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| said: We’d booked a standard river view room, but asked about upgrades when we checked in and were given a balcony room for an extra $20 US a night, which we thought was fairly reasonable and was well worth the extra. We stayed at the Peninsula for a total of 5 nights and it was everything we’d expected and more.
Both the room and the service were fabulous. We’ve stayed in 5 star hotels before, but had decided that since Bangkok is probably one of the few cities in the world where we’d be able to afford the best in the world, we’d really splash out and go for it this holiday and we weren’t the least bit disappointed.
It’s the little touches that make all the difference - like fresh fruit that’s changed daily, even if you don’t eat it; your complimentary morning newspaper not being left outside your door, but placed in a kind of mailbox, which had a cat flap arrangement on both the outside and inside, so that you didn’t have to open the door in your dressing gown to pick it up; and receiving a fax in the evenings if you happened to have the Do Not Disturb sign on when they came to turn down the room, apologising for not being able to do it and asking you to phone housekeeping if you’d like them to come back.
Some people say that the Peninsula is on the wrong side of the river, because it's on the opposite side from everything else. We thought this was a bonus, because we could see "everything else" from our bedroom window and the boat rides across the river in their complimentary fleet of shuttle boats was a treat in itself.
We did have a few minor grumbles. Firstly, the retractable washing line that you usually find above the bath in most hotels was notable by its absence, as were any kind of tea/coffee-making facilities. Maybe the Pen thinks that its guests are too grand to wash their own socks and make their own coffee, but it would have been nice to have had the option. I made do with hanging my washed undies on the towel rack, but I did miss being able to stumble out of bed and make myself a cup of coffee in the mornings.
Also missing was the increasingly popular card to put on your bed if you don't feel the need for a change of linen. Of course, a lot of hotels may use this as a means of saving on laundry costs by pricking at their guests eco-consciences, but I was in two minds about it. My self-indulgent head thought that it was good to see that they weren't jumping on the bandwagon and skimping on the service. But my ecological head thought that it seemed a bit wasteful and again it would have been nice to have been offered the choice. After all, the rooms had extremely efficient air-con and were cool at night, so keeping the same sheets for more than one night wouldn't have been any great hardship.
Apart from that, we loved it and will definitely stay there again if we return to Bangkok
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| said: Fantastic hotel with lots of Thai atmosphere in spite of being a modern high-rise. We could have spent hours on the blacony just watching the life on the river. We have stayed in some very good hotels around the world and this compared well with any of them. First time we have ever had a television set into the wall at the end of the bath!
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