Hotei Park Silom- Suriwong - new kid on the block

[vinapu]

On my last trip I tried this brand new hotel, yes name spells Hotei and can recommend it with whole heart.

They  are still working on the lobby so during day it was some construction but it should be over very soon.

It's small place - just two rooms per floor but there's elevator. 

Located on corner of Narathiwas  and Suriwong , steps from Amara and Red Planet. During day somebody should be on reception, if not there's clear instruction how to call somebody and they will show up in 5 minutes if not sooner. At night entry by card only, either from street side or from the back and it makes  ideal place for those who price discretion.

Sign says ' no overnight guests allowed" but how they police that  is unclear. Nobody said the word when my gest was leaving around 11 am one morning. Rooms is quite big and despite facing street quiet enough to sleep comfortably. Only thing I would like to see is safety deposit box but one can't have everything I guess. Perhaps in future ? 

If you want your room cleaned you need to put sign outside, otherwise they don't bother but will hang a bag with 2 bottles of water, pack of napkins and roll of toilet paper on your know.

I actually liked that system very much. Next door is hostel with restaurant where one can have a breakfast for 159 baht, plenty of food options in Silom market nearby. Bit of walk from Patpong bars an to BTS but nothing to make you or your boy tired. Two 7/11 within 2 minutes walk.

Few pictures below:

 

[jason1975]

Spacious room. The sofa in front of bed is something only 5 star hotels have. Can accommodate more than 2 people in room for sleeping.

But personally too far for me. I wouldn't want to walk that much back every night. I prefer 56 surawong, raya and ibis styles.

[vinapu]

5 hours ago, jason1975 said:

 

But personally too far for me. I wouldn't want to walk that much back every night. 

you sound like some of our boys.

I was lucky, one of boys I hosted there lives in condo nearby, another one has a motorbike so did not heard any complains

[vinapu]

5 hours ago, jason1975 said:

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I prefer 56 surawong, raya 

agree

5 hours ago, jason1975 said:

 I prefer ..... ibis styles.

disagree, too cramped , for the price there are quite a few of better options

[jason1975]

On 9/17/2025 at 9:47 PM, vinapu said:

agree

disagree, too cramped , for the price there are quite a few of better options

I agree about Ibis being cramped. I will only stay there if I want to use the swimming pool

[vinapu]

2 hours ago, jason1975 said:

I agree about Ibis being cramped. I will only stay there if I want to use the swimming pool

to be fair I was impressed how  well such small room was organized. Best value for hotel with pool in the area seems to be Trinity Silom but it's generation since I stay there last time 

[10tazione]

The annoying thing with Trinity is that everything is in different buildings, you need voutures for everything and too many security barriers ... Butbpool is very nice and price is low. 

[jason1975]

14 hours ago, vinapu said:

to be fair I was impressed how  well such small room was organized. Best value for hotel with pool in the area seems to be Trinity Silom but it's generation since I stay there last time 

I think Rose Hotel is another cheap option with pool. But of course it is rather old.

[a-447]

1 hour ago, jason1975 said:

I think Rose Hotel is another cheap option with pool. But of course it is rather old.

I used to always stay at the Rose back in the early 2000s, and it was old even then!

But it could still be an option for some, as it's close to the action and the pool is great.

I wonder if those 3 women are still working there? I believe they were sisters. They were very accomodating regarding my visitors. On the odd occasion the guy did not have ID, they would interrogate him before deciding if I should take him to the room. If I returned to the hotel alone, they would ask : 'you don't have friend tonight?'  Lol

[PeterRS]

53 minutes ago, a-447 said:

I used to always stay at the Rose back in the early 2000s, and it was old even then!

If you think that was old, my first stay there was in 1980! This is the pool in the old hotel with the excellent restauant Ruen Urai at the end. 

Now there is also The Rose Residence. Its entrance is on the left as you approach Ruen Urai. I believe The Residence also has its own roof top pool. Rates presently seem to be around US$100 - $110.

[TMax]

I stayed at the Rose on my first Bangkok trip in 1988, the rooms were very basic but the restaurant downstairs served up some very nice food and the staff were very good and helpful. For me, I like the Raya but every time I go online to check on booking them it either says no rooms available (unless I book at least 6 months in advance) or the price is up a bit too high. I liked the Tarntawan of old but my last stay there the aircon was all screwed up, literally water coming out of it and all the maintenance staff did was to keep mopping it up plus the thermostat was stuffed and it was freezing cold as there was no way to adjust the temperature on it. I don't mind the Ibis at all, yes the rooms may be a bit small but then I'm not there to dance around a big room, it has a very basic gym which is OK and the pool is a positive for me and add to that the food and staff were good too. Location wise I also liked the Ibis, next trip (most likely second half of 2026) will either be Ibis or Tarntawan. 

[Keithambrose]

4 hours ago, PeterRS said:

If you think that was old, my first stay there was in 1980! This is the pool in the old hotel with the excellent restauant Ruen Urai at the end. 

Now there is also The Rose Residence. Its entrance is on the left as you approach Ruen Urai. I believe The Residence also has its own roof top pool. Rates presently seem to be around US$100 - $110.

The Rose Residence  is very nice. I have a view of the rooftop pool from my room at Le Meredien,  and though small, I have never seen anyone in it!

