HotelChatter

Tags: Bangkok Hotel Reviews / Hotel WiFi / Thailand Hotel Reviews / → All Tags

Bangkok's (Loud) Shanghai Surprise

Where: 479 - 481 Yaowaraj Rd, Bangkok, Samphantawong, Thailand, 10100

Shanghai, Bangkok, Free WiFi.

What could these three words have to do with one another? Well, at the Shanghai Inn in Bangkok's Chinatown you can stay in "chic chinoise" (four poster beds and "jeweled-tone walls", so says NG Traveler) while accessing the hotel's free wireless internet. And for only $67 a night!

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:

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 bags. The receptionists speak very bad English. Normally, I find this charming, but this was just too much.

More complaints were about the noise within the hotel, not from staffers (although this reviewer mentioned that too):

The noise was incredible- showers, toilets, televisions, shouting, and even sex noises just to top it off. and it was ALL night followed by the cleaners with loud walkie talkies at 6am.

Should you stay here because the price is right and free WiFi is tempting, another past guest says don't book any rooms near the cafe or the front desk.

[Photo: WhaleSwimmer]

Related Stories:
· Shanghai Inn reviews [TripAdvisor]