Bangkok, Thailand
The Athenee Hotel stands on Wireless Road in Bangkok’s embassy district, on the grounds of the Kandhavas Palace, a short walk from Phloen Chit Skytrain station.
Our team recommends
The Skytrain is three to five minutes away on foot, which matters in Bangkok traffic, and Central Embassy and Lumphini Park are close by. The lobby is classic, with a sweeping staircase, a great chandelier and a black piano at its centre.
Our Royal Club King Room was refined and traditional, with panelled walls, a marble bathroom and Byredo products. We arrived to towel elephants on the bed, local fruit and a chessboard of chocolates with a handwritten card.
The club lounge on the 26th floor serves afternoon tea and an evening spread generous enough for dinner, looking down over Wireless Road. For breakfast, we’d go down to Rain Tree Café for the full buffet.
Lunch at The House of Smooth Curry, royal Thai cooking with ingredients from local farmers, was one of our most memorable meals in Bangkok. On the fourth floor, the pool curves around a Thai pavilion, with a garden beside it and the gym and spa close by.
What stayed with us most was the staff, warm and relaxed, as if friends were looking after us.
From our guests
Our team recommends
Our team found it right for a city stay built around meetings, dining and shopping, rather than temple-hopping in the old town.
From our guests
Our guests write most about the service, the dining and the pool.
From our guests
Most of our guests stay in an Athenee Room with a king bed.
Our team recommends
For the club lounge, book a Royal Club room. Ours was a Royal Club King Room: a Royal Room, one step up from the Athenee Room, with lounge access.
For a separate living room, choose the One-Bedroom Royal Club Suite, which comes with the same lounge. A family fits best in the two-bedroom theme suites, each drawn from an era of Thai royal history, with a king bedroom, a second room with two double beds and a separate dining room. We’d single out the Ruen Thai Suite, panelled in wood like a Thai house of the Ayutthaya period.
From our guests
A top-notch hotel, from the service to the dining, the pool and the executive lounge … Housekeeping was also extremely friendly and professional in making up our room. Special thanks to the bellboys, who held the lift for us, and to the concierge, who arranged all my spa appointments.
With every stay
What the program adds to your stay.
Tell us your dates and who’s coming, and we take it from there. Within one business day we confirm your room, the program’s benefits and your requests with the hotel.
Would you like a Royal Club room, a table at The House of Smooth Curry or a place in one of the hotel’s daily workshops? We’ll arrange it before you arrive.
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