Hilton Suhkumvit, Bangkok
While trying to grab some more distant locations, I ended up popping off to Bangkok again for cheap luxury hotels and gratuitous lounges. While bandying about on the Hilton website, I saw the Hilton Sukhumvit was cheap, and even the suite was a good buy. So, instead of dealing with challenging upgrade situations, I purchased the suite straight out.Arrival
I flew into Bangkok International and took the Air train towards downtown. I got off at the wrong stop and was in a disaster of uncrossable streets, endless bumper to bumper cars and 98 degrees with my luggage. I tried to get an uber, but they went to the other side of the street then it wasn't going to work, so basically, I just walked into the middle of the road, with my luggage, to a taxi tooling by with its light on as available. He stopped, I loaded, and off we went for a 3 mile (45 minute) ride.The Room
A very excellent suite that has more space than I need, but not more than I deserve.
3D interactive room tour, use your mouse or fingers to move around and see other rooms.
The Floorplan for direct room click access.
Dining and Drinking
There is Scalini, which is Mediterranean dining and where the huge breakfast buffet is. Mondo, the world dining restaurant and bar, and the Pool Bar, which was closed while I was there.Executive Lounge
The huge (not the biggest I have ever seen, but this is quite substantial) executive lounge has an outside smoking area, several conference rooms, a computer space, and seriously all day service from breakfast to midday snacks to evening drinks and food.The drink service is quite exceptional.
Hotel Amenities
Sadly, all of them were closed for "Refurbishment", and I was not able to see nor am I able to comment on them.
2nd biggest room, for a very fair price
Lovely fresh fruit as a gift from management
I took one to make a drink while shooting pictures
Welcome to Scalini, a very competent European restaurant
And being Euro, many wines are here to imbibe
Yes, the Traveling with Rob indulgent buffet shots!
Such a flex showing all those $4 eggs
Specific asian dishes, which... I actually suggest trying for breakfast
Sushi? Ok!
Mmmm, you have no idea how much I love bleu cheese
Juicy!
Many many choices for breakfast noodles
Les patisseries. The chocolate croissants? Mmmmhmm!
Pork buns, ok that is now a bit wild
I can't even identify half of this fruit
This is the hotel bar, it's a little unimposing but still decent
Mondo, decent dining
The highlight of many of my stays, and was here too
Large, comfortable seating area
So many conference rooms for use too, this is the most I have seen in a lounge
Breakfast tastiness in the lounge
Asian breakfast even in the lounge
Yogurts and veggies, I avoided this like death
Mmm, choco cereal. 8 year old internal me is in love
Pastries, yum!
And more pastries easier to access
The sublime delight of this meal
So, what kind of eggs do you want?
Ok, salads, I am so done with this. Stop making fun of me
Delightful tasty dinner options
Deserts that were excellent
What an excellent selection
The menu favorites are a good choice
A nice place, but where you need to go to smoke, so it smells
Daytime snackage?
Summary
A very nice hotel. Rooms are exceptional. The food is great. The lounge demands you acquire access for it.Tip: Double check the transportation arrangements you make with the concierge. I had some issues with some the services requested vs. what was delivered.