Chao Phraya Riverside Hotels in Bangkok
10 River-View Stays
with Free Shuttle Boats to ICONSIAM!

Talk about riverside Bangkok and Mandarin Oriental is the first name — Thailand's oldest hotel, open since 1876 on the Chao Phraya in Bang Rak, scoring 9.5, the highest in this list. River Wing rooms open straight onto the water, with express boats, cargo barges and tourist craft passing all day. The riverside charm lives in the Authors' Lounge, an afternoon-tea room in a white glass conservatory looking out over the riverside garden, and in the hotel's free shuttle boat, which crosses to ICONSIAM in five minutes — the best way to dodge the traffic.

The Peninsula is a 5-star hotel on the Thonburi bank, built as a curved W-shaped tower so every room faces the Chao Phraya, scoring 9.3 from 1,099 reviews. Because it sits across the water from the Bang Rak–Sathorn side, the views open wide onto the river bend and the city skyline, and many rooms have a private balcony. The riverside highlight is the free shuttle boat every half hour across to Saphan Taksin BTS and ICONSIAM, plus a stepped riverfront pool where you swim while the boats slide past. The Thonburi side is quieter, and the view is fuller than from the city bank.

Capella is the most luxurious riverside hotel in this list — all-suite and villas, 101 rooms that every one face the Chao Phraya, scoring 9.5 on Booking and 9.4 on Agoda, on the riverbank in the Charoen Krung–Sathorn area within the Chao Phraya Estate. The draw is riverside privacy — many suites have a balcony with a private plunge pool over the water, and green riverbank gardens that cut out the city noise entirely. Côte by Mauro Colagreco, a Michelin restaurant, sits right on the water, and a free shuttle boat runs to Sathorn Pier. It suits anyone after the quietest, most private riverside stay with close personal service.

Anantara Riverside feels like a riverside resort in the middle of the city — tropical gardens, a riverbank pool and a wide riverfront you won't find at a tower hotel, scoring 9.3 from 383 reviews on the Thonburi side in Charoen Nakhon. The strength is the setting: you can walk the riverbank all day and eat dinner by the water in the evening, with the Asiatique lights and the city towers across the river. A free shuttle boat runs to Sathorn Pier and ICONSIAM, and there's a riverside night market on site. It suits families and anyone who wants a riverside resort that's still easy to reach the city from.

Millennium Hilton is the best-value river view in this list — from around ฿4,500 — and it carries a large review base, 2,671 reviews, scoring 9.3 on the Thonburi side next to ICONSIAM. Rooms have floor-to-ceiling glass, and many look straight onto the river and the city skyline opposite. The riverside highlights are an infinity pool whose edge runs out over the river, and the ThreeSixty bar on the top floor, glass-walled all the way round for a 360-degree view of the river bend. A free shuttle boat runs to Sathorn Pier, and ICONSIAM is a 5-minute walk.

Shangri-La is a 5-star riverside hotel on the Bang Rak side that stands out for location — a closer walk to Saphan Taksin BTS than most riverside hotels, scoring 8.9 from 788 reviews. The building is laid out so nearly every room is a River View facing the water and the boat traffic, especially in the Shangri-La Wing. The riverside highlights are wide riverbank gardens with two pools over the water, and a free shuttle boat across to ICONSIAM. The advantage is having both the river view and a walk to the BTS, so you're not boat-dependent.

Royal Orchid Sheraton is a 5-star riverside hotel in the Si Phraya area, built as a curved tower so every room is a River View, scoring 9.0 from 1,004 reviews. Every room looks onto the water and the river bend with the boat traffic — one of the few riverside hotels with no poor-view rooms. The riverside highlights are riverbank gardens with two pools and a free shuttle boat that runs hotel–Sathorn Pier (Saphan Taksin BTS)–ICONSIAM. It's also walkable to Talat Noi, with onward transport to Chinatown. It suits travellers who want a full river view in every room at a reachable 5-star rate.

Avani+ Riverside is a modern design hotel on the Thonburi bank that trades on its 26th-floor rooftop infinity pool over the river and the city skyline, scoring 8.8 from 306 reviews. Many of the modern rooms look straight onto the water. The riverside highlight guests talk about is the rooftop pool and SEEN Restaurant & Bar, where the Chao Phraya bend looks superb at sunset. It sits next to Anantara Riverside and shares the free shuttle boat to Sathorn Pier and ICONSIAM. It suits travellers who want a river view and a design rooftop without paying legendary-hotel rates.

Sala Rattanakosin is a Chao Phraya riverside boutique in a restored near-century-old shophouse in Tha Tien, directly facing Wat Arun, scoring 8.3 with just 15 rooms, restored with the original raw brick walls and exposed concrete beams. The riverside highlight is the rooftop bar looking straight at the Wat Arun spires and the river bend, especially at sunset, with river-facing rooms that put the temple in frame when you open the curtains. This is riverside of a different kind from the towers — old-town character, a 3-minute walk to Wat Pho with a ferry across to Wat Arun — but the old building has no lift and no pool.

Riva Surya is the best-value riverside boutique in this list, on Phra Athit Road in the old town near Khao San, scoring 8.9 on Trip.com (92 reviews) and 8.7 on Booking, with 68 rooms. The riverside highlights are a riverbank pool over the water and River View rooms that open onto the Chao Phraya and the boat traffic. It's a riverside stay at a far more reachable rate than the towers, a few minutes' walk from Khao San Road, Phra Sumen Fort and Phra Athit Pier, where the Chao Phraya express boat runs down to Tha Tien, Wat Arun and ICONSIAM. It suits travellers on a budget who still want to wake up to the river and explore the old town by boat.