[10tazione]

I think people dont like being watched from Le Meridien hotel rooms

[PeterRS]

7 hours ago, 10tazione said:

I think people dont like being watched from Le Meridien hotel rooms

If people don't like being watched while they are swimming or just cooling off, then pity the poor guests at the luxury Anantara Hotel on Rajadamri (built as The Peninsula in the late 1970s - the lobby is almost identical to that in the flagship Peninsula hotel in Hong Kong - who sold it to the Regent Group which was taken over by the Four Seasons and then sold again to the Ananatara Group!) Even by the early 1990s you could swim there with no buildings overlooking you. Now there are multi-storey apartment blocks on two of those sides, the hotel on the third and a soi on the fourth with tall buildings on its opposite side.

I suspect most in-town hotel pools have buildings overlooking them unless they are riverside hotels or on roofs. (Oops, forgot! The Rose Hotel Residence pool is on the roof!!)

[floridarob]

20 hours ago, TMax said:

yes the rooms may be a bit small but then I'm not there to dance around a big room,

Is that what @vinapu is doing in those "big" rooms that he likes so much 😳

[vinapu]

11 hours ago, floridarob said:

Is that what @vinapu is doing in those "big" rooms that he likes so much 😳

my stamp collection is vast and I need many shelves to fit her in

[forrestreid]

I stayed at the Rose Hotel just before Covid and really liked it. The rooms were a bit old-fashioned and (in the case of the cheaper one I booked), quite small. But the staff were friendly, the breakfast was good, and I especially enjoyed the large ground-floor pool surrounded by greenery. I remember swimming alone in it—it felt peaceful and secluded. Although it was overlooked you did not get that feeling.

One thing I did not like was crossing Surawong Road to get to the bars in Patpong 2. Although the Rose Hotel is probably, as the crow flies, less than 50 metres from that strip of bars, crossing Surawong Road, just at that point where the lane meets it, was surprisingly difficult. I felt very nervous trying to cross—just as the cars passed in one direction, motorbikes would follow immediately behind, and before you could even react, traffic from the opposite direction was already coming. I sometimes waited five minutes just to find a safe gap.

It might seem like a small detail, but that experience actually put me off booking the Rose again when I visited Bangkok last year. I ended up staying at Le Siam Hotel instead. (It is further away from the bars, across Silom Road,  but you can cross Silom Road using the Skytrain station)

[vinapu]

3 hours ago, forrestreid said:

 

One thing I did not like was crossing Surawong Road to get to the bars in Patpong 2. Although the Rose Hotel is probably, as the crow flies, less than 50 metres from that strip of bars, crossing Surawong Road, just at that point where the lane meets it, was surprisingly difficult.

I  , for one have fun trying to cross Surawong across Raya and treat it as cheap sport

[jason1975]

No choice but to cross Surawong Road if staying at Rose, 56 Surawong, Raya or Le Meridien.

But there's a proper crossing just outside Patpong. Cars slow down for tourists to cross.

[Keithambrose]

6 hours ago, jason1975 said:

No choice but to cross Surawong Road if staying at Rose, 56 Surawong, Raya or Le Meridien.

But there's a proper crossing just outside Patpong. Cars slow down for tourists to cross.

Despite being of a certain age, I find crossing Surawong  quite easy. You just wait for a small gap, and off you go. You can even wait in the middle.  I find that the traffic is pretty forgiving.  There are indeed a couple of marked crossing by Patpong, which make it slightly easier,  if necessary.  I also find it helpful  to cross at the same time as a local, traffic even less likely  to run you down! During the height of the rush hour traffic can be stationary,  though, as mentioned, watch out for motorbikes.

[ichigo]

23 hours ago, forrestreid said:

One thing I did not like was crossing Surawong Road to get to the bars in Patpong 2. Although the Rose Hotel is probably, as the crow flies, less than 50 metres from that strip of bars, crossing Surawong Road, just at that point where the lane meets it, was surprisingly difficult. I felt very nervous trying to cross—just as the cars passed in one direction, motorbikes would follow immediately behind, and before you could even react, traffic from the opposite direction was already coming. I sometimes waited five minutes just to find a safe gap.

It might seem like a small detail, but that experience actually put me off booking the Rose again when I visited Bangkok last year. I ended up staying at Le Siam Hotel instead. (It is further away from the bars, across Silom Road,  but you can cross Silom Road using the Skytrain station)

Others have given some great advice, but I can share your sentiment completely, and usually avoid booking hotels on that side of Surawong Road (although my last trip I stayed at Le Meridien and will be staying at the Raya in my upcoming trip.. I'm just going to have to 'suck it up' as they say..)

[jason1975]

12 hours ago, ichigo said:

Others have given some great advice, but I can share your sentiment completely, and usually avoid booking hotels on that side of Surawong Road (although my last trip I stayed at Le Meridien and will be staying at the Raya in my upcoming trip.. I'm just going to have to 'suck it up' as they say..)

Raya is a good choice! In fact, if you go to 7/11 opposite it from 1am to 2am, you might see guys from bars who finished work. Most of them will happily accept an invitation to Raya hotel room!

[jason1975]

Sorry to OP who started this topic about new hotel but people ended up posting about other hotels.

I really like the sofa at bed. Maybe I will stay there in future trip.

[floridarob]

On 9/22/2025 at 6:45 PM, forrestreid said:

One thing I did not like was crossing Surawong Road to get to the bars in Patpong 2

Could order a grab, @Olddaddy taught us that.

[ichigo]

2 hours ago, jason1975 said:

Raya is a good choice! In fact, if you go to 7/11 opposite it from 1am to 2am, you might see guys from bars who finished work. Most of them will happily accept an invitation to Raya hotel room!

Good to know!