Very mixed feelings about this hotel. ...
Very mixed feelings about this hotel. At first we stayed in a standard double which was rather small. It was VERY basic! The bed was SO uncomfortable, with broken springs it was impossible to have a good nights sleep. The air con was very noisy and the window may as well have been open given the noise from the street which carried on through most of the night. We decided to pay extra to have a deluxe double. Deluxe it is not but it was quite big and definitely quieter. The mattress was far too soft in this room, but definitely an improvement.
My main concerns are that the images of the rooms outside of the hotel and even on the hotels own website look absolutely nothing like the reality of this rather shabby hotel. WARNING: it is very difficult to get your room cleaned! Rooms are only cleaned if you make a request at reception. I made one request in the morning and was promised all day that it would be cleaned. After SEVEN hours of waiting I had to cancel my request as I needed to sleep. The next day I made a request at 10am and the room was not cleaned until 4pm!
However, I found the staff after a few days to be very warm and friendly. The breakfast is adequate but the quality of the food in general is quite good given the very poor quality food found elsewhere on Khoasan Rd.
The location is very good. When we met other travelers who were staying in local hotels/guest houses paying a similar amount per night, it seemed that they had more to complain about than we did.
Expectations in this area of Bangkok can't be very high given the price, but with an open mind and a degree of tolerance of conditions that would be unacceptable in many other places, it is possible to have a reasonably pleasant stay in this hotel.