Royal Hotel Bangkok, Bangkok hotels Thailand

*Reviews of recent stays*	*Comment on the hotel*	*The reservation service*
Ronen 2008-10-22	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Not recommended, un friendly staff, not cooperating, windows w/ walls 2 m ahead, also most of the hotel was empty and could give much better rooms. Ask for higher rates for extra nights eventhough the hotel is half empty. Rundown hotel, don t go.
Ronen 2008-10-22	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Given seperately - do not go there!	Not good. Too much time for each reply, comparing to other booking done via Sawadee. As a result I didn t had the voucher when flying, and had to access internet in Thailand to get reservation.
Fred Wolfe 2008-10-04	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue As usual, we were warmly received and had a wonderful stay at the Royal. The staff are always very friendly and considerate. We had a room in our favorite older wing of the hotel, but it was neat and clean and several updates have been made throughout this wing. I highly recommend the Royal to budget travelers who want a safe, clean lodging in an ideal location near Bangkok s attractions.	Smooooth! Prompt and efficient as always.
Nora Cherckez 2008-09-20	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue This is a very nice hotel with a very good breakfast buffet, friendly staff, and a great location next kawasan. Rates were great through Sawadee.com Recomanded!!!!
Stangl Helmut 2008-08-29	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Right in the centre of the old town, between Khaosan Road and the Grand Palace, very convenient for tourists who seek to explore the major sights. The hotel is not new, but in good shape, very clean, has a nice lobby with an occasional piano player, plus a rich breakfast buffet. Many Thais also seem to stay there, so the place obviously offers good value for the moderate price. As usual, do not trust the taxi drivers who approach you at the entrance, only accept a taxi with a metre and insist that it is used! The staff of the hotel (also at the reception) do not all speak English, so it can sometimes become complicated to get what you want or to resolve a problem, if you are impatient.	Quick and reliable!
Phimphimon Kaewkrajang 2008-08-22	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Royal Hotel is in good location,close to The Grand Palace,Soi Khaosan (If you like this place),Banglampoo,room rates were suitable price,but hotel itself is very old,out of date,even it say New Wing (nothing new).Staff were not friendly services like other hotels.	Very good
Xu Jia Yi 2008-08-17	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue near kao san RD.
BOUVERET 2008-08-03	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Hotel tres bien situé pour visiter le centre historique de Bangkok. Hotel de categorie simple ,propre et correct.Son atout majeur est sa situation	Aucun soucis avec le service de reservation .Très bien
Jelonek Adam 2008-07-03 until 2008-07-04	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue I regret to say this... I use to visit Bangkok at least once a year for the last twenty years. If it is only possible I try to choose the(sentimental) location of the hotels in the Old City. This time once again it was Rattanakosin (Royal) Hotel-one of the oldest in the city. The problem is that the hotel year by year is running down. The management has tried once again to renovate the lobby- but the quality of the rooms in the so called New Wing (Old Wing was and is looking like the wholeshit) is worse and worse. The bathroom stinks. Windows are dirty. Theoretically white towels and sheets are getting still more and more gray. With the influx of tourists from Khao San Road the service quality is decreasing counter-proportionally. The only advantages are: the location and the relatively good buffet breakfast. Next time I will choose rather Swanna or Royal City	Best travel agency- always reccommended
Anna Ulrika Persson 2008-06-10 until 2008-06-15	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue We stayed in the new wing which was nice, but I thing we were the only ones staying on our floor. The pool looked ok, did not try it. A complete breakfast buffe. The lokation was wery good, close to Khao San Rd. Overall a good hotel.	It worked very well.
Vergnole Stephane 2008-04-28 until 2008-05-01	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Bon rapport qualité prix. Chambres spacieuses et bien plus propres que ce que l on peut trouver dans les autres hotels de Khao San.	Bien
Beyen Luc 2008-03-22 until 2008-03-24	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue HOTEL ZEER GOED GELEGEN IN HISTORISCH GEDEELTE. PERSONEEL ONVRIENDELIJK! ontbijt voldoende.kamers goed voor de prijs.	zééér goed ook de taxi was op tijd, één woord perfekt!
ine marion jenniskens 2008-03-15 until 2008-03-17	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue This was the 3th time we stayed in this hotel. Mostly because of the location (3 minutes walking from Khao San Road) and because it has a swimming pool/ Actually this time we agreed that there are no more reasons to stay there!! When you are there it seems like the staff only wants money from you and they don t give any service. Example: the taxiservice of the hotel (illegal as wel, we had to pay him in the car because the police was not supposed to see him) charge you 800 bath from the hotel to International Airport. The normal fare is like 300 (excl. taxes for the road, maybe 80 bath). We knew this and agreed a price of 400 bath so the taxidrive cost us like more than an hour because the drive didn t want to pay the fares for the raod. Breakfast is awfull! The eggs are raw and the food is cold! The staff is breaking breakfast up while you are eating. When i asked for a towel at the pool (you can t bring your own towel so you are supposed to), the staffmember looked at me and said: pfffffffffffff. Rest me to say if you really want to go there and expect nothing more than a bed and swimmingpool, ask for a room in the new wing because the old wing is at the road and very very noisy. New wing is more expensive and the rooms are the same but you will sleep better!	Very well!! I got a message on my mobile that everything was paid and the reservation service was very quick!
