Hotel Review Buzz: Dream Hotel Bangkok Is Vikram's Finest Hour

Where: 10 Soi Ruamjai Sukhumvit 15, Bangkok, Thailand

5/09/2007 at 3:32 PM
Tags: Vikram Chatwal, Bangkok Hotel Reviews, Hotel Review Buzz

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.

Dream Hotel New York 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 to believe that a few years later a Dream Hotel would open on the other side of the world, in Bangkok Thailand, and Dream would become a bit of a mini-franchise, but that appears to be what has happened.

Not only did Vikram open Dream Hotel when he said he would, late last summer, but the world's first Sikh billionaire-in-waiting's Dream Hotel Bangkok is getting rave review from recent guests and tipsters:

·I had stayed at the Dream Hotel in New York last year and must say that the one in Bangkok is far superior!

·I like the bar lounge area and they had 2 for 1 happy hours which made it even better.

·42'' plasma TV with many English language channels

·The staff are mostly young, good looking Thais. Some of them are quite new and one can sense that in some clumsiness and slowness in service but their friendliness and enthusiasm more than compensated for that.

·It's located in a quiet street off the bustling Sukhumvit area.

·I was a little worried about whether I would find the hotel (especially after reading previous review). However I came well preprared with an excellent map which was emailed to me from the reservations department upon request.

·The only negative I have is the lack of natural light.

Vikram Chatwal the hotelier appears to be on the upswing. Could the upcoming Lamb's Club Hotel in New York end up surprising?

[Photo: tneubauer]

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