Royal Asia Lodge in Soi 8 is great for proximity to Nana. It is a short walk from the sky train. I have had about ten decent experiences here. But last year both in February and in August I found the place had literally deteriorated over night. The friendly and efficient staff that had been running the place were gone. Still under the same ownership, an Indian family. But everything seemed to have changed. The swimming pool was polluted and the jacuzzi had not water in it. Breakfast was no longer a buffet, it was just a few slices of toast and warmed up rice from the day previous.
Whilst I have always been accepting of the aging rooms for the price, this time they were not even clean. Used to like the wild scummy feel of the place, could take anyone back there and to what you wanted. This time however even the in room safe did not work. No help from any of them. I notice on agodo they have what appear to be a lot of phoney reviews, with overly obvious names, such as John Smith! giving good review.
avoid at all costs.
Cheers.