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Eric S.
Solo travelers
Belgium,
January 17, 2013
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Good located hotel with great pool
7.3
The prince palace hotel is a very well located hotel right at the inner canals to victory moment and siam paragon. The pools are great and provide and excellent relaxation place before attacking the nice attractions of hotel. The breakfast is plentiful but can get a bit crowded. The rooms are good. And provide great views of the city.
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Joungmin O.
Solo travelers
South Korea,
January 17, 2013
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All are looking good but all details are not good
The hotel has all facilities inside it.
6
The hotel is big and tall several buildings and it has all needed facilities such as restaurents, swimming pool, seminar rooms, and so on which are good. However, the hotel does not have free wi-fi internet connection and if you look at the all things in detals, all seems are very not clean.
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Anne T.
Solo travelers
United Kingdom,
January 17, 2013
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expensive wifi.
Great location, very close to the golden mount. 20 minute walk to Siam district and the national stadium sky train.
Restaurant Tip:
great food hall below the hotel in bobae tower
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Chee K.
Groups
Malaysia,
January 17, 2013
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rooms clean and tidy although little bit dated. Buffet breakfast little bit pricy for food quality. overall happy with stay at hotel
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Hassan A.
Couples
Pakistan,
January 16, 2013
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Piece of Art
Pool, Bar, City View from the Top
8.3
The staff was very cooperative and humble. Rooms were luxury in reasonable rates. The best part if the breakfast buffet which is complementary.
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Mimi C.
Couples
Malaysia,
January 16, 2013
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Big hotel with spacious rooms and nice pool
7.3
plenty of walking inside this hotel just to get to your room - definitely not recommended for those who can't walk much.
the location is nothing to look at - the moment you step out of the hotel you see whole sale apparel shops and fruit stalls.
there is a 7-eleven 10 mins walk away. from the hotel entrance, turn left, and take the 2nd lane. turn right when you reach the t-junction. you will see 7-eleven. get your drinking water there. this area has plenty of mango, rambutan and pineapple sellers. taste first.
we stayed in a suite living at tower c - furthest from the hotel reception. carpet looked dingy-needs thorough shampooing. it is clean,spacious but no free wifi. wifi rates are very expensive.
if you leave anything at the conceirge, esp small items, write down the name of the person who received your item on your ticket and the time. they lost our plastic bag of clothes. fortunately the guest who was given our bag was honest enough to bring it back 3 days later.
taxis - always always ask if they will use meter. if they refuse you wait for the next cab. by meter to siam paragon costs 510-570 bhat during reasonable traffic. cabbies will not hesitate to ask 100-300 bhat if you are 'clueless' written on your forehead.
or, turn right when you come down the steps of the hotel entrance lobby and walk 5 mins to a jetty. you can take a water taxi for 10 bhat (15 mins ride). 3rd stop, get off and walk up some steps which will get you onto the main road. you will see central world/ isetan. ok mall- nothing great. from here you can walk 15-20 mins to siam center/siam paragon/mbk or catch a sky train. be ready to walk and burn those calories!
Sightseeing/Attractions Tip:
** bring a notepad. always ask the staff at the reception to write in big thai font the name of the place and the road name of your intended destination. write in romanized letters so that you yourself know too. cabbies in bangkok speak virtually no english. so there is no question of discussing with them if they are lost. besides you may not have a clue either.
if you don't have a decent size note pad, the reception staff will write in tiny font on tiny slips of paper. then your cabbie may not be able to read it. when cabbies make mistakes and drive you all over, the passenger pay!
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Kim L.
Solo travelers
United States of America,
January 16, 2013
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This is Not a Four Star Hotel
Nice pool and dining areas.
4.7
as the title to this review states, this is not a 4-star hotel it may have been ten years ago, but it is not today. the rooms were older and carpets permanently stained... and about the quality of a motel 6 in the u.s. but more expensive. after spending most of my months of travel staying in hostels and budget guest houses, i wanted to splurge on my last night in thailand. this hotel when viewed online shows internet, jacuzzi, steam room, work-out room, but none of those items are included in the cost per night. those items are extra and at a very expensive rate. literally, the charge was for and hour's usage or for 24 hrs of internet, the charge was $100. so, i was very disappointed in my stay there and was glad i only booked for one night. i was willing to pay more for a nice hotel,but not that much more. also, the location is very strange... located right in the middle of the wholesale garment district.
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Stephen S.
Couples
Australia,
January 15, 2013
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Lovely hotel but terrible service
Very large and clean rooms, nice pool area
6.7
The staff were extremely unhelpful and looked endlessly for ways to make additional money (extremely high internet rates, harrassing you to take their taxi, the tourist information barely spoke English and despite asking for info on local buses he continuously repeated 'private transport' and attempted to coerce us into tour trips. We had a particularly unpleasant experience with the receptionist and Manager after a mistake with our booking days. We were phoned at 10pm and asked why we hadn't checked out that day. When we went downstairs to speak to them about the mix-up they demanded we pay for an extra night at full cost (we had booked with a discount voucher) or that we pack our bags and leave now. I attempted to resolve and negotiate (especially with it being 10pm at night) but they became aggressive and told me to be quiet. The manager told my husband to 'make her be quiet' then walked away. He refused to let us see our booking sheet. I would not stay here again.
Sightseeing/Attractions Tip:
Take the local ferry for a ride (15tbh per person for a one way trip). We did a full round trip just to relax and see the views. It took an hour and was nice and cool on the water. Ps. Sit on the non-sunny side
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Mark C.
Families with older children
Australia,
January 15, 2013
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best wholesale maget shopping right under hotel
good location on canel for access to khosan rd and MBK / siam square
10
have stayed at this hotel 4 times now, although not the only hotel I use in Bangkok is one of the best for families As the 3 bedroom suite is large enough for the whole family, and included buffet breakfast, babea wholesale cloth market is on the first 5 floors, hotel starts on 11th floor. cheapest clothes in thailand.
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Gordon B.
Families with older children
Canada,
January 15, 2013
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Nice artwork and decor in public areas.
Size of the room was terrific and a good pool.
7.3
I have stayed here before and were pretty impressed with the complex as there are four towers here and the huge shopping plaza below. We used the canal boats to make a trip to Bumrungrad Hospital and if someone could make a note of the dock to get off it would have been very easy but we missed it b one. It was very quick and efficient and certainly a different way to get threw the city and interesting.
The breakfast was sadly weak as it was much better last year as we dined in a different area off the pool area. Food was cold unless you lucked out or got the fellow to make you an omelet.
Our room was the 2 bedroom one and was perfect as there was three adults in it and lots of room and privacy.
Sightseeing/Attractions Tip:
Head downstairs and check out the clothing bazaar in the basement several floors as they really do have decent deals and might save time haggling on the street in the heat of the day. Tuk tuk and cabs from the sukhumvit area should be no more than 100 baht but try and get the taxi' to turn on the metres.
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