Nice & Cozy
Silom Serene was a small hotel. Small lobby, small pool, small restaurant but we liked it. It was nice and cozy. The room was clean, breakfast was great and the staffs were friendly.
We had a bit difficulty in finding the hotel since it was not located on the main street. Anyway, along Silom Road, just turned left to go into Silom 3 / Soi Phipat. On your right, it was the Bangkok Bank and about 100 meter, you would see Silom Serene on your left.
The nearest SkyStation from Silom Serene was Sala Daeng which was about 5 minutes walk from Silom Serene. In the morning, when we walked from the hotel to the skystation, it seemed near and easy. However, after a long day of shopping and sightseeing, it really seemed far and tiring to walk back to the hotel from the skystation. Well, at least for people who were lacked of exercise like us, it seemed far.
The Patpong Night Market was very near from Silom Serene. From Silom Serene, turned right, walk to the main street - Silom Road and turned right again. Patpong Night Market was right opposite you. To go to Sala Daeng SkyStation, turned right from the hotel, go straight on till Silom Road and turned right again. Walk straight on and look for the BTS SkyStation sign.
I booked this hotel through www.bangkok-hotel.net. The rate was 1750 Baht per night. The rate was good compare to other site but one downside, you would need to paid for the first night accommodation once you booked and the rest 14 days before the arrival date. Any changes would need to pay extra 500 Baht
We paid 350 Baht for taxi fare from airport to Silom Serene. The taxi driver didn’t run on meter although I took the taxi from the public taxi stand. Anyway, the comments from virtualtourist were taxi fare to Silom was about 300Baht (include express way fee and 50 baht surcharge of taking taxi at public taxi stand). So, I were not about to argue with the taxi driver for 50 Baht extra. Since I were already in the taxi, I can’t argue anyway.