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    Payneless reacted to SAGuy in Soi 11 Hotels   
    I've never stayed at Fraser Suites, as I found it to be too far down Soi 11 and traffic can make a taxi ride a long term investment at night.
    However, I can attest to the rooftop bar, which is really nice and a great place to take chums at night.
    I seem to recollect taking Jell there a few times, a few years ago.
    Cheers 
    SAG
    P.S. Youngone - does each room there come with such attractive room service?
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    Payneless reacted to Youngone in Soi 11 Hotels   
    I've stayed there many times and have always found it good value for money. Rooms are spacious, beds large and extremely comfortable, bathrooms adequate. Below some pics of the room featuring Ming as a willing participant to brighten it up a little
     
    If I stay in the soi 11 area my preferred hotel nowadays is Fraser Suites. Large modern rooms, decent swimming pool, great rooftop bar (Above 11) for only a little bit more money than the likes of Mercure.
     





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    Payneless reacted to SAGuy in Citrus Suites Sukhumvit Soi 13   
    Looks like we missed each other by a week Mike - I left last Sunday.
    Enjoy the stay in BKK and if you ever need anything, just ask Oui who is at the door during the day, he is very helpful.
    I think the breakfast crew there has been de-sensitised to LBs appearing early on most mornings, so never worry about that. LOL.
    Cheers
     SAG
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    Payneless reacted to SAGuy in Citrus Suites Sukhumvit Soi 13   
    So after my 4 nights at Citrus Suites Soi 11 and a 2-nighter at the Adelphi in PAT I returned to BKK and decided to try Citrus Suites on soi 13.
    Even though the 2 hotels are in the same chain and are within stumbling distance of each other via the cut out between soi 11 and soi 13, they are like chalk and cheese.
    Citrus 13, is newer and smaller and had far less of the customer types that the soi 11 seemed to solely focus on.
    The staff were more pleasant and engaged as befits a smaller hotel and did me many favours over the 3 different stays I had there in Sep-19.
    There is no tuk tuk service but the walk to Sukhumvit is shorter than the walk from Citrus soi 11.
    LB friends? No problem! Multiple LB friends? No problem!
    Breakfast was targeted more for farangs and there were no unofficial 'male only' breakfast areas which existed at soi 11.
    Breakfast at both joints is 0600-10.30, which when you think about it is good for mongers. You can either roll in from xyz at 0600, or maybe get a few hours sleep and join at 10.15. I did have an embarrassing moment when I bumped into BGSC at about 06.15. He had just woken up after an early night and I had just rolled back in after a night out on the tiles.
    Soi 13 is a quiet soi so taxis are infrequent. So I'd recommend using Grab Taxi. There are plenty of convenience stores, massage joints and a few bars. 
    There is a resident taxi that charges THB 500 to Don Mueang which I used one early morning, rather than risk missing the flight to Chiang Mai.
    The rooms varied over the 3 stays. The 22m2 room was quite claustrophobic, but the other 2 were fine. The suite was very good and I got it for 'free' as an upgrade for booking direct.
    Would I repeat again?
    Most definitely. For a sub-THB 1,500 hotel its great value and a decent location. The staff are very helpful (I left my cases there 2 times) and its modern and clean. Its a LOT better value than the soi 11 location, more convenient and less irritating.
    There's a great laundry directly across the street in the basement of Sukhumvit Suites Hotel - charging THB 69 per Kg and they never lost a single sock!
    You should also consider booking directly, as they claim to offer better rates than Agoda and extra privileges e.g. room upgrades, early/late check-in etc.
    Cheers
    SAG
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    Payneless reacted to Boomerang in Any suggestions for ASOKE hotels?   
    i think he was asking for peoples experiences/ reviews . But yes , booking.com , exoedia , last minute , sawadee etc etc etc all will provide many hotels in and around Asoke.
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    Payneless reacted to DeepnHard in Stamp Passport at Immigration   
    They often don't staple the arrival/departure card if they're lazy or don't have a stapler, but you can simply unstaple it if they do and it'll be hard to tell they ever did. But they *will* stamp the passport and you can't erase that. Any alterations in passports are a big no-no. If you're really desperate, you can tell your embassy you lost it and they'll give you an emergency one in lieu of a permanent. But cutting pages out (usually the pages are sequenced) is letting yourself in for big trouble.
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    Payneless reacted to scottie1954 in Nana Hotel..my first time   
