Siam Oriental Inn

Siam Oriental Inn is located in the middle of Khao San Road, and is a great choice for a pit stop in Bangkok for the budget ttraveller. Khao San is the "backpacker street" in Bangkok, where you can shop til you drop, have a great party, eat extremely cheap food and meet up with other travellers.

The Inn has a little more than 50 rooms, all reasonably clean. This place has been here for years, so it's a bit worn, and might not look very fancy. The rooms are kept very simple.

Most of the rooms are a little bit noisy, but you really can't expect anything else in the middle of the "party street". You can chose between rooms with hot water or not, and AC or fan. AC takes the price quite a bit higher, and hot water is really not needed when the temperature gets to 35 C, so the cheapest opinion might be good enough. You could also choose a room with TV, but why should you have a TV in Bangkok..?

In the reception, there are several computers with internet connection - very cheap!, and you can get your digital photos burned on a CD. There's also a reastaurant area wich is very nice for breakfast. If you pay a little extra, they let you make your own lunch to take with you if you're going to travel a long way that day. Recommended for long train or bus-rides!

Safety boxes are available behind the reception, but bring your own padlock.

As many of the other inns around Khao San, Siam Oriental also provides luggage storage, for a short or longer period of time. The cost is chips, so if you want to get away for a week and then come back, storing most of your luggage here would be a good choice. Just don't leave valuables.

Staff is friendly, the place is well organized, and there's always a free room :)

Prices from 280 Bath low-season.