Citrus Suites or ParkRoyal Suites - both on soi 6

[mangatanga 192]

I typically always stay at the citrus suites on soi 6… a couple years ago I ventured out to the Adelphi Suites on soi 8… and though it’s a nice hotel, the rooms felt dark… there was a bit of a walk past Monsoon and the hallway to the elevator… came across lots of families that were eyeballing my LB guests lol

I am considering staying at the ParkRoyal suites (previously Phacharra)… but not sure if I wanna change things up… I like big rooms, easy access to elevator from front door, less family oriented hotel, breakfast bufffet.

anyome stayed at both spots? And can share their opinion on which they preferred and why? Thx

[Nick Bullseye 1,034]

I was never in Royal Suites, but stayed both in Citrus Suites and Adelphi Suites. I always book a larger room: One Bedroom Suite in Adelphi and One Bedroom Executive Suite in Citrus. Both are approximately at the same price: 3200-3300 baht per night now (it was at 2500 before). Both are large (50-60 sq meters) and good for taking photos (important for me), since the walls are painted white and the furniture is in light colors. Both hotels are in the same category: 4 star hotels.

Adelphi is on Soi 8 and more easily accessible for taxis. Taxi drivers do not like to go to the Soi 6 hotels, as Citrus Suites of Park Royal, because they get stuck in the Soi 4 mess in front of Nana. Citrus and Park Royal are closer to Why Not and Nana Plaza, but the walk through Soi 6 from Adelphi is not very longer. Adelphi is closer to Check-In and Cindy's Secrets.

When you book a room in Citrus Suites, ask for a NON-LEAKING shower. Many of them are leaking and create a flood on the floor of the bathroom.

Both Adelphi and Citrus are frequented by the same clientele: half of them are families, the other half are mongers, many of them taking ladyboys. Unless you come with a ladyboy in the afternoon or early evening, you do not cross the families anyway and if it sometimes happens, you do not need to worry about it. The staff in both hotels is ladyboy-friendly and they have seen it all. However, if you had an ass-penetration accident in your room (shit happens  ), do not forget to give the housekeeping a tip. They are paid for standard cleaning of your room, not for cleaning of this kind of mess.

Both hotels do not enforce the LB to leave her ID / passport at the reception. However, it is for your own protection. If something happens, you have much better options if your misbehaving LB left his ID downstairs.

You have more good options for dinner on Soi 8, therefore Adelphi is a better choice in this category. Also ladyboys, at least those from Check-In and Cindy's, prefer going to Adelphi Suites.

Before I prefered to stay in Landmark, which is a 5-star upscale hotel, but they started to ask silly prices, therefore I changed to Citrus and later to Adelphi. If you want to impress your LB and you have the money, definitely go for Landmark. 

Do not compare Adelphi Suites in Bangkok with Adelphi Suites in Pattaya. Adelphi Suites in Pattaya is hardly a 3-star hotel. I would consider it a 2-star hotel. I was there once and considered that I made a booking blunder. Book a room in Adelphi Suites in Pattaya ONLY IF you are on a tight budget.

Edited November 10, 2024 by Nick Bullseye

[oliver17 12,251]

2 hours ago, mangatanga said:

… there was a bit of a walk past Monsoon and the hallway to the elevator… came across lots of families that were eyeballing my LB guests lol

Who gives a shit about the moral indignation of parents who take their kids on vacation to a red light zone? 

 

[taaseesanuk 4,029]

4 hours ago, Nick Bullseye said:

I was never in Royal Suites, but stayed both in Citrus Suites and Adelphi Suites. I always book a larger room: One Bedroom Suite in Adelphi and One Bedroom Executive Suite in Citrus. Both are approximately at the same price: 3200-3300 baht per night now (it was at 2500 before). Both are large (50-60 sq meters) and good for taking photos (important for me), since the walls are painted white and the furniture is in light colors. Both hotels are in the same category: 4 star hotels.

Adelphi is on Soi 8 and more easily accessible for taxis. Taxi drivers do not like to go to the Soi 6 hotels, as Citrus Suites of Park Royal, because they get stuck in the Soi 4 mess in front of Nana. Citrus and Park Royal are closer to Why Not and Nana Plaza, but the walk through Soi 6 from Adelphi is not very longer. Adelphi is closer to Check-In and Cindy's Secrets.

When you book a room in Citrus Suites, ask for a NON-LEAKING shower. Many of them are leaking and create a flood on the floor of the bathroom.

Both Adelphi and Citrus are frequented by the same clientele: half of them are families, the other half are mongers, many of them taking ladyboys. Unless you come with a ladyboy in the afternoon or early evening, you do not cross the families anyway and if it sometimes happens, you do not need to worry about it. The staff in both hotels is ladyboy-friendly and they have seen it all. However, if you had an ass-penetration accident in your room (shit happens  ), do not forget to give the housekeeping a tip. They are paid for standard cleaning of your room, not for cleaning of this kind of mess.

Both hotels do not enforce the LB to leave her ID / passport and the reception. However, it is for your own protection. If something happens, you have much better options if your misbehaving LB left his ID downstairs.

You have more good options for dinner on Soi 8, therefore Adelphi is a better choice in this category. Also ladyboys, at least those from Check-In and Cindy's, prefer going to Adelphi Suites.

Before I prefered to stay in Landmark, which is a 5-star upscale hotel, but they started to ask silly prices, therefore I changed to Citrus and later to Adelphi. If you want to impress your LB and you have the money, definitely go for Landmark. 

