Terry Tibbs

I am back staying at Hyatt Regency. I love this hotel. Best location on the corner of Suk and Soi 13, super modern (opened in 2018), great buffet breakfast, awesome Club Lounge on Level 27 with great view, very nice gym and swimming pool on Level 6. Only 280 meter walk to CIB, and about 450m to Cindy's. i doubt I will go any further than 450m in the next 5 nights.
I booked standard room at 6800++ per night. Used a free Suite upgrade and let me tell you the Suite is SWEET! Separate lounge room and huge bathroom.
In my small mind I thought this would impress the girls! last time I stayed in April, I also used Suite upgrade. Brought Patty from CIB back and she didn't mention anything. Brought Nutty from Cindy's, she didn't mention anything. Guess they seen it all before. Last night brought Gaga back and she did say 'Oh big room'.
Funny thing is I stayed a 2nd time in April and brought Nutty back again. Was only in the standard room this time which is still very nice just not as big. Nutty mentioned on this one, just saying, oh you have different room this time!
 

Thanks for all the responses, currently working my way through the suggestions and at Monsoon this morning…looks promising! 
 

If you're staying around Asok area, a few I'd recommend 
Red Lion - Soi 13. They do a build your own breakfast option for a cpl of hundred baht, choose 6-7 items
Sportsman - Soi 13. Best Sports bar in BKK imho, they have 2 different Full English options, one of them is pretty big.
Bullys - Between Soi 2-4 on Sukhumvit Rd. Recently reopened in a smaller unit, well kitted out though. Haven't tried breakfast yet but the other food has been decent.
If you go one stop further on the BTS to Phrom Pong, you've got Royal Oak and Robin Hood as well.

Not sure where you consider “Sukhumvit area” but if you take the BTS to Chit Lom and go to CentralWorld there’s an OWNDAYS store there. Glasses are very cheap but excellent, they’ll do a free eye test and they’re ready to pick up in half an hour.
Would absolutely recommend. 

I saw this today concerning Covid testing at Vienna's airport for arriving passengers. It will cost 190 Euros (US $200 or so), results will be available in 3 hours and if you test negative you can avoid a 14 day quarantine in Austria. You can also present a cert from your prior point of departure if it's no older than 4 days. I am guessing something like this will be the standard for immigration at BKK and other airports around the world. I hope so, because I know nobody wants to do a 14 day quarantine on arrival. Sounds great, too bad it will cost $$$. The Wuhan virus is a gift that keeps on taking, taking, taking. 
https://www.viennaairport.com/pcrtest

Brilliant idea!

As an example of how the airlines view the time frame for resumption of passenger service, Emirates won't be flying until July at the earliest. I am sure other carriers are looking at the same scenario and they are probably getting info about when border closures will end and international flying may resume directly from governments. 
https://www.arabianbusiness.com/transport/445448-emirates-airline-passenger-flights-set-to-remain-grounded-until-july?fbclid=IwAR17o4uh-OY1uZVVLTxR0Yo73j-eGVF1-stq-PGoeRQVxQxe_ByqOwb0PNk

https://what3words.com

Every time I walk past it I read Artbox as Fartbox... 

I’m happy if people want to share their line contacts with me.... in return I will share their usernames

I’m happy if people want to share their line contacts with me.... in return I will share their usernames

I stayed here for a night a few weeks ago with a LB friend who lives in the area. I took the Pool suite room which is 2500 overnight. They also rent the rooms by 3 hour blocks. You have to book a room through their website or just turn up and take what's available. They dont operate through Agoda, Expedia etc
 
X-IT Resort http://www.xit.co.th
ซอย โยธินพัฒนา ประดิษฐ์มนูญธรรม Khwaeng Khlong Chan, Khet Bang Kapi, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10240
081 123 9977
 
https://goo.gl/maps/mLjxoeE7aV52
 
Pros -
- very discreet
- Decent entertainment system and large tele with porn and ability to connect to your phone/laptop
- Huge spa bath
- Private Pool
- English speaking staff
- thai room service food is fantastic
- large comfortable bed
 
Cons -
- mosquitos, many. They do provide repellent and a bat to swat them.
- not so clean, I cleaned the spa before using it and the shower was full of soap scum.
- remote location, it's not really close to anything farang oriented, there's other bars and alike in the area but mainly Thai focused.
- difficult for the taxi to find
 
This place is great if you want to party with privacy as a couple or a group, I would stay here again for group sessions, but wouldn't treat it as a base to explore Bangkok.

This is one that I didn't learn until i left BKK the first trip and saw several taxis dropping off people at departures.
 
Would like to recommend to everyone arriving and needing a taxi to avoid people offering taxi service outside baggage and arrivals.
For an example if you going to Nana, Sukhumvit they will charge you around 600-700 baht. If you go outside to get a metered taxi, they have to pay an airport tax (surcharge) straight away. This journey can be up to 450 baht.
 
However by just going upstairs to departures you can easily catch a taxi that just dropped some on off. Just insist on metered and this same trip can be done just under 200 baht. Don't let them try to add on a service charge or airport tax, becuase they didn't have to pay it, by not getting in that que downstairs.
 
They have elevators as well that you can easily fit a luggage trolley on. You get those trolleys at baggage claim for free.
The escalators are moving sidewalk types, not steps. You can fit you trolley on them easily as well. When you get up top and go outside look to your right and see the metered taxis. They are across the first lane. Keen drivers will actually be looking for you, and be more than willing to assist you with your bags. Just make sure you establish that your on meter rate.
 
Once I had one try to get an extra 100 baht on top of meter after arriving at my guest house. I asked why and he said for airport tax? I told him he didn't have to pay it, so I'm not either. He was happy to take his meter fare only. For him it was worth a try, thinking the average farang doesn't know any better.
 
I have done this several times now. Thai governement had recently had a big crackdown against the illegal taxi services that were operating which has helped from what I have heard.
 
When you get to the top floor which is departures, you just cross these lanes of traffic. you can actually see the taxi's who have just dropped off people sitting with open doors waiting on the suave travellor.
 
In my case I had a driver searching me out, and on the way to taxi did the usual questioning of meter. 190 baht to Nana. the driver in the center Taxi is actually looking for a suave customer using the departures drop off. I have also used this same principle in Viet Nam (Ho chi Min ) Airport paying about 5 USD instead of $15.