26.08.21성인4, 아이(8살-침대쉐어.무료투숙) 패밀리룸 숙박했어요. 5인 숙소 + 투어 집결지인 mbk센터 근처로 찾다가 발견한 숙소입니다. 후기가 좋아서 결정했고 가보니 왜 후기가 좋았는지 알겠더라고요. mbk센터, 시암 디스커버리, 시암파라곤 도보로 전부 갈 수 있고, 지하철 내셔널스타디움역이 바로 앞 입니다.
1층에서 언제든지 물, 주스, 커피머신(타이밀크티, 초코라떼도 있어요!)을 이용할 수 있고. 정말 맛있는 조식도 무료로 제공됩니다. (빵이 너무 맛있어서 한국 와서도 계속 생각이 나요)
저녁에 숙소에 쉬러 들어가니 잠시 기다리라고 하더니 망고찹쌀밥을 주셨어요! (서비스 최고)
제가 머무른 패밀리룸은 제일 탑층이었고 첫 날 도착해서 불을 켜자마자 화장실 근처에서 큰 벌레가 움직여서 깜짝 놀랐으나 잡아서 해결했고 그 뒤로는 괜찮았습니다. 세월이 있다보니 보수의 흔적과 발코니 창문 끝이 벌어져있는 부분들이 있었지만 (아마 벌레도 이 곳으로 들어온게 아닐까 싶습니다) 전반적으로 깨끗하게 관리되고 있다는걸 느꼈습니다.
또한 골목 안쪽이라 밤엔 조용해서 편안하게 잘 잤습니다.
좋은 추억 만들어주셔서 감사합니다 ^^
26.06.27Lady boss and her staff were really friendly and hospitable .
- provided free mineral water
- offered free breakfast which was really tasty even when we did not top up for breakfast
- the coffee machine has Thai milk tea which was very authentic and nice
- served mango sticky rice and mangosteen on our first and last day respectively .
Really felt Thai hospitality and enjoyed our stay with Nine design! ❤️
26.06.05To sum it up, the accommodation experience here is unlike any that I have experienced so far. In a very good way.
The hotel:
It is a small building with 6 level - 5 level in the building including the lobby, and 1 level on the rooftop.
Level 1 is the lobby (ground floor) where there is a reception counter, small dining area, toilet, and kitchen.
Level 2 seems to be a storage level (walked past the floor through the stairs and took a glimpse).
Level 3, 4, 5 & rooftop are rooms.
The staff told me the rooftop and one of the other floors (either level 3 or 5, can't remember) is 1 single big room occupying the whole level. I stayed at level 4 and there are only 3 rooms there.
The are both stairs and a single elevator to get you up and down. Be mindful the touch control panel outside the elevator can be finicky to use (i think you have to long press the button). Thank goodness for the physical floor level button inside!
Only the rooms and the lobby has AC. So it could get balmy while waiting for the elevator outside your room.
The dining area at lobby has a drink making machine (I think it uses instant powdered drink) that could dispense coffee, Thai milk tea, chocolate drinks, and anything in between that mixes them eg. mocha. It is free to use.
Right beside it is a small drink refrigerator with bottled drinking water in it. You may take the bottled water freely.
The room:
Squeaky clean. Literally. My shoes squeaks when they touch the room floor. The tiled floor is immaculately polished and the room overall is just sparkling clean throughout.
Do note that the provided room slippers does not work well with the floors as I have too many near miss with slipping footsteps while wearing them.
My adjacent room is occupied and I don't hear much noise from next door, yet I could hear passing vehicles and pedestrian talking at the street below. I could also hear squeaky footsteps outside the room and the elevator 'ding'.
I did not fiddle with the TV so not sure what is on the channels.
The staff:
The lady owner, Mei, speaks fluent English, and is very friendly.
There is a chubby male staff that speaks simple English, and another 2 (or 3?) female staff that do not speak English at all.
I have only met the owner on the 1st day and 2nd day, and most of interaction I've had is with the chubby male stuff and he is the star of the hotel experience.
While speaking only minimal English, he strive to communicate, and serve and make things good with guests. He serve breakfast, arrange taxis, give guidance on surrounding are, even sending laundry (and pay for it in advance!).
It is a shame that I forgot to ask his name to give him credit where it's due.
The location:
If you look up Google map, the hotel is located at what looks like an alley. While you may think it is a quiet street, it does in fact has surprising amount of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
From the main street to the hotel there are at least 3 other premises with security personnel posted outside so you should not feel unsafe walking back to the hotel at night.
From the hotel if you turn left and walk down the alley until the river bank, there are some local food stalls there to try if you are adventurous. On the river there is a bridge that crosses to the other side where there's settlements (hence the heavy pedestrian traffic). If you do not cross the bridge but turn right and walk along the river bank, you could reach Jim Thompson House from there instead of walking via the main street.
If you walk to the main street from the hotel, turn right when you reach the main street and keep walking, past the engineering institute/school, right before reaching Lotus, there is a road on your right that has variety of stalls selling all sort of local snacks and food in the morning. You would need some cash on hand though as the QR payment code at the stalls does not work for me.
If you try to call for ride share service (via Grab app) during peak traffic time, you will get a higher