Felix River Kwai, Kanchanaburi hotels Thailand

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James Conrad 2009-06-11	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Everything was great!!! We wished though that their sauna was free and also they should have their own boat to transport people to and from the other side of the river; not all people like to walk on the bridge.	The booking was quick and reliable.
ANNE J 2009-05-29	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham We stayed at this hotel for 1 night and would have stayed longer if we had not got other bookings arranged, the staff were very helpful and the rooms were very nicely arranged - some parts could have been tidied up but on the whole it was good. The pool was great - the best on our visit to Thailand and the food/service was good. If you want a nice walk across the bridge to the resort it can be done in a few minutes, otherwise taxis have to take the longer route and may be expensive if you don t barter. They do provide a transfer from the hotel to the town but that depends on if the vehicle is available - otherwise the staff at the tour desk will arrange one at a very reasonable price and they re really helpful too!! Enjoyed our stay and would go there again.	As reliable as always. Good rates and very quick responses.
Ofer Aviram 2009-04-07	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Room a bit old fashioned s tyle, but very conforetable. Outside - a small paradise!!!	great
Wetzel 2009-03-21	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Nice hotel whith very good location (you can walk to the river kwai bridge),clean and comfortable rooms, and newly furniture. Bathroom are a little bit older, but also clean and comfort. Great and cultured garden, two clean pools whith enough deckchairs and towels....every room has balcony/terrace with chairs and table. You can order the quiet garden view or you can have river view...this, we can not recommend, because there is a discotheque on the other side of the river....what a noise... The breakfast is very good and you can have all that the heart can disire. The prices in the restaurants and bars at Felix River Kwai are in order. The staff was very helpfull and friendly. We can recommend it, and we will use it again, if we need a hotel in Kanchanaburi.	We had now problems, to use the booking service, and every thing was okay.
Gordon Clark 2009-03-16	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Nice hotel but not up to standard on certain things i.e. no wifi. Also it is quite a long way from Khanchanaburi town unless one walks across the Kwai bridge (not advisable at night).
Mrs Julie Ann Wallace-Ross 2009-03-15	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham As a few others have said the hotel is looking tired and worn but the staff are great and the food is wonderful. The layout of the hotel is very nice and I would definately go there again.	Sawadee makes life so easy - thank you.
John Forristal 2009-02-26	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Hotel is situated beside River Kwai bridge and has a great view over the river. But the hotel is about 4 km. from the town centre. The hotel is very good, a little dated but still very comfortable and clean. Good restaurant and great pool.	No problems with the booking
Chaplain 2009-02-23	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham My main remark is on the fact what I have booked for three : My wife, my son (10 years old)and me. At the check-in the room were with a single bed ! And i was obliged to pay a surcharge for an other bed + breakfast! (900 bahts/night)	All was OK !
Ernst-Peter Lockemann 2009-02-05	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Beautiful, very clean and quiet hotel, walking distance to the bridge . Friendly staff and good breakfast. If we go back to Kanchanaburi we certainly stay again at Felix River Kwai.	Booking servicee with Sawadee is absolutely perfect.
Turian Stéphane 2009-01-16	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham L hôtel est absolument superbe avec un jardin magnifique et est situé à deux pas du fameux Pont au bord de la Rivière Kwae. Malheureusement les chambres mériteraient un petit coup de jeune et de plus des détails tels que le fait de ne pas avoir de papier-toilette de rechange ou d avoir de vieilles pantouffles noircies etc. gâchent un peu le séjour qui s annonçait paradisiaque. 6 sur 10	Thank you for all.
Preben Schultz 2009-01-15	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Very nice hotel, Perfect located close to The Kwai Bridge. This was my second stay on Felix and i will return next time i am in the area. Only complain was problem with Hot water.	Prefect
Anabel Carrasco Valdes 2009-01-07	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham La ubicacion del hotel es perfecta y las instalaciones son muy bonitas,pero la habitacion estaba llena de mosquitos y todas las paredes llenas de mosquitos muertos.	Muy bueno
Ginette Gauthier 2009-01-04	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Quelle belle surprise!! Nous avons beaucoup aimé cet hotel: personnel sympathique,supers aménagements paysagers, notre chambre avait vue sur la rivière (très grande terrasse au 2e), 2 belles piscines, restauration excellente spécialement au petit-déj.à proximité du pont...à recommander.	excellent
HERVE CHABERT 2008-12-30	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Toujours agreable (situation, piscines, services) mais un rafraichissement des chambres et le recrutement d un cuisinier s imposent. Sinon, ne pas hésiter, le meilleur sur Kanchanaburi.	Excellent
Mary Garrett 2008-12-30	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham This hotel was in a beautiful location. We had a river view room which was very spacious, well appointed and quiet with a good sized balcony and lovely view. It is only a few minutes walk from the famous bridge. We caught a long-tailed boat to the JEATH museum and from there a tuk-tuk to other sights. All in all we found this resort to be excellent value for money.
