“Great hotel in Bangkok”

Really friendly staff. Checked in at 10.00am after long flight from London. Clean throughout. Lovely little pool. Would go back. Very close to BST.

“Great Value Hotel”

Great hotel - especially for the money. Greeted with a smile, doors opened, bags moved, staff couldn't do enough for us. Situated 50 meters from the skytrain and 100 meters from the river boats. Clean pool with ample sun beds. Good selection for breakfast and reasonably priced lunch and diner. I would definately stay here if we are lucky enough to return to Bangkok.

“Basic, but good value for money...”

We are a family of 5, including 3 small kids under 10. We stayed for 2 nights in an interconnected room on 10th floor with kitchenette. It worked well. All basics were there and the aircon worked. Breakfast was fine. We ate in a couple of times and although expensive compared to eating out, it is cheap in international terms. Pool was functional also - although some maintenance might be good on the decking area - where one board was rotten (minor point). Short walk to metro train to get around. The immediate surrounding aren't pretty - but then we didn't care!!

“Great service, clean rooms.”

Nice hotel, but seemed a bit out of the way as all of our taxi drivers had to call to find out where it was, even with a map on the back of the hotel card. The service was great. The concierge is particularly good - he was able to tell us many great places to go, perfect english, and caught us cab rides and instructed the drivers where to take us. The rooms were clean with good amenities. The beds were pretty hard though. My room had a great view of the skyscrapers and a great panorama of the rest of the city. There are a lot of street vendors and a department store a couple blocks down the road where you can get good food and functional items. There is also an internet 'cafe' near the hotel where you can get internet for about 90% cheaper than the hotel will charge you.

“Good Value”

This hotel is great value for money if you are on a budget, the service is first class although the rooms are a bit on the small side. The toilet is also fairly small with an over the bath shower, but they are spotlessly clean. The room is serviced everyday and the mini bar is refilled with water and soft drinks on a daily basis.All the rooms have balconies although, again, they are extremely small. The restaurant is also good value for money and has a varied menu of Thai and European dishes. There is a decent sized pool which is kept clean and gets a lot if use. The only downside is there is no bar in the hotel. There are shops outside the hotel that serve soft drinks, beer and cigarettes - there is also an internet cafe which is a lot cheaper than using the hotel's service The Porter can speak good English and he will get directions for you if you have any problems. Although it is a bit far out from any of the livelier areas of Bangkok the Sky Train is only 2 minutes walk away. Taxis are cheap and plentiful if you are pushed for time.

“Astera hotel experience”

We booked a twin room and when we got there they tried to give us a double. They finally gave us a room with 2 beds, but it was annoying to start. This happened to our friends also. After that our stay was good. We booked a suite which was lovely, tastefully decorated, clean and had all we needed. Internet went off occasionally but was fixed as soon as we rang downstairs. Breakfast was OK but was the same each day. They need to vary it , just a little. The only problem with our room was that the hot water was not hot!! I had a hot shower on the last day of our 6 day stay. Otherwisw the water was only just warm. Luckily it was so hot outside, that it didn't matter. This was a nice hotel to stay at as we had a conference to attend nearby, but I wouldn't stay there if I was visiting Bangkok to shop and relax. There's not much by the way of good shopping nearby, although the sky train is very close. I just sometimes like to go for a walk to look around, and there's not much here to look at.

“Good”

They were painting our hallway when we were there, so nice to see ongoing maintainance. Staff were lovely and helpful, convenient for Skytrain and River Station. Pool was wonderful when you come back hot and sweaty from the city. Breakfast was good, nice buffet and fresh eggs station.

“it was ok - nice location but some insects in room ;/”

nice location

“small”

My childen couldn't swim in the pool

“Hot hotel”

The staff were very friendly but i found the breakfast was not very good, and everywhere in the hotel (apart from the lobby) was very hot. Our room had 2 air con units but they did not work very well i turned both of them down to 10c and it made very little difference, you cannot leave the air con on when you go out of the room you you always come back to a baking hot room. The gym seems to be where the staff go to take their breaks. The location is not the best as outside you have a main road and a flyover and the Skytrain (although handy for the skytrain station). I would not stay here again as there are better hotels in Bangkok in the same price range.