My boyfriend and I stayed in the Sofitel Silom on Feb 2008 and were delighted. Our room was large with a great view and very stylishly decorated. They provide a full and varied breakfast and the service is elcellent. The gym is well equiped and the pool is small but pleasant. No great for sun bathers as totally shaded but only a minor point.

The lobb is great and really nice place to hang out but beware the lobby cafe prices. Water was 4 time more expensive than in the Spar down the street.

My husband and I stayed at the Sofitel Silom for five nights in February 2008 and found it a superb hotel in a fantastically convenient location.

We stayed in a Club room, which were on the higher floors. This also enabled access to the exclusive breakfast area (good, but not as diverse as the buffett breakfasts downstairs), as well as the excellent and recommended free afternoon teas (3-5pm) and drinks and canapes (5-7pm) on the 29th floor.

Club rooms were spacious, clean and modern and would definantly recommend you upgrade. Only complaint would be the lighting in the bathroom was pretty poor.

Hotel buffet breakfast in restaurant downstairs was fantastic, best experienced in our 3 weeks in Thailand. Everything you could ever want for breakfast, incl own smoothie making station, asian and western breakies and much much more! Also had one buffet dinner (was Indian themed) in same restaurant which was superb. Again, facilities incredibly clean and modern, refreshing to come in from noisy, smelly, smoggy streets.

Hotel staff were wonderful, incredibly helpful and thoughtful. Booked several tours through hotel tour operator, she was a great help and made pleasing recommendations.

Hotel in very convenient location - 5 min walk to Patpong Markets, 20 min walk or 3 min tuk tuk ride to Suan Lum Night Bazaar, 5 min walk to skytrain, 15 min walk to River. Plenty of tuk tuks and taxis around for those not wanting to walk, make sure negotiate price prior to departure.

All in all, if you are after luxury in a convenient location, go for the Sofitel Silom. We will again!

Took me sometime to post this review but wanted to give some feedback on this hotel. We only stayed in this hotel for one night pre cruise. The hotel was well located by the night market but not near the river. However, taxis are cheap. This hotel was large, modern and clean. Staff were very friendly. It exceeded my expectations. I would recommend that if you are thinking of booking this hotel to just do it.

Stayed there for 2 nights in Jan 08, great value and a very good hotel to start with. All staff are very friendly; the rooms are nicely furnished; food is pretty good. The location is pretty good and close to quite a few tourist attraction. I'd definitely stay there again. Only complaints are the small size of the swimming pool and expensive spa.