Renate Ehrlich 2008-11-01	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham The hotel is a set in very beautiful garden with a large swimming pool. Staff is very attentiv. Food is excelent and we enjoyed our stay.	Very easy and excellent service.
Gerard de Blok 2008-10-24	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Excellent hotel and facilities. Especially the quiet well kept gardens make the place so serene. The restaurant is also supreme.	Good
Tan Kim Seong/Chew Saw Keow:Malaysia 2008-10-23	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham The garden view room was spacious and well kept.The landscape is good.I just cannot understand why this Hotel can subsribe to the Russian TV programme RUSSIA TODAY which is unheard of. CNN, BLOOMBERG or CNBC which are so much more popular should be made available.A one-way trip across the RIVER KWAI cost 1800Bht.A bicycle rental cost 60Bht.per hour.This is too expensive.The Hotel should provide at least one complimentary return trip to Kanchanaburi in the course of his stay. Generally, meals are more expensive and are only mediocre.I would come back, but I will make better meals and transportation arrangement in the future.
Roger Marshall 2008-08-27	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham location outstanding however the staff where misereable.	good service
Mrs L A Howarth 2008-08-19	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham The hotel is large and has lovely grounds. The position is perfect with a view of the bridge. It has great facilities and the restaurants are Okay. The rooms are spacious , although they are beginning to show signs of wear and tear. The staff were cutious and helpful, breakfast had lots of variety.
Helen Armour & John Armour 2008-08-04 until 2008-08-06	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Very nice resort right next to the bridge,but expensive to book tours from hotel.Walk across bridge and book with a tour agency there.	Excellent. Will recommend to everyone.
Alan Pincott- Australia 2008-07-18 until 2008-07-21	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Very happy with the hotel and the whole experience. It is probably the best value resort type hotel that I have stayed in in Asia. The staff were very friendly and helpful at all times. The restaraunts, food and service were all great and good value for money..The grounds and gardens were immaculate and a pleasure to stroll around. I paid 2000 bht a night for the room which was large, had a balcony with views,a comfortable bed, and breakfast included. I would recommend this hotel. It is close to the River Kwai bridge.	The booking service worked very well and was totally hassle free... I was able to pre book transfers to and from the Bangkok prior to my arrival
K S S Al-tamimi 2008-06-17 until 2008-06-19	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Excellent hotel and srrounding. Frendly staff will come back again.	Swift and professional agent.
Olle Jarleborg 2008-05-30 until 2008-06-01	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Excellent hotel,friendly staff,beautiful surroundings with the river kvai bridge within sight distance. Nice pool, rooms and facilities. It´s a good idea a rent a motorbike to be able to get access to the town. Free wireless internet in the lobby. I will recommend this hotel to everyone.	Good
Erik ten Grotenhuis 2008-05-02 until 2008-05-05	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Good location and very friendly staff. Swimming pool is fantastic. The food is also good, although at breakfast it was too crowded one morning because of a group tour staying at the hotel. The hotel is clearly showing its age, it could benefit from a (small) renovation.	Excellent as always
Sasindran Ancherimadom 2008-04-12 until 2008-04-14	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Nice resort. Very well laid out. We enjoyed our stay very much. The staff were very friendly and efficient.	Vry easy to book through Sawadee.com
Ross Jones 2008-03-22 until 2008-03-23	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Nice hotel with beautiful pool and walking distance to The Bridge. Not close to town. Food was good and rooms comfortable and nicely appointed.	Sawadee did a great job as I had to amend the original booking a number of times as my travelling party expanded. Thank you.
MASSIMO LEPORI 2008-03-15 until 2008-03-16	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Very nice place for spending a weekend. Great resort. Clean and peaceful. I ll go back there soon.	Very good as usual.
