Methavalai Residence Hotel

The rooms at Methavalai Residence Hotel include standard twin and double rooms, superior rooms and deluxe triples, and some deluxe triples have one bedroom. Several of the rooms overlook the city, and one deluxe triple offers a choice of bed set-ups.

Rooms can have air conditioning, a closet, a desk, an in-room safe, a hair dryer, a mini bar and a refrigerator, and some have a private bathroom with a walk-in shower or a coffee and tea maker.

The hotel has a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, with Asian, Chinese and Western cuisine, and it also has a coffee shop, a bar and food delivery. Vegetarian dishes, salads and soups are served in the restaurant.

Guests can use a concierge, luggage storage, safety deposit boxes, a convenience store and shops. Daily housekeeping, laundry service and dry cleaning are available, tours can be arranged, and there is a taxi service and a shuttle service.

Wi-Fi is available in public areas as well as in the rooms, and the hotel offers meetings and seminars, a family room and wheelchair access. Languages spoken include English and Thai, and the hotel has a lift and a front desk that is staffed 24 hours a day.

Methavalai Residence Hotel is in Banglamphu, the old part of Bangkok where narrow streets and low buildings sit close to the temples and palaces of the Rattanakosin district. Visitors who want to explore the old city on foot find its temples, palaces and museums close by. The Democracy Monument is also nearby, and Phra Sumen Fort stands on the river bank.

Khaosan Road, 700 m away, is a lively street of guesthouses, bars and street-food stalls. The Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha are side by side in the old city, and Wat Arun stands on the opposite bank of the Chao Phraya river. Mahakan Fort and the Loha Prasat temple with its metal spires are nearby, as is the Lang Wat Ratchanatda flea market. The Sam Yot MRT station is 950 m away, and Suvarnabhumi Airport is 27.7 km away. The Jim Thompson House and the Siam Paragon shopping centre are further away, in central Bangkok.

A good day could start at the Grand Palace, continue with a boat across the river to Wat Arun, and end with dinner on Khaosan Road, where street food and night-time shopping are easy to find. The Temple of the Emerald Buddha is inside the palace complex, so the two can be visited in one stop.