OYO 796 Paradise Sukhumvit Hotel

The rooms at OYO 796 Paradise Sukhumvit Hotel include twin and double rooms, a one-bedroom and a two-bedroom suite, and the 80 m² Suite Triple for up to three guests. Rooms can have air conditioning, soundproofing, linens and a desk, and free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms.

Bed set-ups vary: the Deluxe Twin Room and the Superior Twin Room have two single beds each, the doubles and the one-bedroom suite have a double bed, the two-bedroom suite has two double beds, and the Suite Triple combines a single and a double bed. The Superior Suite sleeps up to four guests on three king beds. Rooms with a private bathroom come with toiletries and a shower, and several have a bathtub.

The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool, a bar, restaurants and room service, and a shared lounge/TV area with comfortable seating and a large flat-screen TV. The front desk is open 24 hours, the building has an elevator, and daily housekeeping is provided. An ironing service is available, and room service means meals can be brought to the room.

Airport transfer is available, and guests who book it submit their flight arrival details when booking. Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and Wi-Fi also covers the public areas. Business facilities are on site for guests who need to work during their trip. Satellite and cable channels are provided, and staff speak English and Thai.

The hotel is on Sukhumvit Road in the Ekkamai district of Bangkok, a busy stretch of restaurants, bars, galleries and shops that runs into the Thonglor area. The surroundings are more about dining and nightlife than sightseeing, and art spaces such as Thong Lor Art Space reflect the creative side of the neighbourhood. Side streets, or soi, lead off Sukhumvit Road into the area.

Ekkamai BTS Station is 1.6 km from the hotel, and the Sukhumvit line of the skytrain runs into the Siam district, where Siam Paragon is 6.8 km away. Jim Thompson House, the teak house of the American silk entrepreneur Jim Thompson, is 7.5 km away and is a short visit for anyone interested in traditional Thai architecture, and the Chatuchak Weekend Market, one of Bangkok's largest weekend markets, is 9.2 km away.

For the temples, the Grand Palace and Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn, are in the old city across the Chao Phraya river, a longer trip from the hotel. Wat Arun is on the opposite bank from the Grand Palace, so visiting both means crossing the river. Suvarnabhumi Airport is 17.3 km away. A day could combine Jim Thompson House with the Siam shopping area, then Chatuchak on a weekend morning.