Yaowarat Stay

Rooms at Yaowarat Stay range from 24 m² queen rooms to whole apartments and houses of up to 112 m². These entire-home spaces sleep up to seven guests and offer a choice of bed set-ups, while the rooms have a queen or a king bed. Some rooms have a courtyard, city or street view.

Rooms can have air conditioning, a private bathroom, a hair dryer, toiletries, a walk-in shower, a desk and a sofa, and some have a whirlpool bathtub. Rooms can also have linen and ironing facilities, and towels and toiletries are provided in several of the bathrooms, with a hair dryer in some of them.

Yaowarat Stay has a hot tub, a salon and an on-site nightclub, along with express check-in and check-out, private check-in and check-out, and luggage storage. Tours can be arranged, and there is a postal service and a cash withdrawal facility on site.

For everyday needs, there is a convenience store, a laundromat nearby, and bottled water, fruit and snacks, with food delivery also available. Parking is available but paid, and bicycle parking is provided as well. A family room is offered, and internet services are also provided. Luggage storage is available on site, and express check-in and check-out services are offered for arrivals and departures, with private check-in and check-out also available.

Yaowarat Stay sits in Bangkok's Chinatown, in the Pom Prap area on Soi Pradu, a dense neighbourhood of old shophouses, temples and street-food stalls. Shrines, gold shops and food stalls line the main road, which fills up after dark. It appeals most to travellers who want to explore the older side of the city, away from the newer shopping districts.

Wat Traimit, which houses a solid-gold Buddha, is 250 m away, and Hua Lamphong Railway Station is 350 m from the property. Yaowarat Road is also close, and the Hua Lamphong pier on the Chao Phraya river is nearby. The Grand Palace is 2.6 km away, and Khaosan Road, the backpacker street, is 2.7 km away, with both reachable by taxi.

A good first day could start at Wat Traimit to see the Golden Buddha, then continue along Yaowarat Road for street food. In the afternoon, the Grand Palace and Wat Arun are a taxi ride away, with Wat Arun on the far bank of the Chao Phraya river. Taxis are easy to find on the main roads, and trains to other parts of Thailand leave from Hua Lamphong, so the station is a practical starting point for longer journeys. Many of the older streets around Yaowarat Road are best explored on foot, with the shrines and shophouses close together.