Britt Bergkvist 2008-03-03 until 2008-03-05	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham We had booked three delux river view rooms, for five adults and three children. Our rooms were clean and well equipped and had a fantastic view of the River Kwai. The children just loved playing in the big pool and feeding the fish in the small canals. The big garden was beautiful. The staff was very helpful and the food in the restaurants was very good. Consequently, we were very statisfied with our stay at this hotel. During our three day stay in Kanchanaburi we visited the Tiger Temple, the floating markets and the Erawan Waterfalls. We also took a ride on the Death Railway and visited an elephant camp where we could bath with the elephants in the river. A travel agency, Good Times Travel, had organized these tours including transfer to and from Bangkok. We can really recommed this travel agency.	Very good.
lapouza 2008-02-16 until 2008-02-18	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Very good hotel . Room, swiming pool and garden are beautiful . The staff is very nice . The site offer a very good view . Good restaurant I recommend this hotel
Mr. R S Underwood 2008-02-13 until 2008-02-15	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Super location, with grounds and pools to match... More staff need to speak English.. Went through 4 different personnel to get a room service order taken. Rooms need updating. Bland Entrance/Reception Area. Tours booking at Hotel expensive.
Margaret Boland 2008-01-28 until 2008-01-29	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Very pleasant resort, right on the Kwai river, and close to the railway bridge. The resort consists of several 3 storey buildings linked by walkways, all surrounding a pool and garden area. Room was clean, and well supplied with slippers and robes etc. Bathroom showed some wear, and the shower curtain needed changing, but overall very tidy and acceptable. Restaurant has a large menu, but I always think it best to go for food the chef may be most familiar with, and the Thai food was good. Breakfast buffet had a good choice, and great omelets made to order. Overall a good place to stay.	Worked very well.
Brian Robinson 2008-01-22 until 2008-01-25	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Very pleasant, superbly located resort hotel right next to the River Kwai bridge. Very peaceful setting due to its situation c. 6 kilometres outside Kanchanaburi. Staff are helpful and the whole complex is well managed and maintained. I would personally say that it is worth spending the extra money to take a deluxe river view room in Block H as the views -particularly at sunset - are well worth the premium.	Very smooth. No problems experienced.
Herve 2007-12-25 until 2007-12-29	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Tres bon hotel au bord de la riviere, belles piscines, excellent service mais eviter les restaurants (sauf petit dejeuner)	Excellent
Toh Theam Soon 2007-11-29 until 2007-11-30	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham looks like the hotel room decor needs a renovation soon ? Otherwise clean conditions still prevailing. Service very good. The River Kwai dinner buffet and Sound & Fireworks show very good ! I enjoyed my stay.	efficient and quick.
Pam Field 2007-07-28 until 2007-08-03	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham We stayed here for 6 nights and enjoyed every one of them. Staff were friendly and courteous. We had a superior garden view room which was fantastic. Would probably pay the extra few dollars for a river view next time but have no complaints with what we had. We thought the hotel van was expensive at 180bht to take you across the river (that s if there are only 2 of you)therefore we walked across the bridge each day - daunting if you are afraid of heights but I did it anyway! We found the meals at the resort great and reasonably priced and didn t have any great wish to visit the bars and restaurants on the otherside of an evening. There s plenty to do at the resort and I guess anything equivalent would cost about 8 times more in Australia and you d only find a similar resort around the Gold Coast region. Will stay at the Felix again!!!	Fantastic service, polite, professional and reliable. We d certainly use sawadee.com again!!!
HERVE 2007-07-19 until 2007-07-22	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Cadre agréable (près de la rivière) et services de très bonne qualité. Deux belles piscines. Nécessite de préférence un moyen de transport individuel.	Excellent
Gareth Hughes 2007-07-14 until 2007-07-17	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Hotel was comfortable, clean and very peacefull. (except for some of the high speed boats on the river)Rooms were big and clean with nice bathrooms. Easy walk over the River Kwai on the original steel bridge	Booking service was problem free and we got what we asked for at a good price
Justin and Helen 2007-06-08 until 2007-06-09	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Tacky and too busy , the Felix is attempting to be European, much to it s detrement. The hotel rooms are large, but seem unfinished, for example, missing grout in the bathrooms. The views of the river are excellent, despite the passing party boats. The restaurant is well staffed with very helpful and polite employees. Would also recommend the restaurants food. The pool area was a bit unkept and tired looking. Also, a little hard to navigate around the resort grounds due to the use of bridges and carp pool throughout the resort. Location was convenient, with a 10 minute walk to Kanchanaburi and it s restaurants (just don t eat at the Jolly Frog-you ll regret it the next day!)Would rate it 8 out of 10, due to the excellent food, customer service and proximity to town.	Easy to use, great prices, would especially commend the English speaking customer service staff. Would definately recommend.
