Ambassador Hotel Bangkok
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3.5 Stars - 23 Reviews and 489 Opinions
171 Sukhumvit Road, Soi 11, Bangkok, 10110, Thailand
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devat81
- Reviews: 283
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Pleasant Stay for 2 Nights
We were booked in Ambassador Hotel, Bangkok for 2 nights during our Thailand trip. The reservation was done by the agent so we didn't have choice on the accommodation. Anyway the stay was pleasant although we didn't like the separate single beds in a double room.
The breakfast was very good with lot of options in hot buffet. The standard rooms were clean, well furnished and had a balcony as well. The hotel comes up with a swimming pool although we didn't use it. On the last morning we had to catch an early morning flight and the hotel packed our breakfast (basic bread sandwich).
- Opinion of Price: about average
- Related to: Business Travel, Family Travel
- Written December 22, 2011
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Suwarat
- Reviews: 1
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New Look! Ambassador Hotel Bangkok
Ambassador Hotel was renovated all rooms, grand lobby, restaurant and other outlets. Now guest can use internet access in room by LAN internet access. The location is the best, just a short walk BTS Skytrain (Nana Station) and many famous dining, entertainment and shopping center.
The price is reasonable and easy to book through online.
Unique Quality: There are full functionalities in hotel area such as swimming pool, spa, health club, business center, shopping arcade and supermarket.
- Opinion of Price: about average
- Related to: Food and Dining, Budget Travel, Work Abroad
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Verdone
- Reviews: 32
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Jekyll and Hyde
I have stayed here two different times. The first time I was steered to this hotel at the airport and actually got a pretty good deal, around $80 USD for a tower room. I recently went back for a few nights and was charged around $130 USD. My first experience was enough to make me come back a second time. The second time experience was not enought to make me come back a third time. The front desk is understaffed everytime, you will always wait for too much time for service at the front desk. The hotel bar staff is friendly and attentive. The overall experience is not worth the price. You can find other hotels in Bangkok that are less expensive and offer a better experience. The buffet at the Ambassador is excellent I have to admit. The food is perfect and the selection is amazing! Unfortunately, it is not enough to make me stay here again.
Unique Quality: Excellent buffet and several bars and restaurants on the premises!
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drjlim
- Reviews: 20
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Very, very old hotel, but convenient location
Stayed in this hotel last December... booked the tower wing since it is newer and is more expensive... only to find out that the rooms are old..very very old, though everything is still functional... too bad, because locationwise, this hotel gets good grades... near BTS station with several money exchange centers nearby, and a 7-11. Breakfast is ok, though they tend to change only one viand out of the handfull to choose from everyday, so after 4 days, seeing the same food during breakfast is really a downer....going back? Only if I'm in a tight budget..
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ITjetsetter
- Reviews: 197
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Ambassador Hotel Bangkok
great location and very good option for short stops. good room rate at the desk without booking. quite old rooms.
Unique Quality: nice pool inside.
two of the most know disco two minutes walking distance from the hotel.
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AmirulSyah
- Reviews: 13
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Old but beautiful!
We stayed here for only one night - on our last day in Bangkok - the intention was to enable us to tour Sukhumvit area before departing to Phuket the next day.
The Hotel is huge and we were directted to the tower rooms - i can say the place was luxurious although a bit old - so much better than Silom's Tower Inn.
The room is equipped with Thai wooden furniture and there are Thai crafts on the room walls. The view of the outside was gret as we could see the busy Bangkok highways from our 25th floor room. The room has a fridge and the toilet has bath tub and was very clean. The king sized bed was very comfortable to sleep on.
Even the buffet breakfast was superb.
We booked the room via DirectRooms.com and we recommend you do the same for your hotel booking - good, efficient service and hassle free.
Unique Quality: If to compare the hotel with one in Kuala Lumpur - it probably has the same quality as Hilton (the old hotel beside Wisma Genting) - wish we'd stayed there longer than a night!
- Opinion of Price: about average
Ambassador Hotel Bangkok Photo: View from our 25th floor room
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alvis
- Reviews: 164
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2nd Time Lucky? F***ing Worse - Prey On Tourists
THE LARGEST HOTEL IN THE AREA AND BY FAR THE WORST. THIS IS THE 1ST TIME I HAVE WALKED OUT OF A HOTEL EARLY (WITH NO REFUND) THIS PLACE IS TERRIBLE. I LIVE IN BANGKOK, I WORK FOR AN ATTA TOUR AND TRAVEL COMPANY AND HAVE INSPECTED AND STAYED IN OVER 30 HOTELS IN THAILAND. THIS HOTEL PREYS ON TOURISTS WHO DON'T KNOW THE VALUE OF THE BAHT OR WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A DECENT QUALITY HOTEL, PLEASE AVOID THIS WHERE POSSIBLE.
I had recently been inspecting hotels for my tour company and returning to the Ambassador made me realise how terrible it really is. A number of hotels I had inspected the day before (same price range) were much better quality and price. Some of these included The Mandarin, The Plaza, The Tawana Ramada.
The room service is around 3 times the price of any other hotel in the area and is low quality. For the price of 1 burger you can get nearly 3 super size Big Mac meals delivered to your door from McDonald's. They try to steal money from tourists at every chance they get.
