Century Park Hotel Bangkok

Recommend the Grand Deluxe room with Executive Lounge access
by Rebecca M from New Zealand, 22 Sep 07

“The location is ok, a good internet cafe and of course a lot of massage places just a minute's walk from the hotel. The service was fine, not amazing at the front desk, but bellboys and the guys getting us taxis were really good, as were the staff in the Executive Lounge where the service couldn't have been better. Luckily we booked the Grand Deluxe, which included access to the executive lounge, otherwise we would've had a completely different experience.

Don't recommend anything less, and it was a good room. You need to hold the lever back for a while to ensure the toilet flushes in all the rooms, but they were nice and our room was very spacious with a good view (we stayed on 14th and 16th). The higher up you are, the better the view. There was a bell ringing in the morning, once around 3 or 4am, then again around 6 or 7am, possibly from the temple next door. It woke us up, so that was the only issue with noise, good thick walls otherwise. Our things were safe in the rooms, there was also a safe which cannot be removed and it was very reliable which my friend used, though I locked my money in my suitcase and both mine and my friend's things never went missing.

The breakfast, canapes (including small sandwiches, sometimes with a caviar topping, and some little desserts) and refreshments including cocktails in the executive lounge were much nicer than the breakfast downstairs which had a lot more variety but was in a big restaurant with very impersonal service and lower quality food. We tried downstairs once or twice and were seated at a table with other guests though there were vacant tables, very annoying.

Again, recommend the executive lounge with an amazing view and nice big tables and newspapers provided. It was nice there was a gym in the hotel, but I hated it to be honest. No one sticks to the time limits on the equipment, so you have to wait a long time to use any of the quite old, crappy cardio equipment, and the weights equipment was pretty basic and limited. The service was the worst there than anywhere else.

Internet use is not free -they charge you a lot more in the hotel's business centre than in the internet cafe next door to the hotel, but if you have a laptop with you (we didn't) you get free access in your Grand Deluxe room. They don't provide laptops in the executive lounge, which I had expected, but aside from that and the very cold air conditioning, the executive lounge was great. Made the hotel stay the best we experienced in Thailand.”