King Royal Garden Inn

Has anyone stayed at King Royal Garden Inn near Surasak BTS?? I see it is recommended on the UtopiaAsia site as gay friendly. There's only one comment there from a year ago and nothing about joiners. http://kingroyalgarden.com/

Why not consider the Om Yin Lodge which is 100% gay and just a few steps from Chong Nonsi BTS station? http://www.omyimgroup.com/

Arthritis means I need a lift not a place thats only a walk up nd that doesnt mean Im asking for suggestions Im asking about this specific hotel.

[krobbie]

I don't wish to be unpleasant but before you consider this place read what people are saying on the internet. You could start with this:

http://www.agoda.com/asia/thailand/bang ... views.html (http://www.agoda.com/asia/thailand/bangkok/king_royal_garden_inn_hotel/reviews.html)

Good luck with that. Cheap is as cheap does. Location in Sathorn is okay as it right by Surasak. Might I suggest:

http://www.agoda.com/asia/thailand/bang ... hotel.html (http://www.agoda.com/asia/thailand/bangkok/astera_hotel.html)

Also in Sathorn but one stop further on and closer to the river which gives a nicer outlook. I have stayed here many times and been pretty happy on the whole and I am a picky bastard. Most of the rooms have just had a makeover.

Unfortunately I was a bit disappointed with a couple of elements over my few weeks at XChristmas on the top floor (doesn't mean better ... just higher), so when I am back in May/June I am off to this place:

http://www.agoda.com/asia/thailand/bang ... dence.html (http://www.agoda.com/asia/thailand/bangkok/sathorn_grace_serviced_residence.html)

I like my pool in the wet season as it's stinking hot and also the plus with this place is I will be able to do the laundry as it has its own washer dryer set-up in the larger rooms and the kitchenette. I prefer to do my own breakfast, as that is usually a bone of contention in the lower end of the market (which is simply all I can afford).

Although this place is not close to the BTS they have their own tuk tuk shuttle to Surasak BTS and on the way home I will simply have to take a cab to the front door of the hotel. I also have a disability, although not arthritis. As I said, I'm picky so I have done my homework and scouted this place out from all others and Sathorn is my area of choice.

Cheers
krobbie

Arthritis means I need a lift not a place thats only a walk up nd that doesnt mean Im asking for suggestions Im asking about this specific hotel.

If you'd made that clear in the first place I would not have wasted my timer trying to help you. Looks like your choice is a dump anyway.

[Beachlover]

Yeah it does look like a dump to me but the rooms are in the 1,000-1,500 baht range which is peanuts...

Tripadvisor has good and bad reviews but doesn't sound overly negative: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review ... ml#REVIEWS (http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g293916-d1602163-Reviews-or10-King_Royal_Garden_Inn-Bangkok.html#REVIEWS)

There are plenty of other good budget hotels in the area I'd stay in over this one.

[dab69]

There are plenty of other good budget hotels in the area I'd stay in over this one.


HUGE advantage right there for King Royal Garden

[Beachlover]

The bone of contention in regards the breakfast buffet is the pale cold pork sausage, cold fried eggs, tea which hardly passes for tea as it is so weak etc etc.

I prefer to make my own in my kitchenette. Supermarket is always my first stop after I unpack. Coconut yoghurt, fresh fruit, honeyed corn flakes, eggs, bread for toasting and other breakfast goodies and all made in my/pour own time.
Krobbie, one thing I've found is many budget and mid-tier hotels in Thailand offer a really bland and uninspiring Western breakfast. When I see this kind of breakfast I tend to go for the Thai options like fried rice and noodles etc. which are usually cooked ok and are far more appetizing to me than a badly made Western breakfast.

The only Western breakfasts I really enjoy at all, in Thailand are the ones they serve at high-end hotels.

Your spread sounds delicious... fresh fruit and muesli drizzled with yogurt, poached eggs benedict, maybe some sausages, mushrooms, tomato... that's the stuff!

[Jason1988]

The bone of contention in regards the breakfast buffet is the pale cold pork sausage, cold fried eggs, tea which hardly passes for tea as it is so weak etc etc.

I understand completely!

I'm an early riser and I like a nice breakfast. Over the years I've noticed that even the better hotels such as the Amari Orchid, Royal Garden (that is now the Marriott Resort), Royal Cliff and others aren't maintaining the quality of their breakfast buffets. Much of the food sits around too long and isn't as hot as I'd like it to be. Over the Christmas holiday I stayed at the Marriott Resort and the buffet breakfast was not up to the usual standards. Now, they don't bother to offer fresh orange juice (it's from a can), the eggs were prepared in an awful tasting oil, the bacon was not cooked very well - very limp, the sausages steamed and the fresh fruit selections were marginal. Thailand has so many excellent fruits that there is just no excuse for that!

