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.

Children

Under-12s stay free, with rollaway beds provided in all rooms except the Superiors. Cots are available.

Also

The Botanica Spa's therapists offer a menu of Thai massage in three open-air poolside pavilions.

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.

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.

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The Sukhothai

13/3 South Sathorn Road, Bangkok 10120, Thailand.