Rest Inn Yaowarat

The rooms at Rest Inn Yaowarat are studios with air conditioning, a private entrance and a private bathroom with a shower, all set in an apartment building in Samphanthawong. Each studio has an electric kettle, a hair dryer, toiletries, towels, linens and a socket near the bed, and free bottled water is provided.

Each studio sleeps up to two guests in one double bed, and sizes range from 20 to 24 m². Guests can rely on daily housekeeping, and the reception is staffed by English and Thai speakers, so questions about the room are easy to settle at the desk.

Free Wi-Fi comes in all rooms, and Wi-Fi is also available in the public areas. Guests can check in and out privately, and daily housekeeping is provided, with the reception staffed by English and Thai speakers.

The property is smoke-free and its rooms are non-smoking, and air conditioning is installed in the public areas as well as in each studio. The rooms can have a desk, a clothes rack, a separate dining area and a refrigerator.

Check-in runs from 14:00 to 23:00 and check-out is until 12:00, so arrival times need to fit those hours. English and Thai are spoken at reception, and the property is managed by a private host.

Rest Inn Yaowarat sits in Samphanthawong, the old Chinatown quarter of Bangkok, where the streets are lined with shops, food stalls and traditional shophouses and the neighbourhood stays busy into the evening, when the food stalls open along Yaowarat Road and the lanes around it. It is a lively part of the city, best for those who want to be close to the street life rather than in a quiet residential area.

Yaowarat Road is 100 m away, the main street of Chinatown and the centre of its evening food scene. Wat Mangkon MRT Station is 350 m away, and Hua Lamphong Railway Station is 750 m away. Within a short walk are Wat Traimit, which houses the Golden Buddha, the Yaowarat Chinatown Heritage Center, and the Chao Phraya ferry piers at Sawatdi Pier, 350 m away.

The Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha are 2.3 km away, and the riverside temples are easiest to reach by boat along the Chao Phraya, which runs close to the Chinatown piers. A day can start at Wat Traimit and the food stalls on Yaowarat Road, then continue to the Grand Palace, which you can reach by taxi from the property.