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We are boring creatures of habit - and almost always stay at the Grand China Princess Hotel. Have looked elsewhere, but always come back, as I am an early riser, and Chinatown is the only place I have found that has activity almost around the clock. Almost anytime you look out the window, there is a hum on in Chinatown. I love to get up early and wander around the food markets, in time to see the monks on their morning gathering and enjoy being a bit of a novelty as almost certainly the only Westerner wandering around, looking like an idiot, pointing cameras and asking for pics.
The views from the hotel are great as well. Transport is readily availabe. 5 minute walk (unless I get lured by the shops) to Ratchavongse Pier, tuktuk and taxi at the ready, walkable distances to Hualamphong station, Khao San Road, Grand Palace and Wat Po, Little India, flower markets, Memorial Bridge markets etc.
The breakfast is hard to beat at GCP - and usually keeps my husband and I going all day - and the staff have always been excellent. There is also something really nice and truly welcoming about the staff's faces and genuine pleasure to see us again!
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| | | | Grand China Princess Hotel: Bangkok's worst hotel
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In the early hours of 30 March my son was the victim of an unprovoked street attack by a drunken European. Concussed, with black eyes, a broken nose and with his teeth knocked out he did the only thing he could think of, returned to our hotel by taxi to get help. Immediately, I accompanied him to reception to ask them to contact theTourist Police and a doctor. My son looked as if he had gone 12 rounds with Mike Tyson and was clearly in urgent need of medical attention. To my astonishment I was met with total indifference by the young woman and man on the desk. After some urging on my part they told me they did not have a doctor's number and were extremely reluctant to call the Police. Eventually, without help, I took a taxi and got my son to the local police and hospital. They, by the way were wonderful. The same cannot be said for the Grand China Princess. It was only after I reminded the young woman receptionist that in a Buddhist country two foreigners in our position might expect a little human compassion that she reluctantly picked up the telephone and put us through to the Tourist Police. Both receptionists seemed concerned by only one thing - to charge the cost of the telephone call to my room! When I checked out the next day with my severely concussed son, the Chinese Manager was sickening, bowing, scraping and grovelling, yet clearly more interested in the small bottle of water that had apparently not been paid for from the mini-bar than the behaviour of his staff to foreign guests. I can only suggest that you give this cold dark unfriendly hotel the widest berth, because if you SHOULD have any problems or God forbid - an illness in this wonderful country --this particular hotel will watch you die and then charge you for the inconvenience. By the way, the food was awful, the only bad food I ate in a month in Thailand-- and the "oasis" on the hotel. . roof is an arid waste with a tiny pool. Don't go! Freiia. London
A good place to die in. Leave a Comment Theme: HotelPrice: US$40-80 » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageDirections: ChinaTownWebsite: Freiia@virualtourist.com
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| | | | Grand China Princess Hotel: A hotel with two faces
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Our family stayed here 3 years ago, on the first 4 nights of our first visit to Thailand. We immediately fell in love with both the hotel and the surrounding Chinatown.
Excellent, newly refurbished (?) room on the 18th floor, with a magnificent river view. Smiling staff at the front desk when we arrived, a nice cold welcome drink and, behind the desk, an adorable young lady who won the the hearts of my two young sons.
We had several meals here during our stay, and we always found both the food and the staff extremely nice.
Last year we went back with high hopes. But this turned out to be one big dissapontment.
No smiles at the desk when we arrived. Instead we had to argue to have them accept a family with two kids staying in a triple room (even though this had actually been booked and confirmed).
The room this time was on the 7th floor, facing the back, and extremely uninspiring. In urgent need of renovation, or at least a good cleaning (the bathroom was actually smelling).
Also the staff seemed to have been shifted. Apart from the guy at the roof-top bar/pool, we were met mostly with ignorance, and suspicion, during all of our stay.
I'd like to think that we were just extremely unlucky the last time. And maybe we had build up too high hopes. But it didn't feel good.
Anyway, we still love Chinatown (it is without doubt the most exiting area in Bangkok!), and we might even go back to Grand China.
Others here have had other views recently, so, again, maybe we just were unlycky. Leave a Comment Theme: HotelPrice: US$20-40 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageDirections: Chinatown
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