See why so many travellers make The Tawana Bangkok their hotel of choice when visiting Bangkok. Providing an ideal mix of value, comfort and convenience, it offers a charming setting with an array of amenities designed for travellers like you.
The rooms offer a flat screen TV, air conditioning, and a minibar, and getting online is possible, as free wifi is available, allowing you to rest and refresh with ease.
The Tawana Bangkok features 24 hour front desk, room service, and a concierge. In addition, as a valued The Tawana Bangkok guest, you can enjoy a pool and a lounge that are available on-site. Guests arriving by vehicle have access to free parking.
Given the close proximity of popular landmarks, such as Chinatown - Bangkok (1.3 mi) and Jim Thompson House (1.4 mi), guests of The Tawana Bangkok Hotel can easily experience some of Bangkok's most well known attractions.
When you’re feeling hungry, be sure to check out Sirocco Restaurant, OPUS Wine Bar, and Lenzi Tuscan Kitchen, which are some Mediterranean restaurants that are popular with locals and out-of-towners alike.
Bangkok is also home to The Human Body Museum, a popular natural history museum that is not too far from The Tawana Bangkok.
We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay at The Tawana Bangkok as you experience all of the things Bangkok has to offer.
Star ratings are intended to indicate the general level of features, amenities, and services to expect. This property is classified according to Giata.
HOTEL STYLE
Classic
Languages Spoken
English, Thai
Location
80, Surawong Road Si Phraya, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500 Thailand
Name/address in local language
The Tawana Bangkok
994 reviews
Getting there
Great for walkers
Places to stay are graded on a 0-100 scale. The higher the grade, the easier it is for travellers to find restaurants and things to do within walking distance.
Room was clean, internally quiet but some street noise, friendly helpful staff. Excellent location a short walk to a large park and night market.
Breakfast had an array of food choices but the line to request an omelet was too long and instead of having self-service coffee we had to leave the dining room and go to an adjacent room to request it, a nuisance.
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Date of stay: February 2020
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Convenient mid-range hotel just a stone's throw away from Patpong. Very clean and comfortable, but nothing spectacular.
If you're going to be drinking or doing other things until late at night in the Red Light District, this is one hotel that is walking distance from the action ... so no need to haggle for a taxi at 4am.
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Being a regular traveller to Bangkok I stay at a variey of localities to get a feel for different parts of the city. The Silom-Surawongse area is one of my favourites. Having stayed at the Tawana Hotel once many years back I decided it was time to re-visit. The hotel is nicely located, is quiet, clean & inviting. The staff are friendly. Sadly, the Tawana Hotel uses little gimmicks on its guests to rack up the bill. For example - Not advertised by Tawana, not publicized anywhere one gets hit with a surpriseTHB 1000- JOINER FEE if you bring back company after an evening on the town. Hotel security is on the prowl after 6 p.m.at the entrance, in the lobby, in the stairwells, outside the lifts.....the main focus is calling out to 'farang' who are bringing back company. This struck me as odd in Thailand and moreso Bangkok where in 7 out of 10 instances the norm is for visitors to have company late-evening. Even if one wants to hit guests with USD 25- to USD 30- JOINER FEE its important to have this publicized on ones website. It is called honest business practise. Not so with Tawana Hotel, Bangkok as other gimmicks soon showed - - A one page photocopy of my online airticket to Phuket incurred a charge of THB 20-. Having stayed elsewhere in this fair city and photocopied maybe 2 or 3 pages (to include onward hotel booking & car hire) its the first time I paid a hotel I was staying at for a 1-page photocopy. Once can understand if a guest is asking for more than 2 or 3 pages and therefore incurs a cost. As part of building goodwill towards guests a free one-page photocopy is not going to break the bank for Tawana Hotel - or thats what good business commonsense should say.