Do not compare Adelphi Suites in Bangkok with Adelphi Suites in Pattaya. Adelphi Suites in Pattaya is hardly a 3-star hotel. I would consider it a 2-star hotel. I was there once and considered that I made a booking blunder. Book a room in Adelphi Suites in Pattaya ONLY IF you are on a tight budget.

Citrus Suites on both Soi 6 & 11 seem to have an Indian family and Monger fan club. There is even a lady with a travel booth doing flights

and tours open during the day. I like the Hotel, the location is great, front staff are courteous and polite and usually remember me. Normally by 10pm it's just

one staff member left on the desk, usually a very efficient young guy. I always book ahead through Agoda and often get the large suite for around  £55 a night

not including breakfast. The extra 250 baht for breakfast is worth it if you have early plans or things to do.

[ForWhat 760]

1 hour ago, taaseesanuk said:

Citrus Suites on both Soi 6 & 11 seem to have an Indian family and Monger fan club. There is even a lady with a travel booth doing flights

and tours open during the day. I like the Hotel, the location is great, front staff are courteous and polite and usually remember me. Normally by 10pm it's just

one staff member left on the desk, usually a very efficient young guy. I always book ahead through Agoda and often get the large suite for around  £55 a night

not including breakfast. The extra 250 baht for breakfast is worth it if you have early plans or things to do.

Used be able to pick up a suite for around 1800b, I see you mention before picking them up now at £55. (2200-2500b). Whenever I’ve looked over last 3 years never been under 3000b. 
looking now for June, a deluxe room is 3900b, with suites coming in at over 4500b on agoda. 
Through their website using retutnguest promo code, price is 2650b for a premier suite. 

Edited November 9, 2024 by ForWhat

[taaseesanuk 4,029]

1 hour ago, ForWhat said:

Used be able to pick up a suite for around 1800b, I see you mention before picking them up now at £55. (2200-2500b). Whenever I’ve looked over last 3 years never been under 3000b. 
looking now for June, a deluxe room is 3900b, with suites coming in at over 4500b on agoda. 
Through their website using retutnguest promo code, price is 2650b for a premier suite. 

Yep, paid £55 last month.....I doubt I will get that again in February though.

[Bwana_LB 2,586]

I'm a bit shocked at how high prices have climbed at Citrus Suites Soi 6. I'm always in town during January and February and have typically paid about US$85 for an Executive Suite. Now they are going for close to $120.

Similar climbs in prices elsewhere, though. I did get a good price at the Mercure on Soi 11 for this January, but since my reservation prices have increased by about 30%.

[mangatanga 192]

i booked the usual one bedroom exec suite at citrus suites 6 for 9 days directly via their website as it allowed me to cancel up to the day before my arrival, the booking sites upcharged for cancellation options. total cost with all taxes came out to 36K baht - 4K per night... in USD, that's $117.... and yes last year it was about $85.

[oliver17 12,251]

I have stayed at both hotels. Park Royal once last year (and many stays when it was Phachara).  I have only stayed at Citrus one time, which was earlier this year. I have also stayed at Adelphi many times. 

If your top priority is simply the room itself, Park Royal wins. The executive suites are a bit larger, and the kitchenettes are better equipped with clothes washers. Citrus does not have washers. The bathrooms at PR are much larger than either Citrus or Adelphi. I don't know about anyone else, but I am not of fan of tiny bathrooms with no countertop space and small showers that are found in too many Bangkok hotels. You don't have that problem at Park Royal (pic below is from Trip Advisor). I think all of the executive suites have balconies, but the ones on the upper floors are quite large 15 sq. yds/meters or so. You could look down into Nana Plaza from them before NEP installed their roof a few years ago. The balconies are a winner. 

Citrus has better hotel amenities like restaurant and pool. PR's restaurant isn't even worth setting foot in, but the Citrus restaurant is a perfectly good place to eat breakfast or lunch in. PR has a large pool, but that gets cancelled out by the roof over it that blocks out most of the sun and renders the water colder than the Arctic Ocean. Citrus' pool gets a lot of sun and the water won't freeze your ass off, which it makes it much better in my book. 

Like Nick Bullseye says, Citrus and Adelphi do not take LB IDs, but Park Royal does. 

There's really not that much difference among these 3 hotels. I would still take Adelphi over Park Royal or Citrus Suites due to its location, but the other places have their own strong points. 

 

[oliver17 12,251]

Damn, I posted at the exact same time Mangatanga posted his decision to stay at Citrus. Oh well, folks can use my post for future reference...

Edited November 9, 2024 by oliver17

[taaseesanuk 4,029]

44 minutes ago, mangatanga said:

i booked the usual one bedroom exec suite at citrus suites 6 for 9 days directly via their website as it allowed me to cancel up to the day before my arrival, the booking sites upcharged for cancellation options. total cost with all taxes came out to 36K baht - 4K per night... in USD, that's $117.... and yes last year it was about $85.

Good choice and perfect location......Soi 4 on your doorstep and the cut through to Soi 8 and then on to Soi 10

[mangatanga 192]

4 minutes ago, taaseesanuk said:

Good choice and perfect location......Soi 4 on your doorstep and the cut through to Soi 8 and then on to Soi 10

yessir... I wanna spend some quality time at Nana, WN and possibly C9. I also like checking out the FL'ers on soi 4

[Bwana_LB 2,586]

7 hours ago, oliver17 said:

Citrus has better hotel amenities like restaurant and pool.

Hmmmm. The restaurant and pool are the two main reasons I stoped booking at Citrus Soi 6. The pool is tiny, has inadequate seating, and is in the shade much of the day. The restaurant is as average as average can be. I like the exec rooms just fine...lots of furniture to put to creative uses with the girls, and the showers are large enough for two to play in.