Julia Price 2007-05-17 until 2007-05-20	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham We really enjoyed our stay at this hotel. Were initially very disapointed as the main pool was closed for renovations, and we love to swim. Luckily there is a second pool at the resort so our resentment was short lived. Location is great, loved our daily walks over the bridge. Breakfasts were good and the rooms were clean and spacious. Would absolutely stay here again.	As always, an efficient and reliable service.
R.Strachan 2007-05-16 until 2007-05-19	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Beautiful Hotel situated on Kwai River. Spacious grounds.Lovely deluxe room overlooking River. Food and services excellent.Large pool being under maintenance. Beautiful gardens. Pleasant play room with Karaoke, pool, darts and Bar. Only 10-15min walk to Bridge.Would recommend	No Problems
John Freeman 2007-04-17 until 2007-04-20	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham We booked 2 connecting garden view rooms for us & our children of 5 & 7. The rooms were very big. We had a king size bed and our children had 2 double beds. The hotel pool was huge and had games (basketball) you could play in it. There is also a childrens playground in the grounds. The grounds are big and are nice to wander around. We all thought it was a nice hotel and very good value. It s about a 5 minute walk to the bridge which you cross to get into Kanchanaburi. There s a nice floating restaurant just the other side of the bridge. We stayed for 3 nights and could easily have stayed for longer. There s plenty to do around Kanchanaburi. We would all stay in this hotel again.	Although Sawadee wouldn t guarantee the connecting rooms (they said they could only strongly request them), there were no problems on arrival and the connecting rooms had been reserved. All emails were answered promptly. I would definitely use them again.
Stephen Scott 2007-04-05 until 2007-04-11	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Nice, well appointed resort. We stayed in a riverside room, which was also well equipped and clean, with a nice verandah, and enjoyed our stay. Staff were friendly and helpful. The only gripe we had with our stay was the inexplicably dire quality of the Thai dinner offerings - high prices for seafood dishes with 2 prawns and a single sliver of squid in them (poorly cooked) and stale fish were two of the dishes we sampled... literally. Perversely the European dishes were good, comparitively excellent in fact. We would, and perhaps will, stay again but avoid the Thai dishes - or perhaps chef was on holiday whilst we were there.	Flawless. Thanks.
Kate Martin 2007-03-02 until 2007-03-06	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham The Felix was a good standard hotel in a great location right by the Bridge over the River Kwai. We had a deluxe river view room which was nice and spacious although the river view for our block was not from the balcony but from outside the front door to the room. The grounds of the hotel are well kept and it has a very good sized swimming pool. The hotel restaurant is pretty uninspiring both in terms of atmosphere and the food. There is a fun pub and lounge bar but it seems, as you would expect, no one really hands around the hotel in the evening. As well as the lack of atmosphere you will also end up paying hotel prices for everything which is at least twice as much as that in the town. you do need to go across to the other side of the bridge for the nightlife. You can easily do this by either going by foot, it takes about 10 minutes, pay 200 baht for the hotel taxi (it will cost 150baht to come back by a taxi in the town) or rent a moped and do the journey yourself. Even including the taxi fare you will spend less money in town on dinner and drinks for the whole night than you would in the hotel, and have a much better time. Just ask the taxi driver to drop you at 7 eleven or the Jolly Frog and you are in the middle of the main road of activity.	Straight forward as ever.
Mr/Mrs David Arts 2007-02-13 until 2007-02-15	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Beautiful grounds and swimming pool area. Rooms are adequate. Bathrooms can use an updating, as can the dining room. Fun experience.	great service.
