W22 by Burasari

Excellent

Nothing

I read a lot of reviews of W22 and noted possible issues. Then I stayed here, and really it is exceptional for the price, and superb overall for any price. Lovely lobby, pretty rooms, nice easy 2nd floor area for coffee, laundry, treadmill, billiards table and sofa. The lobby area too has lovely seating and a pleasing aesthetic. I did not try the breakfast as there are so many nice places for early morning meals as the entire Chinatown area is full of them. The highlight might be the 10-12 minute walk to the Chao Phraya river boats for hop-on-off tours along the river, making a lot of Bangkok pleasant to navigate. So I would definitely stay here again if returning to Chinatown. The other was finding a lot of traditional Thai-Chinese stores if you want to buy things to take back home, something the malls in other areas might charge a lot more for.

No real downsides as all this place needs could have been a small pool (but that’s ok). The staff are very friendly, even the door security people are sweet. The tour operators are pleasant too, but one did try to offer somethings at a much higher price than I could have gotten if I just used the Grab taxi app or did the tour myself, but ok. I didn’t try the Blue line train (using Grab instead) but noticed that other locations in the city (as I changed hotels) were much more convenient for the BTS trains (but that hotel was nowhere near the quality of this W22 hotel). I wish the half day additional cost of room extended to 6pm (which was the case at my next hotel) but here it was 5pm (that extra hour of rest was nice).

Once you enter the smell of the entire hotel is really nice everything is clean and organized and the staff are friendly

The location

I chose this hotel over another which was cheaper and similar distance from a MRT or BTS mainly because of the facilities such as a shower room I could use before going to the airport after check out. No complaints there. The staff were great. It has a relaxed vibe about it on the ground floor and in the lounge/gym/pool table area on the second floor. That's where the good points end.

It is about 700-800m from the nearest MRT, so not all that convenient although I was aware of that. But the room... it was a disappointment. 1. Drab grey colour scheme, 11' ceiling with lights which do not provide enough light where brightness is needed. Floor is Terrazzo, which makes it look like a 1950's school storeroom. Uninviting! 2. The room has metal conduit all over the walls and ceilings, no electricals within the walls anywhere in the hotel. I measured about 44m in my room. 3. Double bed with 2 single duvet covers... which is as useless as giving someone a towel or handkerchief cut in half. Unacceptable. 4. Light comes under the door, and noise is easily heard when others open or close their door. 5. But the big prize goes to the shower. The water is hot and the pressure is good. But it is very difficult to get the right temp mix as the pressure keeps changing the volume of hot or cold, particularly when not using taps turned on full. The taps must have been designed by the Irish, the hot and cold turn on in opposite directions which is very confusing. Many times I turned both off and started again. The best I could achieve was with the water turned on more than needed, but when I went to step out of the skinny shower the bath mat was soaking and half the bathroom floor was flooded. Either from splashing out over the hob or the shower recess overflowing around the end of the hob where there is a gap. Then I hit my head on the towel rail when walking out of the bathroom. Good thing I was only staying one night!!!