Four of us booked to stay in the Design hotel for a few nights en route to Krabi. We wanted an individualised hotel, something a bit different from the run of the mill.

This is definitely what you get with this hotel. The decoration and furnishing in the hotel take a few minutes to get used to ( as does all that poured concrete - walls and floors! )

However, the experience of staying in the hotel is great. We loved so many different things about staying here..

1) the breakfasts, so relaxed and yummy. Good food selection.
2) the bars, great selection of drinks and interesting books around if you want to read.
3) the staff - really charming and helpful.
4) the pool - an infinity style and gorgeous.
5) the location works - you can walk to most things or take a cab / tuk tuk if you are tired.
6) the flow of the hotel public space - the bars and public spaces can be busy at key times but staff manage things well and the hotel is big enough not to cramp you.
7) the turn down at night is great in your room and they leave the best ever snack on youyr pillow - a banana candy which I have craved ever since leaving Thailand. YUM!

So this hotel is a cool and easy place to live in for a few days, the only people who would not like it are those who are expecting or want an old fashioned hotel decorated as such.

We were very happy with our choice, thanks for the stay.

We stayed at the Siam@Siam for two nights in May 2008. We arrived at around 4am due to a delayed flight from Sydney - but were greeted and helped with our bags, and personally shown to our room.

Our room was very cool - as you can see is an important aspect of this funky hotel. Sheets were super soft - only issue is that we were given twin beds instead of a double - but we lived.

Pool was amazing, breakfast was great and service was absolutlely faultless.

Great hotel - easy to recommend!

We stayed here for part of our honeymoon in mid June 2008. Overall we found this hotel great, the pool area is lovely despite limited open hours, breakfast was generous with lots of choices and we ate here twice for dinner and every dish we ordered was delicious. We recommend the penang noodles, they are sensational.
We also recommend you try the almond waffles at the 'Waffle Man' at National Stadium station, and if you enjoy coffee, the best place to get one is from Cafe Kaldi, level 3 MBK.
The only disappointing thing we found was that it was very noisy on our last night here which continued into the early hours and then we were awoken at 6 am by very noisy cleaners in the next room.
Generally metered taxis are the best value for money, even if they are halied for you by the hotel staff. It will cost you about 300 baht from the airport to the hotel. The sky train and ferries up the river are also a great and cheap way to get around. We took a tuk-tuk from the night markets one night that cost 100 baht.
We did the tiger temple/ river Kwai tour in Bangkok that was great value for money. We booked it at one of the official booths at the train station and paid a fraction of the cost they will try to charge you if you book at the hotel.
We found that the best night market was the Suan Lum Night Bazaar.
Generally we were happy with this hotel and would stay here again if we visited Bangkok again.

We stayed in a leisure class room, which was a nice size, great views and everything you could ask for.
Staff were so polite and couldnt do enough for you, we did have a fault with are safe and a member of staff was at the room to help within minutes. It made our short stay so enjoyable that staff were interested & willing to talk and give information on Bangkok etc.
We had dinner at the restaurant one night which I would recommend , food was very nice, there was a great atmosphere and fantastic entertainment, which seemed to be on most nights the place was buzzing....
The hotel had a well equiped gym which i was glad off, and free internet access. With the mbk shopping center & skytrain only a short walk away, we discovered that this hotel was in a great location!
The hotel has a modern, edgey feel but is yet very comfortable. I cannot recommend this hotel enough.... oh & try the cocktails their delicious!!!!