Hotel...
After coming out from the airport, we walked straight to the taxi stand and told the agent that we were going to Sukhumvit. A voucher (no need to pay until you reach your destination) was given and then the driver carried our luggage to his taxi. He sped off soon after we boarded the taxi and heading straight to our hotel. It took about 25 mins to reach Sukhumvit but the driver never heard of our hotel - Sacha's Uno. Luckily he knew the road-Soi 19 where the hotel was located and I had no problem of pointing out the hotel to him once we reached Soi 19.
The taxi fare from airport to Sukhumvit cost 420TB inclusive of 50TB for airport taxi tax and 70TB for the toll.
I chose this small boutique hotel due to its great location and good reviews from Tripadvisor and Agoda. I made the booking last month through Agoda and paid USD39/night for a standard room.
When we reached the hotel, our room was not ready yet. We had to wait for 15 mins before the key was handed to us and being told that we were given free upgrade to a superior room. The porter carried our luggage to next door building and up to our room at 4th floor. The hotel consists of 2 buildings and our room was at the next building.
Our superior room... no carpet but timber flooring. Very clean and the king size bed was extremely comfortable and the fluffy pillow was at its right height. The bed was very much liked the Westin's heavenly bed... it was actually very difficult to drag ourselves up every morning! And most importantly the air-con was excellent-very cold!
The room was equipped with a 32" LCD, 85 cable channels, safety box ( big enough to put my laptop in) and 2 bathrobes in the closet which we never used. No hair dryer in the drawer and we called the housekeeping to request one as well as 2 additional pillows on top of 4 pillows already placed on the bed. No problem, they were delivered to our room in less than 2 mins!
The bathroom was clean but small.
No bathtub but rain shower... the water pressure was OK and no problem with water temperature.
The plus point... free high speed wifi was available in the room! Speed was faster than my Streamyx at home!
Coffee/Tea making facility.
2 Complimentary bottles of mineral water everyday...
Day time view of the hotel... the complimentary "tuk-tuk" outside was actually used to send guests to BTS station or Sukhumvit subway station. We used only once as it was drizzling on one morning.
Night time view of the hotel...
View from the Asok BTS station. The Asok BTS Sky Train Station and Sukhumvit Subway Stations were just a 2 mins walk from our hotel. Very convenient, fast and cheap in getting around in Bangkok.
The Uno Mondo was located at the lobby. The pretty barista was busy making aromatic coffee. Unfortunately I didn't have the chance to try her out... I mean the coffee OK!
The lounge at building#2
The lobby is at building #1
Guests are free to used the 2 PC terminals..
The staff were excellent... open the door for us every time we walked in or out of the hotel. Never fail to greet " sawadeekap" and wearing a smile all the time.
The Lounge at building #1
Travel tip: 7-11 is just right opposite which you can buy beer drinks to stock up your fridge in your room. The massage parlor with green sign was good and clean - 1 hour Thai Massage was 300TB. Robinson Departmental Store is 1 min walk from the hotel. Sukhumvit is buzzing at night with lots of stalls and plenty of eateries.
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