In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- The Sukhothai’s 12 Garden Suites have romantic balconies overlooking the fairytale courtyard gardens and lotus ponds. They are also sexily splashed with livelier colours than the other rooms, although all suites and rooms are draped in rich Thai fabrics, with plenty of polished teak. Deluxe Rooms and Garden Suites have iPod docks and the enormous Sukhothai Suite, pied-à-terre to many a passing president, boasts a fitted kitchen and, most impressively, a grand piano.
- Packing tips
- Bring your gym kit – the health club, tennis and squash courts and nearby jogging tracks mean there’s no excuse for slacking; also, a good book to pretend to read when you’re celeb-spotting in the bar.
- Also
- Make sure you don’t miss the weekend chocolate buffet in the lobby salons, or the daily traditional khim (a kind of hammered dulcimer) recital.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A bottle of sparkling wine on arrival
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The Sukhothai
Bangkok, Thailand[view map]
- Style
- Stately city sanctum
- Setting
- Bangkok’s bustling business hub
Designed to reinvent the heritage of 13th-century Thailand with a clean, contemporary sheen, The Sukhothai succeeds in combining classic Thai architecture with decorous modern design. A favourite haunt of playboys and politicos alike, this stunning city-centre boutique hotel is a geometric assemblage of lofty ceilings, black and teak tones and phenomenal ornamental gardens. The food in the Celadon restaurant is worth crossing continents for.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 210, including 82 suites.
- Rates
- THB12,000–THB86,000, excluding breakfast, and tax at 17 per cent.
- Check-out
- Midday. Late check-out is available for half a day’s room charge before 6pm, and a whole day’s thereafter.
- Facilities
- Spa, gy (with Jacuzzi, sauna, and steam baths), squash courts, tennis courts, aerobics room, shopping arcade, limousine hire, ballroom, laptop rental, doctor. In-room amenities: Bang & Olufsen TV, Bose CD player, free WiFi, minibar.
- Poolside
- Fringed with palms and greenery, the outdoor infinity pool is surrounded by wooden sun loungers, upholstered in a striking hue of Yves Klein blue. Health drinks and snacks are served on the terrace throughout the day.
- Also
- The Botanica Spa's therapists offer a menu of Thai massage in three open-air poolside pavilions.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- The Sukhothai has three. Celadon, spread over two temple-like open-air salas, serves justifiably famed Thai cuisine. La Scala serves tasty Italian and the Colonnade is an international restaurant where you can watch sushi-making and oyster-shucking.
- Dress code
- Unassailably A-list.
- Top table
- By the massive windows in the Colonnade, so you can gaze down at the water gardens and amazing replica temple stupas.
- Last orders
- The Colonnade is open for dinner until 11pm; the other two restaurants close at 10.30pm. The bar keeps the drinks (and the music) flowing until 1am.
- Room service
- 24 hours.
- Hotel bar
- The Sukhothai’s slinky Zuk Bar is the perfect venue for enjoying cocktails, wines and whiskies late into the night.
Also worth knowing
- Children
- Under-12s stay free, with rollaway beds provided in all rooms except the Superiors. Cots are available.
Smith Members offer
A bottle of sparkling wine on arrival
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The Sukhothai
13/3 South Sathorn Road
Bangkok 10120
Thailand.
10120