I probably should take a room with cooking facilities on my next visit in April. I'm a fan of quality over quantity so a huge buffet of crap doesn't interest me.

[Beachlover]

Yeah, if you're going to stick to a Western breakfast then it's either feast or famine when it comes to these hotel breakfasts most of the time!

The breakfast at the Patong Bay Garden (mid-tier) in Phuket is pretty terrible unless you eat Thai/Asian food (which is what I do).

Compare that to the spread at the Dusit Thani in Bangkok (one example) where you have beautifully prepared gourmet sausages, salads, hash browns, grilled mushrooms, eggs done whatever way you want, smoked salmon, yogurts, dim sims, sushi, quiches, pastries, bacon, pancakes and a huge spread of fruits - mangos, watermelons, paw paw, jackfruit, blueberries... pretty much anything you could possibly want.

Why can't here be a middle ground?

[dab69]

Urban dictionary quote "Dim Sim
A small parcel of meat and vegetables, wrapped in a type of pastry. Can be deep fried or steamed. Often served with soy sauce. Common in Australian Fish & Chip shops. Rumoured to contain chopped up cat, but never proven."

hehehe

"An asian person who isn't very bright hence calling them Dim Sim.
Your just a dim sim!

Your such a dim sim, you don't even know what country your from!

Oh my God, you dim sim, can't you tell the difference between left or right!

You freakin' dim sim, learn to sms properly!"

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... =dim%20sim (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dim%20sim)


maybe because of the rope learning?

[thonglor55]

I've always found "Western" breakfasts in Bangkok hotels and restaurants to be a waste of money. You get an over-cooked (ie. brittle) tiny rasher of bacon an a runny egg or two, with gut-rotting white bread toast. And why the Thais imagine that a butter knife is used to spread butter on one's toast completely eludes me. The point of the butter knife, since it is often shared, is to avoid using your own knife to slice pieces off butter. Especially if you are in the midst of eating and have used your knife to cut other parts of your dinner, using your personal knife to cut butter is a faux pas. A butter knife is used to cut a personal serve of butter from the common butter and move it to one's own plate. A standard knife is then use to move the butter from the plate to the bread. People are really so common these days.

[Jason1988]

I've always found "Western" breakfasts in Bangkok hotels and restaurants to be a waste of money. You get an over-cooked (ie. brittle) tiny rasher of bacon an a runny egg or two, with gut-rotting white bread toast. And why the Thais imagine that a butter knife is used to spread butter on one's toast completely eludes me. The point of the butter knife, since it is often shared, is to avoid using your own knife to slice pieces off butter. Especially if you are in the midst of eating and have used your knife to cut other parts of your dinner, using your personal knife to cut butter is a faux pas. A butter knife is used to cut a personal serve of butter from the common butter and move it to one's own plate. A standard knife is then use to move the butter from the plate to the bread. People are really so common these days.


Present company excluded, of course!
:laughing3:

[fedssocr]

not to further derail this thread, but the quality of breakfast really depends on where you stay.

It's been my experience that places like le Meridien or the Sukhothai have fantastic Western breakfasts. These days I usually stay at Siri Sathorn. Breakfast there is good but not the greatest.

[Beachlover]

Fedssocr... Agree with what you say but those places you mention are 5-star hotels. They have to supply a quality Western breakfast or else...

Most Western breakfast complaints are to do with the mid-market and budget hotels.

[thonglor55]

Agree with what you say but those places you mention are 5-star hotels. They have to supply a quality Western breakfast or else... That's arguable, beachlover. I breakfasted recently with a friend at Imperial Queens Park near me on Sukhumvit which would regard itself as 5-star and the Eggs Benedict (http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thekneadforbread.com/wp-content/uploads/eggs_benedict_2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.blass.com.au/definitions/eggs%2520benedict&h=536&w=450&sz=42&tbnid=Q-HoU9LhS8YzlM:&tbnh=132&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deggs%2Bbenedict&zoom=1&q=eggs+benedict&usg=__n4TalRAOXcOzLzUCyVisupLSB0c=&sa=X&ei=CV5sTcXCEoK8vQPjtvHbBA&ved=0CEIQ9QEwBg) was execrable - hard eggs, brown cheese, white bread (should be a muffin or similar) and worst of all, french fries. The hotel couldn't understand the problem! The dining room has been going downhill a lot recently and even your fellow Australians at Quaintarse have given up using it as their crew dormitory in Bangkok.