Kristina Wikström 2008-03-12 until 2008-03-17	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Nice and clean hotel with very kindly personal. Not expensive.
Vanda Christina Palter 2008-03-09 until 2008-03-10	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Rooms were good and very clean(new wing)When drunken Russians had a 2am party in the next room the staff on notification dealt with them promptly. Breakfast could be improved but was edible. Great location within walking distance of Royal Palace and other sights Front desk staff could be a little more welcoming and cheerful.	Excellent. My ride met me at the airport as requested once we had clarified times
Mathias Schon 2008-02-28 until 2008-03-01	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Royal Hotel is a great hotel. Good location and a good hotel. It was the 4th time I stayed at Royal Hotell.	Very smooth.
Malagoli massimiliano 2008-02-27 until 2008-03-02	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Really enjoyed the friendly service and efficient staff, I returned to the hotel on three occassions during my travels in Thailand and each time it felt like returning home.
PRZYBYLSKI 2008-02-24 until 2008-02-28	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Tout d abord, un hôtel très bien situé pour visiter les principaux palais. La décoration est un peu kitch, mais les chambres sont spacieuses et bien équipées. Préférez la nouvelle aile complètement rénovée. Et si vous ne voulez pas de bruit la nuit, demandez vue sur la piscine (très agréable par ailleurs). Dans le cas contraire, il y aura sans doute un peu de bruit. Mais à Bangkok, comment échapper à ces désagréments. Pour ma part, nous étions en famille (trois enfants), et cet hôtel a des chambres contiguës (adjoining room), très pratique pour rester ensemble.
Eileen Flynn 2008-02-07 until 2008-02-08	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue The hotel could use a major facelift - the new wing looked pretty used. The porters were pretty much useless - not even offering to help with luggage. The hotel restaurant was dismal at best and the service was rediculously slow.
Shany 2008-02-05 until 2008-02-12	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Excellent hotel with wonderful courteous service. The hotel is situated in afabulous place, close for all central place and the meal at the morning was wonderful.	Fast courteous service, received quickly the vaucher, and all change that I wanted becomes efficiently. Thank you very much.
Nils Cederberg 2007-12-26 until 2007-12-29	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Quite ok. Close to Khao San, Royal Palace and many Budda.	OK, good service.
Robert E. Swope 2007-12-11 until 2007-12-12	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue The hotel was very nicely located to see the royal palace and national museum. The staff was helpful and courteous. Considering the hotel was in the capitol, I would have thought they would have had some US currency on hand to make change for customers. They did not. The hotel in general could use some updating. The walls could use some paint, the carpets could be replaced and in general an updating of the hotel would help it s over all appeal. The breakfast was excellent, the pool acceptable and the restaurant was good.	excellent
michael jackson 2007-11-07 until 2007-11-08	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue looks good from outside inside looks like fawlty towers service appalling by staff in fact their attitude stinks do not stay here,	very good
Wim van Beveren 2007-10-17 until 2007-10-19	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue perfect hotel for the price, very near kao san road and other must see places	one word, perfect !!!!
Armen Grigoryan 2007-10-05 until 2007-10-08	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue It is a nice hotel, located in an old center with all tourist places around in 5-10 minutes of walk. The only thing that sawadee allows to reserve rooms only in an old wing, why ?	Good
Thomas Isberg 2007-09-30 until 2007-10-03	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue We re very happy with our stay at Royal Hotel Bangkok. Everything went smooth, nice room with ac, good cleaning, splendid breakfast and sweet massage facilities. Only minus was the restaurant (Coffee Shop) which served a not-so-good meal without a smile in a dull environment, though with fascinating live singing.	We re very pleased with the way the booking was handled.
Marcia paula smithers 2007-09-16 until 2007-09-18	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue good value and perfect location especially if you dont actually want to be right on khao san road.would return and would recommend.
Alessandro 2007-08-06 until 2007-08-09	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Strategic location for visiting the main Bangkok monuments. Spacious and cleaning rooms, and efficent staff.	Perfect!
Maria Hujala 2007-07-22 until 2007-07-25	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue The hotel was nice basic hotel, with clean rooms and a nice location. The service in the reseption could have been better.