Allan Murdoch 2006-12-16 until 2006-12-19	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Felix was terrific. We were upgraded to a suite which was roomy and well appointed. Breakfasts and restaurants were great. The place was nearly in empty mid- December and weather was pleasant. Tours are better booked from town - very expensive from the hotel.	excellent as usual
Giselle Lewis 2006-08-22 until 2006-08-24	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham Beautiful pool and gardens, huge resort. Recommend staying in River View room as the River Kwai is right on your doorstep. Taxi (from Bangkok 1600 Baht + tip took 2 hours) had a hard time finding the place due to narrow streets between main road and River. Felt a little isolated (good & bad) due to location. Good if you want to be away from everything and relax. Not so good if you want to wander around and come and go when you like - 180 Baht for Taxi to town. We found that you can walk to and from town by going over the Bridge Over River Kwai (no good at night though). Will definitely go back as we haven t explored all that Kanchanaburi has to offer - visit the Tourist Authority of Thailand (TAT) near bus terminal - very helpful, good info. 1st class A/C Bus back to Bangkok was 106 Baht per person and took 2 hours.	Very helpful and friendly. Ended up finalising booking over the phone as I couldn t get to Internet. They phoned me back to confirm and everything was very smooth. Will definitely use their services again *****
Englishman 2006-08-08 until 2006-08-11	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham In the numerous visits I have made to Thailand I have never stayed in such an awful hotel. The reception staff were unhelpful and unfriendly. The only contact I had with breakfast staff was on the first morning... sit where you like..help yourself to everything (including coffee) . then they all went back their huddle and continued chatting .... The food itself was very poor (for a Thai hotel) little choice, no yoghurt, choice of one juice, one type of fruit...there was supposed to be an omlette chef but I never saw him We had a deluxe river view room..and yes it was very tranquil apart from a convention of Japaneze business men who insisted on making a noise, the room itself had most facilities you would expect except for the smell of damp! It was a relatively small room with a poor choice of TV programmes and poor reception. The hotel itself is on the opposite side of the river to any life, the nearest other bar on this side of the river is miles away. It is a series of low rise buildings interspersed with huge rooms with nothing in them..it reminded me of the hotel in the film The Shining. A truly souless hotel. The entertainment consisted of a Thai duo performing cover versions of The Carpenters and John Denver. There was a bar called the Fun Pub clearly not living up to its name, I never saw anyone in it..perhaps it was the cost of playing pool..150bt? maybe thats why the table looks new? Internet 100bt for half an hour. Transport into town 180bht pp. The only life is on the other side of the river over the Kwai Bridge, the management request guests do not cross the bridge after dark (I don t suppose that could be anything to do with the monopoly they have on overpriced beer and transport could it??? I asked some locals who said it was perfectly safe to cross the bridge whenever...and so thats what we did. Cross the bridge and get a taxi (always waiting) to the Night Bazaar (30bt) or the strip where all the bars are (20bt). Thats where the life is..good places to eat ..Apples, Fine and the best of all The Jolly Frog, this place is the complete package for travellers. Good places to drink..the No Name bar..recently taken over by Aussie Jeff. A good bloke...you want anything he will do his best to get it for you he will also arrange transport. The hotels rip you off by organising trips adding on their cut and then they call a guide called Wussip (pron vussip. He is an English speaking Thai who is a friend of Jeffs, he was a policeman and so knows all the laws and can/can t dos. He also runs the local motor bike hire and will take tourists on long trips in his enormous brand new Isuzu four track six seater.(he took me to Hua Hin) he is fair and honest. As for the hotel...I would avoid it like the plague!!	Very Good:)
Lars Ulrik Pedersen 2006-07-13 until 2006-07-16	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham The swimmingpool really is amazing! Hotel location is great - just a few hundred meters from River Kwai bridge. Rooms are great but not as clean as seen on other hotels in this price range. The staff is very friendly and you get a very good service.	Excellent. No problems at all. But receiving 6 mail per booking is overkill.
Mr Naveed Mohammed 2006-05-22 until 2006-05-24	Felix River Kwai, Muang, Thamakham We arrived 2 days earlier and there was no problem getting a room. The hotel entrance, lobby and surroundings are opulent. The staff service on the surface is great but a little over attentive. It was so quiet when we where there - very few guests but the suited us. The River Kwai death railway bridge and Jeath War museum are a 10 minute walk away. We had a problem with rooms in regard of smoking. We wanted to and it seemed a big hassle for them to organise it, we ended up staying in a superior room, not the deluxe as reserved and they didn t refund the difference. The hotel cabaret singers, bobby and george (I think), are plain awful. Nice hotel in general - looks 5 star, feels 3 star.	no problems, quick and easy