Silom Studios

Fantastic location if you want to be in Silom-Saladaeng area near shops, street market, restaurants and naughty bars. Located at the end of a quiet cul de sac. Good lighting. Efficient airconditioning despite very hot afternoons and external walls radiating heat into room. Looks contemporary but some defects which became obvious after a few hours. There was a mini-fridge in room, unstocked (good). Wifi signal was strong and reliable. Plenty of electrical outlets for charging equipment. Convenient that there was a desk. Water pressure good. Hot water came through quickly in shower. Small issues which may be important to others even if not important to me: 1. No lift. 2. Have to take off shoes in ground floor hallway which could be a bit of a nuisance if you don’t have slip on/off shoes, since there’s nowhere to sit to lace up.

15 minutes after I checked in I saw 3 - 4 safety pins left by previous guest. Makes one wonder what else has been missed. Although I booked a “King Studio” the bed was only 1.5 or 1.6 metres wide. Drainage from washbasin painfully slow; partially choked. Seal under the shower screen has given way, so water leaked from shower stall into rest of bathroom. Unfortunately, the rest of bathroom had no drainage, so water stayed there as a small pool (and increased each time I took a shower) for all four days. No soap at wash basin. Only a liquid soap dispenser in shower, but since the metre or so near the shower screen was always flooded, had to step through a pool of water to get soap from the dispenser each time I wanted to wash my hands. Out of around 140 satellite TV channels, over 95% of them were from India or Pakistan. Basically, not a lot of choice. No kettle in room, no coffee/tea making. Doesn’t compare well with other hotels in same area with similar price range which have that as standard. Breakfast, as mentioned by others, is a simple “homely” kind of thing, with bread, jam, peanut butter, cereal, one kind of juice, fruit. Also saw cup (instant) noodles on two mornings. Some people have commented that it’s too meagre; I didn’t think so, not unreasonable for its price range. But in my case, I had different concerns. Because it seemed that there were very few guests -- I think there was only one other room occupied -- hardly anyone else consumed breakfast. So I believe that for all four days, the sliced bread was from the same loaf, and the milk from the same carton through my entire stay. Owner had a strange habit of telling me nearly everyday what time I came back the previous night. When said in front of other guests, it's a violation of privacy. Also it gave me the sense that she took some pleasure in surveillance and it felt creepy to be so closely monitored.