Louise 2007-07-12 until 2007-07-16	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue cheap as chips, close to kao san road and about 1/2 hour drive from everywhere of interest. great travel desk but had a bad experience with the service at the taxi desk. we paid for a return trip to siam park but the driver failed to pick us up. eventually got the money for our return taxi fare but not the cost of the booked and paid for part. live and learn i guess
Carl Van Mol 2007-06-30 until 2007-07-04	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Great hotel, very friendly staff, good location, extraordinary breakfast buffet. We enjoyed our stay in Bangkok very much. It s an impressive city but very hectic so we needed a calm haven to get to our senses again. Royal Hotel is such a place.	very user friendly and reliable
Evelyn Gail Weber 2007-06-15 until 2007-06-19	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue The hotel was in a great location...very easy to walk to all sights and shopping. Staff was very helpful and easy to communicate with. The tour desk arranged a tour to the Bridge on River Kwai that was OK but the trip there was miserable. Way too many people crammed into a little van. Our only other problem was not really the hotel s fault. A rally going on in the park next door complete with loud microphones could be clearly heard every evening in our room until at least 10:00 p.m. Other than that it was a great budget choice.	No problems at all
Fergus Power 2007-05-26 until 2007-05-27	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue We stay here frequently. Excellent value for money and very close to Kohsan Road. If you want to catch the local bus (#79) it is 2 minutes walk away across the road ..... We will be back again ....	Excellent
Hayley Frydman 2007-05-10 until 2007-05-12	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue The Royal Hotel is ideal for a few days, whilst visiting Bangkok. It offers a nice clean standard room with A/C and Buffet breaky (which is good). The Hotel is about a 45min distance from the airport but is very close to Koh San Road. Where there is great shopping. It is only a short Tuk Tuk ride to the main centre of Bangkok and markets.	Sawadee was great to deal with. They got back to me effeciently and effectively. Thanks for the great service and cheap accomodation. Next time - I ll book through sawadee the whole trip as they do have the best deals.....
Philip Thornton 2007-05-03 until 2007-05-06	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue I visited this hotel on the two previous days to check out the rooms, once with my 13 year old son and the next with my wife. When I presented my evoucher the next day at a savings of 1000 baht per night I don t think the receptionist was very pleased to see me. She insisted it would be an extra 500 baht a night for my son. Still a savings of 500 baht. No complaints about the room. Double and single bed in the room. Bath with excellent water pressure. Shared outside balcony with adjoining room overlooking a busy Bangkok intersection. Quiet efficient air conditioning. Good western style breakfast included (why do all the American breakfasts we ve had in Thailand only include fruit pineapple and watermelon. However would rather cash in my breakfast coupon and eat in the many food stalls outside.	Good service
Vibeke Kallermann 2007-04-15 until 2007-04-17	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue This hotel is not new, but it does have what you need : nice clean rooms, good breakfast and a nice and helpfull staff. The lokation is perfect near Grand Palace, the river and Khaosan road. We will stay in this hotel again if we ever come back to Bangkok.	Perfect!! No problem at all.
Martin J 2007-03-26 until 2007-03-27	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue I have stayed here on many occasions over the last 7 years. If you are looking for a 5-star international-class hotel then go elsewhere, but for me this place is just about perfect. So what if the rooms are a bit scruffy and the staff somewhat erratic - it has a load of character and soul which is so often lacking in larger hotels, making it a great place to stay. For the price (which includes a substantial breakfast buffet) I d not hesitate to recommnend it. Great location too, walking distance to the Chao Praya, Grand Palace and Khao San Road. Top Tips: Don t order a taxi in the foyer - less than half the price outside the front door - and try to get a room facing away from the noisy road outside.	Excellent - no problems
jean baptiste clerissi 2007-03-25 until 2007-03-26	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue central hotel , cheap , clean , with ac , good for a night or 2 , also good massage tai.
Tonglet M-E 2007-01-12 until 2007-01-15	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Best situation to visit many things in BKK, very nice swimming pool, sunny, and a large solarium ! Staff very helpfull : for me , after 6 times, the best quality/price for BKK and my favourite. I had tried 4 et 5 stars with no so good qualities.	easy, save, seriously, a very very good website.
Kenneth B Wanderer 2006-12-07 until 2006-12-08	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue My wife and I stayed at the Royal in the 80 s and friends and I stayed there this year ... it s an older hotel but very clean and neat, has a friendly and helpful staff and a DYNAMITE breakfast buffet. I will definitely stay here again. The location is terrific and it is an excellent tourist class hotel	I ll book again with Sawadee ... we got a good deal on just the sort of hotel we wanted. Their web site had lots of choices ... the only problem I had was with locating things on the map, but Bangkok is not an easy city to represent on a map.
