At the last minute, my friends decided to join me in Bangkok for a few days before they headed off to Phuket, and the first night of our stay was spent at the W Bangkok.
With previous great experiences at other W properties, I was hoping that this property would continue my streak of positive stays with the brand. Little did I know, we were in for quite the treat.
W Bangkok – Booking
My first positive impression of the W Bangkok came when I went to check out the figures for a stay. I redeemed 30,000 Marriott Bonvoy points for our stay, which felt like a fairly low price to pay for a W hotel.
At the low end, you can find nights for around 19,000 points, and at the high end, expect to pay around 32,000 points. The average lies somewhere in between, usually around 23,000–25,000 points throughout the year.
Cash prices for the W Bangkok run between 5,700 THB ($220 CAD) and 7,000 THB ($270 CAD), with the average price falling at around 6,500 THB ($250 CAD).
I didn’t necessarily get outstanding value from my redemption, given that we value Bonvoy points at 0.8 cents per point (CAD), as it was pretty much on par.
In retrospect, I should have just paid cash for my stay, especially since we wound up splitting it three ways. However, my friends didn’t decide to join me in Thailand until the last minute, and I wasn’t too fussed.
I wouldn’t suggest using a Free Night Award at the property, since you can get much better value by staying at a more costly hotel.
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W Bangkok – Location
The W Bangkok is located on North Sathorn Road in Bangkok’s Sathorn district. The area is home to some of the city’s most trendy hotels, cocktail bars, and lounges.
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You’ll find many other trendy hotels located close to the W Bangkok, and the area is quite bustling both during the day and during the night.
If you’d like to see the city by boat, head over to the Chao Phraya River, which is around 20 minutes from the hotel by foot.
Nearby shopping outlets include ICONSIAM and Siam Paragon, which are just steps away from the W Bangkok.
Lumphini Park is less than 10 minutes away by car or around 25 minutes by foot, if you’re in search of some green space in the middle of the city.
The hotel is located close to the Chong Nonsi BTS transit station, and you can get there in just five minutes by foot.
Coming from Suvarnabhumi Airport, it takes around 30 minutes at the best of times by car; however, expect traffic to bump that to over an hour during the day.
W Bangkok – Check-in
My two friends and I arrived at the W Bangkok in the early evening. They had decided to join me in Bangkok for a few days after our ski trip when my friend Seb got injured on the slopes.
Our taxi pulled up to the hotel by way of a large gate after we had sat in traffic for around 20 minutes, barely moving at all.
My last time in Bangkok was in 2008 during an extensive backpacking trip, and as I laid my eyes on the hotel’s glowing façade with a huge W gracing the exterior, I immediately knew that I was a long way from Khao San Road and its less illustrious lodgings.
W Bangkok – Exterior
W Bangkok – Gate
Prior to stepping into the hotel, we took a moment to gaze at what appeared to be an ancient mansion on the hotel’s property that sat behind a large water feature. While we weren’t quite sure what it was at this point, we made a note to return there to check it out later on that evening.
W Bangkok – The House on Sathorn
After treating my friends to rather utilitarian stays at the Westin Tokyo and the Hilton Niseko Village , I was very keen to give them a taste of the W brand, which I have come to appreciate in the recent past.
Indeed, they had many opportunities to quickly acquaint themselves with the W brand, since the logo is plastered all over the place.
W Bangkok – Entrance
W Bangkok – Logo
The lobby lounge at the W Bangkok is fairly minimalistic, with a low-to-the-ground sofa resting in front of a large logo emblazoned on a bright wall, a spiral staircase that leads up to some dining venues, and some delicious iced beverages located off to the side.
W Bangkok – Lobby lounge
W Bangkok – Staircase
There was a small lineup when we arrived, and as we were sipping on a glass of water to help with the heat, we were approached by a staff member who apologized for the delay.
He kindly offered to bring us a welcome drink while we waited, and after taking our passports to be scanned, he returned shortly thereafter with a round of shots.
While this was surely a bit of an unorthodox way to start the check-in process, none of us were opposed, and we celebrated our arrival in Bangkok in quite the festive manner.
W Bangkok – Welcome drinks
As it turns out, the gentleman who assisted us was the hotel’s manager, who is from Vancouver and is familiar with our website. He guided us up to the check-in desks, and made sure to mention that we pop into The House on Sathorn for a nice cocktail later on that evening, which we duly noted.
W Bangkok – Check-in desks
While I’d booked a base-level room for one person for the stay, the associate had no qualms accommodating our surprise group of three. She also let me know that I’d been proactively upgraded to a Marvelous Suite due to my Platinum Elite status , and that they’d arrange for a rollaway bed to be brought in without delay.
Furthermore, to my delight, we were given three free drink vouchers to use at the hotel, and we are also told that there wouldn’t be an extra charge for a third guest at breakfast the next day.
Our stay was already off to a fantastic start, and feeling keen to check out our suite and grab some street food, we headed over to the kaleidoscope-like elevator lobby and then up to our room on the 30th floor.
