Anantara Riverside Bangkok Resort

The beds are very comfortable and the rooms are clean. However there was a dead cockroach in the balcony which frightened my young daughter. The pool definitely looks bigger in the online pictures but it was not too crowded which was great. There are short love performances every evening by the pool which was very entertaining.

I have mixed feelings towards the stay. Pros- nice pool and bar by the pool, good service, helpful staff. Good breakfast Cons- in the middle of nowhere, so no activities/ restaurants nearby except the small “shopping mall” at the Avani hotel next door which is owned by Anantara. Lucky the thai restaurant there was yummy. Restaurants in the hotel are over priced. Seafood buffet dinner was worth trying if you are not going outside to dine. Shower Water temperature in the room was unstable. The first room (which we were asked to pay for an upgrade) was terrible and our 2yo suffered. Got upgraded to riverview room due to the problem but water temperature still unstable though tolerable. Water in the shower went out to the bathroom floor in both rooms. Hotel sent flowers and cookies to my room after they knew the hot water slightly ‘burned’ my son but the cookies were expired. Told the receptionist about the expired cookies upon check out, got an apology but the more senior staff told the junior one no need to get us a replacement (though I don’t really care). Check in/ out time was long. Got quite a few staff asking us to attend the membership seminar every day. Though they were not pushy I just didn’t expect to be bothered by this kind of things while at a “luxury” resort. It’s still a 5 star resort but surely not a luxury experience. Given the price i would expect more, especially in Bangkok where hotels always go beyond miles

Lovely hotel but I wouldn’t recommend a river view room, our room although had a river view was well back from the river but also had to over look some sort of plant room for the hotel. The pool is lovely and although out of the city the hotel boat takes you over to the sky train station which make the city very accessible.

Hotel is clean and rooms comfortable. The buffet breakfast has a great selection and there are several dining options for lunch and dinner. I highly recommend the hotel sponsored tour of old Bangkok. I took several tours with different operators and it was by far the best tour out there.

It's really relaxing stay in anantara we enjoyed a lot food is yummy..