Accor opened this rather small hotel (174 rooms) recently, in September 2011.
I visited it in October 2011 and the smell of solvents was still there.
This made me decide not yet to book there. It takes a few months for an hotel or a restaurant to get going.
Nevertheless I understood from what I experienced that this is a hotel based upon a concept.
If you are not terribly attracted by the concept you may not like this hotel. But if you like the concept I am sure you wuill love this hotel.
When you enter the reception area from Bangkok's broad daylight you will see very little. It is rather dark.
Cleverly any indication of 'grandeur' is avoided.
The whole place seems to be crammed full and cluttered. If you can see the floors you will notice that they are not in solid teak, as you so often find in old Thai buildings, but in some sort of distressed wood, that unfortunately looks very much like laminate. Well, maybe it is laminate, but that does not matter. The main impression is that it is worn out, just like people like to buy jeans with a worn-out look. A clever design indeed.
Further on - in a sort of passage to the lift - there is all of a sudden a reasonable Persian Kashan carpet on the floor. Normally, in Persia, we would give such a carpet more space. Here it is confined by the walls. It is a big carpet but not really big. This means that there is not so much space on the ground plan. Alright: you try to find your way onward. Glaring lights from the floor shining up make this a little effort.
You get to the lift - or lifts?? Is there really only one lift available for this building? There were actually 2 lifts but one was marked as 'service lift' (or was it out of service?). Anyhow, even two lifts would not have been much. Makes you think again about the poor architect trying to squeeze in two lifts.
If the design was meant to emulate old colonial style it would be better to visit Raffles or E&O and all the other still existing places in India and Pakistan.
Brightness is avoided.
The ambiance will certainly attract nouveau riche Russians and Cypriots.
In October only one restaurant is operating: a Thai restaurant: Su Tha Ros on the 14th floor. See under restaurants. A second Italian restaurant is supposed to open later this year.
Staff of the hotel and the restaurant have specially designed clothes. Personally I think these make the staff less attractive but you may like the design. I thought it made them all look a bit sad. Maybe the (absence of) colour scheme ?
Considering that the hotel and the restaurants will be in the higher price bracket I think it is worthwhile studying the concept of the hotel and its merits first.
Stayed October 2011, traveled on business
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