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Breakfast, tea/coffee/soft drinks/snacks all day, 2 hours evening canapes 5.30pm - 7.30pm (beer/wine/spirits). Located on Level 27 with awesome view over Nana BTS and down to Soi 11. Outdoor balcony if you are a smoker but some reason they don't let you smoke weed there View from the Club Lounge Balcony - good sunset views.

I've not stayed at Sofitel but have stayed at Hyatt Regency many times. It is my preferred hotel in Bangkok. I am a loyal Hyatt member so prefer to stay at a Hyatt (there are now 5 Hyatt's in Bangkok - 2 Hyatt Places Soi 1 and Soi 24, Grand Hyatt near Chit Lom BTS, a Park Hyatt near Ploen Chit BTS and the Hyatt Regency) I've stayed at them all except for the new Hyatt Place on Soi 1. Hyatt Regency is my pick. Probably comparable prices to the Sofitel which is only 100 meters away. Both Hyatt Regency and Sofitel excellent location for access to the LB Triangle - 270 meters to CIB, 500 meters to Cindys (take the short cut down Soi 13 and thru Ambassador Hotel to get to Soi 11) and 650 meters to Why Not (take short cut through Soi 8 - Soi 6 then onto Soi 4). I've had the buffet breakfast at Hyatt Regency which is excellent but I've not tried lunch or dinner in that restaurant (have heard good things) but there are some excellent restaurants right next to the Hyatt - highly rated Korean BBQ within the Hyatt complex - undercover to get there, Margeritta Storm right next door (open 24 hours) and plenty more walking distance in Soi 13 and Soi 11. Room service food is very good and is delivered in under 30 minutes. There is also the very cool rooftop bar at Hyatt - Spectrum Lounge with awesome views which you pay for in the drinks and food. I highly recommend paying for the Club Lounge if you don't get it as part of your membership. I prefer breakfast there, coffee/tea, snacks all day long and evening canapes (drinks and snacks) make up for the price of access. The food is very good, enough to make a meal of it! The staff don't hold back in serving drinks.They know me well and bring me my next beer before I finished my last and right at end of the happy hour at 7.30pm they bring me 2 beers. From Hyatt you can walk undercover to get to Nana BTS. There are escalators at Hyatt which takes you up to the skybridge to get to Nana BTS. And most importantly, very much guest friendly. Very easy to glide through the reception area to get to the elevators to get to the lifts with your guest/s. I've never been stopped to ask for ID for my 'friend'. I've stayed a few times in rainy season and I always grab there large umbrellas from reception area incase it rains, most of which I leave at Cindy's or CIB if not raining when I leave.

Damn! Buffet lunch followed by 8 course dinner. Where do you put it? hahahaha I have walked past that Monkey Pod / Blue Elephant. Looks good. Sounds good too.

Great news for the US folk itching for their Bangkok fix. B787-9 is a great aircraft. Shame United it not a great airline. I flew between Sydney and Chicago via LA 4 times with United in Business Class. The cabin crew were always these crusty old, angry women that did not understand the concept of service! I heard that long serving cabin crew with United get to pick the routes they fly. It seems all the old bags love to fly to Australia. I now got United on my no fly list

If you are flying Qantas from Sydney to Bangkok, then you will be on a Finnair plane! It is effectively a Qantas flight (QF flight number), QF inflight magazine, even napkins with Qantas logo but the plane and pilots are Finnair. The cabin crew are all Thai - I presume sub-contracted by Qantas. I flew that route twice last year with Qantas and had the Finnair A330-300 plane. Both Premium Economy and Economy. Good service from the Thai crew, food was pretty good.

I would rather hammer a ladyboy but each to their own. You do you!

The ham and cheese toasties at 7-11 are very good

I rate Vesuvio as the best pizza in Sukhumvit and I've tried quite a few different places. I had their excellent Diavola pizza which is a bit spicy. I also tried their Deliziosa pizza for 480b. Just along Soi 8 on the next little laneway there is Otto Pizza which is very good, just not as good as Vesuvio. This is their vegetarian pizza

Speaking of French chefs or French food, there is a very good French Cafe on Soi 11 - Chez LN, directly opposite the Aloft Hotel. I stayed at the Aloft and went across a few times to Chez LN French Cafe. Excellent Quiche Lorraine (who said real men don't eat quiche) and the Croque Monsieur was pretty good despite being dripping in butter. I do like a good ham and cheese toasty. The coffee was exellent too.

Pie and chips with dead horse! Noice!

That looks like a quality feed! I had an awesome Aussie Meat Pie at The Lost Aussie Pub on Soi 6 (right next to the short cut from Soi 8). Homemade, served with gravy but as an Aussie I smothered it in tomato sauce. You can get it as a meal with mash and peas or beans. \'

I used points to stay at Park Hyatt about 2 years ago. It is your typical Park Hyatt, very very nice but a bit snooty (the guests, not from the staff). It's about a 20 minute walk down to the heart of the LB triangle or get on Ploenchit BTS for 1 stop to Nana which will take almost the same time after going up the stairs, buying a ticket, go up the stairs to the platform. just miss a train and waiting a few minutes for the next one. Like all International branded hotels they are guest friendly with no judgement You have to walk through the middle of reception area (desks on both sides) to get to the elevators and most times I walked through there were loads of guests loitering around. Staff never said anything, didn't ask for id from my guest but you definitely got some stares from the other guests but who cares. When I stayed there was some sort of economic forum on so the hotel was full of many Thai officials and international business people on a junket. If you looking to use/earn Hyatt points then I recommend Hyatt Regency Sukhumvit (half the price), which in my opinion is not your typical 'Regency' much better! And the best location on corner of Soi 13.

Not an English fry up but more like an American breakfast, I went into Breakfast Story which is in the same laneway as Cindy's Secret off Soi 11, they serve breakfast all day long. Had their Breakfast Story special of eggs (scrambled or fried), bacon (crispy or not crispy - I ordered not crispy but it still came out crispy), a 3 stack of pancakes with butter and maple syrup, country style potatoes and a tiny bowl of fruit to make it feel healthy!). 300 Baht which is not cheap but still much cheaper for the same thing back home! This was a very good feed.

I finally got to eat at Krua Khun Puk on the corner on Soi 11/1. After walking past a thousand times thinking i've got to try it, i went in. I had walked past at 2pm and it was packed. Went back at 3.30pm and it was still packed. As I was alone they stuck me on a table with other solo, no friends like me - last seat available. Had their braised pork noodle soup. 50 baht for small bowl, I went for large bowl for 60 baht. YUMMO. Loads of different cuts of pork, chunks of braised pork (not as tender as I thought it would be but still delicious), fried slices of pork, pork balls (much smaller than I except a pig ball to be hehehehe) and some pork liver (i'm not a fan.....). You get a choice of 6 different noodles, thin noodles, thick noodles, egg noodles....I went for the flat rice noodles. This is not spicy at all. You can spice it up with the dried chill on the table. Can of coke 20 baht, so had a very delicious, decent meal for 80 baht A$3.50. Felt like a right cheap charlie. I'm going back for sure! '

Very very cheap including breakfast, great location. Great intel that their WiFi sucks. Definitely a pass if their internet is not good.