    I used Nana hotel as a day base for those Lk gentlemen transits from late morning to catch a midnight flight.I am usually staying a majestc grande that is another league of course
    Nana fits a prurpose for those budget minded, but still on the mid high, seen that the real budget minded target less than 1000bht.
    Friends reported the swimming pool is good and has quite some sun exposure, can't say that of majestic grande, I am afraid.
    Rooms at NH are old and tired same as some bathrooms. There is a set of rooms with refurbished bathrooms, but not many.
    A lottery to get them.
    Staff, as you say, seem to be there since the openings, and so are some porters.
    Despite being such used venue for mongering base, the reception and cashier behaves like a 5+* hotel in terms of handling everything..
    there is a relatively old lady as a cashier that surely has seen the whole history of the hotel.
    And the guests.... the guests are a reason to call in that place.
    You will see some Vietnam war survivors for sure and there is none of the corean war for the simple reason age has taken their toll.
    A few of them I see anytime I am around (I use the inhouse MP for special "hairdown" shaving and haircut, still old way of barber shop): they must live there no other reason or coincidence.
    One guy, with a cowboy hat, on a wheelchair is always on the smoking terrace surrounded by a few aged WG.
    Others do chat about their times (and I do mean decades ago if you listen to them) in the confortable soft armchairs and sofa of the lobby.
    You can watch the traffic go by.
    ST Visitors and LTR of old men and their similarly old teerak, more of a nanny in some cases.
    A few metres away is the heart of the BKK nightlife as known.
    Get out of the lobby and a bunch of taxi drivers offer you to take you to Pattaya, no matter what time of the day or night.
    The car park entrsnce is still seeing the patrol of young ladies doing their trade, mixed with other kind of girls probably having more business than the genuine ones. Sign of today trend.
    Since a few months a corner of the csr park, against the wall separating to the gas station next, there is a van hosting a sort of Mexican bar serving food too.
    You have it all.
    Long life to Nana Hotel. The last of the Mohicans by all means.
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    Payneless reacted to Gympy in Glitz Hotel - silom   
    Exactly, I wish more guys who ask questions about hotels would come back with an update after they stayed in a place .
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    Payneless got a reaction from Gympy in Glitz Hotel - silom   
    Well I replied because I wanted to help if any other BMs were interested in this hotel. Helping brothers out! not really strange!
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    Payneless reacted to ssaa316 in Paradiso Boutique Suites, Soi 10   
    stayed there before, its definitely ladyboy friendly, infact the receptionist is a ladyboy..and on my last visit had paid me a freebie visit upstairs...damn hot experience...
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    Payneless reacted to mardhi in Cosy at Ten - nearest hotel to Check-in Bar, soi 10   
    I stayed at Cozy @ Ten this last weekend for 2 nights. For the price (1400b net) I was impressed. I'd been allocated a 6th floor room on a smoking floor. The bonus was it has a balcony which are only in 6th floor rooms. Non smoking floors are 2,3,4. The room I got was at the rear, so overlooked CIB. Rooms at front (1600b) overlook Chuwit Park and are larger.
     
    Comfortable bed, Decent aircon, free wifi, decent hot shower. Had everything I look for. Also had safe in the room. Onsite Italian restaurant is decent and very cheap. I had Pasta Carbonara and it was 170 baht and pretty decent to eat.
     
    Hotel has some neat lift which is basically a moving floor and doors that lock until the floor arrives on your floor. Reminded me of a French apartment building from years ago, albeit this lift system looks brand new.
     
    I'd stay here again without 2nd thought. The missus loved the bed and rated it almost as good as the one in our house.
     
    You can see the 2 pics are different sized rooms. The smaller is same as we had (at the back) - the larger are at the front as I took a peek when a maid was cleaning one. Rooms at the front are likely quieter for quirky reason. At the back you can hear all the various aircon units and restaurant extractors going on like an ensemble. Not such an issue with window/balcony door closed but very noticeable when you step outside. No such vents at the front.
     
    Apparently, This hotel is well used to CIB LB's visiting according to the info my GF fed me. So presumably it is very LB friendly. From the back door, it is about 25 feet away from CIB front door.
     
    Room at the back (1400b)

     
    Room at the front (1600b)

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