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  1. Eh....they let guys in funny hats stay there. :unsure:
  2. Avoid unless you enjoy small old rooms in a hotel with terrible food and poor service. It puts on airs of being a finer hotel, but it is nothing more than a show. We recently stayed at the Ambassador Hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 11 in Bangkok. It was chosen because it was convenient to where we needed to be, but really for no other reason than that. I planned on doing a full review with pics, but as my stay went on, I realized that this hotel was not worth wasting my time on a review. As you walk in the enormous front lobby of the hotel, you get the feeling that it is a very nice hotel. When you actually speak to someone at reception you quickly realize your mistake. Reception staff are not friendly, although I will give them credit for letting me check in three hours early with no fuss. I had two rooms booked under my name, only one was ready early and we put our stuff in there until my room was ready. There is an Main (old) Wing and a Tower (new) Wing; we were put in the Main Wing. The carpet is worn and quite hard on the eyes and the ceiling is extremely low, about 7 feet high or so. The rooms themselves are small with a King sized bed, small fridge, safe and two chairs. The bathrooms are granite and tile, and the highlight of the room is the extremely high pressure extremely hot water shower. There is an independently controlled air condition unit that couldn't cool the room well at all. It was quite stifling in there at night. We paid just over ฿2,000/room/night. Definitely not good value for the money. The rooms come with free buffet breakfast that was quite possibly the worst hotel breakfast that I've ever eaten. Those that know me can tell you I rarely don't eat food, but there really was nothing worth eating. They charge a pretentious ฿399 ++ if you don't have a free voucher, but even thought it was free I felt like I overpaid for it. Compare this to the Landmark that charges a similar rate and actually has a high quality buffet breakfast. It seems the hotels customer base is Indians and Arabs as those were the vast majority of guests I saw. The restaurant also advertise Halal foods and the breakfast buffet has an Indian section (the only ethnic variety available). On the plus side, the ground floor directly outside the hotel is populated by shops of all sorts, including about 37 tailors and 63 massage shops. There is also a Villa Market which is only open from 6AM to Midnight. There is a disco in the garage of the hotel named Climax that features a live Thai/Philippine band that wasn't anything special, but did have a good energy. The place was wall to wall freelancers of all ages, shapes and sized. There is a ฿200 entry fee that includes your first drink. The staff here are extremely pushy for drinks, repeatedly asking you to order even though you have a 3/4 full drink already in your hand. Go for the freelancers, not for the music or the service. Bottom line is, there really is no reason to recommend this hotel. Ever. For anything.
  3. Hi, can somebody move this to the restaurant section? I put it here by accident.
  4. Visited Bangkok for a few days with Cerberus and Alleycat and ate at Rosabieng Restaurant on a Thursday night. It is located on Sukhumvit Soi 11 almost directly across from the Ambassador hotel. If you walk down Soi 11 from Sukhumvit, the restaurant is about 75 yards down on your left hand side. It has space for car and motorbike parking, but if you walk like most, it is very easy to reach by foot. The restaurant looks like a big house from the outside, and has outdoor deck seating for approximately 50 or 60 guests as well as a separate bar and live music. The restaurant itself has a train theme to it, from the sign outside to the working scale train set inside. There is seating on three different floors inside the restaurant, with party rooms on the second and third floors (first and second for you Europeans ;)) They seat 40 - 50 guests on each floor for a total occupancy of almost 200 guests. That said, reservations don't seem to be required due to the size of the restaurant. If I were coming with a large party, I would still call ahead though. This is not an upscale or hi so restaurant, but it is far removed from being a hole in the wall food stall. The majority of guests seemed to be Thai and other Asian nationalities, and I would have no problem bringing a girlfriend or wife here. The service is prompt for the most part, with the food coming out much quicker than expected. Quality and flavor of the food was good in my opinion, not excellent, but definitely a place I would eat again. There is a main serving table (an expediter station in restaurant speak) in the middle of the dining area. Makes for good food watching as you can see what each table has ordered and if so inclined you could ask for the same. The food was not as spicy as expected even though we asked for some dishes to be extra spicy. One small complaint is that our appetizer came out second to last, but again, all the food came out quickly so it was not that big of a deal. The menu is quite extensive, probably close to 40 pages in total. That makes ordering difficult if you're new to Thai food or are just indecisive like me. Prices here are about average for a restaurant of this style, with six dishes and a few drinks for three people totaling less than ฿1,500. I didn't pay attention to see if a service charge is added. Good food with good company always makes for a good night out.
  5. Try the Grande Centre Point Ratchadamri. Can see the Royal Bangkok Sports Club racetrack, Siam Paragon and Central World in the background.
  6. I can help you out with some pics, although I didn't get pics of everything. Can agree the food and service are both excellent. Only bad part about the place is the location. It's a long way off of Sukhumvit, and with BKK traffic the way it is, it can take forever to get there by taxi. Definitely too far to walk from Suk if you're taking the BTS.
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