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Sivatel Bangkok review

Sivatel Bangkok pool

Highlights

  • Very large and comfortable rooms.
  • Molten Brown amenities in the bathroom.
  • Large rooftop pool with panoramic views of Bangkok
  • 4 minute walk to BTS Skytrain station

Sivatel Bangkok opened in late March and has just completed a three month soft opening. I had an opportunity to stay here in late March, two days after its soft opening. At that time, there were a total of two guests in the hotel, including me. While everybody was fresh faced and eager to please, there were a couple of newbie mistakes, but that is the whole point of a soft opening, to iron out these kinds of kinks, so I’m not holding it against them.

Location

Situated on Wireless Road on the northern side of Sukhumvit and facing the British embassy, Sivatel Bangkok is less than 5 minutes walk to the BTS Skytrain Chidlom station. It is a short walk to Central Chidlom mall and not much further to the Erawan Shrine, Central World, and then Siam Paragon, Siam Square and plenty of other shopping and dining options.

Rooms

If I have to pick a word to describe the guestrooms at Sivatel Bangkok it would be “space.” I stayed in the “Grand Noble” room, and even at 48 square meters, it is laid out so well that it felt very spacious. Other, larger rooms feel positively huge- you could throw a party in these rooms.

Sivatel Bangkok guestroom

Sivatel Bangkok offers 75 guestrooms including one and two bedroom suites. The smallest rooms are the Noble rooms at 32 square meters and increase in size up to the 136 square meter Grand Royal Suite Duplex. The types of rooms and their respective sizes are as follows:

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Siam Kempinski Review

Highlights

  • Excellent central Bangkok location, discreetly hidden behind Siam Paragon
  • Large gardens wrapped around free form pools, producing a resort-like ambiance in the heart of Bangkok
  • Free minibar filled with beer, soft drinks and snacks- replenished daily!!
  • Free wifi for everybody, everywhere!

The Kempinski chain is famous for its award-winning service and its rich sense of luxury, with hotels in 62 countries around the world. With the opening of the five-star Siam Kempinski, their first property in Thailand, luxury in Bangkok has been kicked up another notch.

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13 five star Bangkok hotels under USD 100 in December

Christmas decorations in the lobby

Five star Bangkok hotels in December 2010

Bangkok is famous for it’s cheap hotels, even its magnificent, ever-growing collection of luxurious five star hotels.

With peak season fast approaching I decided to see how many 5 star hotels in Bangkok I could find on Agoda.com that were going for less than USD 100 per night in December. I came up with 13.

While a number of them may be new to you, there are still some pretty well-known 5 star hotels offering rooms at less than a hundred U.S. dollars, including The Dusit Thani, Centara Grand and two Swissôtel properties.

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Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit Review

Poolside gardens at The Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit Bangkok

In this week’s review we will be looking at The Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit.

I used Starpoints to stay at this hotel earlier this year, my first Luxury Collection stay. The hotel is very nice, but the highlight was undoubtedly the amazing pool. I got down and dangerous and took the camera into the pool just so I could film a tour of this extensive pool. The video is below.

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Four Seasons Bangkok vs Grand Hyatt Erawan- Part 2

This is the second part in a series of posts comparing two of the most luxurious hotels in Bangkok, The Grand Hyatt Erawan and The Four Seasons Bangkok.

You can see part 1 of the series, where I discuss the location, exterior, and lobby and of the two hotels at Four Seasons Bangkok vs. Grand Hyatt Erawan part 1.

In this review I’ll be comparing the standard room types at both properties, the Grand King at the Bangkok Hyatt and the Superior Room at the Four Seasons, which both offer 40 square meters.

Guestrooms at the Four Seasons Bangkok, with their wood paneled and wallpapered walls, silk paintings, and plush, upholstered chairs offer a classy and classic, old world feel.  Guestrooms at the Grand Hyatt Erawan on the other hand reflect a more contemporary feel, with the white painted walls and plenty of indirect lighting.

The superior room at the Four Seasons Bangkok

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