Simon Orlowski 2006-11-08 until 2006-11-11	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Das Hotel war fÃ¼r uns ein guter, erster Anlaufpunkt nach dem Flug von Deutschland nach Bangkok. Wir hatten das GlÃ¼ck, in einem renovierten Zimmer des alten FlÃ¼gels untergebracht zu sein. Das Zimmer war sauber und die Einrichtung aus dunklem Holz ganz nett. Allerdings wollten sie uns erst ein Zimmer zur StraÃŸe nach vorne raus geben, obwohl wir in der Buchung ausdrÃ¼cklich ein Zimmer zur Pool-Seite (hinten) verlangt haben. Nachdem wir dies freundlich monierten, bekamen wir aber sofort ein Zimmer wie gewÃ¼nscht (wer weiÃŸ, wie es aussieht, wenn das Hotel ausgebucht ist). Zur StaÃŸenseite ist es sehr laut (6 spurige StraÃŸe!). Das FrÃ¼hstÃ¼cksbuffet ist sehr lecker und reichhaltig. Die Damen an der Rezeption sind wirklich nicht sehr freundlich. Nach 4 Wochen Reise durch Thailand und Ãœbernachtungen in den verschiedensten Hotels und Guesthouses haben wir sehr viel herzlichere und nettere Gastgeber kennen gelernt. Und so haben wir uns in diesen ersten 4 Tagen in Bangkok fÃ¼r die zwei NÃ¤chte am Ende unserer Reise gleich ein anderes Hotel nach unserem Geschmack in Banglamphu gesucht und reserviert. Yvette und Simon	Buchung schnell und ohne Probleme, sieht man von dem nicht beachteten Zimmerwunsch (nach hinten zur Pool Seite)ab.
Ken Wanderer 2006-10-13 until 2006-10-14	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Good hotel ... great staff and excellent breakfast buffet. We ll stay here again.	Booking service was fine.
Janine 2006-09-27 until 2006-09-28	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue Beautiful rooms and centrally located. The staff range from disinterested to rude and pay attention to the sign that advises valuables not to be left in the rooms.	Sawadee provides a high quality of fast, efficient and friendly service. I would not hesitate to recommend their services.
Johanna Giulekas 2006-05-26 until 2006-05-28	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue The royal hotel is very old, but offers a good location for cheap for those who want to visit the Grand Palais which is accessible on foot. The room was big enough with AC, TV and a bathroom with bathtub. The hotel has a small swimming pool which was appreciated.
Carin Eklof 2006-04-21 until 2006-04-25	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue I can start by saying that I do not recommend this hotel. After our first night at the hotel, we noticed that money was missing in two out of four wallets (about 2400baht were missing) We talked to the maid who had cleaned our room and she denied that she had taken it. (We did not have more cleaning from them) The location is not so good either. It takes a long time to get in to town by taxi when it is a lot of trafic (like it always is in Bangkok). Up to an hour... I prefer to stay at a hotel near a skytrain station and with a staff that do not steal from you!	Good!
Guenter Hommel 2006-03-17 until 2006-03-20	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue After having been in that Hotel several years ago, we were a little bit astonished how all facilities had deteriorated. However, it is still a good choice if you want to stay close by major attractions like palace and museum. Don t try the restaurant. There are much better options close by.	Excellent and very reliable. Any time again.
Lena Gustafsson 2006-02-26 until 2006-03-01	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue It was not what we expected. It was very worn out in the old wing. In the room right in front of mine was a lot of loud activity going on with an open door, including communication radios - quite noisy even at night time....so this was not what we hoped for. It would also be good if the photo on the internet will be change - it is not even the right colour of the hotel - how old is that photo???
Michelle Kahan 2006-01-05 until 2006-01-07	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue This hotel was just what we were looking for, inexpensive, clean and located near the Grand Palace. It is nothing fancy, but for the price it is clean and a decent hotel. The breakfast was good and the rooms were good enough for what we were looking for.	easy and efficient
R P Van Rooyen 2006-01-01 until 2006-01-04	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue My fourth stay in this hotel.It used to be good and pleasant but is now a disaster.Management seems to dislike bookings through sawadee.com.We were placed in room 245 which had dirty wallpaper, stained carpets and broken lampshades.Complaints did not help.A request to upgrade to a room in the new wing was repeatedly met with the response that it would only be done if we forfeited the amount paid through sawadee.com.We eventually left when bitten by vermin in the bed.Photographs of the state of the room available.Do not go to this place!	Very Good
Richard Cox 2005-12-15 until 2005-12-18	Royal Hotel Bangkok, Rajdamnoen Avenue I stayed at the Royal on 2 seperate occasions during this trip the rooms are clean, but the hotel is badly in need of total re-decoration. Breakfast choice was ok. The check-in staff could do with learning how to smile and welcome their guests!!	the booking service was great, i booked 5 hotels with sawadee.com!!