The Siam Hotel

A beautiful boutique hotel located on the Chao Phraya river. Very professional staff who are very helpful and very responsive. The public spaces are beautiful with a lovely plant atrium filled with a water feature. We had a Garden View room which was very large and, as it says on the tin, has a view over the gardens. A very large and comfortable bed, plenty of storage space and a seating area. Lots go back wood so a little dark but light through the windows meant this wasn't an issue. The bathroom had both a tub and a shower with plenty of hot water and towels. Very good aircon and housekeeping was of a very high standard. The outside spaces are well maintained and there is a nice small pool and decked area on the river. The restaurant and bar both overlook the river and are very comfortable. The food was good and the staff very professional. There is a boat dock from where you can take a free boat shuttle to various stops downriver. The hotel is located in the administrative district of the city so there is nothing in the immediate vicinity of interest and you will need to take a taxi or tuktuk to the old city. Inside it felt very tranquil with carefully curated public spaces. We used the music room but no one else seemed to use them. Highly recommended.

Amazing hotel - the rooms are large and stylish, the interior is outstanding and the staff is over the top! We loved the location riverside with a nice pool overlooking Chao Praya. The only minor downside is that taxis drives into the city centre take a while due to the heavy traffic. But clearly the picturesque hotel boat ride down the river helps massively to shorten the city ride. We will definitely return to this true 5* boutique hotel as this is an absolute gem for us.

The Siam is truly remarkable property-it doesn’t feel you are in the city at all. It offers a wonderfully calm and private atmosphere. Dinner at CHON Tai restaurant was outstanding. The team were exceptionally warm, attentive and welcoming, making the experience even more memorable. And of course the food was absolutely delicious. Thank you for the wonderful hospitality. That is definitely a place to return, as The Siam has a unique charm that stays with you long after you leave.

We stayed for a couple of nights here in Nov in the river view suite. It's another Bensley hotel and the hardware certainly delivered. We loved the design of the public space and the room. It has a very low room count of 40 and a relatively large ground for a hotel in Bangkok of this size. We loved the restaurant by the river and the pier, everything was in good shape. Food was some of the best hotel food we have had, both in terms of breakfast and dinner. The shuttle boat was absolutely lovely and they provided you with water and wet wipes too. However, let's move onto the negatives and why we couldn't give this place 5-star. 1) the hotel seems consistently understaffed. it would take forever to get seated, get water, get someone to order food and to get refills of water. some of the staff were fantastic and some less so, maybe because they were stretched or stressed. Wedding dinner every night also seemed to drain some manpower away from the restaurants. 2) some cleanliness issues - we wondered onto the 2nd floor and there was a spider web right outside one of the guest rooms. 3) over the weekend, both days there were wedding receptions, so there were outside guests constantly walking from lobby to the venue and the story house was forever blocked off during the day. We could not visit it at all during our stay. 4) spa massage experience were just okay, compared to what we had before coming to the Siam. And if you juts go for the sauna, there was no one there to direct you or assist you. We liked the somewhat location as a retreat, but for that to work the spa really has got to be on point. Otherwise one would feel somewhat trapped here with no good options to be had. 5) at check out, the again was delay with luggage delivery from our room to the hotel car. The staff suggested we stood next to the vehicle in the heat while waiting for the luggage, to which I asked if he could just unlock the door and let us on, and they obliged. It's not something that should happen when you charge 5500THB++ AND give us a run down dirty old smelly third party Toyota minivan. Mandarin Oriental charges 4k THB NETT for a hotel mercedes V-class. 6) the hotel pool only had 4 cabanas, which were again constantly full and unavailable. You could be set up further out, which is no big deal, but it's a bit annoying you stay at a low room count hotel just to constantly find everything is full and slow. Pool service was good but slow. They give you sunscreen, towels, col water and some mango-orange ice smoothie which was delicious, but it took a long while to arrive. Maybe it's nit-picking but to me it just sort of defeats the point. Overall, we loved the hardware, the space, the food, the boat shuttle here. However on the whole, especially taking the price into consideration, it has become quite an average stay for us. We tried hard to love it and it simply isn't worth the price and service isn't up to standard. We would most certainly not be returning here for future stays.

We stayed for one night at the Siam in one of their suites on our honeymoon and we were both absolutely blown away by this hotel. Every single detail about the venue is perfect, the service, room quality, food quality, ambience and style are all a perfect 10/10. I can’t stress how good the staff are, the Thai food in the restaurant was stunningly good, the suite and amenities were incredible, the list goes on. Expensive, but worth every single baht. If you’re in Bangkok and can afford it with your budget, book this hotel without a second thought, you’ll not be disappointed! We are already looking forward to coming back the next time we visit Bangkok!