Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit: Heaven in Bangkok and other Bangkok, Thailand Hotel/Accommodation Reviews

Great location next to Asok Sky Train Station and close to junction to new Subway. (Sukhumvit Station)

Also just accross the road to Robinsons department store and Tops supermarket.
Plenty of shops and restaurants just next to the hotel along sukhumvit road.

Rooms are large with a walk in closet to store all your shopping (...and there will be lots of it!). Decor is stylish with lots of Thai silk in subtle tones. Good mix between traditional Thai style and western luxury.

Swimming pool is like at a beach resort. Although not really large, it is so well embedded in a tropical garden that you completely forget you're in a city as soon as you're on the pool deck.

Service is of course very polite, except for the pool restaurant breakfast where we felt like we did not exist for the staff.
Breakfast in the main dining offers great selection of western and asian food. The atmosphere is sometimes slightly rushed due to the limited capacity of the restaurant.

Overall, I'd certainly recommend the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit.
When booking, check different offers. The own website is not allways the cheapest. (Despite their low rate "guarantee", which of course, never really applies.)

Unique Qualities: Great tropical pool.
Perfect Location.

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Prices: US$120-180  » Currency Converter
Phone: (66) 02 6498888
Address: 250 Sukhumvit Road, , Bangkok 10110
Directions: Sukhumvit
Website: www.Sheratongrandesukhumvit.com

The view over the River is one of the major advantages of the Shangri-La.

Room description:
1. Main Wing, Executive suite:
Spacious with separate living entry, living room and bedroom. Decor is more of a general "exotic" or "oriental" flair rather than thai. Just my impression, I'm not at all an expert. Furniture style somewhat dated.
Immaculately clean. Very nice river view although not directly facing the river.

2. Krungthep wing: (normal room)
Great frontal river view. Nice little balcony. Friendlier and more inviting feeling than in the Shangri-La wing.
More private and luxurious all the way from the lobby without hustle bustle of the main wing to breakfast in the krungthep wing.
Krungthep wing swimming pool was a disappointment. Firstly, it's rather narrow and just plain square. Secondly, it's very often in the shadow of the hotel. Thirdly, it was blocked two days for a chinese water ballet. This blocking for special occasions or even private parties seems to happen often.

Main swimming pool is a real delight. Very close to the river and still with that tropical feeling between the swaying palmtrees at sunset. Great, just too bad all the guests know that and it does get a little crowded in the evening.

Location is good: Close to the river for a nice view and also next to sky train station. (Adjacant to Krungthep wing, otherwise 5 mintues additional walk thru the hotel).
Shopping (Robinsons, grocery etc) around the block. (5-10 minutes walk)

Service: Very good and unobstrusive.

Restaurants: Mainly ate breakfast only. For the rest, I find the prices a bit high. The competition is so huge in Bangkok and prices and quality at local restaurants are hard to beat.

Unique Qualities: Beautiful pool by the river.
Nice river view from rooms.
Krungthep wing next to skytrain.

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Phone: 66-2-2367-777
Address: 89 Soi Wat Suan Plu New Rd Ba
Directions: By the river
Website: www.Shangri-la.com

This is the most elegant, designed, stylish hotel in Bangkok.

Yet, it is not my favourite.

We stayed once in the owner's suite. As the name implies, it belongs to the owner. Therefore, you cannot book it. We were just upgraded due to overbooking.
The size of this suite is overwhelming - I'd say over 200sqm. It looks like it comes out of a designer catalogue. Just perfect.
Dark hardwook floors, combined with massive furniture and antiques.

A huge living room with every convenience you can think of, and even some you can't. (How about an aquarium that has no water but rather TV-screens and a Laser Disc player providing fish-images?)
The list goes on and on and it was really great fun to stay there.

However, the dream just lasted one night, after which there was no more overbooking, hence we had to move back to the garden suite we had booked.

The garden suite we had was still nice in size, but of course nowhere nearly as impressive as the owners suite.
Bedroom and living room are not separted clearly from one another - both are in the same rather long room. Nice, but not outstanding.

Public areas from lobby to swimming pool and also including restaurant are very elegantly laid out. It's all just a bit "over the top" for me and feels a bit cold and you nearly don't dare to speak in the high ceiling restaurant. - Just too different from the bustling city outside. It just felt like living in a catalogue: Everything was setup perfectly nicely. There was just not enough life in it.

Unique Qualities: Very stylish design.
Perfect if you like living in a furniture catalogue.

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Phone: 66-2-2870-222
Address: 13 3 South Sathorn Road Bangko
Website: www.lhw.com