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What do you mean you can't find it? Are you saying when you walk by the location, the parlor is not there? These directions on their website seem pretty clear: 14/4 Sukhumvit Soi 33, Bangkok Thailand Enter from soi 33 or through the discrete rear entrance behind in the sub-soi (next door to Hoja Taiwanese Noodles)

I find traffic worries are overblown. Stay near Nana and Cowboy and you can either walk to where you want to go or take the Skytrain. There's pedestrian bridges all along Sukhumvit, so crossing the street really isn't a problem. As far as escaping the tumult, most hotels that are a short ways down a soi are quiet. The real reason I recommend staying near the action is for when you want to take a lady back to your hotel from a bar or club. It's just easier to have your hotel nearby.

Then don't stay on Soi 4. There are some decent hotels around the corner on Soi 2. I like Hotel Icon, Decent rooms and a rooftop pool. If you want something more upscale, there's the Doubletree or the JW Marriott.

I've never heard of any of these hotels. None of them are near the section of Sukhumvit between Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy that guys on this website tend to frequent. And Al Meroz Hotel bills itself as Muslim friendly and is alcohol free and doesn't let women and men use the pool at the same time, which for most guys on this site would rule it out.

I stayed at Hotel Icon on Soi 2. Just one soi away from Soi 4/Nana Plaza. Not overly fancy, but nice enough. I'm not one for eating breakfast, but they do have a restaurant in the lobby. There's a rooftop pool that wasn't getting much use on my trips, but is fine for laying out. Other hotels on Soi 2 are the far fancier JW Marriott and Doubletree by Hilton.

Is she a girl that likes to go to the beach, that likes to lay out in the sun? If not, I wouldn't go to Phuket! Normally I would recommend staying in Patong Beach near Bangla Road where the bars and dance clubs are. But you might want to stay at a more laid back, romantic resort like those found in nearby Karon or Kata. I really enjoyed the James Bond Island day trip. It includes a look at the island from The Man In The Golden Gun as well as canoeing, lunch at a Muslim fishing village and some beach time and of course endless beautiful limestone cliffs to look at along the way.

It's not a question of whether it is a good hotel or not. It's all about location, location, location! You want to stay along Sukumvit somewhere between the Nana Plaza area (Nana is on Soi 4, I've always stayed on Soi 2) and the Soi Cowboy area (Soi 21). That way you can easily walk to the nightlife areas and be right near the Skytrain if you want to explore more of Bangkok. Plus there are plenty of upscale hotels in that area that would match the Berkeley.

I've stayed at Hotel Icon just down the street from the Marriott on Soi 2. Nice room, decent restaurant and rooftop pool for around $ 50 US on Agoda. I have read that due to construction, you can no longer cut through the Rajah Hotel parking lot to Soi 4, which was very fast.

My advice is to go ask this question on Pattaya Addicts, where you'll get plenty of replies. And while you're there, take a look at Lottellee Winna's hotel reviews, which are excellent.

Don't have a review, but did want to point out that no alcohol is served at any of the Grande Center Point hotels, although you can bring your own in.

It might not go well, but you won't know that until you arrive. You might think everything is fine with a reservation you made over the phone, but the language barrier and human error enter the picture if you try to book by phone.

Considering how cheap LOS hotels are post-Covid, I see nothing wrong with using the online agencies like Agoda or Hotels.com. I've done two three week long trips to Thailand and had zero problems with booking ahead of time. As a newbie, there's no reason to make things more stressful than they need to be. It's easy enough to pick good places to stay using the reviews here and on Pattaya Addicts as a guide. Before my trips, I read all of Lottellee Winna's reviews on PA, which were a big help. I often see newbies trying to reinvent the wheel, asking about obscure hotels there are no reviews of. There's a reason people recommend certain places over and over again and that's because they can be counted on to be good.

Krua Apsorn (locations in Samsand at 503 Thanon Samsen, Dusit, Dusit District, Bangkok and 169 Dinso Rd, Wat Bowon Niwet, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, close to the Democracy Monument and Khao San Road) is also well known for their crab omelette.

No personal experience. I will say I don't consider it close to the action as there are many hotels much closer to Nana and Cowboy. I also read some reviews. They praise the size of the suites, but complain about the strength of the wi-fi, so if that's important to you, you might think about staying somewhere else.

No, I haven't stayed here because one look at the map shows the location is nowhere close to the area I'd be interested in staying at. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel and just stay along Sukumvit where you've got Nana, Cowboy and easy access to the Skytrain...