Where to stay in Bangkok?
9 Hotels Chosen
by Tens of Thousands of Guests!

The highest score in this list at 9.5 — Mandarin Oriental is Thailand's oldest hotel, open since 1876 on the Chao Phraya River in Bang Rak. What guests return for is the Authors' Lounge, an afternoon-tea room in a white glass conservatory, and Le Normandie, the two-Michelin-star French room. River Wing rooms look straight down the Chao Phraya with boat traffic all day. It's about a 10-minute walk to Saphan Taksin BTS, but most guests use the hotel's free shuttle boat, which crosses to ICONSIAM in five minutes.

137 Pillars Suites is an all-suite Luxury hotel — just 34 suites on the top floors of a Sukhumvit Soi 39 tower, the city sibling of 137 Pillars House in Chiang Mai, scoring 9.4. The headline draw is the 24-hour 27th-floor infinity pool reserved for suite guests, with the Bangkok skyline running out below it. Every room is a 70–127 sqm suite with a separate living area and a round marble tub, named after Thai royal capitals. It's an 8–10 minute walk to BTS Phrom Phong, but once you're in the soi it's far quieter than Sukhumvit Road.

Chatrium Grand is a 5-star luxury hotel in twin deep-red 32-storey towers on Phetchaburi Road, opened in 2022, scoring 9.4 from 2,246 reviews. The strength is room size — entry-level rooms run a generous 46 sqm, wider than the district 5-star average, and every room includes a complimentary minibar and an espresso machine. The headline feature is the 7th-floor outdoor saltwater pool with a Thai sala and Pratunam-tower views. Pratunam clothing shopping is a walk away, but the nearest BTS, Phaya Thai, is about 1.3 km off — a Grab is more comfortable.

SO/ Bangkok (formerly SO Sofitel) is a 5-star design hotel on the corner of North Sathorn Road, facing Lumpini Park, scoring 9.1 from 812 reviews. The draw is the infinity pool whose edge frames Lumpini Park and the financial-district towers in one shot, plus a building designed by Christian Lacroix with Thai designers, with the 237 rooms themed around the four elements. Floor 29 holds HI-SO Rooftop Bar, open to non-guests. It's a 3-minute walk to Lumphini MRT.

Grande Centre Point Terminal 21 is a 5-star hotel sharing a single building with the Terminal 21 mall at the Asok intersection, scoring 9.4 from 2,283 reviews. The strength is the location — take the lift down into the mall, step out the other side onto Asok BTS, which links to Sukhumvit MRT, all without touching the street. Nearly every room has a kitchenette with a microwave and fridge, useful for longer stays or families. The rooftop has an infinity pool, a lap pool, a tennis court and a kids' club.

Novotel on Siam Square is a 4-star hotel inside Siam Square Soi 6, scoring 8.9 from 1,680 reviews. The selling point is the location — a 2-minute walk from the lobby to Siam BTS, with Siam Paragon, MBK and CentralWorld all within walking distance and no ride needed. There's a rooftop outdoor pool with a poolside bar, a Thai-massage spa, and The SQUARE breakfast buffet with a wide range of stations. It suits travellers here to shop and explore the city.

Aloft Sukhumvit 11 is a 4-star lifestyle hotel in the middle of Sukhumvit Soi 11, the nightlife strip, scoring 9.0 from 238 reviews. It was the first Aloft in Southeast Asia and had a full top-to-bottom renovation in early 2025. The draw is the rooftop pool looking over the Sukhumvit towers, plus W XYZ Bar pouring molecular cocktails. Open the door and the street is bars, restaurants and massage shops. BTS Nana is about 560 metres away, and a free tuk-tuk runs to Nana and Asok.

Sala Rattanakosin is a Chao Phraya riverside Boutique in a restored near-century-old shophouse in Tha Tien, facing Wat Arun, scoring 8.3. It has just 15 rooms, restored with the original raw brick walls and exposed concrete beams left intact. The draw is the rooftop bar looking straight at the Wat Arun spires and the river bend, especially at sunset, and river-facing rooms that put the temple in frame when you open the curtains. It's a 3-minute walk to Wat Pho with a ferry across to Wat Arun — but the old building has no lift and no pool.

ibis Sukhumvit 4 is the cheapest hotel in this list, from just ฿1,200 — an economy 3-star in central Sukhumvit near BTS Nana, scoring 8.5 from 845 reviews. It's about a 550-metre walk (6 minutes) to BTS Nana. Rooms are the 19 sqm Superior, small in the ibis style but clean and renovated in 2021. What over-delivers is the TASTE breakfast buffet, which guests rate well above the tier, and the blocks around the hotel are dense with food and 24-hour convenience stores. Worth knowing: there's no pool.