HotelChatter - Tag: Bangkok Hotel Reviews http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T20:22:40Z HotelChatter HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Bangkok%20Hotel%20Reviews Bangkok : A Green Hotel in Urban Bangkok: Yes, It's Possible http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/17/8150/94237

Gone are the days when being a green hotel meant guests slept in tents in the middle of a forest: these days you can be green even in the middle of a bustling metropolis like Bangkok. The Old Bangkok Inn is a small ten-room place that's got a number of neat strategies going to be environmentally friendly.

The owners of the hotel decided from the outset that they wanted to be environmentally sound and from the renovation of the original house to the hotel you see today, there were many decisions made to stay low impact. For example, only salvaged wood was used in the renovations and all the fixtures, linen and curtains were locally produced.

]]> amandak 2008-03-17T14:49:21-05:00 Bangkok: Best Hotel Infinity Pools: Siam Squared http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/12/112549/04 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/siam_siam_view.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Siam+at+Siam/local/970"><b>Siam@Siam</b></a> is a new boutique hotel in Bangkok, where hoteliers are still proud to utter the words "boutique hotel". Rooms are set in industrial style concrete against brightly colored furniture. However, the coup de gr&#226;ce is the gorgeous infinity pool that affords guests views of Bangkok while they soak. <p> Caveat Siam: The hotel is noisy and in a busy location -- what Bangkok hotel is not? So ask for a room away from the road and you should be in a better position if you are a light sleeper. <p> The hotel is a five minute walk from MBK, the Discovery Center, and Paragon. The entire hotel is WiFi rigged, even the restaurants. markj 2007-11-12T11:31:26-05:00 Bangkok: Hotel Review Buzz: Dream Hotel Bangkok Is Vikram's Finest Hour http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/9/151613/6065 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/dream_bangkok_vikram_chatwal.png" class="imgborder"> <p> Want proof that becoming a parent changes everything? Turn back the clock a couple years and Vikram Chatwal the hotelier was a mess--reports were, his NYC property, Dream NYC smelled like ass, staffers forgot wake up calls for VIP reporters, and the long promised guest iPods were nowhere to be found. <p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Dream+New+York/local/560"><b>Dream Hotel New York</b></a> quickly became one of those hotels that we would hear about being offered up to corporate travel road dogs at cut rates, which usually means the hotel has plenty of rooms available. Whether this was because of its Times Square location or its many documented early service issues, is open for debate. However, there was definitely little reason markj 2007-05-09T15:32:19-05:00 Bangkok: Bangkok's (Loud) Shanghai Surprise http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/21/164345/208 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/shanghai_inn.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>Shanghai, Bangkok, Free WiFi.<p>What could these three words have to do with one another? Well, at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Shanghai+Inn/local/397"><b>Shanghai Inn</b></a> in Bangkok's Chinatown you can stay in "chic chinoise" (four poster beds and "jeweled-tone walls", so says <a href="http://nationalgeographic.com/traveler/">NG Traveler</a>) while accessing the hotel's free wireless internet. And for only $67 a night!<p>Of course, it sounds too good to be true and it is. Reviewers say the hotel is fun to look at but not to stay in. For starters, it seems the staff has some problems with their indoor voices:<blockquote><p>The staff is incredibly loud: shouting, laughing, talking into walkie talkies, etc. The cleaners started pushing trolleys from 5 in the morning and made terrible noise with plastic juliana 2007-03-21T16:53:12-05:00 Bangkok: Building Furniture Blockades in Bangkok's Baiyoke Suites http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/26/12910/559 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/baiyoke_suites.jpg"><p>Should you believe everything you read in a hotel review? Should you jump off a skyscraper if someone tells you too? Of course, you have to take everything you read everywhere with a grain of salt, but blogger <a href="http://thru-e-rain.livejournal.com/226744.html">thru-e-rain</a> decided it was better to be safe than sorry after her online review discoveries on her recent trip to Bangkok with her Mom. Her plans went astray when the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/BAIYOKE+SKY+HOTEL/ian/170991"><b>Baiyoke Sky Hotel</b></a> was fully booked and she ended up settling for the <a href="http://www.baiyokehotel.com/index.php?site=baiyokesuite"><b>Baiyoke Suite</b></a> instead. That's when things got a bit strange:<blockquote><p>I was reading online hotel reviews and they were mostly NEGATIVE in nature. Almost 95% said it was a terrible hotel to stay in ... The amandak 2006-12-26T11:39:26-05:00 Search HotelChatter Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/