Sukhon Hotel

Sukhon Hotel offers city-view rooms, Deluxe Rooms and Superior Rooms, most of them with a view over the city. The Deluxe Room measures 22 m² and has a city view. Several rooms have a private bathroom with a separate shower or bathtub, and some add a walk-in shower, toiletries and towels.

Some rooms can sleep up to five guests, and the Deluxe Room and SuperiorRoom offer a choice of bed set-ups. Individual air conditioning and a desk are provided in some rooms, and the hotel sits 50 m from the Phaya Thai BTS station. The Airport Rail Link also stops at Phaya Thai, 150 m away.

Sukhon Hotel has a 24-hour front desk, a lift, luggage storage and safety deposit boxes, along with daily housekeeping and a doctor or nurse on call. Car hire and a taxi service are offered, and parking is available nearby. English, Mandarin Chinese and Thai are spoken at the hotel, and soundproofed rooms are offered.

Dining includes a coffee shop, a snack bar and a restaurant serving Asian, American and halal breakfasts, with breakfast takeaway service and desserts. Free Wi-Fi is available in all rooms, and the public areas have Wi-Fi too. Air conditioning is in the public areas as well. Guests can also use wired internet access, satellite or cable channels and a streaming service like Netflix.

Sukhon Hotel stands on Phayathai Road in Ratchathewi, a district of central Bangkok that lies between the Pratunam market area and the Siam shopping quarter. The streets around it are a busy mix of shopping malls, office buildings and older residential lanes, and the sky train runs overhead, so most of the city is reachable without a car. It appeals to travellers who want to be close to the city's shopping and sightseeing without staying in the old quarter.

Suan Pakkad Palace, 400 m away, is a collection of traditional Thai teak houses set in gardens, and Jim Thompson House, 1 km away, is the former home of the American silk entrepreneur, now a museum of his art collection. The Phaya Thai BTS station, 50 m away, has trains running to Siam and Sukhumvit. Across the river, Wat Arun stands on the opposite bank of the Chao Phraya, the Grand Palace is 4.7 km away, and the Chatuchak Weekend Market is 5 km away.

A good day can start at Jim Thompson House, continue through the malls of Siam, and end by the river with a boat ride on the Chao Phraya. Save the Chatuchak Weekend Market for a weekend, when the market is open.