The Somerset Hotel
by phil_uk_netCompared to some 1000 baht per night places there is no comparison with this place. I paid 1400 baht through Asia Travel (www.asiatravel.com).
Well worth the extra 400 baht per night.
There is one aspect of the hotel I didn't like though. Because of its location near NEP, Soi Cowboy and the infamous Thermae coffee shop the hotel attracts a lot of single males just looking to get together with one of the local hookers. I think that at breakfast I was the only male on my own without one of the aforementioned females. I understand that these guys are lonely but it looks kind of pathetic. One guy must have been about 70 (he reminded me of Grandpa Simpson) and was with a Thai girl of around half his age. He was all wrinkled and his hands trembled as he buttered his toast. The girl with him was watching TV over his shoulder and looked bored out of her skull. She obviously needed the money but her body language said that she she didn't want to be there with this old guy. Very sad.
Quiet and comfortable. There is a pool but I didn't use it.
