The Best Cheap Hotels to Book in Bangkok, Thailand
Planning your trip to the Thai capital? Book a cool, budget-friendly base in Bangkok via Culture Trip – and enjoy value for money as well as high style. Read on to discover our guide to the best affordable hotels in Bangkok.
With more than ten million citizens and approximately 22.7 million international visitors arriving in Bangkok each year, the Thai capital is throbbing with energy. And while its reputation as a backpacker’s party paradise is not undeserved, its 200 years of history mean there is more to Thailand‘s capital city than neon lights and buckets of SangSom rum. Along with its historic temples, Muay Thai shows and delicious street food, many of Bangkok’s best hotels come with their own storied charms. Below, we’ve picked out the best budget-friendly hotels Bangkok has to offer and they’re all bookable with Culture Trip.
103 – Bed and Brews
Hotel
Its name may seem more suited to the lingo of northern England, but this budget-friendly hotel in Soi Nana actually takes its inspiration from Bangkok’s long-established Chinese community. Once it was home to a Chinese merchant, but you’ll no longer find traditional herbal medicines for sale here. Although, its Sino-Thai touches offer plenty of nods to the venue’s former use. The cafe is a prime example, modelled on a traditional Chinese tea room and offering green tea alongside Thai-grown Arabica coffee.
Amari Watergate
Eco Hotel, Hotel
This towering five-star hotel in Pratunam comes with some of the best views of Bangkok, especially if your budget stretches to an executive suite on the top floor. Guests also have access to an outdoor pool, squash courts and personal training or group classes at the eighth-floor gym. If you’re peckish, head to the fourth floor where you’ll be able to enjoy the vibrant Amaya Food Gallery. It’s busy with hawker stalls and made-to-order chef stations turning out delicious street food from all over the world.
The Continent
Independent Hotel
There’s no doubting the headline act at this 153-room modern hotel on Sukhumvit Road. The high-rise infinity pool is bordered by crystal clear panels, giving the impression that the water is trickling down into the cityscape below. It’s a sign of the hotel’s attention to detail, which can also be seen in the room and floor themes that provide additional charm and personality. Each space adheres to either a lunar, ocean, desert or forest motif, while each floor is aligned to an international city with accompanying photographs. It’s a cool place indeed.
Riva Surya
Hotel
Phranakorn-Nornlen Hotel
Eco Hotel, Hotel, Boutique Hotel
Buddy Lodge
Hostel
The impressively equipped Buddy Health Centre comes stocked with everything required to get your Muay Thai career up and running, although cocktails at the hotel’s rooftop pool may prove more appealing. Given its location – at the entrance to the revellers’ hub of Khaosan Road – the rooms are perhaps unexpectedly elegant, including four-poster beds, writing bureaus and ornate emerald desk lamps. We love the 24-hour Buddy Beer bar, serving everything from Chang to Beer Lao on tap.
Marriott Hotel Sukhumvit
Hotel
Siam@Siam
Boutique Hotel, Budget Hotel
It describes itself as a design hotel – and at Siam@Siam the rooms and suites all live up to the billing with walls treated like artwork canvases. Most of the accommodations are decorated in either a steely blue or warm orange tone, and all come with complimentary toiletries from Malin + Goetz and Panpuri. Opt for the terrace suite and you’ll enjoy your own private sauna, infrared room and jacuzzi. If there’s a local football match on, head to the 11th-floor outdoor pool for a bonus view of the national stadium.
Shanghai Mansion Bangkok
Hotel
Located in the very heart of Bangkok’s Chinatown, this cool, budget hotel sends its guests back to 1930s Shanghai with its stylish art deco-inspired good looks. The pastel-pink corridors with hanging lanterns deserve their own Instagram account, as does the giant roman-numeral clock in the lounge. Rooms step out glamorously with fancy four-poster beds and freestanding bathtubs, while silk bed cushions and red-dragon wallpaper continue the theme. The signature massage at the Burasari spa is a fusion of traditional Thai massage and Swedish techniques.
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This is a rewrite of an article originally by Paul Feinstein.