The Royal River Hotel

“Great hotel, non touristy area”

This is a superb hotel in a great location. The suite we had enjoyed beautiful views down the river, towards the Thai Parliament. There is a really nice terrace outside along the river with event food and drinks. The breakfast was superb, loads of choice and great quality. The coffee could have … more

This is a superb hotel in a great location. The suite we had enjoyed beautiful views down the river, towards the Thai Parliament. There is a really nice terrace outside along the river with event food and drinks. The breakfast was superb, loads of choice and great quality. The coffee could have been better! Apart from that we liked forward to breakfast each morning. The hotel is large and seems to be used mainly by Thai people, business travellers etc But, it is really well equipped and has great and helpful staff.

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“Value for money”

It's nice hotel on riverside in Bangkok. Location is little difficult 😕 but every thing was good. Rooms are good with balcony facing river. Breakfast was good . You need cab for transportation. Well meantaid hotel. House keeping is good. Front desk is not helping much.

“Solid 3 star hotel”

Location is on the river which was ideal for our tour plans. Check in nice and allowed early. Hotel very big and spacious. Room big with great view of city and river. Location away from nearest train station but has free tuk tuk shuttle which we used. Room itself was adequate. Bed mattress not gre… more

Location is on the river which was ideal for our tour plans. Check in nice and allowed early. Hotel very big and spacious. Room big with great view of city and river. Location away from nearest train station but has free tuk tuk shuttle which we used. Room itself was adequate. Bed mattress not great, very bouncy and hard and couldn’t sleep that well. Air con worked ok. No sofa or plates given in room. No bath tub our room. No safe. Fridge was ok but not great. So the word adequate springs to mind. Not bad, did the job but could use some minor improvements on this dated hotel. Best point is Chit Hole (Chit Beer) craft brewery downstairs on the river. 5-12 open. Great beers with some nice music and singer. The main reason we chose this hotel. Parking lot good and undercover, no one checked. A bit tight cornering in our car so be careful. Buffet breakfast included great with asian and western dishes. Overall did the job, some things great some things not so much. But can recommend if it meets your requirements. (A lot of Indian and Chinese tour groups use this hotel, so avoid if that’s not your vibe)

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“A decent 3 Star Hotel well past its former glory of 5 Star Celebrity Royal River Hotel.”

A family reunion for 11 guests which was a Bangkok river centred catch up. The hotel promised a great deal but the hotel fell short on so many levels. If the hotel was advertised & sold as a 3 Star hotel then, yes, expectations would have been adequately met & nothing we experienced would have bee… more

A family reunion for 11 guests which was a Bangkok river centred catch up. The hotel promised a great deal but the hotel fell short on so many levels. If the hotel was advertised & sold as a 3 Star hotel then, yes, expectations would have been adequately met & nothing we experienced would have been unexpected. But when sold as a 5 star & on some sites an old world 4 star (that should have been the first alarm bell), well expectations were a lot higher & not many were were met Lovely old building well positioned on the wonderful riverfront with an old-world charm. Like the Buddy Oriental (much further north on the river & much grander undergoing major renovations in 2024). I can see how this was once a glorious establishment, rich in Thai heritage & doubtless bustling with who’s who in prominent social circles of the Bangkok scene. Alas those days are long gone. Sadly the entire property is in dire need of maintenance, upgrade, repair & general make good. It is at very best a decent 3 star hotel with willing but limited, inflexible service. No room for reasonable check in neither one hour late checkout & a perfect example of strange service was the Chit-Hole terrace restaurant on our first night. The staff point blank refused to allow us to put 3 tables together to accommodate all 11 of us. Surreal, never experienced that ilk of lack of willing in Thai service before. I had to simply pick the tables up myself & move them & of course return them after our dinner much to the waiting staff’s amusement. I could list a lot more like a flooded room with an AC fault & having to demonstrate the pooled water to get my nephew & his wife a different room for the first night. But you get the picture. Almost Fawlty Towers. If advertised as a decent 3 star hotel, then I’d have no complaints, I’d say, all as expected & fair enough. One day the proprietor will invest renovate this hotel back to its former glory. Then it will be worth visiting again. Until then it remains a decent crash pad of a 3 star hotel on the river front. Nothing more, nothing less.

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