ASAI Bangkok Chinatown

Every room at ASAI Bangkok Chinatown has free Wi-Fi and a telephone, and several have a private bathroom with a shower and toiletries. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Depending on the room, you will find air conditioning, blackout curtains, a desk, a refrigerator, a flat-screen TV or an electric kettle. Several rooms also have a hair dryer, towels and toiletries in the private bathroom, and a streaming service such as Netflix is available in several rooms, along with satellite and cable channels. The views are over the city or the courtyard, so the outlook changes from one room to the next.

The hotel has a restaurant, a coffee shop, a snack bar and a bar, as well as a vegetarian restaurant and vending machines. A garden, a fitness centre, a nightclub and billiards are also on site, and there is a 24-hour front desk.

For guests with luggage, there are luggage storage, lockers and safety deposit boxes. The hotel also has an elevator, an indoor venue for events, a gift shop, shops, and facilities for disabled guests. Meetings and events can be held in the indoor venue, and the outdoor venue is available for special events too.

Free Wi-Fi covers all rooms, and there is Wi-Fi in the public areas. Paid parking is available, and daily housekeeping is provided.

The hotel sits in Pom Prap, part of Bangkok's Chinatown district, on Charoen Krung Road, one of the city's oldest streets. The area has been a trading quarter for generations, and its old shophouses, markets and food stalls give it a distinct feel that is best explored on foot. Along the lanes you will find gold shops, dried goods, herbal medicine stores and street food, which is what the district is known for.

Yaowarat Road, the main street of Chinatown, is 200 m away, and the Wat Mangkon MRT station is nearby for travelling across the city by metro. The Grand Palace and Wat Arun are about 2.4 km away, and the Siam Paragon shopping centre is 2.6 km away. The Chatuchak Weekend Market, one of the largest markets in Bangkok, is 7.6 km away. Suvarnabhumi Airport is 26.4 km from the hotel.

A good first day could start at Wat Traimit, home to a solid gold Buddha, and continue along Yaowarat Road, where shops and food stalls line the street. The Grand Palace and Wat Arun are the classic sights of the old town, and a taxi takes you there in a short ride. Later, a taxi takes you to Khaosan Road, Bangkok's backpacker street, where bars and street-food stalls line the road into the evening.