Friday Hotel Uttaradit — Take the Lift Down to the Mall, an Easy Downtown Stay with Parking
If you're driving through Uttaradit and want a downtown bed that's easy to find, easy to park at, with food a lift-ride away, locals tend to point at Friday Hotel first. It's the white-and-blue tower on Borommat Road whose ground floor is the President department store — JIB electronics, Mister Donut, a coffee shop and a supermarket all under the same roof. The thing guests keep coming back to is the generous parking and the fact that you step out of the lift straight into restaurants and shops — a convenience the smaller hotels in town simply can't offer.
Friday Hotel is a 3-star property with 122 rooms across six to seven floors on Borommat Road in central Uttaradit. The appeal here isn't design or a view — it's pure convenience. The same building holds the President department store, a JIB electronics shop, Mister Donut, a Siam Commercial Bank branch and a supermarket, so a late-night craving or a forgotten toothbrush means a lift ride, not a trip outside. Rooms are simple: tiled floors, a soft bed, strong air-conditioning, and a fridge and minibar in every room. Several guests note the bed is more comfortable than the price would suggest.
The food options inside the building are more varied than you'd expect from a secondary-city hotel. There's a Hot Pot buffet — an international shabu-style spread that locals come for, not just hotel guests — plus The Garden Pub, which opens in the evenings with live music, and the Wing-On karaoke, which the hotel claims was one of the first in the province. Breakfast is included in most rates and comes as a simple set: rice porridge, eggs and coffee. Don't expect a lavish big-city buffet, but it does the job before you hit the road.
One guest who'd driven a long way put it simply: easy parking and a soft bed in one place, then a lift ride down to breakfast in the morning.
The location is squarely downtown. It's about a 12-minute walk to Uttaradit train station, and the hotel runs a free station shuttle for anyone who arrives by rail and would rather not drag a suitcase. The Uttaradit Clock Tower and Rajabhat University sit just a few minutes away by car. For drivers heading out to Sirikit Dam or the old town of Laplae, it works well as a central overnight base, since cafes and restaurants are easy to find all around it.
The score sits at 7.6/10 from 1,073 reviews on Trip.com — solid for a secondary-city hotel at this price. The consistent praise is for the parking, the mall-attached convenience and the comfortable beds. The honest complaints are real too: rooms near the restaurant and pub zone catch noise in the evening, and the building and rooms feel dated, with dark-wood furniture from an earlier era. Some bathrooms have aging tilework. Worth knowing so you don't arrive expecting something brand new.
On price, Standard rooms start around ฿575/night on weekdays, with Superior and Deluxe rooms running roughly ฿700–1,200. Rates can climb into the high four figures during festivals or when there's an event in town. Every room is about 20 sqm — the difference is the bed configuration (king or twin) and the decor rather than the size. Honestly, for this budget in Uttaradit, finding something mall-attached with parking like this isn't easy.
The bottom line: Friday Hotel works best for road-trippers, people in town for work, and families who want a convenient central bed without paying for luxury. You get easy parking, food a lift-ride away, and a walkable train station. If you're after a quiet resort feel or a freshly designed room, this isn't it — but for value, convenience and an easy-to-find spot in the middle of town, Friday is the name Uttaradit locals pass along by word of mouth.
Summary from Booking & Agoda
- ✓ Very wide parking, easy to park, free
- ✓ Attached to a mall — lift down to shops and food
- ✓ Comfortable beds and strong air-conditioning
- ✓ Central location, walkable to the train station
- ! Rooms near the restaurant/pub zone catch evening noise
- ! Building and rooms feel dated
- ! Breakfast is a simple set, not a buffet
- ✓ Excellent value for this price tier in Uttaradit
- ✓ Free train-station shuttle, handy for rail arrivals
- ✓ Hot Pot buffet and a live-music pub in the building
- ✓ Helpful front-desk staff
- ! Aging tilework in some bathrooms
- ! Dark-wood furniture looks of an earlier era
- ! Rooms fill quickly during town events — book ahead
- 💡If you want the quietest room — request a high floor away from the restaurant/pub zone when booking → rooms near The Garden Pub or the buffet can catch noise in the evening
- 💡If you arrive by train — tell the hotel ahead about the free station shuttle → the walk is about 12 minutes, and the shuttle is easier with heavy luggage
- 💡If you want a modern, freshly designed room — this is an older-style hotel with dark-wood furniture → if you can trade newness for mall-attached convenience, it's the best value in town