Rattana Park Hotel — Large Rooms and Free Parking on Mittraphap Road, Central Phitsanulok
If you're driving into Phitsanulok and want a place that's easy to park, has big rooms, and won't dent the budget, the name road-trippers keep mentioning is Rattana Park Hotel. This green-roofed block on Mittraphap Road has been open since 2004 — it's not new anymore — but what brings guests back is a genuinely large car park out front and rooms bigger than the rate suggests. You can walk across to Big C and a 7-Eleven, and a Thai breakfast buffet runs each morning at the Rabieng Rattana restaurant. Worth saying upfront: this is a practical, do-the-job hotel, not a Luxury or Boutique stay.
Rattana Park Hotel opened in 2004 as a roughly 8-storey city hotel, easy to spot from Mittraphap Road thanks to its green Thai-style roof. The 78 rooms run from 24 sqm Standards up to the 43 sqm Super Deluxe. The detail guests mention most isn't the design — it's how much larger the rooms are than the price implies, paired with big, soft beds. The furniture is older wood-style and a little dated, but everything is clean and the beds are made up crisply. Plenty of reviewers say they slept better than they expected for a 2-star room.
The thing that gives Rattana Park an edge in this town is parking. The forecourt is wide, free, and you're not fighting anyone for a spot — and for a road-tripper stopping a night in Phitsanulok before pushing on to Sukhothai or Chiang Mai, that matters a lot. One review describes the car battery dying in the morning and staff rushing out to jump-start it. The hotel sits right on Mittraphap Road, a few minutes' walk from Big C, convenience stores, and a cinema, so food and supplies are all within reach on foot.
One guest recalls: "They drove up from Bangkok planning a single night before continuing to Sukhothai. The car park is genuinely large — pulled straight in with no fuss, which already set a good tone. The room was bigger than they had expected for the price: proper double bed, clean and crisply made, everything working. Furniture is older wood-style but nothing felt broken or worn out. Walked over to Big C in the evening, picked up snacks and water without moving the car. Woke up to a decent Thai breakfast at Rabieng Rattana — rice porridge, a few dishes, fruit, coffee, enough to set you up for the road. Staff were warm and helpful throughout. Genuinely good value for a one-night drive-in stop, and they would choose this place again on the same route."
The on-site restaurant, Rabieng Rattana, serves Thai food and hosts the breakfast buffet from 7:00 to 10:00 am. Breakfast leans Thai — rice porridge, a few dishes, eggs, fruit — and several guests note there's more choice than you'd assume for a hotel this size. In fairness, one returning guest grumbled that the rice porridge had changed and tasted blander than before, which is the kind of thing that varies by day and palate. Coffee and water are available; it isn't fancy, but it fills you up before the road.
What you should make peace with before booking is the building's age — it's 20 years old now. Some rooms have tired furniture, and a few guests mention a faint musty smell on first entry that clears once the air-con has run a while. The other recurring note is sound carrying between rooms: the walls aren't thick, so you may hear housekeeping or the neighbours. Some rooms cool less effectively than others, and a few lack a hair dryer or a bedside power outlet — call the front desk ahead if you need one.
The overall score sits at 9.1/10 from 144 Trip.com reviews. Location tops the breakdown at 9.5, followed by cleanliness and service (both 9.2), while amenities come in at 8.4 — fair enough given the building's age. Put simply, guests rate it for being good value, well located, and staffed by friendly people rather than for any sense of luxury. It does its job completely without pretending to be something it isn't.
On price — Standard rooms start around ฿650/night midweek, rising to roughly ฿1,250 for the largest Super Deluxe. The average guests actually pay lands near ฿1,100–1,200 per night with breakfast, which is cheap for the room size you get. During festivals and long weekends, when plenty of drivers pass through Phitsanulok, rooms fill quickly — book a week or two ahead to be safe.
The bottom line: Rattana Park Hotel suits road-trippers who want easy parking, a big room, and a low rate for a one-night stop. It's not the pick if you expect a brand-new property or a Luxury riverside mood. But if you're stopping in Phitsanulok to pay respects to the Phra Buddha Chinnarat at Wat Yai before continuing to Sukhothai, this is a sensible match on location and price — request a high floor on the inner side for a quieter night.
Summary from Booking & Agoda
- ✓ Wide free car park — very convenient for drivers
- ✓ Large rooms and big beds, comfortable beyond the price
- ✓ Friendly, helpful staff — some speak English
- ✓ On Mittraphap Road, walkable to Big C and convenience stores
- ! Older building, dated furniture in some rooms
- ! Thin walls — you can hear adjacent rooms
- ! Some rooms cool poorly · a few have no hair dryer
- ✓ Strong value for the room size you get
- ✓ Thai breakfast buffet with plenty of choice
- ✓ Central location, easy to drive anywhere from here
- ✓ Clean and crisply made up, ready to check in
- ! A little removed from the old town and Wat Yai
- ! Faint musty smell on first entry, clears with the air-con
- ! No bedside power outlet in some rooms
- 💡If you want the quietest room — ask for a high floor on the inner side, away from Mittraphap Road and the housekeeping side → walls are thin and you may hear neighbouring rooms
- 💡If you're mainly here for Wat Yai — Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat (Wat Yai) is about 3–4 km away, a 10-minute drive → the hotel isn't next to the temple, but driving or a Grab is easy
- 💡If you need a hair dryer or bedside outlet — some rooms don't have them · the front desk lends hair dryers free, and bringing a power strip is a safe bet