The Residence Rajtaevee Bangkok Reviews

Stayed 3nights 16-19 oct & it was great. Staffs are friendly and helpful esp Ms.Nueng has given us the direction to the city and malls. Will be back soon for next year. Lucky no flood but very enjoy our shopping there.

A night stay was fine. Budget hotel that you couldn't expect anything much.

I stayed in a renovated room on 5th floor which was clean. They only put 1 bottle of mineral water on the second day but did not bothered to ask as I have purchased some juices from nearby shopping centre. Gem car took abt 5 mins to Siam Paragon but last car from Siam Paragon leaves at 9 pm. If can extend to 10pm will be better.

bed was horribly soft. there are cockroaches in 2 rooms on 3rd floor. (we booked 5 rooms in all). understand that 2nd floor is much nicer cos renovate already. please renovate all rooms asap and i will be back...

2nd stay and it is still great! As mentioned previously, location is fab. Turn left when you stepped out of hotel, walk down and get a buggy ride to Siam Centre/Paragon/Square and Siam BTS! Convenient and 3 mins walk to 7-11. Would be great if the pillows are slightly better :) But well, it is ABSOLUTELY value for $.

The location is great, it's walking distance to platinum mall and free shuttle service to the nearby Siam paragon.
The staff are friendly and helpful, though they are not really knowledgeable when it comes to local tourist information.
The room that i stayed in was newly renovated hence it's clean. However, there are limited English TV channels and no entertainment at the beer garden.

My boyfriend stayed at Residence's standard rooms last year and told me it was a very budgeted hotel. I read up many reviews and was very skeptical about the room conditions as they were very negative. Peeling, dirty walls. Mouldy shower curtains, bath tubs - the works. Hence, we decided to book the Deluxe room this time. And true enough, Deluxe is GOOD. It was newly renovated, laminated flooring, clean bathroom and beds. (though beds were soft, gave me some aches) Love the location as it is near the major shopping malls and the buggy ride to Siam area saves us alot of time and energy. Staff was friendly but didn't make an impression. Breakfast was the same daily, food quality nothing to shout about. I chose to eat toast and eggs most of the time.

Overall - A very good deal for breakfast/bed with such splendid rooms/location. Love it and totally will recommend you the Deluxe rooms.

I would stay at this hotel again if I go to Bangkok next time, the location is good just 5 mins walk to Rajtaevee Station, the breakfast was tasty but they never changed the menu, staff were nice but I suggest receptionists to give more information about the hotel services and surroundings.

The location of this hotel is very convenient. It's walkable distance just to any main Bangkok shopping centre. Free ride to Siam Paragon by golf cart which is just around the corner. You can walk to MBK from there. Room is clean and comfortable. Food is great, The Tom Yum Soup quite nice. Also the Fried Rice and Phad Thai. Will definately stay again. Most recommended as you will save lots of money from Tuk2 and Taxi.

Our 3rd stay in 4 years, Jan 15 - 19th. The family rooms have not been renovated yet & while it has its shortcomings - the price is right(until its renovated!). Breakfast was the same day in day out.
Would recommend The Residence for its location & pleasant staff.

The hotel is located at the heart of the shopping district. Takes about 5-10mins to walk to the shopping areas which sells clothes at wholesale prices. Buggy service provided to go to Siam Paragon which takes about 2mins. From there can walk to MBK and Siam Square, takes about 5 mins. Excellent location, excellent service staff.

i booked one std room & one triple room & the hotel's idea of a triple room is a std room wit extra bed!!!!we were not informed upon check-in...we definitely werent impressed once discovering this..hotel staff looked annoyed when i tried to tell them that i BOOKED A TRIPLE ROOM NOT A DBL ROOM WIT EXTRA BED...in the end they squeezed another bed into d already tiny std room....we will never stay there again!!!

however, i have to say that they hav a wonderful bellman/doorman...seemed very sincere, polite & the housekeeper on the 4th flr, very accommodating...the restaurant manager/supervisor didnt seem to like asians...no expression at all

The spa is expensive,breakfast is nice,the meanger is willing to help, we will come again.

good location, staff friendly and breakfast good but hope for more variety in future.

Its located where all the shopping are and no problem on food. 7/11 is just outside. Staff is friendly and helpful. Have been slowly renovating their rooms for the past 1 year. Just wish they can do it faster as some of the rooms are still very old (like the one we stay in)

Breakfast was excellent and staff friendly.

its location is the best part, being an easy taxi or bus ride to/from MBK, and walking distance from BTS Ratchathewi. the rooms and breakfast were OK for the price. most taxi drivers don't know the place though; suggestions are to call the hotel and have the staff talk to the driver, and once there to get its business card with the address in thai.