Firstly my bathroom flooded soaking all my clothes. I later had to take these soaking clothes to a new hotel after they tried charging my girlfriend of 3 years 650bt to be on the property. I had paid for another night but refused to pay the 650bt for "the outsider" to call at the hotel and moved 2 mins down the road to Business Inn (600bt a night). This proved to be cheaper. My girlfriend had just finished an 8 hour shift and didn't need the gatoey manager (LADY BOY) calling her a whore to my face.
I can honestly not believe this hotel can be this bad, returning a 2nd time (Swiss Park was full) I thought it impossible to be worse than my 1st stay but amazingly it was worse, it really is unbelievable.
If you are forced to stay here book a non-smoking room. They will give you a room on the 7th (highest) floor where you avoid looking onto a building site. Booking the Swiss Park next door is a better option. If you don't need a pool & other amenities you can go to Business Inn for 1/3 of the price.
Unique Quality: Almost everything is unique in the wrong way. No hotel in Thailand has the unique bad qualities that this hotel has it is honestly a joke.
- Opinion of Price: about average
- Related to: Backpacking, Business Travel, Budget Travel
Ambassador Hotel Bangkok Photo: Why Did I Stay Here??
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swansealad
- Reviews: 2
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Nice hotel but needs refurb
Nice hotel, we stayed here on our second stop in Bangkok.
We upgraded our room to a suite, and would not have called it a suite.
We had great views of the city in fact spectacular, but rooms just need updating.
Could have better in Bangkok. Again great location though due to be central to sky train and shopping.
Unique Quality: Great breakfast on offer, if a little to much like a school canteen
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alvis
- Reviews: 164
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Avoid Like The Plague
I booked 3 nights in the Ambassador over Songkran. I had just arrived back from Malaysia so the girlfriend stayed over for the night before returning home the next day. I was charged an extra 600 baht for the night and the people were very rude.
After a meal at Fuji we returned to the hotel with our mate Am. We were only returning to get changed before going out that night but security wouldn't let us in till they had seen my girlfriends ID. They were also very rude to our mate Am (treated her like a hooker) and would not let her upstairs with us. I asked if she could even go up for 5 minutes to get changed but no luck. We had to pay another 600 baht so she was able to get changed in our room. This happened everytime we returned to the hotel so we had no choice but to stay away or the GF would sometimes sneak up the back entrance when visiting. Because of this I never got to use any of the facilities cause we were treated like dirt anytime we arrived.
The room was dodgy, the views were terrible the fridge did not work, the aircon in the bathroom was dripping from the roof and all round the hotel there was dripping aircons and stained floors beneath.
On leaving I was asked to pay 3 nights for my girlfriend who was booked in to stay only the 1 night. She started work again the day after we arrive back from Malaysia and had not stayed in the room. Because she had not told reception the morning after she stayed that she was leaving she was charged for 3 nights. I had only booked 1 night for her and paid up front but they continued to argue saying she had been seen in my room the next day (a blatant lie) and after 30 mins of arguing they finally give in.
I have honestly never been to a worse place in my life and I have stayed in probably over 20 hotels in Thailand. This place is a disgrace.
Unique Quality: I can honestly not think of any. I did enjoy the all night bar but only because I knew we were leaving the next day.
- Opinion of Price: about average
- Related to: Budget Travel, Backpacking
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RAINBOWWINGS
- Reviews: 201
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Perfectly central
This ideal hotel was just what we were looking for so after cutting short our stay in Chiang Mai, we booked 3 more nights here. On the Sukhumvit Rd, we were central to everything...the Skytrain, The World Trade Centre Shopping Mall, all those amazing food stalls, in fact everything you needed to see. A huge round hotel with 750 rooms and suites and we were on the 21st floor of the tower building. The rooms were round too and being so high had wonderful views of Bangkok city. There are eight restaurants in this hotel and huge tropical fish tanks lined the walkthru from Reception to rooms. This hotel was really reasonable for its category and I would highly recommend a few days stay there. The staff are friendly,warm and professional.
Unique Quality: Outdoor seafood bbq evenings on a huge terrace.
- Opinion of Price: less expensive than average
Ambassador Hotel Bangkok Photo: Tower of Hotel Amassador
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How is the Ambassador Hotel?
I will be travelling to bangkok in december with my hubby; booked our accommodation at the Ambassador hotel upon recommendation by a friend. However, now i am having second thoughts. Can anyone share some feedback on how the hotel is? in terms of location, security, furnishings etc?
Re: Re: How is the Ambassador Hotel?
Please don;t book it. Its the worst hotel Ive been to. The price looks very attractive but you wil lnotbe able to sit inthe rooms. Smells awful. Beds and pillow covers look like they have not been changed for ages. The bathroom fittings are so old that you can wake up the neighbours witht he creaking sound.
It used to be one of the best hotels before but now its old and there have been no renovations.
The breakfast however was much better than we anticipated after the bad night. We checked out the very next day.
Simply look out for another. If you want try the Asia Bangkok which is ok. Not the best but atleast they have clean rooms and beds. Price is ok too.
Re: Re: How is the Ambassador Hotel?
I believe your seconds thoughts about the Ambassador are well founded. It really has gone downhill over the years.
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If ya got the baht, I can highly recommend the President Solitaire straight up Soi 11 from the Ambassador.
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Address: 171 Sukhumvit Road, Soi 11, Bangkok, 10110, Thailand