Advise on hotel
 

Hi guys. Going BKK late this month and I'm about to book hotel. Been looking at some located around Silom, such as Tower Inn, Pinnacle, Tarntawan, Silom Serene. Anyone here have some good advise? Looking for a hotel allowing taking guys back to the room and with friendly staff. Please give me some help! :confused:

no problem with the pinnacle. i stayed at the pinnacle last year and had guys come to the hotel and come right up to the room.

Hotels in the Silom area that won't allow you to take boys to your room are extremely rare. Any of the ones you mentioned would think it odd if you didn't take a boy to your room.

Morten,

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I've just come back from Bangkok and stayed in the Tarntawan - fantastic hotel. It's well situated and you can take boys back no problem - they have a guard on at night who takes the boy's id card and when the boy leaves (as they usually do)you get a phone call to your room asking whether everything is ok - service or what!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

Once again I'm moved to mention the Tower Inn, 533 Silom Road. If you book through the internet it is Bt1600 and that includes buffet breakfast. No hassle taking back friends. It is easy walking distance to Patpong.

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but when I stay in hotels and take boys back, I also take them downstairs afterwards while they collect their IDs to save them the embarrasemnet of being detained while some guard calls your room to see if everything's ok.

I am staying at the Pinnacle right now. A superior room with breakfast for 2 costs only US$22 book-able from planetholiday.com

A bus stop is on the main road, about 100 yards from the hotel. Most buses that stop here go to Silom and take only 3-5 minutes!

OK, I don't feel at all well with hot and humid weather in Bangkok at the moment so I choose to sleep in an air-conditioned room in a hotel. My parent seem to understand me as I promise to have dinners with them almost every day. :eek: :eek:

Who want to be a millionaire?...ooop..sorry...who want to get up in the morning and have breakfast with me? :D

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Jtrack, you sound like a real gentleman! You are handsome too! I wonder why you don't want to have a boyfriend :rolleyes:, given you are not into a one-night-only fling. Sorry and please forgive me for being too personal.

[ June 16, 2002: Message edited by: Thai Guy ]

Hotel experiences..
 

Over the last few years I've been checking out quite some of the so-called gayfriendly hotels in Bkk, here some short notes:

* Swiss Lodge:

Nice personal, first-class Hotel, very nice and big minibars in room, small swimming pool, good location, expensive

* Tarntawan Place:

Smiliar to Swiss Lodge, but I'd prefer Swiss Lodge in this sort of price range; Tarntawan has no pool on its own; breakfast 24hrs, included in room rate (even american breakfast); free internet use in lobby

* Malaysia Hotel:

Uncomplicated, cheap hotel, boys to off in the coffee shop, excellent food in Malai Coffee Shop; quite big pool; but seems not really safe/secure (bad experiences with credit cards left in suitcase in room).

* Pinnacle Lumpinee:

Excellent value for money. Nice staff, location near Malaysia Hotel and Babylon; nice rooftop whirlpool; best deal in Silom for me.

* Tower Inn:

Big rooms, nice rooftop pool, furniture in rooms quite run-down, double the price of the pinnacle, but not really better.

* Babylon Barracks:

Baronness Suites very nicely decorated, very nice views from there, but too expensive (3500bt up); Standard rooms not bathroom, no minibar, too expensive for value offering (1000bt).

* Chatra Court Appartements:

Best deal for me in Sukhumvit area (betw. Soi 15 and 19) - very personal, feel at home. Studio rooms big (about 35-40sqm), big fridge, kitchenette, nice pool with no people using it ;-). Gay operated.

Hotel around Silom - well, I stayed at Tarntawan Place earlier this year, and I give it the thumbs up for several reasons.
It is located right near the major gay venues, yet it is a quiet place to stay.
It is within walking distance of Babylon :-)
It is gay owned and the staff are great.
The breakfast waiter is CUTE.
Security is excellent, yet the staff are discreet.
It is reasonably priced considering it's excellent location.
Taking "friends" back to the room is hassle free.
The rooms are a decent size, very clean, room service is good. Perhaps the only negative is that there are no room safes.

Tarntawan Place
 

The Tarntawan within "walking distance" to Babylon?! Wow, you must be really a sportsman! hehe

Most direct walking route from Tarntawan Place to Babylon, via Suan Phlu, is 3.3kms. Via Sathorn soi 1, it's 3.7kms.

There we go - 3.3 kms. Just a gentle stroll.:o

I still stand by my old favourite: SalaDaeng Place.
http://www.asiatravel.com/thailand/saladang/index.html

Prices have gone up to 2,300 bh a night. But the rooms are huge, decent breakfasts, a short 2 KM walk from Babylon and right opp DJ Station/Freeman. Not to mention the mostly affluent Asian gay crowd there and the wild parties/orgies every night.

All the other places incl Pinnacle, Silom Serene and Tower Inn are quite some walk away from the regular gay haunts ie Soi 4 bars/Skytrain/Babylon. The Tarntawan Place has nothing else going for it besides its gay friendliness. The rooms/facilities are smaller and run-down. The location is all wrong being in the middle of Suriwong and way too far from anything fun. And at the prices you pay there, you're better off in the Tower Inn or some other non-gay upmarket hotel.

If you're looking for just raunchy fun around the clock and not too particular about the rooms, try staying at the Babylon Barracks for a few days or the weekend(read the other concurrent thread).

Pnnacle and Booking with Jimmy is hte best deal for the money in Bangkok.

Happy Hunting,

jess