Amphawa Na Non — Three Minutes' Walk to the Floating Market, With a Mae Klong River Rooftop
If you want a place in Amphawa where you can actually walk to the floating market instead of circling the lanes for parking, Amphawa Na Non Hotel and Spa is usually one of the first names that comes up. It opened in 2016 — a dark-grey exposed-concrete building trimmed with timber, Boutique in feel but quiet enough to sit comfortably among the old wooden shophouses around it. The detail guests mention again and again is the rooftop bar overlooking the Mae Klong River, with live music on weekends, and the 3-minute walk that drops you right at the floating market. That kind of access is genuinely rare in this part of town.
Amphawa Na Non opened in 2016 on Prachaset Road, set back into the old quarter of Amphawa. The building is dark-grey exposed concrete cut with timber screens — a Boutique look that reads as contemporary while still sitting easily next to the old wooden houses around it. There are roughly 40 rooms, split between 28 sqm Deluxe Rooms (king or twin, some with a bathtub) and Two-Bedroom Suites of 48–56 sqm for families or groups of friends. Most rooms have a small balcony looking out over the old town.
The standout sits on the top floor. The rooftop bar looks straight out over the Mae Klong River and is the thing guests bring up most — evening cocktails in the river breeze, with live music on weekends. By day the same space turns into a café where you can sit with a coffee and watch the wooden rooftops and coconut palms. The main restaurant, Kab Kao Kab Pla, serves regional Thai food, and the dish people order again is river prawns with a cha-om (acacia) salad — local ingredients you won't easily find outside this district.
One guest describes sitting on the rooftop at sunset with the cool river air and soft live music, then walking down to reach the floating market in barely three minutes.
On the spa and services side, there are treatment rooms for Thai and oil massage (charged separately from the room), free bicycle loans for riding around the old quarter, and a tour desk that books evening firefly boat trips and canal cruises. A meeting room handles groups of up to 80, parking is free, and Wi-Fi is free in every room. One thing to know upfront: there is no swimming pool here. If a pool is a priority you'll want to look elsewhere, but if the floating market is your main reason for coming, you won't feel the gap.
Location is the real trump card. It's a 3-minute walk to Amphawa Floating Market, with King Rama II Memorial Park about 500 metres away. Wat Chulamanee and Wat Bang Kung — the latter known for a chapel wrapped in tree roots — are a short drive out. The Maeklong Railway Market, where the train runs straight through the stalls, is around 7 km away by car or songthaew. That walkability to the market is what gives Na Non the edge over the many places outside the quarter that leave you driving in and competing for parking on weekends.
The Trip.com score sits at 9.1/10 from 60 reviews — service scores 9.4, cleanliness 9.3, and location 9.2. The consistent complaint from lower-rated reviews is that the walls are not well soundproofed: on a busy weekend with families and children you may hear running and noise from the room next door. A few reviewers note the breakfast is light on Western options and leans heavily Thai. These are real limitations worth knowing before you book.
On price, Amphawa Na Non starts around ฿1,800/night for a Deluxe Room on weekdays, which is good value for a spot this close to the market. Weekends, when crowds pour in for the floating market, push rates up to ฿3,000–5,000 and rooms fill quickly. If you're coming on a Saturday or Sunday or over a long weekend, book at least 2–3 weeks ahead.
The bottom line: Amphawa Na Non works best for travellers who want to stay right inside old Amphawa, walk to the floating market, and skip the parking hunt — with a river-view rooftop thrown in, clean rooms, attentive staff, and a price most people can manage. For families or groups, the Two-Bedroom Suite is roomier and works out better than booking two separate rooms. If you need real quiet, or want a pool, this isn't the one.
Summary from Booking & Agoda
- ✓ Excellent location — 3-minute walk to Amphawa Floating Market
- ✓ Rooftop bar over the river with weekend live music
- ✓ Comfortable beds, clean rooms, larger than expected
- ✓ Friendly, attentive staff
- ! Walls not well soundproofed — you hear the neighbouring room
- ! Breakfast light on Western options
- ! No swimming pool
- ✓ Right inside old Amphawa — easy to walk the floating market
- ✓ Good breakfast with a decent range of choices
- ✓ Rooftop café with a pleasant Mae Klong River view
- ✓ Free bicycle loans for riding the old quarter
- ! Weekend rates climb and rooms fill fast
- ! Some noise from neighbouring rooms when children are around
- ! Slow bathroom drainage in some rooms
- 💡If you want the quietest room — ask for a high-floor room away from the rooftop zone and the lift at booking → the walls aren't well soundproofed, and on busy weekends with families you may hear the neighbouring room
- 💡If you're set on a pool — there isn't one here → for a resort with a pool, look at Asita Eco Resort or a property outside the quarter · but for the floating market, this location is the better value
- 💡If you're coming on a weekend — rates rise to ฿3,000–5,000 and rooms sell out fast as crowds arrive for the market → book 2–3 weeks ahead and pick a free-cancellation rate if your plans aren't locked