact details: 88 Sukhumvit 24, Klongteoy,
Eastin Hotel M
akkasan
One of the highlights of the 280-room Eastin Hotel Makkasan is the Attica Sky Lounge on the 23rd floor which has great views of the city skyline as you can see in the picture on the left..
This is a reasonably priced four-star hotel. All the rooms here are well equipped with large flat screen televisions with satellite movie and news channels, spacious bathrooms, IDD telephones, minibar and tea and coffee making facilities.
The whole hotel has been upgraded and there are now floors which cater for travelers with children. Ea
ch floor has a play area and the facilities are ideal for youngsters under 12. There is a new business center and wireless Internet is available throughout the property.
The hotel has easy access to
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Metropolitan Hotel Bangkok
This is a trendy hotel with huge rooms - all 171 of them are over 50 square meters - located in the middle of
the financial district and catering to the yuppie market by employing a younger service team full of information on the latest happenings in the Thai capital. As in most quality hotels, the décor makes good use of teak and Thai silk. The hotel says it is fast becoming the number one choice among the music, media and fashion industries.
The hotel has four penthouse suites and a two-bedroom presidential fiefdom. There are great bathrooms with separate tubs and showers, special toiletries and oversized towels. Cy’an is the hotel's headline 110-seat Mediterranean restaurant open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with tables on the veranda alongside the pool. Glow is a 48-seat eatery serving fresh food snacks, light meals and powerfully energizing juices. The Met Bar serves modern Asian cuisine from
The staff, dressed in Comme des Garcon liveries, is energetic and savvy. The hotel has 24-hour room service, laundry, dry cleaning and pressing, secretarial and translation services, foreign exchange, limousine, car rental and airline reservations. There is a gym, steam rooms, a hydro pool, 20-meter outdoor lap pool and yoga studio with 10 treatment areas. You can spend as much $2,000 a night here for the top suite – a lot less for the other quality accommodation. This is a great hotel but not well suited to the family vacationer whose main interest is seeing elephants, temples and street markets. Contact details:
Bel-Aire Princess
Well-priced, this modern boutique hotel is one of
All 160 rooms and suites are spacious, contemporary and have flat screen TV's, in-room safe, mini-bar and large bathrooms. The more expensive Club Tribeca rooms have the added benefit of high speed internet acces
s, oversized writing desk, phones at bedside, desk and bathroom, 25-inch flat screen TV with DVD player, oversized sofa/day bed, breakfast and daily newspaper.
The
This hotel is a refreshing change from some of
Renaissance Bangkok Ratchatchaprasong 
The 275-room Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong has opened its doors - the second Renaissance in
The 22-story hotel opened with a special 6.000 Baht rate but it is unlikely that those prices will remain for long. All rooms feature marble tiled entrances, white oak floors and blond
The picture we show is an artist’s impression of the property. Marriott Rewards Members will be please to know that can earn and spend points at this property. Contact details:
