The Windsor Suite is situated some distance away from the tourist traps of Sukhumvit Road, while the various shopping, restaurant and entertainment venues are still within a few minutes walk, as are Asok BTS sky-train and Sukhumvit MRT underground stations. The Windsor Suite Hotel is therefore an interesting option for travellers requiring real peace and quiet. The ModernThailand.com team invites all readers to join us as we visit the Windsor Suite Hotel to find out why it is popular with so many travellers.

Getting to the hotel

Travellers using the BTS sky-train should choose Exit No.6 out of Asok station, and follow the walkway to the Exchange Tower, where there is a stairway leading out of the station. The Windsor Suite Hotel is around 8 to 10 minutes walk from here. The distance from the main road to the hotel is short, not more than 100m.

In front of the hotel.

The hotel is conveniently located, opening onto Soi 20 at the front, and Sukhumvit Soi 18 at the rear, a shortcut to the BTS station. If you don’t wish to spend more than 8 minutes walking, try the route we have suggested.

The Hotel at a Glance

When you reach the front of the hotel, you will find that it is divided into two buildings. The wing on the left-hand side, which is around 9 storeys high and looks a little older, is the Garden Wing.

Garden Wing

Suite Wing

The prominent building in front is called the Suite Wing and boasts a modern and stylish design which naturally gives rise to comparisons with the other wing. Apart from being used as the central building for the reception of guests, the Suite Wing is also the location of the suite accommodation, as well as various hotel facilities.

The Lobby

When we enter the hotel, what surprises us the most is the grand and spacious atrium, large enough to cast our eyes around without hindrance. The ceiling is high, making the lobby seem relaxing and airy. It is almost unnecessary to use lighting in this area, as the walls and the central roof section are made from glass, and an adequate amount of natural sunlight is allowed to shine through. The central square section of the lobby is used as the Lobby Lounge, which is designed to give guests the feeling that they are relaxing among natural surroundings, decorated with sculptures and carvings.

Lobby Lounge

Lobby Lounge

The Garden Wing

We only have a little time to admire the lobby, as it’s now time to tour the accommodation. The first type of accommodation to visit is the Grand Deluxe rooms, situated in the Garden Wing. Before anything else, we should mention that the ground floor of the Garden Wing building looks significantly different to the exterior since the hotel has been renovated, both in terms of the hotel lobby and the Internet centre. As a result, the interior decor and various facilities look modern and new. In the main, guests who value privacy choose to use services here (Garden Wing), as it’s fairly quiet and not busy.

Lobby and Business Centre in the Garden wing

Grande Deluxe room

The accommodation is located on the 2^nd to 9^th floors. After visiting the Grande Deluxe Room, we feel that its strong point is its inexpensive price and 32sq.m. area, which seems quite comfortable for guests travelling in groups of two. The room looks a little out-dated and isn’t particularly eye-catching, but guests needn’t worry about damp odours or dust since parquet wooden flooring is used. Although wooden floors do not look as attractive as carpets, they are easy to clean and good for our health, as opposed to carpets which may retain dust. It may be hard to find rooms with wooden flooring in newly-opened or renovated hotels as the cost of wood is currently rising significantly. The rooms look generally very clean.

Grande Deluxe room

Grande Deluxe room

Although the bathroom is not large, the corner position of the hand basin and the shiny glazed floor and wall tiles help to create a more relaxing environment. The bathroom provides a bath and standard amenities.

Grande Deluxe Bathroom

The Suite Wing

Let’s move on to the Suite Wing, which is the real point of interest in terms of accommodation. All rooms are suites, and offer the hotel’s distinctive style of interior decor. We had the opportunity to visit two types of room in the Suite Wing: the Counselor Suite and the Minister Suite. Both types of room are located on the 15^th to 30^th floors.

The Counselor Suite

Let’s begin with the Counselor Suite. The room has an area of 45sq.m., considered very spacious. The bedroom takes up around two thirds of the total area, while the living room is somewhat smaller. Most of the amenities are located in the living room, whether it be the desk, minibar, chairs or sofa-bed, in the event that a room for three is reserved. The room is fitted with a smooth, soft carpet.

Counselor Suite

Living area in Counselor Suite

View from the Counselor Suite

The bathroom’s design is very luxurious and clean.

The Minister Suite

After this, we move on to visit the Minister Suite, which at first glance cannot easily be differentiated from the Counsellor Suite, since the only points that make the Minister Suite superior and more expensive are its 50sq.m. area and the fact that every room is positioned in a corner of the building, providing a 180 degree panorama of the city. Thus, if guests would like a room with a striking city view, we would recommend the Minister Suite.

Minister Suite

Living area in Minister Suite

View from the Minister Suite

As far as we know, Minister Suites are also available in the Garden Wing. The rooms in the Garden Wing provide parquet wooden flooring, while all those in the Suite Wing are carpeted.

The Diplomat Suite

The Diplomat Suite deserves some comment, even though we did not visit this type of room since they were all in use at the time. However, the hotel staff provided us some information regarding its in-room facilities, which are identical to those of the Counsellor Suite, although it offers a slightly smaller area of 40sq.m. The Diplomat Suites are located on the lower floors, from the 3^rd to the 10^th, whereas rooms on higher floors offer a clearer view of the cityscape. We are unable to comment on the condition inside the room or its interior design, as we have not yet visited this type of room.

Selection of room type will depend on guests’ budgets and individual preferences, but our personal choice would be the Counselor Suite, since the standard of accommodation is comparable to that of the Minister Suite while being less expensive, and also as good as the Diplomat Suite.

The swimming pool

When speaking of the various hotel facilities, we have to admit that they are comprehensive. Therefore, if travellers choose to stay here and would like better value, we would suggest using the hotel facilities, especially on the 14^th floor. We especially recommend the swimming pool, and are able to say with authority that it’s unique, especially in terms of its astonishing size, the likes of which would be hard to find in other hotels in the central Sukhumvit area.

The pool has an eye-catching resort-style design encircled by trees, making you feel as if you are relaxing in a natural environment, yet still offering a beautiful cityscape panorama. Even more extraordinary is that if you swim underwater, you will hear underwater music. Wow, fantastic!

The swimming pool

The swimming pool

On the edge of the pool is a pool bar, constructed in the form of a Thai-style pavilion to cater to guests. The pool bar is an attractive corner of the hotel in which to relax, and the swimming pool’s opening hours are from 7am to 8pm.

The swimming pool

There is also quite a large children’s pool tiled exclusively in marble in order to cater to family guests.

Other Facilities

Next up are facilities provided for health-lovers, consisting of a three room fitness centre and an aerobic dance room with a trainer to provide close supervision. When guests are tired and sweaty after their work-out, they may use the steam and sauna rooms, which are also located on this floor. I should let you know in advance that guests using the fitness centre must also pay a service charge.

Fitness Centre and Aerobic Room

Neva Spa

On the 12^th floor is the Neva Spa, another renowned facility of this hotel. The Neva Spa is large and beautifully-designed. When we walk in, we feel a high level of relaxation and privacy.

Neva Spa

Each room is spacious and airy, and not restricted in terms of size. Some of the decorations, receptacles and other items in the rooms illustrate the beauty of latter-day Thai art. Only a few interspersed sections are designed in a modern style, although as a whole, the interior decor is pleasant.

Neva Spa

The Restaurant

The hotel has three restaurants. Firstly, the Golden Palace, a Chinese restaurant located on the 2^nd floor, offers a buffet, as well as a la carte and set menus. Then there’s the Youzen, a Japanese restaurant located on the ground floor of the Garden Wing serving a buffet lunch and dinner. If guests reserve a room with buffet breakfast, however, they will dine in the Windsor Café, which is located on the ground floor of the Suite Wing and is a large restaurant seating up to 250 guests, 24 hours a day. We have taken photos of the interior of the Windsor Café, so that you may see it clearly.

Windsor Cafe

Of course, the hotel also offers other facilities standard in large hotels, such as the many conference, reception and seminar rooms in a variety of sizes catering to groups of business people and guests. Most of the conference rooms are located on the 10th to 14^th floors. They are highly favoured by guests and considered the highlight of the hotel.

We must bring our visit to the Windsor Suite Hotel to a close; however, we sincerely hope that our review will be beneficial for tourists looking for a place to stay in the heart of Bangkok. Most importantly, we would like to thank the Windsor Suite Hotel and hotel staff for allowing us the opportunity to visit, assisting our tour, and providing much helpful information.
If we have printed any erroneous information, we apologize in advance.

After visiting many hotels in the Sukhumvit area, most that we present are medium to large in size, so this time we have decided to find a small hotel recommended by former guests. The FuramaXclusive Sukhumvit should please travellers looking for a boutique-style hotel with suitable room rates.

The surrounding area

The hotel’s location in Sukhumvit Soi 1 is not bad at all, as it lies in the Nana area, a centre for restaurants, tourism and shopping, which is particularly popular among tourists. The FuramaXclusive Sukhumvit would be an especially suitable choice for those looking for accommodation not far from Bumrungrad Hospital, as it is within 5 minutes walking distance. The walk from Phloen Chit BTS sky-train station, the nearest to the hotel, took 10 minutes according to my calculations. The hotel is located not more than 500m into the side-street, which is lined on both sides with shops of various kinds, such as minimarts, translation companies, tour operators, laundry shops and so on. However, this street isn’t as busy as Soi 3 or Soi 5, and is therefore relatively quiet in comparison.

Sukhumvit Soi 1 – relatively quiet.

Sukhumvit Soi 1

The Hotel at a Glance

The hotel’s exterior is designed in the style of a modern condominium. Its height and size are perhaps not the hotel’s strongest points, as it stands only 10 storeys high and offers only 98 rooms in total. The ground floor is designed as a shopping venue, and the lobby is on the second floor, differing to other hotels whose lobbies are located on the ground floor. Customers may use the outside stairs or elevators to access the lobby if they wish.

The hotel front

The hotel front

The Hotel Lobby

Even though the lobby seems long and narrow, and not as grand as in large hotels, its design and decorations help to create a pleasant atmosphere, especially if you sit and relax on the velvet sofas in the reception area, which give a soft and luxurious feel. Wherever you look, the hotel is sophisticated, and the lobby is an appetizer for what the hotel has to offer.

The lobby area, located on the 2nd floor.

The reception area.

The Accommodation

The main course can only be the accommodation. The rooms here are classified into 3 types: Superior, Deluxe and Corner. After visiting each type of room, we found that the similarity between the Superior, Deluxe and Corner rooms was their modern, elegant and stylish interior decor. All rooms offer new and appealing amenities, and are well-designed. On the subject of cleanliness, we would have to say that the rooms were spotless, and free from dampness. This kind of comfort makes us feel like we are staying in our own home. The rooms are full of amenities, like serviced apartments; for example, a 29″ TV, refrigerator, kitchenette, sofa, tea and coffee-making equipment, iron and ironing board, safe deposit box, work desk, bathrobe, hairdryer and so on, which all make the room seem very good value. There is also a small balcony from which guests may enjoy the view outside, although as far as we could see, the view is ordinary, since the hotel is not very high and located on a side-street. If you would like a better view from your window, you must choose a room at the rear of the hotel, from which you can see as far as the toll way without the obstruction of tall buildings.

The bathrooms are all the same, whether in terms of size or design. All rooms provide baths and comprehensive amenities.

The Superior bathroom

The Superior bathroom

The Superior Rooms

Now let’s explore further, and consider how the various types of room differ. One obvious difference is the varying room sizes. Superior rooms have an area of 35sq.m., and are located on the 3^rd floor to the 10^th floor, the hotel’s top floor.
The Superior room is the cheapest and most common type of room in the hotel, with 78 rooms available.

The Superior room

The Superior room

Facilities in the Superior room.

Facilities in the Superior room.

The Deluxe and Corner Rooms

Deluxe rooms have an area of 40sq.m., and are slightly more expensive, while Corner rooms are the largest with an area of 45sq.m., all of which are located in one of the corners of the hotel.
Both Deluxe and Corner rooms are located on the 3^rd to 7^th floors, and are few in number.

The Deluxe & Corner rooms

The Deluxe & Corner rooms

The Deluxe room and in-room facilities, which are the same as in the Corner room.

A window view from a room at the rear of the hotel.

If you asked us to comment on which type of room was the best and offered the most value,
we would have to say that they were all equally good, as the standard and quality of all room types is the same. However, if we consider room space, Superior rooms are more suitable for those travelling in groups of two, while the Deluxe and Corner rooms for those travelling in groups of 3 or as families.

The Facilities

If the hotel facilities were a dessert, the selection would be limited, but the service would be free. Although the facilities are few in number, and the space allocated to them restricted, the benefit of being able to use them free of charge is greatly appreciated by guests.

The first facility that we visited was the swimming pool, which was not very large but beautifully designed, offering a suitable level of privacy for relaxation. In addition, there is also a fitness room with a capacity of around 7-8 guests, a sauna and a steam room.

Jacuzzi Swimming Pool

Swimming Pool

The fitness room, with a capacity of approximately 7 to 8 guests.

The 5^th floor corridor – spotlessly clean

The La Cuisine Restaurant

We then proceeded to the 2^nd floor in search of a relaxing cold drink at the La Cuisine Restaurant, the only eatery in the hotel. The La Cuisine is open 24 hours a day and seats 60 guests. The buffet breakfast is available from 6am to noon, and the restaurant offers an excellent atmosphere and comfortable surroundings.

The La Cuisine Restaurant

The La Cuisine Restaurant

To add one final point, the free wireless Internet service may be accessed throughout the hotel,
and those who don’t bring their own laptops may rent one at the front reception on this floor.

After hearing guests’ comments about various aspects of the Manhattan Hotel,
we took the liberty of requesting the permission of the hotel to make a visit
in order to draft an article. As soon as we exited Asok BTS skytrain station,
we headed for Sukhumvit Soi 15, which took only a little over 3 minutes’ walk
to reach. The Manhattan Hotel was around 100 metres into Soi 15, and altogether
it must have taken less than 5 minutes.

