Krabi Town Hotels
8 Riverside Stays Near the Night Market
Cheaper than the Beaches!

Blu Monkey is a 4-star hotel right in central Krabi Town — and unusually for in-town, it has its own saltwater pool and a fitness centre, scoring 8.6 from 91 reviews and recently opened. It sits on Maharaj Road, about a 5-minute walk from Krabi Walking Street and the town's restaurants. The pool is up on an upper level ringed with greenery, and guests repeatedly mention the free water, snacks and bananas by the pool around the clock. Rooms are new and clean in a dark, pared-back palette, and breakfast is a buffet from 07:00–11:00 (extra if it isn't in your package).

Krabi SeaBass is the most-reviewed hotel in this article — 389 reviews, scoring 9.0 — and it has a garden pool on top of that. The building stands out for its blue scale-patterned facade and a big hotel sign. There are 64 rooms on Utarakit Road, about a 5-minute walk from the night market and the town's rice-and-curry shops. What guests like is the small garden pool to cool off in after a day out, and rooms that are cleaner and tidier than the price suggests. There's a restaurant, bar and café, and the hotel arranges diving and island day trips.

Maritime Park is the biggest property here — 221 rooms set around a lagoon on the edge of town, with a spa that floats on the lagoon as its signature feature. The Thai-roofed buildings wrap around the lagoon and broad gardens, looking out to limestone cliffs and the Krabi River. There's a large freeform outdoor pool, a fitness centre and three restaurants serving Thai, Chinese and international food. Rooms run 45 sqm, wider than the typical in-town hotel, and it's just 15 minutes from Krabi Airport — handy for a late or early flight. To be straight: the resort is showing its age in places, but you get space and a lagoon setting that in-town hotels can't offer.

The Chill is a 3-star hotel on the edge of town with both an adults' pool and a separate kids' pool, plus a big garden — a good fit for families with young children, scoring 9.1 from 55 reviews. Guests bring up cleanliness again and again — spotless rooms, fresh linen, well-kept bathrooms. There's an outdoor pool in the garden, room for kids to run, and bikes to borrow. It sits on Vatchara Road, about a 5-minute drive into the centre and Walking Street. It's a touch out from the heart of town, so you trade walkability for quiet and free parking.

Krabi Front Bay is a 4-star resort on the south side of town built around a rooftop pool, close to the pier for boats to Phi Phi, scoring 8.2 from 46 reviews. There are 82 rooms, each with a balcony. What guests mention most is the open-air rooftop pool with a hot tub and the clean fitness room. It's about a 20-minute walk to Chao Fah pier, where boats leave for Phi Phi — good if you're heading to the islands first thing. It's a halal hotel (no alcohol or pork) and runs a free shuttle into town a few times a day. Straight up: it's on the southern edge with no convenience store close by.

The Brown is a 3-star boutique hotel in the centre of town with a very high location score of 9.3 and an overall 8.9 from over 1,247 Booking reviews. It's on Maharaj Soi 10, about a 5-minute walk to the weekend night market, the riverfront and the town's restaurants. Guests keep coming back to two things: the à la carte breakfast you pre-order the night before, cooked fresh across Western and Thai dishes, and rooms that are big and very clean. The design is warm and homey, with small balconies. There's no pool, and the building has no lift, so hauling luggage upstairs takes some effort (staff help carry it).

Krabi River is the cheapest pick here — from ฿850 — but you get a spot right on the Krabi River and a rooftop cafe, scoring 9.0 from 78 reviews. It's on Khongkha Road along the river, next to the riverside walk, about a 5-minute walk to the town's restaurants and markets. The room to want is the Panoramic River View, with a wide balcony straight onto the river (it's upstairs, up the stairs). On the top floor there's the River Terrace, a rooftop cafe-bar looking over the water. The hotel runs airport transfers (for a fee) and books tours and boat tickets.

The Nice is a 3-star hotel in the centre of town, directly opposite the Maharaj fresh market — a 3-minute walk to the market and about 7 minutes to the weekend night market, scoring 7.9 from 152 reviews. The building stands out for its green neon sign and a lobby that glows in the evening. Guests like the rooms — big, clean, large beds, plenty of light — and staff who are flexible about early check-in. It's a fit if you want to wake up and walk straight into the fresh market for breakfast, all in the low ฿1,000s. There's no pool.