Lewit Hotel (Radisson) This is quite a new hotel, about 2 years old or so I think, half way down Pratumnak Soi 5 just after it splits in two. The front of the hotel is on the main part of the Soi and the back of the hotel, and the vehicle access, is on the smaller part of the Soi. It is a fairly long trek up the hill to Pratumnak Road, coming back down isn’t too bad. I arrived at 11am, checked in and left my luggage. I got back about 1.45pm and my luggage had been taken to my room and the aircon put on. They gave me my keycard, there was a 500 baht deposit returned at check out, and I went up to the room. They give every guest 2 keycards so you can leave the aircon on if you want. I was halfway through unpacking when the doorbell rang and it was a member of staff with 4 free breakfast vouchers. It was immediately clear that this was a completely different class of hotel to my previous one. The room was very nice indeed and a decent size. Spotlessly clean, immaculate decor and fittings, and a large comfortable bed. There’s plenty of surfaces to use and a decent sized wardrobe (only 3 hangers again) and shelves. There was a big fridge, a large Smart TV with accessible HDMI ports and fast WiFi. I watched my Android box a few times with no buffering. There were plenty of power sockets, including 2 USB on one side of the bed. There was a small balcony with 2 chairs and a clothes rack. My room looked up Soi 5. Nice bathroom and a big shower. The staff were all excellent and housekeeping was always done when I requested it, and to a high standard. There was a bit of problem with ants in the room and although the cleaner sprayed they never went away. There’s a pool on the second floor, the restaurant is near it and there’s a fitness room somewhere nearby. The restaurant menu was quite reasonably priced for a hotel and room service is available. There’s no laundry service but there are a few laundries on Soi 5. There’s iced drinking water in the lobby to help yourself after trudging down the hill. As I was given the vouchers I went down to breakfast on my second morning. The staff were unwelcoming and unfriendly, in total contrast to the rest of the hotel staff. I handed my voucher to one of them who looked at it suspiciously and said something to another but that was it. They didn’t ask for my room number and I couldn’t see any evidence of a system to check who was having breakfast. The buffet breakfast brought back memories of the worst 1980’s Thai hotel breakfasts. The western options were extremely anaemic frankfurters, some processed meat pretending to be ham, some diced potatoes with small bits of bacon and fried eggs. I took a couple of eggs and a few potatoes but they were stone cold so I didn’t eat them. There were a few Thai options - I’m guessing they were cold as well as they hadn’t turned the burners on. So I settled for a couple of mini croissants and a slice of toast. At least the coffee was drinkable. Other options were a few small p
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