The surrounding area

Those who appreciate ease of travel will be pleased to hear this,
as the hotel is situated near the main road, not far into the soi.
We didn’t see many shops near the hotel, and the atmosphere was nice
and quiet, not too busy or noisy. It wouldn’t be a bad idea at all
to stay in this area. Before stepping inside, shall we have a look
at the hotel from the outside a little? The hotel is a large, square,
well-designed and decorated building of approximately 9 storeys,
and looks as though it may have been open for quite a long time.

The hotel lobby

As soon as we enter the hotel, we find the lobby area, which in general
is quite spacious. It is divided into three sections:
the front reception, Internet centre and foot massage parlour.

Front reception area.

Guest seating in the lobby area.

Internet centre in the lobby area.

Foot massage in the lobby area.

The Restaurants

There are also two restaurants in the hotel serving guests around the clock. The Broadway
Coffee Shop is situated on the front right side of the hotel, next to the front reception,
and offers guests a buffet breakfast and general menu. The restaurant
is decorated in a simple style and is spacious, but not luxurious or eye-catching.

The Broadway Coffee Shop.

The Jin Seng Korean restaurant

The Jin Seng Korean restaurant, however, which is situated on the front
left side of the hotel, has a much better atmosphere than the Broadway Coffee
Shop, as it is decorated in a modern style and the tables and chairs are
arranged in corners, creating a feeling of privacy.

The Jin Seng Restaurant.

The Jin Seng Restaurant.

The Room

There are a total of 203 hotel rooms, located on the 3^rd to 9^th floors. Guests staying on the higher floors at the front of the hotel are lucky, as they are offered a clear view of the city, and views from rooms on the lower floors are less impressive. Superior, Executive and Deluxe rooms are generally preferred by guests, and we were very disappointed to learn that we would be unable to visit the Superior room due to lack of availability. This type of room is very
popular with guests, so we had especially wanted to make a visit.

Therefore, we only had the opportunity to visit two types of room:
the Executive and the Deluxe. However, we can sum up briefly that,
according to the hotel staff, Executive rooms are in fact Superior rooms
which have been renovated. The extra features of the Executive room
are the tea and coffee facilities, dressing gowns and bathroom slippers.
Apart from this, the Superior and Executive rooms are the same, both in
their area of 28sq.m. and their amenities. Which type of room guests choose to stay in will depend on their budget.

The Executive Room

If guests decide to stay in the Executive room in order to benefit from the newer and smarter
room and amenities, they must of course pay more. Interest in the Superior rooms lies in their
availability and very inexpensive rates. Although some features have been improved,
those features which have yet to be renovated leave something to be desired.

Executive Room

Executive Room

Let’s make a brief visit to the Executive bathroom. Guests will have to put up
with the bathroom a little, as there isn’t much room. This may be because it includes
a bathtub, which makes the area seem a little smaller.

Executive bathroom

The Deluxe room

Let’s continue to the Deluxe room. This type of room is better than we’ve seen in
other hotels, in that it features a private living room area separate from the bedroom;
in fact, it would be better if this design were called a ‘Suite’. The room size and
amenities are the same as the Executive room, but the Deluxe provides TVs both in the
bedroom and the living area. In general, the room is clean, and the various amenities
in the room are new, evidence that the room has recently been renovated.

Deluxe room

Deluxe room

Although we did not praise the interior décor in the bathroom, as it seemed a little
too simple, but if we consider the size of the bathroom, we can confirm that it is really
spacious, with easily enough room for 3 people. The bathroom provides both a shower and a
bathtub.

Deluxe Bathroom

In summary then, the Deluxe, with an area of 34 sq.m. and its in-room amenities, should
not fail to please guests, especially those travelling as families or requiring a room for
3 people. It’s a pity that this type of room is limited in number to only 2 rooms per floor,
so our advice is to make reservations well in advance.

The hotel facilities

The hotel offers quite an array of facilities. In addition to the restaurant, Internet
centre and foot massage parlour located on the ground floor, the second floor offers more
leisure facilities, such as a fitness centre, salon and massage and treatment parlour.

The fitness centre is in the same area as the Thai Massage Parlour.

Salon Room

On the 2nd floor are two more shops: a souvenir shop and a jewellery shop.

The swimming pool

The swimming pool is situated on the 3^rd floor, and is designed in a heart-shape.
Do we feel romantic when we see it? I’m afraid not, but it looks cute. The pool is
medium-sized and surrounded by small and large plants, providing a fresh and shady
atmosphere. The water is very clear and appealing.

The heart-shape swimming pool.

massage & treatment

As far as we have seen, the pride of the hotel must be the massage and treatment parlour,
which is very popular with guests, especially the foot massage and traditional Thai massage
services. The hotel staff is very proud of this, and we didn’t disagree, as merely the
atmosphere and soft aroma made us feel drowsy and start yawning.

Thai Massage