- Withdrew cash from the ATM of Kasikorn Bank located in the Tawana lobby. I I hold an account with Kasikorn Bank and therefore avail free ATM withdrawals no matter where I go withinThailand. Not so here, Tawana Hotel charges guests a fee of THB 15- per withdrawal. Talk of building goodwill by milking your guests at every opportunity one gets.
One never knew what surprise charge Tawana was going to come up with next for even the most petty service. One can be forgiven for imagining that only 1-star and 2-star hotels behave like this. Sad.
So long as your aware of the hidden charges, Tawana is a nice place to stay at. Average but a nice place.
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Date of stay: September 2014
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Trip type: Travelled solo
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The positives are that the hotel is located near lots of good restaurants, shopping and entertainment with clean rooms.
The bad is that if you book you must specify “non smoking” which was not an option on most booking websites. I spent an evening in a smoke filled room on a smoking floor, who knew hotels still allows smoking.
But the worst part was they had bad internet connections. I kept getting booted off the WiFi and having to re-login In dozens of times. If you need good internet this isn’t the hotel.
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Date of stay: January 2020Trip type: Travelled solo
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The lobby is beautifully maintained, as is the swimming pool area. Sadly this is not so with the rooms. We booked into a superior or standard Room and noticed that the hotel has fallen on hard times. Torn sheets, dated fittings, daily room clean only if one telephoned and requested, indifferent staff, unhappy faces......How much worse can it get.
The hotel is crying out for rooms to be updated, modernised and maintained. At the present the rooms have fallen into sad neglect and staff training is urgently needed - to restore what was once a quality, top class hotel.
We loved the Tawana and have stayed there quite often in the 90s and early part of 2000s. Was once a great place to spend a few days at. What we experienced this month October 2021 is a shock.
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Date of stay: October 2021Trip type: Travelled solo
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This hotel has plenty of problems. First of all, the rooms are old and are in serious need of renovation. The air conditioning only went down to 23C and it hardly came out of the vent. It made for a very uncomfortable sleep.
Don't let the picture of the pool fool you, it's plain gross! Not near enough seating for those hot days. And, the ony time you get sun is between 11-2 as the sun peeks through the buildings.
Breakfast was another disaster. Besides finding a roach in the bread basket, I was introduced to a mostly picked through selection of funky sausages, fatty bacon, and undercooked eggs.
This all stems from very poor top management. The under staff surely tries hard and all were very nice. However, the general manager and his immediate staff have contempt for their employees and for the guests needs.
I would rate this a 2 on the scale of 1-10 only because of the nice labour staff.
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the hotel is well situated for the gay areas and BEWARE don't take anyone back to your room or a fine/fee of BHT1000 applies, the safe inside your room is chargeable if seen to be used ! and no wireless WiFi but you require broadband it costs a fortune ! if you were to have 1 guest and internet access it costs more than the room cost in the first place, one of the door men was very scrummy, so that made up for things with his pleasand smile !
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Date of stay: May 2005
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This is my business trip to bangkok and I stayed in Tawana for 2 nights. When I arrived to hotel, Wow, it is quite disappointed with the old style lobby, like in 70's.
Services is good and when I reached to the room. I can say that it is more than my expectation in room only. Not much modern facilities, but room is clean, linen and towel is new. I have nice sleep in it.
Moreover, it is located near the patpong night market. 7-11 and cheap massage are nearby. Breakfast is okay but a little bit crowded of people.
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Date of stay: August 2012
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Trip type: Travelled on business
Room Tip:Choose a high floor to have a more quite environment because it is located near night market
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If you look at the Tawana Ramada while riding in a Tuk-Tuk or taxi, you may quickly dismiss it as plain, but if you look closer and actually stay there, it actually has a very nice elegant charm to it.
I stayed there recently after a horrible night at the Montien hotel next door (which I will write in detail later) that made me move out of the Montien in anger, and I was so happy with the Tawana even though it was 500 Baht cheaper.
