Gayest straight hotel in Thailand

[pandorasbox-old]

I know there are numerous hotels for the gay visitor to Thailand and most have had reviews posted on this forum.
What I would like to know is what, in the opinion of the board members, is the gayest straight hotel in Thailand.
By this I mean which hotel is not only gay friendly but the staff are "welcoming" to their guests.

I have already tried the Tarntawan.

[danny99]

I know there are numerous hotels for the gay visitor to Thailand and most have had reviews posted on this forum.
What I would like to know is what, in the opinion of the board members, is the gayest straight hotel in Thailand.
By this I mean which hotel is not only gay friendly but the staff are "welcoming" to their guests.

I have already tried the Tarntawan.

Probably The Pinnacle, certainly the sauna on the swimming pool level is mixed but very 'friendly'.

Although a recent stay at the 'renovated' Rose on Suriwongse, which has always been very gay friendly [being in its previous life one of the many R & R short/long time stay venues] did provide some surprises at their discreet sauna in the gents change rooms at their stylish swimming pool. A couple of Japanese straight boys who just could not say no.

[lonelywombat]

I know there are numerous hotels for the gay visitor to Thailand and most have had reviews posted on this forum.
What I would like to know is what, in the opinion of the board members, is the gayest straight hotel in Thailand.
By this I mean which hotel is not only gay friendly but the staff are "welcoming" to their guests.

I have already tried the Tarntawan.

OMG can you be serious Tarntawan a straight hotel

What are you? A troll.

Over the years I have been coming to LOS the straightest hotel I have stayed in and was treated without discrimination

is The Royal Cliff .I have bought go go boys back on motorbikes, I have had hotel limos pick me up in Boyztown

with a boy in tow, I have used the hotel limo to take a boy home and often used the limo to go to the gay beach and

pick me up at a prearranged time.

I have never been embarrassed at breakfast/ brunch or at the pool. In the restaurants my guests have always been

made welcome, regardless of how well dressed they might be. This might sound a little snobbish but some thai boys do

not have expensive clothes, it has never been an issue

If I like a boy and keep him long time The Grill Room is always acceptable even if he only eats thai. They love steak.

I stay at Royal Cliff as they have packages off season that are very attractive

In Bangkok the Sofitel Silom was repeat was a favourite. The prices even through asia-rooms have tripled in 12 months

Some friends claim Dusit and Oriental are also gay friendly.

Some friends claim Dusit and Oriental are also gay friendly.
Several years ago -- actually now that I think of it, it probably was about ten years ago -- I had a highly amusing (to me) incident when I stayed at The Oriental.

An American-born, mixed-race Asian friend in his 40's and I (also in my 40's) stayed there. One night we had been trolling around the go-go bars, and took a tuk-tuk back to the Oriental in the wee hours of the morning -- just the two of us. As we walked toward the front doors, security intercepted us and asked my friend for his ID. In Thai. They thought he was a bar boy I had brought home. I struggled to keep a straight face, but my friend was *furious*. He hissed that he was a guest at the hotel and told off the security guard, who erupted with a series of "Khor toht's" and very deep wais.

My friend was none too happy that I didn't speak up to "defend" him, but I thought the whole scene was very amusing.

What on earth was that guard thinking? My friend is 6', looked his age, was dressed like a tourist, and in no way looked Thai (he's Chinese-Japanese).

One comment about the Oriental Hotel: Both my friend and I were almost creeped out that EVERY TIME you leave your room, your designated roomboy (ours was named "Ratporn") goes into the room and freshens it up. They make a point of changing something, like new flowers in the bathroom or in the bedroom, just to let you know they'd been there. We both appreciate attentive service, but felt somewhat annoyed by the intrusiveness. Then we learned the roomboy's trick: He placed a matchstick against the outside of the door. If the matchstick fell over, it meant the door had been opened. We simply started to replace the matchstick against the door when we left unless we specifically wanted the room serviced.

Also, once a week, the Oriental sponsors a "mixer" party for guests of the hotel. My friend and I decided to see what it was like. The QE-2 was in town, and many of its passengers apparently were staying at the hotel for a night of two. When we approached the ballroom, we saw a contingent in formal ball gowns and tuxedos. My friend and I were in Dockers and sport shirts. Needless to say, we scurried away like the proletariat scum that we were.