searching for a good value functional business-oriented hotel room under THB1700

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I will post my reviews in this thread

Looking at Amari Atrium. Twice the price of Town in Town (which I like for big size rooms, closeness to a very good local's seafood restaurant and several other Thai restos on Wangthanglong, but the staff act like they're retarded, the buffet is marginally acceptable and everything is so far away. TOWN IN TOWN is useful only for proximity to casting studios

ATRIUM AMARI

Pros

- high standard service?

- very relaxing

- very comfy mattress

- very quiet (dble glazed windows)

- some rooms (especially corner suite) has good surface space. It has real desk. Nope, that option too lux price

- Closer to town than TIT

Cons

- Not two big beds (it's 1 king or two twins)

- bit dark. although focused soft light for work I asked if housekeeping can give additional floor lamps

- over budget list price (but hotels.com bound to be better - was 30% cheaper than walk-in at other place I checked)

- not many restaurants nearby unless you like expensive Indian ones

- guests I interviewed said breakfast buffet is good

Airlines crew stay here - good or bad I don't know. Qatar Air it looked like.

choices Are as follows...

executive (just deluxe with carpet and with several elitist perks such as 'evening cocktail', upstairs dining room (same food though), lounge and some snacks in pm. I won't bore you with three prices (room only, with breakfast for one, with breakfast for two) and give you the last option only. walkin is 3713.

Corner suite is certainly large but the layout is retarded. good working desk, couches and chairs but as everywhere here, even the lobby, it's as if they got a deal on sexy recessed spotlights and they are trying to avoid you seeing women's wrinkles or something. I find the lighting impractical. I like to be able to scan across the room and see what's present. 3263.

Deluxe is I say the best deal. Bathtub and shower separate seems overkill but nice soft browns as decor, 2962 (hotels.com is 2232) I think but maybe I mixed up with and without breakfast. In any case it's 500-900 cheaper.

superior is 2177. Naturally the least appealing. Not enough place to put your stuff.

I don't like tricky words, just give me numbers 'tier 1, 2 and 3' or 'cheap, better, best' How am I supposed to distinguish 'superior' to mean 'bottom of the barrel here'? Marketing bullshit.

My biggest criticism is besides the low lighting the beds are either too large (king) or two small (twin) I asked if they had a room with one queen and one twin. No.

decided not to stay at Amari because it is a lux four star fancy place. I am looking for an OLD four star hotel because their rooms will be bigger and price cheaper.

All I care about is deluxe mattress on the slightly firm side, and all my boss cares about is service , English fluency and especially SECURITY. All the art, gym facilities, cafes, hairdressing salons, etc are totally unnecessary. I am not a tourist husband trying to impress his tired wife. Looking for working class business visitor value with SPACE, storage facilities, quiet and ideally proximity to almost any BTS/MRT.

GRACE HOTEL is more like it, and I like the proximity to Arabic food 24 hours at BAMBOO, but at least tower A is too noisy from nightclub below, and in that tower wifi does not work. It is in the race even though I don't like paying for a bowling alley.

GRACE is 1300 to 1900, close to BTS and hospital, I like the lobby and the business-like staff is no nonsense Chinese style and most staff have been working there a billion years. They store bags for free. But they don't really know how to make a bed, the blankets are heavy cheapos and I feel like I am staying in Dubai (no big deal).

I continue my search for a functional under 2000 baht four star spacious, service-oriented place with a great breakfast and excellent wifi, near BTS/MRT. So far such places do exist except they are five star or further out in more isolated areas.