The Chatbox Silom Hostel

At The Chatbox Silom Hostel, dormitory beds for male guests sit alongside private rooms. Every room has air conditioning, and Wi-Fi is free in all rooms. The rooms with a king bed have their own bathroom. The dormitory beds and the Double Room with Shared Toilet share bathroom facilities.

Bedding includes single beds in the dormitories, a semi-double bed, two single beds in a twin room, and queen and king beds in the private rooms. Some rooms have a balcony or terrace, and others have a dining table with a microwave and an electric kettle, and the Superior King Room offers a queen bed with its own bathroom.

The shared lounge and TV area gives guests a common space with comfortable sofas and a large flat-screen TV, and the property also has a garden and a terrace. Air conditioning covers the public areas, and lockers and luggage storage are available for guests. Wired internet is available in addition to Wi-Fi in the public areas.

Services include tours, currency exchange, dry cleaning, daily housekeeping and 24-hour security. The property has restaurants, a shared kitchen and a game room, and English, Mandarin and Thai are spoken. The garden and the terrace are open to guests, and lockers are available alongside the luggage storage, which is useful for guests who keep their bags on site while they explore Bangkok.

The Chatbox Silom Hostel is on a side street (soi) in Silom, the business district of central Bangkok, where office towers stand beside quieter lanes, markets and street food stalls. The Chong Nonsi Canal Park, a green space beside a canal, is close by, so the neighbourhood suits a mix of city and calm.

Chong Nonsi BTS Station, 550 m away, connects to the Skytrain network across the city, and Sam Yan MRT Station, 600 m away, gives access to the underground line. Siam Paragon, a large shopping centre, is 2.3 km away, and the Grand Palace is 4.5 km away in the old city. Patpong, the Silom nightlife street, is nearby, and the Jim Thompson House, a museum of traditional Thai teak houses, is also within the same part of the city.

A day could begin at the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, then cross the river to Wat Arun and the Asiatique riverfront in the evening. On weekends, the Chatuchak Weekend Market is the big market to head for, and it is a trip across the city rather than a walk from the hostel, so it works best as a day out with a plan for getting there.