W Bangkok – Elevators
W Bangkok – Hallway
W Bangkok – Room 3010
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite
As we made our way towards the room, I couldn’t help but notice the hotel’s dark hallways and colour scheme that is a vestige of the W brand’s past. I learned that the W Bangkok opened its doors in 2012, and the pink, purple, and black certainly confirmed this.
However, this didn’t deter us at all, and we were quite pleased when we opened the door to our room and took stock of our surroundings.
The room’s foyer has a transparent purple glass partition that provides a break between the room’s secondary bathroom and the cowskin furnishings in the living room.
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite foyer
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite foyer
The bathroom located in the foyer has a single vanity and a toilet, along with a bidet hose.
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite secondary bathroom
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite toilet & bidet hose
The living room in the Marvelous Suite is quite spacious, and would be perfect for hosting a small gathering. There is a large, four-person couch set against a jet-black wall that separates the living room from the bedroom. A black-and-white striped table sits in the middle of the room, with square and circular ottomans available as extra seats.
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite living room
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite living area
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite couch
On the table was a note from the hotel’s manager and a rather delicious welcome gift of mango sticky rice, macarons, and cookies.
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite welcome gift
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite welcome gift
Set against the living room’s windows is a lengthy desk and ergonomic chair. I spent the better part of the next day working from here, and found it to be an entirely comfortable place to sit for a few hours at a time.
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite desk
On the opposite wall from the couch is a large flat-screen TV and the room’s not-so-minibar. There was plenty of booze and snacks available at a steep cost; however, there were also many bottles of water and a coffee maker that came without any sticker shock.
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite flat-screen TV & minibar
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite minibar
During the check-in process, when the staff mentioned that the rollaway bed would be brought up quickly, they weren’t kidding. Before I’d been able to snap pictures of the bedroom, the staff had already come by to set it up.
The bedroom in the Marvelous Suite is located on the other side of the wall from the living room. In our case, we had a king bed and a rollaway bed set up to the side. A pair of golden boxing gloves were placed above the headboard, which was a nice nod to Thailand’s muay thai kickboxing.
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite bedroom
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite bedroom
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite bed
The room’s second flat-screen TV is positioned directly opposite from the bed, and was playing a DJ set when we arrived.
In the corner of the bedroom, there’s another ottoman and a mirrored table.
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite ottoman & mirrored table
The primary bathroom in the Marvelous Suite is attached to the bedroom. It’s very spacious, and has a lengthy vanity, a walk-in shower, a fabulous bathtub with a nearby TV, and a separate toilet room with a bidet hose.
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite primary bathroom vanity
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite bathtub
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite walk-in shower
It’s worth noting that the sliding glass door in the bathroom can only close off either the shower or the toilet room at any given time.
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite primary bathroom sliding door
W Bangkok – Marvelous Suite primary bathroom toilet
Overall, we were quite thrilled with our generous upgrade, and found that we had plenty of space to enjoy during our short stay. With a no-questions-asked late checkout granted, we made sure to stick around the hotel as long as we could.
It was nice to have the separate living room and bedroom, as I could hop on some meetings in one room while my friends had an extended sleep the next morning.
If you aren’t proactively upgraded, be sure to apply a Suite Night Award or do your best attempts at “ suite-talking ” at the hotel, as you’re in for a treat if you can get a Marvelous Suite.
W Bangkok – Wonderful King Room
During my stay, I had the opportunity to have a look a few other room types at the W Bangkok.
The Wonderful King Room is a base-level room at the W Bangkok.
Inside, a king bed takes up the majority of space in the bedroom, although you’ll also find a single armchair and coffee table placed at the foot of the bed. Opposite from the bed is a flat-screen TV, and the room’s minibar.
A long glass desk is tucked against the window, and looked very similar to the one in the Marvelous Suite.
W Bangkok – Wonderful King Room bedroom
W Bangkok – Wonderful King Room flat-screen TV & minibar
W Bangkok – Wonderful King Room bedroom
The bathroom has a rectangular bathtub set underneath black subway tiles, a sliding mirrored door that moved between the shower and the toilet room, and a single vanity up against the wall to the bedroom.
W Bangkok – Wonderful King Room
This room type would be perfectly fine for a solo traveller or a couple who didn’t need any extra space to entertain.
It’s also worth noting that given the hotel’s proximity to a very busy street, it can get quite noisy at times. If you tend to be bothered by noise, be sure to ask for a room that caters to light sleepers.
W Bangkok – Wonderful Queen Room
The Wonderful Queen Room is a different form of the lead-in room types at the W Bangkok. Rather than a single king bed, you’ll find a queen bed and a twin bed in this room. Otherwise, the setup is identical to the Wonderful King Room, with a flat-screen TV, minibar, and desk.
W Bangkok – Wonderful Queen Room bedroom
W Bangkok – Wonderful Queen Room flat-screen TV, desk, & minibar
W Bangkok – Wonderful Queen Room desk
The bathroom in the Wonderful Queen Room is also the same. However, in this case, there was a sliding door that sealed up the bathroom from the outside.
If privacy is important to you, be sure to request a room with a sliding door, as they are in limited supply.