The main road from hotel to the train is under construction,inconvenient. Got to walk from the other side and take about 10min.

Checked in on the 06 March 09. Didn't expected the room is consider spacious and clean. They even provide a bathtub. The only thing need to improve is the air-condition, its quite noisy.
Overall, its a value for money hotel to stay in.
I will come back to this hotel again next time when I come to bangkok.

The breakfast varieties need to improve I stayed there 6 days having almost the same food.

I stay at the family rooms for 4 nites,is 3 of us the bathroom is only 1 so is not enough, then later I checked in at standard room,the room is very old,the tv doesn't work but the air condition works perfectly

The location of the hotel is not bad, walking distance to pratunam and BTS. Although the family suite comes with a kitchen equipe with cooker but too bad the cooker cannot be used. So no cooking is allowed. And also the beds comes with complimentary BED BUGs. At night, the hotel only left a trainee at the reception and it seem she is quite unfamilar with the hotel's operation. The advantage of this hotel is the free buggy service to Siam paragon.

Stayed in a superior room for 3 nights. Very old room and furniture condition. Dirty carpets and stained walls. Bathroom very basic. Only one bedside table with pieces of sharp formica coming out, so be careful or you may hurt yourself. The mattress had springs which came out with no back support and I got a backache in the morning. Small 14 " TV had only 2 english channels. Split A/C in room is very old -looks like from the 70's era and has just on and off switch,without temperature control. So I had to get up in the night several times to switch on and off the A/C. The only good thing is the location which is close to the major shopping malls of Prathunam. Free 2 bottles of drinking water evry day. Food in restaurant quite good and reasonable rates and buffet Breakfast was satisfactory for the price. I think there are better hotels available in the vicinity for the same price.

For shoppers, this is a good hotel to Pratunam/Platinum area, hawker stalls everywhere and just outside the hotel, 5 mins walk to Platinum and easy access to public transport, they have free buggy to MBK and Siam Centre from 10am - 10pm, good breakfast, friendly staffs, it just only the lift doesn´t operate sometimes and need to walk by staircase, over all it´s value for money!! Will stay there again!

the room service is good. Room is clean enough. However the furniture are old

The best thing I like is that the location. According to the maps even Google Earth, there is no road or pathway from the hotel to the Siam center but actually there´s a small street with a new bridge so it take just 3 minutes walk to the Siam Paragon and Siam Discovery. The hotel have free shuttle bus service too. Howerver you have to pass a gate which just opened from 10AM to 10PM. Over that time you have too walk about 15 minutes.
The staff were friendly and helpful. The front desk and lobby area look new but room was very very old (compare to other hotels with the same price). Old carpet, old facilities, last-century-television and the windows opened to locals houses´ balcony. Breakfast was limited but quite good.
Stay here again just for shopping.

Overall, this place is not bad except that the rooms are a bit old but the beds are comfortable.
The restaurant is passable, food is not bad if just for filling up the stomach. The spa is good too with good service and its value for money.
Location is ok, next to the Platimum mall where you can shop non-stop.

Good location, friendly and helpful staff.
little choice of TV channel, bed not comfortable, no water flask in the room.(available only upon request.

Location was great and hotel has a very nice outlook and lobby. But rooms interior was not like the photos. Great value for money for non-fussy people. Toilets ceilings, bathtubs and doors could be improved as there is fungus and very worn out. Carpets should be changed as its very old. Nice big clean beds! Television was very small and had very little international channels. Cupboards were also very old and cranky already. Room service however was great! Food is cheap, efficient and fantastic! Service staff were also polite and friendly.

Only bad experience was when me and my fiance was checking out, there was a very friendly bellboy who offered to hail a cab for us to go to the airport. I told him we only paid 300baht upon arrival to the hotel on the first day. So i requested a taxi that would turn on the meter. He probably called his friend who arrived shortly and the bellboy told me it would be about 300baht. So we boarded the cab and i realised shortly the cabbie did not turn on his meter. He later claim that he would charged 400baht which i thought it was weird as it should NOT cost so much. However we gave in as we had a flight to catch and was not worth it to argue or bargain. Upon arrival, we did not have small change so gave him a 1000baht bill. He only returned us 400baht and was preparing to drive away! Unhappy, i stopped him as i thought he might have gave us the wrong change. He showed a smirk on his face, gave us a grin and said "no, its 600baht!" and drove off.

To me, it is not a big amount to pay for but i felt that what he did was unethical! Firstly not turning on the meter was already illegal. Secondly charging 600baht was really overboard. In other words i felt cheated.

To future travellers, do make sure you break your dollar notes into smaller denominations so you can just pay the exact amount without waiting for the "wrong" change.

