Rosewood, Park Hyatt and Waldorff Astoria LB guests experience?

[pointplace 181]

Since its BKK of course all 3 properties have promptly written back that guests are welcome and no fee, but just wanted to hear if anyone had experience being at any of those 3 places? I will definitely be at Park Hyatt next month and likely a quick stint at Rosewood as well.

[Genghis 1,747]

All 3 are undoubtedly excellent hotels but as you probably know aren't ideally located for mongering so if that's the primary reason for your trip there's better options. If you're in BKK for other reasons and don't mind taking the journey to the nightlife areas then you'll be happy with the choice. If you want to spend the night in the LB bars though I'd choose elsewhere, on Sukhumvit. All 3 are well located for other things except mongering though so I'd base the choice on location and your prime reason for being in BKK.

I have only stayed at one of the 3 - the Rosewood and the stay was quite brief as it was a last minute substitute for my regular business hotel and wished I'd stayed longer. It's quite likely somewhere I'll return if looking for a hotel in that area, the building itself is remarkable and the design throughout makes it somewhere I was happy to stay in more than wandering around even though it's in a nice part of town. I had a p4p LB guest there, initially for a ST but she was keen to stay all night then the next night too due to the opportunities to get dressed up and post pics on instagram. We were both very comfortable in the bars and restaurant there, even though she's fairly obviously a LB there were no issues at all as she dressed well. It ended up costing quite a lot as we ran up the type of food and drink bill that make you extremely grateful for expense accounts. They're not at all cheap there and on top of that I feel it's a reasonable expectation that your ST/LT rate will be slightly higher due to inconvenient location and the general expense of the hotel itself - she might feel it's fair to expect a little bit more. It's actually easy to get to the nightlife from this hotel by BTS, it's just 1 stop to Nana from Ploen Chit and that station is attached to the hotel so it can be done no problem even if the location itself is quite different. Getting back to the hotel can be less easy if the BTS has stopped.

As for the Park Hyatt, haven't been to their Bangkok hotel but I've never stayed in a bad Park Hyatt, always excellent. No experience of Waldorf Astorias though, it'll no doubt be good.

Edited December 31, 2024 by Genghis

[sydney69er 1,570]

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.

[Eddyseybrew 78]

Park Hyatt is the most convenient but getting back there in traffic sux that road that runs thru Sukhumvit is hell.

But as already suggested Hyatt Regency is good and much better location

[SC78 21]

Sorry I can’t speak for bringing LBs back to any of these hotels (usually book a cheap hotel for one night if I’m doing a LT with LB, sets better expectations than pulling up to luxury 5 star hotel). But I’ve had no problems with bringing normal, non-p4p Thai girls back to the Park Hyatt or Rosewood. Both are my two favorite hotels in Bangkok.

I don’t think the locations of the Park Hyatt or Rosewood are that bad for mongering. Easy enough to take the BTS down at the start of the night and a tuktuk back at the end of the night.

I’ve only stayed at the Waldorf one time. No problems bringing a p4p Thai gg back. But I don’t like the location of the Waldorf.

[hellonycguy 3]

On 12/30/2024 at 12:35 PM, Genghis said:

I have only stayed at one of the 3 - the Rosewood and the stay was quite brief as it was a last minute substitute for my regular business hotel and wished I'd stayed longer. It's quite likely somewhere I'll return if looking for a hotel in that area, the building itself is remarkable and the design throughout makes it somewhere I was happy to stay in more than wandering around even though it's in a nice part of town. I had a p4p LB guest there, initially for a ST but she was keen to stay all night then the next night too due to the opportunities to get dressed up and post pics on instagram. We were both very comfortable in the bars and restaurant there, even though she's fairly obviously a LB there were no issues at all as she dressed well. It ended up costing quite a lot as we ran up the type of food and drink bill that make you extremely grateful for expense accounts. They're not at all cheap there and on top of that

Who was girl if you don’t mind me asking?  I’m staying there soon and would fancy a LT but always worry some of the girls I typically hang out with might not fit in well.

[Genghis 1,747]

On 2/14/2025 at 11:03 PM, hellonycguy said:

Who was girl if you don’t mind me asking?  I’m staying there soon and would fancy a LT but always worry some of the girls I typically hang out with might not fit in well.

I believe that particular girl is no longer working in p4p and is in a relationship but that's nothing to worry about anyway as plenty of girls would be suitable for what you have in mind.

Just go to the bars and find one that you enjoy the company of and with enough experience so they're well established in Bangkok. They'd have suitable clothes and know what to expect from the top hotels already. 

It's been almost a year now since I stopped mongering so my recommendations are no longer really relevant but a couple of years ago CIB would have had lots of good candidates for the role. Unfortunately reviews of CIB are currently not as positive so check out all the 3 main bars and choose who suits you best rather than go on my endorsements from a long time ago. 

One more recent suggestion that I can give on the Rosewood if staying there though is to try the Chinese restaurant called Nan Bei on the 19th floor. I went there over Chinese New Year with the in-laws and it was outstanding. Lovely venue too. Obviously, not cheap by Bangkok standards but that's the Rosewood for you.

Edited February 15 by Genghis

[hellonycguy 3]

Thank you.