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Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, is one of the oldest deluxe hotels in Bangkok, serving the rich and famous (Princess Diana, Nicolas Cage, and Elizabeth Taylor have all rested their heads here) for more than 130 years. Yet it's completely up to date and right next to the Skytrain. Its 358 rooms and 35 suites feature such chichi luxuries as private butler service and Bose CD players, and all rooms have at least side river views. The furniture is swathed in Thai silks and backed by burnished teak—except in the Garden Wing rooms where the style is neo-colonial. For champagne wishes and literary dreams, there's the Somerset Maugham suite, with sultry four-poster beds, gold-legged stools, and fuchsia pillows. The hotel also houses some of Bangkok's finest restaurants, including Lord Jim's, where seafood is served riverside, and the more formal Le Normandie, where both the service and menu are high French. For diners having a Western jones, there's a wood-fired Italian pizza oven and an outdoor barbecue joint on a terrace by the river (closed from May to September for the rainy season). In November 2006, the Ayurvedic Penthouse spa debuted with classical treatments like Udwatanam, a rejuvenating dry herbal massage. There's also a terrific cooking school.
From the readers of Condé Nast Traveler:
(393 rooms)
—2009 Gold List
Overall Score: 95.3
- Rooms: 95.1
- Service: 97.7
- Food: 95.1
- Location: 94.4
- Design: 94.4
View the entire 2009 Gold List of the world's best places to stay ›
Also appeared in the Gold List in 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
Amenities: Pool, Spa, Tennis
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Located on the banks of the Chao Phrya River, Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok has been an inspiration to a host of world-renowned writers from Somerset Maugham to Graham Greene. Voted the world's best hotel by readers of influential magazines, Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok has an international reputation for splendid service and facilities. With 393 luxuriously appointed guestrooms and suites, the hotel also has ten restaurants and outlets - The Normandie, The China House, Lord Jim's, the Sala Rim Naam and Terrace Rim Naam serving traditional Thai cuisine, and Ciao, an outdoor Italian bistro. The Bamboo Bar, The Verandah coffee shop, Riverside Terrace and Authors' Lounge. Other facilities include the internationally renowned The Oriental Spa, which opened in 1993. The Oriental Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok is a temple of well-being featuring the latest spa techniques in a traditional Thai setting, and has garnered numerous awards from the most esteemed travel and beauty publications worldwide. In addition, hotel also has a business center, two outdoor swimming pools, shopping arcades, a day care centre, a beauty parlor and barber shop, a fully equipped sports centre, function rooms and conference facilities and The Thai Cooking & Cultural School.
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