This is my 2nd visit. My friend & I booked a Standard Twin Room, but on arrival, the hotel upgrade us to Family Suite (2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen & bathroom)without additional cost. I won´t say that it is a fantastic hotel. The rooms are rather old & wear out. The basin tap is loose, the toilet is almost flooded, the floor is broken, the beds are soft & shaky. Other than the above, I would highly recommend the hotel for its location. The location is very good (6 mins slow walk to the nearest BTS, 8 mins walk to Platinum Mall, free golf cart to Siam Centre, 5 mins Taxi to MBK without traffic jam is less than 40 Baht), negative about the location is there is always jam outside the main road. The air-conditional in the rooms are good & cool. Not much TV show selection. A cooling fridge in the kitchen. Will go back after they have finish their renovation.

Had quite a hard time each time taking a taxi/tutuk back to the hotel because the hotel location isn´t reflected on various maps. We stayed in the family suite with 2 bedrooms. It was big. But stove wasn´t working (you can request for a microwave). Air con was working fine. Big bathroom and living room. The floors were getting renovated so it was a little inconvenient to get to our room as there were sand and wires lying around. Overall the stay is superb, the staff are helpful.

good comfortable for come with family

Value for money. Friendly and helpful staff. Good locality. I´ll be back for this hotel.

Rooms could do with some work.

If you want to save money and mainly outside activity and sleep only in hotel. It is a good hotel.

the furniture is old different from the pictures shown on website,breakfast almost everyday the same food.exterior look of the hotel is better than interior cos the lobby and travel desk office seem to be nicer than the room.

The hotel is just a walking distance to the nearest Rajhatewee BTS and accessible to Siam Paragon and other major shopping malls using the alternative hotel´s alley.

Worth a while staying and and its a good value for money. Perhaps the managerial has to spend an extra effort immediately to finding the MUSLIM food restaurants surroundings for the customer´s convenient.

The Free Shuttle Bus didn´t send to the door step

Rooms need to be re-done completely to compete. Good reception & b´fast room

The rooms abit old but acceptable. Currently rooms are having a makeover, no noise & disturbance. Walking distance to Platinuim Mall & IT plaza and slightly further down is Central & ZEN. Not much nite entertainment unless you travel to Patpong by Taxi or Tut Tut

Not many taxi drivers know this place because it was located inside a "sub soi". I can walk to Skytrain station about 5-10mins and shopping centres is also within walking distances. Not many choices for TV channel and room´s furniture is old. Remember to ask for King size bed. The bed is really big size and comfortable! Not much choice for Breakfast.

I like the front desk service, very polite & helpful but the housekeeping is rather slow & there is no tea making service even though there is a kitchen but there is a refrigerator. Room is big & clean not new but comfortable.

+ Offers great location. Breakfast is basic. Staffs are helpful. Room is clean. Experience faulty heater in previous visit but 2nd trip resolved. 10 mins walk to BTS. Near Pantip and Platinium shopping. Opp Pratunam market.value for money.

- quite quiet in the night. Less food stalls found nearby. Petchaburi is a very busy road. No football channels for EPL fans.Hotel offers only 1 key to each room.

Nice location. Took airport bus to near enough to walk easily. Quiet.

The first impression we got (from the lobby and the staff there) was very good. The staff were nice, very polite and spoke english well according to thai standards. The reception area was all very fancy, and we were sure we had gotten a bargain. But don`t get your hopes up. The rooms were motel quality at best, and certainly not a "threestar" like hotels2thailand suggested. We even had to change rooms, because the air condition in our room was either "off" or on complete refrigrator-mode.(gave me a sore throat after one night). The view was non-excistent, as the only thing we could see was a filty brick wall four feet from our window. The floor carpet was lumpy, the walls were dirty with wires hanging out, and the bathroom tiles were cracked. The only good thing was the gigantic bed, which must have been something like 8 feet wide. (too bad the matress was hard and the sheets had holes in them). The room we got instead was slightly better (air condition worked ok). The included breakfast was disappointing, as there was basically no thaifood, and was tasteless. It reminded me of a poor english breakfast buffè, with sausauges, scrambled eggs and from-the-box pancakes. (I guess some people like that.) The location was ok. It`s about 10 minutes walk to sky train. A cab to the major shopping centres (MBK, Siam Discovery etc)takes about 10 minutes. Twice in rush hour. Overall, the quality was lower than expected of a "threestar". It`s really a twostar hotel, IF you are lucky enough to get one of the good rooms. (I think some are better than others). It was liveable, but for the price you can get much better in Bangkok (we payed 900 baht/night). We stayed at different hotel called Samran Place earlier, which is only "twostar", but had MUCH nicer rooms (and the breakfast was great). We would reccommend Samran Place to The Residence any time.