DiamondStandard King→Same room as bookedNo upgrade
It's a dump of a place. Booked & received a Standard King. This place needs some serious room maintenance. Bathroom fittings hanging off of the wall, dirty, dilapidated furniture in the rooms. Air conditioning? Forget it - it's a sauna even in October. Dreadful. As for the breakfast - just don't. Cheap & nasty ingredients & couldn't care less staff. As a Diamond I had breakfast included & I just didn't bother after day 1. Sad & pathetic. I suspect the Deluxe rooms are significantly better. At least I hope so.
The photos are from the second room I moved to.
Had a very nice stay here last week. Upgraded from Standard King to Executive King. Room spacious & comfortable if a tad dated. Shower & water temperature all good. Very nice executive lounge with a strong selection of hot dishes & very tasty sandwiches & salads, ice cold beers plus the usual wines/spirits. Service from the staff was excellent. No complaints. Only reason I'm at the Garden Inn next time round is my late arrival will negate the ability to use the executive lounge plus it's about 30+ Euro cheaper at HGI.
DiamondKing Guest Room with Courtyard View→King Deluxe River View RoomUpgraded
I stayed here a few weeks ago. It's really quite a nice property but with some negatives to consider. Location is excellent being only 10/12 minutes easy stroll along the river to the heart of the old town.
I booked a standard King Guest Room with Courtyard View & was upgraded at checkin to a King Deluxe River View Room. I was surprised & quite impressed with the room which felt more spacious & a little more luxe than the Hilton website indicated. It has clearly had a refresh at some point with very nice seating options (good chair & sofa) & comfy bed/linens. Views from the windows were stunning.
There is a rooftop bar which offered stunning vista up & down the river & I enjoyed an ice cold beer & a tasty Club sandwich. Well worth a visit, albeit the weather in early September was superb.
Breakfast was, frankly, awful IME. Really basic cheap ingredients. Nothing appealed to be honest. Nasty cubed fruit salad in some kind of syrup, dried out mini cakes/pastries/croissants (why not a decent, full sized croissant?)
I asked for fresh cooked fried eggs as the dried out congealed eggs on the buffet were dire. I made some toast (poor bread too) & settled for that. Coffee was meh too (there was a Nespresso style machine in the room FYI).
Service in general was friendly & pro-active (apart from breakfast where staff were zombie-like, lol). The rooms are comfortable. Location is great. Bar service, drinks, food very good.
Despite the comments about breakfast (just pick & choose very carefully) I do recommend the hotel & would stay again.
DiamondNot stated→King Park Executive SuiteUpgraded
Lounge access
Enjoyed an excellent stay here overall (one glitch, more later) & was pre-upgraded to a King Park Executive Suite which was great. Comfortable, modern & very peaceful.
Breakfast in Oxbo restaurant was very good with decent choices & plenty of the usual hot & cold options.
The Executive Lounge is a beautiful space, airy, very nice decor plus an outdoor terrace, which was great in the 30c temperatures. Hardly anyone in there each day - perhaps 8-10 maximum. There were 2 beers, Heineken & a Bulgarian lager, white, rose & red wines. Vodka, Whiskey & one other spirit that I can't recall (Rum maybe?). No gin annoyingly but the staffer with whom I spoke said requests from guests fro gin have been listened to by management so we'll see. Food options were plentiful IME, incl. greek, mozzarella & various other salad options, cold cuts, cheese, crackers, bread sticks, nuts, plus a couple of small hot dishes. There were also 2-3 desserts/cakes, plus fresh fruit. Perfectly adequate.
The only negative was a failed airport pick top that I had arranged a few days before arrival & their initial handling of this was really crappy. However matters were satisfactorily resolved eventually once I had made my feelings clear!
The hotel has been refurbished to a high standard & is beautifully maintained. I wouldn't hesitate to stay again.
Hilton Sukhumvit Bangkok - 3 nights - booked King Deluxe zero upgrade. Hotel fully booked 1st night & couldn't be bothered to move for remaining nights when plenty of inventory opened up.
Millennium Hilton Bangkok - Booked King Premium Room - received upgrade to King Family Suite & further upgrade to Panoramic Executive Suite at checkin.
DiamondKing Premium Room→Executive Suite (after a discussion)Upgraded
Doubletree by Hilton Ploenchit Bangkok - Booked King Premium Room - received Executive Suite - upgrade only received after much kerfuffle & poor/unacceptable rooms being originally allocated.