froggerADL
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Conrad Hotel Bangkok
My next stay was to be at the Conrad Bangkok. It is approximately 7km from the Hilton Millennium and I would use UberX for the journey. Estimated arrival time was 6 minutes but it took about 15 due to the traffic. The car was a nice clean Honda City. The traffic was atrocious and the trip took 42 minutes. Total cost was 101 baht (A$3.80). Because it took so long I offered the driver a 40 baht tip, but she refused. At least I didn’t drink the bottled water that was hanging from the back of the front seats as I had taken one from the hotel.
I’ve stayed at this Conrad before, but not at this price. I was here for six nights. Cost including tax and service charge was A$124.30 per night. WiFi quality was perfectly adequate again and a little better than the Millennium.
I got “upgraded” to an Executive room. The bathroom was great with a walk in shower and separate bath. They have the most amazing soap here. They provide a 40 gram bar for the sink and a 60 gram bar for the shower/bath. On the first day they provided two new bars with the turndown service so I put them in my bag. The original bars lasted the entire stay so I pocketed 2 small and 2 large bars every day. My bag is getting heavier. This is cheapskate heaven!
The Executive lounge here is excellent. They do breakfast, complete with egg station, morning tea, afternoon tea and evening canapes and coughtails from 5:30 to 7:30pm. The food was excellent at all times. My favourites were teriyaki chicken and a hot salmon dish which appeared a couple of times. They have a coughtail menu and I developed a liking for Whisky Sours. Due to the magical powers of my sympathy stick, I was not permitted to serve myself food. I would walk around saying what I would like and then it would be plated and brought to my table.
The Conrad is attached to the All Seasons mall which is quite large. It has an excellent supermarket and loads of restaurants, banks, chemists etc. I loaded up on Panadol, Tiger Balm and Imodium all at very reasonable prices.
I had advance warning that the sale and serving of alcohol would be banned during the weekend of the Thai Referendum which was during my stay here. There was a letter in my room explaining that there would be no alcohol served in the Exec Lounge. However, the in-room mini-bar would be available. As if a cheapskate would use anything from a hotel mini-bar! So I stocked up on Tiger beer at the supermarket. Large 630ml bottles were 53 baht (A$2) each and I did not run out.
As Hvr has pointed out in a previous post, the highlight of this stay was catching up with him at the Conrad. Very convenient for me, not so much for him
. We met in the Conrad lobby and had a good chat there before heading to the mall.
I had had a good look at the restaurants in the mall prior to his arrival so I was able to guide him around so that he could choose where we ate. As you do when dining out in an exotic country like Thailand, we ended up in an American burger joint. Total cost was a little under 800 baht (A$30) including cola for him and a couple of beers for me.
After my six nights it was time to check out. But I’d be back.
Additional amount to pay – zero. And I had my soap booty!
My next stay was to be at the Conrad Bangkok. It is approximately 7km from the Hilton Millennium and I would use UberX for the journey. Estimated arrival time was 6 minutes but it took about 15 due to the traffic. The car was a nice clean Honda City. The traffic was atrocious and the trip took 42 minutes. Total cost was 101 baht (A$3.80). Because it took so long I offered the driver a 40 baht tip, but she refused. At least I didn’t drink the bottled water that was hanging from the back of the front seats as I had taken one from the hotel.
I’ve stayed at this Conrad before, but not at this price. I was here for six nights. Cost including tax and service charge was A$124.30 per night. WiFi quality was perfectly adequate again and a little better than the Millennium.
I got “upgraded” to an Executive room. The bathroom was great with a walk in shower and separate bath. They have the most amazing soap here. They provide a 40 gram bar for the sink and a 60 gram bar for the shower/bath. On the first day they provided two new bars with the turndown service so I put them in my bag. The original bars lasted the entire stay so I pocketed 2 small and 2 large bars every day. My bag is getting heavier. This is cheapskate heaven!
The Executive lounge here is excellent. They do breakfast, complete with egg station, morning tea, afternoon tea and evening canapes and coughtails from 5:30 to 7:30pm. The food was excellent at all times. My favourites were teriyaki chicken and a hot salmon dish which appeared a couple of times. They have a coughtail menu and I developed a liking for Whisky Sours. Due to the magical powers of my sympathy stick, I was not permitted to serve myself food. I would walk around saying what I would like and then it would be plated and brought to my table.
The Conrad is attached to the All Seasons mall which is quite large. It has an excellent supermarket and loads of restaurants, banks, chemists etc. I loaded up on Panadol, Tiger Balm and Imodium all at very reasonable prices.
I had advance warning that the sale and serving of alcohol would be banned during the weekend of the Thai Referendum which was during my stay here. There was a letter in my room explaining that there would be no alcohol served in the Exec Lounge. However, the in-room mini-bar would be available. As if a cheapskate would use anything from a hotel mini-bar! So I stocked up on Tiger beer at the supermarket. Large 630ml bottles were 53 baht (A$2) each and I did not run out.
As Hvr has pointed out in a previous post, the highlight of this stay was catching up with him at the Conrad. Very convenient for me, not so much for him
. We met in the Conrad lobby and had a good chat there before heading to the mall.I had had a good look at the restaurants in the mall prior to his arrival so I was able to guide him around so that he could choose where we ate. As you do when dining out in an exotic country like Thailand, we ended up in an American burger joint. Total cost was a little under 800 baht (A$30) including cola for him and a couple of beers for me.
After my six nights it was time to check out. But I’d be back.
Additional amount to pay – zero. And I had my soap booty!
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