The Tawana has just gone through some sprucing up. From the side of the hotel along the Surawong road, you can see people enjoying a cuppa in the italian restaurant through the glass. The lobby, I think, just had all the wood painted in white, or restored with a matt new varnish, and all the chrome polished. It has some European look and charm, but not so much to the extent that you feel it is pretentious and overbearing on you. In fact, with the friendly welcome of the staff, you do feel much at home.
The rooms are quite well appointed, with some thoughtful touches. The safety box is fitted into the wall at shoulder level (I'm above average) and so its much easier to take my stuff in and out compared to most hotels at hip level. The bathroom amenities are done in a cute yet not cheesy way - clear plastic small cups sealed on the top that you can peel off and use.
Somehow, after that disastrous episode at the Montien hotel, the Tawana Ramada felt like a real gem. Even walking down the corridor to the room, the beautiful lamps along each side of the walls are perfectly placed apart and makes the atmosphere feel warm and safe. Let's hope they use energy saving bulbs.
Breakfast is interesting - Not a super long buffet selection, but enough. What I love are their frenchtoasts. Really coated with enough eggs on a medium slice of medium square piece of bread, fried just crisp but full of flavour. You do have fresh thai orange juice (not the cordial type) which I welcome, and the regular hams, bacons and fruits. Oh, the only improvement is if they have a egg station to make on order. But as it is, you can't complain much because ready-made fresh fried eggs, poached eggs and scrambled eggs are already available. The decor in the restaurant is also quite unique. Small round orbs adorn the length of the wooden lattice of cornices that surround the ceilings. Its a bit strange, and in another decade would look really dated but now with a new white coat of shiny paint, they look ... well... charming and quite interesting.
This hotel pipes relaxing music during breakfast and in the lobby. I love the music channel in the hotel room (don't ask me why). I put it on while I am doing the email, and listen to it (instead of watching the TV) which trying to nap or take a rest. Unfortunately, the music channel stops at midnight - no doubt in case the guest falls asleep and to save energy. But why not just another hour or so, so that we can have a blissful sleep with sweet dreams?
Overall, its a local thai hotel with character, built with European-stylish look with friendly staff. Breakfast can be improved with 2 or 3 more dishes, but I can see the counter is already maxed out with the serving trays, so maybe they can setup a bigger selection of breads and cheeses at another table perhaps.
I think by itself this hotel is great value for money. If not because of the horrible experience at the Montien, I wouldn't have had the chance to discover this sweet little gem. You just have to sit and look around and listen quietly to experience the Tawana Ramada.
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Date of stay: July 2008
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Trip type: Travelled on business
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I was a little worried after reading the review just prior to going to Bangkok but when we arrived the hotel was fine. Our room was great, the food was fine and hotel location was perfect. Would recommend this hotel and stay there again the next time.
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Date of stay: March 2005
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Hong Kong, China810 contributions297 helpful votes
There is, it's the usual standard ones. If you prefer drinking your tea or coffee in a mug, do bring your own. If you're fussy about your coffee or tea, make sure your bring your own supplies, I always do wherever I travel.
Hong Kong, China810 contributions297 helpful votes
For Skytrain the nearest is Sala Daeng
A bit closer option is subway and the stop is called Silom
Chose your transportation carefully depending on where you want to go.
Hong Kong, China810 contributions297 helpful votes
I'd go with taxi which really is inexpensive and cut out a lot of hassles, unless you are very familiar with Bangkok, it's not worth the few baht you saved, it's not London or Europe, relax...a little money goes a long way and buy you a lot of conveniences
A taxi is the best way to get there. Make sure the driver turns the meter on! It's also good to have maybe 100 Baht note for the tolls. I Think first toll is 20 baht & second is 50 baht. I think at that time of night you will have a very fast trip into the city.
There are more places to choose from in the Bangkok area.
ALSO KNOWN AS
the tawana bangkok hotel bangkok, tawana hotel bangkok, ramada bangkok, bangkok tawana hotel, bangkok ramada
LOCATION
ThailandBangkokSam Yan / Bang Rak / Silom / Si Phraya
NUMBER OF ROOMS
265
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